The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1859-08-27

III ~un2tatieo ~ 0An~os - -" 49, ~~aS
s ven - Sss ksselAs ~ bsss siass q sssss
49,. =, ssspeak for him very liberal patronage
,uee-spin
r.. are clad TO learn .thas Judge Ed
y -. been nominated for Representative
! ' !. republicans II Lucas county.
]. parsons At distance and those who
= ,.,.r been personally acquainted with
~ nodse, but Who are aware that he has
s Y :, i. position Of : delegate 10 Congress.
' =, ~ the United States ard Minister Pleni;
.,;,r, to the Court Of Spain, very naturally
p''n. J. ,he conclusion that Il be 10 not really
co., ...u.a-a man Of mark aud ability in
: "a ID power in ssbase. be is AZ least an
ea md shrewd politician. respectable in
'a y, ability. Such conclusions are very err
pe Cen, Dodge is the shallowest man
=. -, held seat in the United States SEM
w. q. !. che most insipid dish Of ekim-milk
= =. e, received an appointment 70 foreign
y" ,r,.,e i not an old citizen of Burlington,
cea. 's., marty that will pretend to claim that
o. e'''' -. . respectable speech. He obeysd
60 '.,..,. q The Burlington Junto in distribute
~ :. 4, ,p,ls and followed the orser' OF bus
,ns - masters and party csucuses in casting
s0a''. .h,e in Cosgress For all the benefit
a' w. s..;,,d from his services in Congress the
s y. 4 Iowa might just = we'll have made
FDr = ,oue Southern Locofoco Senator and
prov '...a him 70 cas-. the vote Of the State.
"....n Hail. Thompson, oil the leading
800. !. here know this to BE- srus-they have
-. .rok.n Of him In terms such as we shall
=. o... They are all Of them convinced Of
I. ,,,,h Of our reports Of the debates between
- and Dodge. The letters which We
A ..h,.n.d including the one We issue this
:. .s.i.v. y. True 10 every essential particular
~, - ~riasa,s, ssnteImen Of truth and can
). IA n no particular do injustice 10 General
49, ~. :. ne people who have heard those de-
~. !, one third Of the counties in the State
~ TESTIFY. There b no candid Democrat who
- been prssen. and heard the two men who
iii .ocus, our correspondents Of distorting or
as,oIorile, much less disappearing or fAlsi-
| ting.
m, il. Is the locofoco newspapers claim, Gen.
"A Dodge 10 50 great . man--so superior to
\, opponent, Why was he, his personal friends
n The Democratic Central Committee SO anx>
= in the first place to avoid meeting upon
namps M. Kirkwood came to Burlington
b. the express purpose Of arranging joint
snyas. but could not effect it. The Democratic
CENTRAL Committee refused or failed to cooper
= with the Republicans in making appoint
r,u,a Eirkwood was compelled either to re-
main idle or canvas alone. He chose the latter,
ppbIshed his appointments and invited Dodge
"a BE- present at his meetings and address the
,.ople The ridicule Of the Republican press,
suers.iug upon the vanity OF the General, al
~, forced him to join Kirkwood, with what re-
suit our readers know. Since then every ex-
Incident has been resorted to for the purpose o.
h,e king I'D the discussion. The Democratic
| Central Committee, refusing or neglecting to co
operate with the Republican Committee in call
Ing joint meetings, made appointments for Dodg'
conflicting with those already published fol
Kirkvood. They also made seven appointment
where Krkwood had already spoken-the!
appointed meetings sixty miles apart, upon sue
eeedng days, sending Dodge up TO Sioux City
upon circuit Of three hundred miles travel To-
three meetings. All this We done with tn
hope Of separating the candidates and shakin
"a Kirkwood. But this did not work. Kirk
wood abandon his appointments Tor the SAKE
d remaining with Dodge, concluding that h
could meet any appointment that Dodge could
/ Finding there was no remedy for it, aceordin
70 our last report, Dodge backed square dow
and refused to meet his own appointments, an
vas remaining idle at Council Bluffs at last &C
vices, while Babbist had been sent of vii
Eirkwood.
Does all THU. look as though Dodge was Il
reat man his friends claim he iss