The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1860-11-03

MEssRs. EDiToRs An extra edition of the |
Harrisburg Patriot and Union" was distributed
freely in Pennsyl Saturday before the elec.
ton 70 influence the natnrallzed citizens in favor
of the Fusion candidate. Among other things
was what was represented as an extract from q
speech at Republican mass meeting by John
u Wilson, one of the Lincoln Electors for Mas.
sachusetts. That pretended extract contained
most infamous abuse of the German and irish
voters. In one place, at Honesdale, the forgery
was soon detected, and Republican meeting
held wherein the forgery was proven, with list
Of the Electors Of b massachusetts,, that there was
not even such "A name On the list.
The French paper .sThe Courier des Etats
Unis," has translated that forgery and diffnsed
it among the French reading population. Gen.
Henry Wilson was expected to speak at Homes
| dale, and some of the more ignorant were pri-
vatel ysaasn ed that ii was The same Wilson who
made that miserable speech.
/ The Cleveland Campaign Plaindealer" of
October 18th, contains the same story, but
makes John NJ. Wilson an Indiana contingent
E!ecsor. That lying thing is read here by prom
inent Democrats to the Hollanders, as plain
truth, SO as to coax them tovote for Douglas. T
1t Shove desperate abandonment Of TRUTH
i honesty and deceEcy, when O party has to re-
sort to snch vile means to uphold its shaking for
tunes. 1t is particularly a desperate move in
our vicinity, with the knowledge that in Warren
county leading Democrats have revived che old
Know. Nothing secret oath-bound conspiration,
with oman at the head who was proposed in the
Democratic State Convention as a candidate for
State office, and who received 100 votes in that
Convention.
Ihave copy Of the rules and regulations Of
that party revival OF Know .Nothingism, which
i is about identical with the former order. There
is the same charge, under oath, to exclude from
office Catholics, Foreigners and Aboli,ionists.-
The last named, We believe, were not prescribed
By the old order.
That fact is known in our vicinity, and every
one can see the copy in my. possession, and, not.
withstanding that, there are to be found natural
lied citizens who aid acorrupt Democracy in
decciving their fellow-cit,zcns. as If the Demo.
Gratis were all.friendly TO sire foreign born, bu,
that the Republicans are their enemies. Such
things are considered az lawful party means 10
get votes; but we consider il as foul fraud and
corruption, and where it is detected it works
wish double force upon honest men against the
perpetrators Of such frauds. d t9fs 6
The unholy coalition in New York and Other
States Of the Douglas faction with the Bell-Ev
erett party leaders, shows plainly to every natu
ralized citizen what they have TO expect from
such Democracy. The revival Of the old secret
oath-bound conspiratio,,in Warren cuunty,-cer
rainly not existing in that county alone.-is ey
! idence of what we as natnrazed citizens are e
expect from the Douglas Democray in Iowa. II
would be moral suicide to trust ourselves 70 ths
living cheating deirauding embrace of such De
mocracy. : " scs'S.SB .a.ss Ntn &sHsN'
Il We consider it, therefore, our duty to at,rac
the attention of the foreign-born population o
: our State to the infamous tricks played in othel
States and prac.iccd here, and to counsel ever,
naturalized citizen not to be deceived, but to le
! such Democracy alone, and bring the doctrin,
OF non-ini ervention in practice next November
in regard to Douglas and his worshipers, by re
fasing TO interfere for his election. Too Ions
the foreign-born population has been swnded b.
the Democracy, but the time has come that the,
become Wide-Awakcs. Even tie Irish Of M,
intelligence begin 70 discover the hypocrisy II
the Republican ranks they see naturaIized citi
zens well natives acknowledged accordin.
to their merits, not only in words, as is the Gus
tom with the Democracy, bat in faith; and WI
all know that facts are stubbon thinss-they
cannot be denied We therefore expect that th,
foreign born citizens who have any sense arc
selfrespect will joia in November next, in mass
the Republican ranks at the polls, and swell thu
number Of votes. for Lincoln and Hsmlin aal
Curtis. The Republican party once in power wi,
give evidence that its platform is no humbug
but an honest expression OF Republican faith.
0 HENRY p. ScHoLrE
PrtIA Oct 90 1890