The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1860-06-30

9 Acting upon The old maxim that ! half
.oea > better than soothing. The frisnes Of
homestead law h the House finally passed ON
which Y eonpromise, but the best that coal,
90 got through he Senate. Il Is : conpronis,
hstween de rival oils Of she Hcsss and N,
Senate, uniting various features of each, and II,
success la due to an earnest purpose on the par
Republicans 70 facilitate Tie settlement d
ne unoccupied lands Of their section, and ersn,
boon 70 the poor white man Of the West, III.
haaf, the South and Europe. The bin, a. passed
d'd nos make any isnds absolutely FREE, bal
opened % actual sestlera, whe are heads Of fam.
llies one quarter section (lso acres) Of amy pub.
1'c lands now open to private entry, and also she
one half Tor old sections) Of governuseut lands
surveyed but not yet offered for sale, for Is
cents an acre and occupancy for ave yeara An
pfe-emptoss o. squatters now on public lands
nave two years longer to pay At sa} cents an
acre, or one half Of the old price.
This bill, after passing both Houses with great
unanimity, was-vetoed by the President l.st
week. There 10 not the remotest noss;h;litv
tnas Homestead law will ever be enacted until
Abraham Lincoln is elected President, backed by
Republican Congress- The government is nov
run for tho benefit Of politicians, spectators and
smvc owners. Poor men have NO Matus At
Washington. They are considered but a. mud.
sllla and no better than Southern slaves
whether they are ever to b heard or felt At
washington depends upon themselves alone.
-N-
hasisscasasn Meeting at Ottanwa.
OrruAwA, asd June, 1860.
The ratlication meeting here yesterday was a
most glorious success. At an early hour thia
morning the people commenced pouring in from
the country, and by 10 o'clock the streets were
everywhere thronsed. Banners on poles carried
by men in wagons, Aags on horses, and strcamers
carried about, made an appearance to remind
one OF the earnest days Of ''Tippecanoe and
cider too" About noon, pole nearly two hun.
dred feet in height was raised on the point of the
hill little to the northwest of the town. where
stand and seats had been made ready for the
meeting. Just at l2 O'Clock an immense Ame-
rican flag was run up, above which waved a
strsamer, and both Appropriately pointed to-
ward the Territories Of the West.
The exercises" commenced at one o'clock and
thirty minutes, Col. Saunders, Of Henry, open.
ing up in good lively speech Of half hours
length. He was followed by Hon. James r.
Wilson, in one Of the most logical and elegant
efforts ever heard in Iowa. Col Warren then
spoke for almost an hour, making digni6ed,
polished and argumentative speech. Mr.. Wea-
made short but excellent speech. Rev. Mr..
Kinney, you will remember, Methodist
preacher and Democrat in good standing in
Davis County, went down to Texas, and was there
treated by some Of the choice spirits
Of the National Democracy, badly
threshed, in fact, that he came out with bloody
shirt; "and under that banner,n said Mr.. Wea-
yer, tive shal march to triumph in Davis county,
The idea is good one, and it certainly brought |
down the crowd yesterday, with roars of laugh !
ter. trust its prediction will be verified.
The best of feeling prevailed during the speak
ing. I think there were two thousand people |
on the ground the most of them were Republic |
cans. Considering the time Of the year, and the |
early stage of the canvass, have no hesitancy |
in saving it was the best meeting ever attended.
The spirit of the Republicans of Wapello county
is worthy Of all commentator, and ought to be |
adopted by Republicans everywhere.
was struck with the singular beauty of the
seen from the speakers stand. To
the westward the river stretches its bright length
along through beautiful, undulating, well cul |
tivated country. It then flows southwark, re-
turns after passing by beautiful valley, now
green with corn, or silvered with the ripening |
wheat, and finally passes ont of sight to the far
southwest. l enjoyed the view a while and then |
went down to enjoy equally as well frs,ratc
supper at Dick Warden's.
At night there was a large and enthusiastic
meeting at the Court House, which was address
ed by Mr.. Wilson and by yours respectfully,
LlNKENsALE
p. 81 ought to say that this letter is writ |
ten at the Courier Office, which is now in Pom |
roy's large building, from which float the stars |
and stripes, the property Of that energetic pub
Usher and earnest Republican, j. w. NORRIS
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ssLlmkensales' In Agency.
Friday evening last the Republicans and few |
Democrats Of this city assembled at the school |
house and listened to spicy, racy speech, which
was delivered by the individual who writes for
fha HauE oyar hn ahova ,.n,,.,1e se ,jAsuse