The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1860-02-18
BURLINGTON, Iowa,
Enh, "a 12ch


Mr. EDIroR IL am Constant reader" of
your valuable paper-in fact to be precise it is
an article on my breakfast bill of fare which
consists, if l must profane the mysteries of my
household economy, Of coffee wafiles and Hawk
eye / am also paying subscriber which dec
laration fortunately, does not rest in my parol
evidence only, the peripatetic Mr.. Acres Il wish
he would get round little earlier,) can be call
ed into court to coroborate my statement ! am
also tax payer and have the right to vote once,
at State and National elections and six times or
oftener when ward voting is winter amuse-
ment. As am in the confessional / may as
well acknowledge, that in utter forgetfulness of
the claims of my esteemed fellow citizen Mr..
Harrison Shaw and filed only with recollections
of Edward Baiol and Bannockburn, / voted at
the last election for William Wallace White
whom the Lord loveth he chastcncth-hc was
elected. discovered too late that he resembled
the Scottish hero as the ass with lions skin does
the king of beasts. may say perhaps, as am
slightly cpisodieal just now, that my support was
rather tribute Of admiration to his facie and
fluctuating politics. A man who was Henry
Clay Wing in 44-a Cass Democrat in 4s-a
Pierce supporter in '52-a freedom shreker for
Fremont in '56 and who after that, camped on
the neutral ground Of Squatter Sovereignty, and
has since struck tent and marched into the can
tonments of Mr.. Buchanan where doubtless
s'pay and prevent wait his slender purse and his
suspended digestion,-such q candidate has
large claims upon my confidence and support
come now to my purpose. Are our citizens
aware that the credit Of their city was dishonor
ed in New York, February lst, BY the non-pay-
ment of the interest coupons on their bonds
Do they know. that while being protested, there
was on deposit with this same Mr. William Wal
l,ce White, or in his brokers' shop, four thou.
sand dollars, and in another banking house three
| thousand; neither one paying cent OF interest,
| shall further be pleased to know, whether the
| City of Burlington intends to be placed in the
| list of repudiating citesg and that. with money
in the treasury to pay its honest debts Nom
debt paying is not unfrcquent, but to the credit
Of all Of our people be it stated that it is not
matter of choice but necessity. We have had
NO amateur defaulting. Our merchants and our
town have had an enyiable name, where credit Is
valuable, for good faith and earnest endeasor to
paw The first maintain their position. The
| towa only has been discrcdited and disgraced'
| 1t is a shame and scandal For every dollar
of our bonds we have had full value, aud ere',s
sozar must and scW be paid We can not avoid
il, il we would. The petty pretext, that the
issue was illegal may sustain litigation but II
will never work release from payment. Inc
bonds are in the hands Of innocent holders. The
Railroad have nothing TO do with them; private
citizens have no interes. in them. State Courts
viii not determine the issued. The United States
Supreme Court win be the tribunal which will
mako the award; and as Il il question Of cash,
and not Of color, the determination q mot unccr
tain. The interest and The principal have got t.
be paid, and 70 any pessosxhe has got diasr
ont belief, we can say, let them clear their head
i of any sdcir Szslacination The path Of honesty
| is the path OF lax; and the impulses Of goot
Faith may be trusted a. guide TO our duty, q
we'll a the findings Of Juries or the doings 9
Courts. 6 t.4 l..a r*
A Dsvy PAxER-WHyx ~ uAs TIE NoxxI