The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1860-08-18
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Y ~ y - - eA~efan8 oqyo9o9 lrO0
sssespp Ssalass - ~ saeeesdiag year, ~, n
pse&san etats Aamiaisssasiou bssrousa meme
: 20 psy ccrrent expenses instead of forcing u,
noeey from delinqaens tax -pavses . esald hav,
peeoAoae b. disaeaining prepsssy ana saesi6cinl
Il under The hammer. Foe shuS eAllnR u no
Pc over Dc hard tla,es shs RepabIicsas wsr,
roaadly abused by Ne pres and 5Dsaocrasi,
eeaapsn Il tAis State. They we're violating u.
Ocasslsation, 90. -. Now Tie tiaDes ase esestl,
limptored- good crops Of grain ~sive uqpon on, I
peairisA and hsss and cattle are saany, Iarmes.
I again have money, and peaes and p,sasyli ar,
likely - crown the ysaf and give u sbundau,
cause for thankagiying Il Il mot proper shas
saeee Who have been indulged for two and tAree
4 yeass shoaA now pay their tsxesse Is is not
/ simple justice and No more, 70 those Who have
paid during Ill the hard times that We nov either
collect Of all Or abandon collections altogether?
There b NO Justice 10 q few bearing the whole
burdens Of the State, and their rates Of taxation
being increased in order to favor the mon, paying
~, can payif they will, and all good citi-
zens will pay, without grsnbling. But that the
kepuhlicAns should now enforce the collection
OF delinquent taxes, and thus get the State ont
OF debt and make it pay current expenses, 10 an
awfal matter in The eyes Of the Douglas stump
era They seem % be more shocked with il than
With tho enornity of borrowing. Cole, whose
motto seems 70 be, .'any port in Storm find.
ing that The collection Of taxes does not 90 for.
ward in Q manner TO SUIT the exigencics or his
case, 10 drawing upon his imagination for the
most heart-rending pictures OF oppression ON the
part OF sax-gathsrers. When he comes roaad
and tells his story Of the sale Of the poor man's
COW. sacrificed for taxes, nine small children In
the distance calling in vain for their lscteal A.
lowance, few willbA able to restrain their te.ra.
We advise all who attend his appointments 10
provide themselves with hartshorn and necessary
"vipen. fer Cole 10 irresistible. Il is very dif.
aeals to wishstand such appeala ais.ga
II strikes us that Mr.. Cole and his co-workers
are hard pressed and their cause desperate when
they ass compelled to resort to such expedients.
And 1t also looks ~ though they presumed upon
the ignorance and gullibility Of the people. .
NEW REruRIIcAN PArRa-We have received
the 6rst number Of new paper hailing from Da.
keta City, called the Humboldt County Iadepend.
snt, and having the names Of Lincoln and Ham.
lin Ut its mast head. Dakota is on the head M.
ters Of the Des loines, at least one hundred and
twenty miles Northwest Of Des Noinea Hum.
boldt county was organised in 1857 We believe
and only east II votes in 1885, Yet We now
have very respectable Eve column Republican
paper printed At its county seat, which Is doubt
less smart and promising town. 4
TRE DRoUrH.-Some extracts from Southern
papers will be found in our columns this morn
ing, showing the extent Of the drouth and its dis
astrous effects upon the crops. These extracts
do not cover all the ground. Even in large
portion Of Missouri and Kansas there has been
almost total obstruction Of the grain, grass and
root crops little being produced for the support
of man Or beast This to our neighbors and re- |
mote fellow-citizens in the Southern States is
great calamity, but to us who have an abundance
and to spare for which We want buyers, it il not
o serious.
e3-Gen G. A. Scroggs, Of Erie county, New
York, President Of the American State Council
Of that State, has made speech declaring him.
self for Lincoln. He opposes bitterly, and to
the death, the Brooks and Hunt scheme of coa-
.lition with the Douglas men. He says, what |
kind Of metamorphosis an American can sub |
jeet himself to. so - to find any political afini-
ty there, with the Douglasites,) cannot imag-
inc. He concludes by saying:
''There was time when your speakers voice |
was listened to in that camp with some degree Of
consideration, and his counsel was regarded of |
some avail! in doubtful questions. And whether |
YOU will bear or whether you will forbear, his |
voice and counsel now is-to seize that gorgeous
ensign Of ours--let it be high advanced rally |
around it all true American hearts-and in the |
van Of the procession against the oppressor, let |
the gathering cry be-Go9 and tie Riyht-Lin-
coin and Vieao,y fs Elk
"DRY DIGGr1Gs" s"-The Democratic stumpers
and Press Gang of this State. believing that the
Helper diggings were not entirely exhausted last |
winter are now industrious!y overhauling the old |
dirt hoping to find something for the benefit Of
Col Curtis The poor devils should not be dis
turbed. e. rslsi 1 ...3-@.svz ei j,sV |
A GRxAr MASS NEErlaG.-Our Democratic |
fellow citizens called county mass meeting FRI |
day night last at Marion Hall, issuing hand bills
and scnding men ovar the county to post them,
and intercede with the faithful 70 come out The
resslt was gaAhssing Of twenty-five pssseps all
told, with the most dismal neetiag Imaginable,
eEA camp meeting under the auspices Of
the German Methodist Church, is being held In |
Q beautiful grove, about three miles southwest
Of the city. On Sunday last large nANher OF
persons from this city and vicinity yisited tho
meeting, and the scene was very animating- -
There was preaching in both English and Ger.
man, and the usual exercises generally engaged
in At such meetings. The neighborhood Of the
place Of meeting Was infested BY . pumbef Of
sellers Of liquid poison, and some Of the partakcFs
thereof we're inclined to disturbance, but were
silenced BY the presence Of an oGacer. The
meeting continues day and viii break up To-
night asi-., s.s.s s.i5 ts..s
PrasoxAL-We saw Gen. Reid, Of Keckuk,
in the city on Saturday. He is looking after
soue Railroad iron received here, and to 60 over
the B. L ". r. R g., and to be used in their
road mp the Dcs Noines which Is to be completed
70 Ottumwa some of These daya
I AcclDExr.-Nr. Millard, Of the hrm OF
McRwsn, Millard 4 Co, had portion Of bis
right foot sawed completely OF by circular
saw, on Saturday last He was conveyed home
! in carriage and his wound attended TO-
1t ID understood that Nr. Douglas is TO ex.
tend his slectiopeering tour into the South, -
iavited. We hope he may meet with better
treatment thsn johnson, his associate on the
ticket hes received recently while engaged IN the
same businesA. 8 IS Rsa
A Virginia gentleman of distinction refused 20
give his Age 70 the censas taksr. he vas report
Cd 70 tie department. and . cosrespondence en-
sued He finally submitted to law, but forward.
ed protest occupying thres sleets Of paper