The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1860-02-18
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70 six months, according 70 the easC OF harsine1H
Of the money market sometimes Fetiscd q me-
turity BY payment, but oftencr kept AoatiDg BY :
modem contrivance Of bold operators, Who ere
for short, called s'kitss.r Sons eight uonths ago,
Mr. Edward Bates presidential bills Of exchange
were put on 70 the street, the drawer thereof BE-
ing tho Hon 3. Colfax Of The Valley Register.
Indiana, and the acccptors the editors o. The
New York Tribune. The Republican made itscll
: sort Of secondary guarantor by copying with
tacit approval At somewhat later period, !
western pilgrim stopped - 81. Louis, slipped Mr..
Batcss soup, sampled his Falernian, and distillc
the product into letter 70 your excellent paper
Editors are allowed some license Of topic. dur
ing the slrowsy dreamings Of dog-days. This it
seems had meaning beyond : mere pastin'e Of
tho sultry season; and, somewhat 70 my surprise,
there are many who .'belicve in i, and have :
serious purpose Of making him the candidate Of
the Chicago convention. Such being the casc, !
have few words 10 say before the sentence Of
the court i pronounced. I entertain, ! need
not say at the outset, high regard for all Of the
corporators Of this joint stock enterprise, and
we're sitting with my hat on, should involun-
tarily touch brim in mute but expressive courtesy
Mr. Colfax has his own history, and has earned
himself reputation and respect by his efficient
services in Congress He has the additional re-
n0wn too, Of having been passed in review be-
fore the Boston ..Magi" made the guest Of m
animated bust" At Waltham sometime during
the suns last pcrehelion; had the run Of the
Revere, and been generously irrigated by old
wine from new bottles under the frescos Of Bea-
con street and the tapestries Of Pemberton
square. do not know what other distinction
can be conferred on him in that quarter, unIess
NJ. Henry Dexter should be dispatched to South
Bend, to smother him in fluidized plaster Of Paris
and then shape him into Berkshire or Benning-
ton immortality, for the AthaneYm or the State
House yard, where greatness in mental and mar
bic is furnished with storm and sunshine rent
free.
Mr.. Bates's public life il soon disposed Of. He
was a member Of Congress in '27-'29, passed
through two unmarked and uneyentful sessions,
and retired to private life. In lS45 he presided
at the River and Harbor Convention at Chicago,
and carried away the whole audience in the two
emotions of astonishment and delight by his re-
firing speech-has since got of capital mot on
the old line wings, itself worth second-class
foreign mission; and lately sent rather lynn
phatic toast to Union love-feast somewhere
where they sell kcrseys and calicos TO our meek
minded brethren fthe southern dip. Certainly no
man has been brought forward for the Office, who
contributes smaller cash capital to the adven-
tnre than he. But wish to speak If him with
perfect candor and fairness. III .s an able law
yer, worthy citizen, and bears, without abuse,
.'the grand old name Of gentleman The circle
of his civic and social virtues is complete and
80 far as these 60, no man have higher claim.
My objection to him Is that he has no familiarity
with public men and public measures, except in
theory; that he il destitute Of executive ability
and lacks those governing qualities which orga-
nize and guide . successful administration.
That he has no taste for politics We know; and
that he has no talent that way, fully believe
Why, then, should he be made the candidate ?
Why should we 60 into the slave states Mt ALL
II, as we must all admit, we are constrained to
explore the Conservative why should we vol
unteer further compliance, and dive into the
ebony ''zone!' Do we expect to carry Missouri!
We might rs well attempt to realize the old fable
Of Hercules, and ease Mount Atlas by taking the
heavens on our shoulders. When she votes for
our candidate, we need not tarry long for Ala
bama and Arkansas. Nations are not nor born
in day; nor is such state as Missouri regene-
rated by pentecostal descent. The last guber-
Material election was nothing Because Major
Rollins run drunken vagabond within a few
hundred votes-both black as charcoal on the
negro question-shall we suppose that on the
question Of free labor and decency against negro
service and degradation, we can come within
on the popular votes
Mr.. Bates's opinions are all well enough I
have no question that he IL with us in sentiment
and sympathy. But opinions are as cheap as
added eggs. Who ever had . choicer assort-
ment Of anti-slavery doctrines, labelled, and
swung on his arm in market basket, than Mil
ard Fillmore; and who ever closed out his stock
n shorter time and at lower figure than he ?
i Is administrative ability, frmness and pluck
hat we want--the perception to see and the
courage to execute. We have had India rubber
md gutta pereha enough in the last ten wears;
ct US get back to whit leather and phosphate Of
inc. And why, in any event, should we get out
carch warrants and bills Of discovery, and hunt
With candles and camphene lamps, for candi,
late! Why must we hear that Smith ''says he
; all right" and Jones assures lie she'll DO to |
lie to- when we haze men whose belief is cor
oborated by action and accomplishment. If
he abandonment Of John Sherman is not a sufi-
lent humiliation for one year, we will null aside
ur coat-tails for another kick in June.
II, as the Mussulman prays with his face TO- |
'ards Mecca, we must vote for President with |
ur eve fixed on the Equator, why not 20 into |
'ennessee? There il not wiser head or n t.uer
cart than that Of John Bell, with noble his
DRY, running through quarter of a century of |
ur politics, tried by all tests, and faithful as
item as tested; the man to whom, Of all Others.
General jackson, by his own acknowledgment
wed his loss of power, in his adopted state
here is an objection to him, and the one that
rye against Mr.. Bates. lie has the brain to
lam but not the hand to execute Sagacious in
ounsei, but infirm of purpose. Duplicating to-
ny whether he ought not to have done something
asterday; and deierring to tomorrow the action
present necessity He might carry Tennes.
e, but Kentucky il az hopeless for him as Mis-
,ari is to Mr. Bates
But ask, again, why troll our bait to catch
outhern votes. Shall We never profit by the
ssons OF the past! Shall we commit the old
lly Of Mr.. Clay, and in laundering for an inpos- |
bic Alabama, lose probable New York Or
all we give our enemies duplicate Of the in.
rnated nas'iness Of the Fillmore administration.
ID have an executive of our own choice made |
g body servant and boot black of the Tooml,ses
q Chngmans and Iversons. We had better
ther, dose out universal ipecac, and have a |
tional vomii. !
Let Missouri alone Whisky and miasma ,re
ing the work Of renovation Tie generation y
bowie knives and butternut lcrsd leans i =
ssing away, and in few years, with the n. .
son OF Immigration, their country population !
u compare iasorably in civilization With the !
'r'ns ana Cs'fres but that il a work Of time. !
Il
: rs pc generous, and allow Missouri fifteen I
inbred il
~ = anticipated, presume, that the non;ns- :
y OF ut. Bates may draw to his support ,he
no and tender-focted Of our commercial en-. :
RUINS, az also the Brookses. and the Hunts.
9 fhe other Hessians and Helve,iaus,-camn T
lowers and cormora.ts. There can be M :
IRE fatal delusion. Nominate whom yoa vi iiiiT i
the Republican candidate, and the moment he !
20 recognized, the war begins. These men ?
dangerous only as friends---to be dreaded 4
a. enemies, bat as the traitors TO i cool I
~, which they can dissemble but to DESTROY q
Are we sure, in these ar.rcachings for STRENGTH .
y we do not need and cannot get, that We ean v
"a our own friends. There il now tolerapt i
tractable spirit; but also point to which n
accssion Will not 80. They NAV consent Is y
ego much Of personal preference I, concede Il
andidate, who can carry PENNSYLVANIA. New 9
rsey aad Indiana and when ii s,.all aanesr
str. Bates ard he only viii meet this sn,rr'
lcy, the pen and the lips 'of ''ysar own Tor. 9
pendent are dry to further opposition. They
Y not consent to push their cntcrnris., ~ ,h,,