The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1860-08-25
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F. VOW 010 0OUG V0G0 fssss 5aa&
Aads Aas twc honr' speech here, yessesdAy afssr
noen, n Marion Hall, Of ne .imoss 1aIshy-waihj
Kind. Neversince Trimbls nads his great spescl
IN The Ceagressioual caasasa ofls5s, which NJ
9osss had - aeoOclads, has sach . qsaatisy ol
ncnstnss and balderdash besa einaicsed On tAiI
co@munity Quite . respectable number ofpco
PIE were In, asseadascs. Of I'll political parttss
who had ssanshow ga the idea that Cole vas q
fait taikes, and would make spesch wo6& d heAr.
Ing They yers sadly disappointed. asch
heags podgs sf GA aonssass, and fslsshooa nav.
cs Vas delivered here, andhad the effect ofgrad.
uaily dlspersing the crowd, Disgusting al seasi.
BILE people, and very essentially lengthening the
anxious visases Of the Douglas leaders. He re-
peAssd the lie which he 10 telling elsewhese in
the State, thst the first act Of The Legislature oi
two years ago was 10 borrow t200Oo0 70 pay
the olice4holder, and started in very brash to
tell his COW and calf and poor xidow-woman lie,
and got % far - to name the miserable Black
Republican tax-gatherer Of Warren county Who
did the thing. when he somehow arrived at
knowledge that this falsehood had been vaatils-
ted in our columns, and incontinently changed
the thing into figurc-a parable
Cole discoHRsed about Popular Sovereignty
and rambled over the whole Geld of fpoltics, but
said nothing new, nothing original or witty Or
eloquent-pot even forcible or earnest--nothing
above school-boy defamation. His sense Of dig
nifty and propriety he illustrated by telling the
most bare-faced falsehoods, one Of which was
about his opponent. He said Col. Curtis had
schcuied 70 have the Pacific Railroad bill put
over to the next session Of Congress in order that
he might be reelected upon it.
We are glad Cole is upon the stump We are
glad that he is TO canvass the whole district with
Col. Curtis, and we do hope, unlike the immortal
Trimble, he will take care Of his precious health
and keep his bowels in. order SO that he can see
all the people and give them an opportunity Of
hearing him and learning his calibre. An
FRoM BEHIND THE SCENEs-RIcH DEVELOP
AENrs.-The way American tickets are got up
and supported in some Of the Republican States,
10 we'll illustrated by recent Developments in
Michigan. The Irish Democrats Of Detroit re-
pudiate Mr.. J.v. Lyon, Of Adrian, the Democrat
ic candidate for Board Of Education, because he
was candidate for Presidential Elector on the
Fillmore ticket, in 1856. To avoid the serious
consequences likely to follow such discovery,
the Douglas leaders set about explaining it away.
How this was done, may be seen by the follow
ing extract from letter from Ex-Governor
Greenly to James Sherlock, OF Detroit:
accord with your expressions in regard to
the "foul and dcspicable party called the Know
Nothings." The English language hardly con-
tains expressions strong enough to express the
utter contempt in which hold that political
organization. But they do not apply TO Mr.. Ly-
on, for he is not now, nor has he eyer been,
member of that organizations; nor has he ever,
in the slightest degree, sympathzed with them
He is as far from being Know Nothing in prin-
ciple as am, or any member of your society,"
Mr. Lyon came here about six years since, an
Old Line Whig, but has, ever since he has been
here, acting efficiently and energeticaly with the
Democratic party. He has spent his time, money
ana talents freely for the success of our party.
In the summer of 1855, several Old Line
Wings in this county, (many of whom were
themselves naturalizcd citizens, and now good
Douglas men, seeing that the State was SO hope
lessly Republican, thought they might take ad-
vantage OF the nomination OF Fiilmcse Dy the
American or Know Nothing party, and make
diversion in favor Of the Democratic County and
State ticket by heading it with Fillmore cleo.
tors, and thus draw to its support host of Old
Line Wings. In this manner John V. Lyons
name came upon the electoral ticket Of the
Americans. He allowed it to be placed there
with the sole view Of advancing the Democratic
State and county tickets, without ever having
single feeling or emotion in bis breast in co,so-
nance with Americanism or Know NOthingsm.
Here you have the sum and substance Of Mr. Ly-
on'a offense. 1t is true that no man may touch
pitch and remain undeflcd, but we should all take
into consideration the motives which actuate the
deed. Mr.. Lyon has, since 1853, been the NOM
inee of the Democratic party Of this city for
Treasurer, and has received the warm and undi-
vided support of our party. and by none has he
been more warmly supported than by our Irish
fellow. citizens. And knowing the facts which
have above stated, they are his warm supporters