The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1860-10-13

The JEWn--Four yeaEs ago the Democrats
pretended 70 be the only true friends Of the for
eigne,s. An other parties were Know cthings
in disguise During the present canpIgn Carl
Schurz, in his unanswerable speeches, has
knocked down ths pins Of Democracy faster than
any Of their own champions conld ct them up.
The cry Of the I,ocofocos nov i, IF putchmen
want to live hera.s let tham keep thsir mouths
shut They have no business 70 NEEDLE with our
government It il for Americans to rule An1eri-
caS ss-ss I'll rs ss..,l .f7..5s5 ,5,,3s
ArrEAPrED MURDEh-Two unknown men
made an attempt to murder Mr., Jacob LucaA
Of Madison County, ON Monday Of last week
They enticsd MIN from home and assailed him.
He escaped BY running into the Eooda and hiding
himself " VI 7sri I'D ais III f8e b Z 8
WHAr NSw YoRK WILL no sgoR LlacoLH.-
Senator Ssssrd. on arriving In Buffalo on the
9TH, was seFensded At bis hotel In aeknowl
eaging the compliment he took occasion to make
brief speech, in which he said
have promised ont West that the State of
New York gill give him GO, 900 majority in Nov
ember. Am right in this! "a voice:
Double it ri Then you are 70 multiply that
by twos Well, that 10 no more thap yop ought
to do. and ii you keep "wide awake il Is no
more than yss can Do. e47a ar5
The editor of the Sand Hill Oils Herald went
to Lake George last week, on an annual fishing
excursion, and the following paragraph from his
last paper tells us what he caught:
Moxs THAN WE BARGAISEp FoR.-On our way
to Lake George last week, we met drove Of
boys going to school, and in order to test their
political preferences We hurraed Toy pouglaa-.
Scarcely had the words proceeded from oar
mouths, when the biggest boy, not more than
ten years old, replied with much animation b.
mot dsrned Douglas boy in this croWa.p A
Republican lady. of the company insisted that
We should announce our discontinue in the
Herald, aud we have done 20. eg.
WHISKY AND SQuArrER SovERx1GNrY.-Hon.
Albert G. Brown, U. 6. Senator from Mississip-
pi, delivered a speech at Crystal Springs, Sept
9th, and addressed the sll,Eyerett men on their
fusion with Douglas and his squattsr Sovereign.
~. Brown knows the Pedlar "well.' having
acted with him for many years before Lincoln
drove him to .'the half way house."
With your kind Indulgence will relieve the
tedium Of long speech by little A.ecdote. A
good old lady in Tennessee, somewhat noted Scr
her eccentsiciey Of taste. declared Der aversion
to corn. She did not like corn bread, or corn
cakes, or corn pudding, or corn in any FORM
But when it vas made into whisky she could
manage to worry little Of it down. 90 it is
with you. Yoa don't like Democracy. You
don't like jackson Democracy, or Polk, OF Pierce,
or Breckenridge Democracy, but when tits offer
ed to you in the form Of Douglasism you can
manage 70 worry little Of it down. Take care
my friends. Whisky 10 . very good thing in its
way, bas TOO much Of t. brings on What hrs.
Partington calls the delirious thimbles. IL goo
tamper too Ear with Dougiasism, the man with
the poker may be after von,' and YOU may yet
live IN see small devils in the fosla af Souatter
Sovcreigas h0setting you by day and hannsias
you by night ny advice to you is staHte not,
touch not, handle not the unclean thing"
CoCNcIL BLUrFs, Oct. Sd, 1850. %
FElEND DrNHAM:-Yesterlay was . proud day
foE tho Republicans Of this county. All parties
turned ont to hear Senator Harlan. and We were
never better satisfied with the sesalt Of speech,
while the Democracy were never worse gahed,=-
Our people are unanimous in pronouncing it tie
speech Of the campaign, although we have had
some very fine speeches before during the sum-
mer. Harlan il posted, and uses ulain, esnvin-
cling, sledge hammer arguments He showed up
the beauties Of Squatter Sovereignty admirably,
and turned the negro amalgamatiou bugbear Vt
the Democrats 60 adroitly upon themselves that
the virtuous indignation Of the chivaidc among
them rose 70 high pitch. The Little Giant
Club held a aaseting last evening and their big
guns opened tremendous Gre on our Senator,
damaging him as seriously a. boys with pop guns
would have Damaged the ''MalakoT" The men
ton Of Deans name here with an intimation that
he may possibly come TO the Bluffs and make .
speech, absolutely makes the Democrats squism.
and am eredibly informed that when he offered
to come If they would pay his expenses, they re-
fused to 20 so. COUNCIL BLUsys
sea WAPELLo, Iowa, Oct. 10th, 1860
FRIEND DuSAAM:-The work is going on in
Louisa. We Icing for the 9th Of November to
come, that We may show you that the Republi-
cans have not been sleeping away their time -
We expect to give the Republican candidates a
larger majority in th's county than has ever
been given before. -.
Yours for . straight through Republican tick.
Of ssf&=s A.sS sstst- assF.s a8s AsxxH
For THE LxDcER.-The literary attainn,ents
Of the little gentleman who represents the DEM
ocratic patty north, win probably be his dsrrier
resort. subsequent to the 9th Of NoveMber. Az
. politician, bis career will be ut an end as
statesman, 1t will never begin. In the cabinet
making business be can hope for no success, in.
asmuch as he was an awkward apprentice, and
ran away from his master before he was fit to
be decent joprncyman His only hopes for .
livelihood therefore hang upon his sole remain
Ing experiment for notoriety, the evolutions Of
type. This matter being settled. the remsining
question u, through what medium shall his bril-
liant elnanations b made publics The disas
trous effects Of his preciptate debut in Harpsr's
Magazine seal his fate = fer Is regards that
eninently conservative periodical, and the A.
lantic, and the British Reviews are Of too high
a standard for the jugglers calibre. Beyond
this, his oaly personal salvation Lies in bis sue
cess in coucilating his enemies of his own house
hold. This consideration viii, without doabt,
him y choose posision, under The
fostering wing gof grandmother Buchanan, IN
tae New York Ledger. M. Bonner win b.
delighted % engage the services Of 20 little .
Cant; for Il his paper can outwear the reputa. |
"a g both Buchanan and Douglas, It will be |
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