The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1860-01-21

supporter OF The Democratic party, isgrsasly e,
: cited over the recent ontragss psrpetsated upo
. Trash Catholics Of the sossh. In speaking upo
! this subject tho Tablet says 7.s 60
> Ifthe safety Of The Unioa h only % he aeoouu
& plished BY the prescription II the freedom /
speech, The freedom Of The Press, the freedom q
circulation for every free citizen, by he de-
, Traction OF the habHs cOrpua by the substitu
tiOn OF mob and lynch Law for that Of the Court
Of Justice, by the cOntemning Of constitutions
rights and the disregard Of constitational Kuarau
tees, then we say again the Union IL not wort
saving, and we, for one, would mot lend q ham
TO save it
} o. The Montgomery County News think
County Treasurefs have right to charxs fees 70
paying taxes for non-residcnts first because thei
salaries are small, and second because NON res
dents are spectators and ought to bleed. hi
y the gist Of a long article, and about the cnl,
reason jet given BY any body.
u We occasionally notice ''prairie schoon
81" passing westwardly through our streets.-
whether the movers are bound for Pixies Peak
IN search Of gold, or going to take possession Of
some vacant quarter section in Iowa or Nebrss
/ w 'se''s W ou's'@se' VIC are MOI IA
formed. We hope the latter. One thing, how
ever, is apparent-they are taking an early
| start
|
The Maquoketa Excelsior Of the 10th says that
the voters of the Maquoketa City School Dis.
trict voted last week, with but one dissenting
vote, to authorize the District Board to purchase
| the Academy Building and grounds for the dis.
| trict as n graded school house
!
The people of St. Joseph are fond of ma
tronziny their railroad. With ice f,fteen ;nches
| in th;ckness an ,be u;sso,,, =. ,h.:. -, -.
| =, ~ '"e.' ~uo's' siiey
~ nln"s tnc'r ICE houses rom the Mississippi
at Hannibal.
90
DvcolAs At oaAkLHsOS.EA =, Do1eias 10 EVIL
3.nuy P,u",ns nnHs n, ~ NE OnAliesson pros
pryts - - IN .'.o lairy coAsesssu otase
,'... $3.50, . :'sI Il9ne sno f!scn, ms
h".oaa s''s nave ia'erly carried IN their
..".'.s Anu nc mas cAniOited popular
TO-, y - le 49,. ny ue"Terauc Conven.
~ r.. ~ -. - D1Ic.culluge
~. c. eur: :ss 'o.sse sste.'e'n rs small III
a. pu' % sone:n,'is Ior MN 20 nave
- o.ase os1'e T,.en .as TWO canaiaates
~ =: w" ~ 'as neiu us arenas AZ asnihs
~. - sciu, e.a''. .s"s l'c IN: aireau! MAJOR
.. ~ '"c lo'snso,'.ns No,'sc"etoh' Atwouid noI
p''e1 10 " n'.u lia. WHEN II COMES 70 assem-
=. w nas u"1i " 'na' uo"y ho'r."ais IN ms IA
vor, perhaps even majority. nut OF tnat num-
", =. sApcIL !" So n'sus u Easy virtue, VINO
va s'ie. " ~ pous ,s1 J's' % .ons ~ " VIII
pay, an ~ 'onse.' nIn we n"u u'e Janl1a-
ries Of Democracy IN New-nnesaad, ior example,
as well as IN Ae"'AorA a''u so1.e 0s"er quarters,
holding out on a principle, VIC suah expect 10 pc
hold millennium very soon. Let Wc man turn
up at Charleston, who will have once ana p&tro-
mage to bestow, III prospect and the length OF MS
legs as running candidate will be found much
greater than those of Mr. Dougias, Above all,
let few, very few, of the Souther. States
show their teeth III the Convention, and the way
the Douglas vote in several quarters will 60 un-
der, will be a spectacle only matched by what
We are told may be seen at the seal-hOles in the
ice of the Arctic regions. They will go down SO
quick they cannot be counted
We do not wish to discourage Mr.. Douglas or
his friends, but if they are in earnest
in expecting a nomination at Charleston, and
have any tears to spare, they had better be pre-
pairing to shed them just about that time. Even
should Mr.. Douglas be able to count up clear
majority of delegates ut the first start it must be
remembered that under the Democratic regime
out this proportion, his prospects are Just as dim
as if he could muster no more than third of the
body In fact, we were about to saw that Doug
las could not be nominated even if he should find
twothir,s of the votes of the Convention willing
to support him There are certain Southern
men aud Southern interests that do not intend
To 90 for him under any circumstances whatever
These parties belong to the controlling wing If
the party. and have 30 long had their way in
Democratic National Conventions, that we be-
lieye they intend to maintain their position at
all events in April. at Charleston, and to do as
they have always done. coerce the BODY into
submission to themselves, or rebel and repudi-
of M;SsIs.;nn; arars th;s 70 hc his nos;ton suh.
stant;alIv and the Alabama Democratic Conyen-
t;on has inst nromuloatad i. as their ult;matnm.
With III ,bc ane,Sraoement The s;zns Of the
times offer To the Donoas men and ali the crasi.
fling incidents of the canvass for delegates.
which SO charm and delight. and encourage that
wing of the bogus Democracy. we are compelled
TO saw that in our Judgment. they denote moth
ing substantial in the way Of getting the short
legged gentleman ON the track at Charleston
They are but fog banks, and not solid land and
the wary political mariner must beware how he |
trusts to their deceitful appearance.
If we are asked who is likely to be the happy !
man--who will he selected by that prospectively |
most harmonious assemblage, we politely beg
leave to decline all response. 1t is an easier |
function to predict what that body will 'sot do
than what it will do. Its negative results are
far palpable to the eyes Of prophetic VISION
than it, affirmative conduct. In this, whole
ocean opens before US, and what way the Con-
veutl0n may concinde 10 steer, Woui0 pc .e
merity indeed to predict. All we are sure Of is,
that it will take in full freight OF the negro,
and filling the upper hold, lower hold, poop,
and deck. wherever there is sitting room or
standing room, sad the Douglas men and all 9TH
er men who 60 to the Convention, have got to
submit peacefully to the COMPANY ~ 20 over
board.-N. Y. Tribune
- -.
FROM FIXES fkAk. N uoLD DUST.
The f1kes feak Express, conductor Lewis,
arrived IN thls cl'y las. evening =. sunoown' nne
EAptess was seven aays on r ~. r D,. Ing
wea''ei was mug "i'.ii nea' A''''e D'1e 'o'''
The Express brought $3,8O5, IS in dust, and
there was $4,000 in the hands Of the pas
sengeIA There were seven hundred letters