The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1860-07-14

The DouGLAs FaILuEE The Douglas men
made q terrible fa,lute in this city last evening
None who did not see it ctn realize the totaiity
Of this collapse in all its gigantic propo TONS
To compare it with the poorest OF our LincO n
meetings would be prepOsierous-it was like y
row boat TO the Great E.stcrn. the pro, essiUns,
the attendance around the st ,nds, the shouts,
the speeches, were an so far below zero that it
would be cruel to gwcll on them.
The long list Of ofliccrs paraded higltens the
fnneral aspect Of this fOrlorn affair. Not one
fourth Of the strong, influential men Of the party
are borne on the list, which reads like q page
from the nvw Directory Not half dozen from
the eight or ten score carry any political weight
ANY well informed citizen who looks over the
list will see that Mr. Douglas il nowhere in this
Emporium.
The Resolves Of this meeting are singulArly
vHgue and tlmid. They seem to have been di avn
r.ther as an apology Tor supporting Douglas than
40 statement OF reasons preterrinC him They
lay more stress peeularity and party organiza-
sion than on principe. They shirk Or beiog The
issue made up BY tn rival noninatiOn Of Bteck.
inriLge and Lane. They do not even assert that
the Southern demands put forth in the Br,ckin.
ridge Platform are sectional and unjust They
scem to rely OH the assertion that Douglas was
regularly nominated what Of johnson slas con-
elusive, vet do not even Try 70 meet the Objcc-
tions to that nomination on the sosre Of regular
ity 50 calmly and ably stated by the Virginia del
esates to Charleston and Baltimore, copied in
our last. We should consider the question Of
regularity quite subordinate: but those who lay
80 much stress nit ought 70 at least seen, 10
meet the considerations snd q GrHents pEesentcsi
BY their rival presenders 70 bcnocraiic ortho.
doxy.
The speeches last evening were not mere!,
poor and dull-they we're elniisenlly maladfoit.- -
II was the manifest cue OF the orators 10 pitch
into Lincoln and the Republican,, ignorng and
beiittl;ng the Arecklnfidge n.Ovemsit 10 ,Ae u
laost. Instead of this, the Kilkenny cat 6gh,
was reproduced from every stage and ~ alaass
every speech. The grceneSt ,haw bscon Hhc
listened with open mouth mnst have compre
hen,led that tho speakers we're more latent or
crushing ont the rival faction than On beating
the coai,Han aoEcEeaty. n
Mr.. douglas hss long had ardent, able. inll,,
ential friends In this city. though they have d
wa,s been minority Of the Democratic party
By good management they might have been con
versed Into msj0rity--at least, We have snp
posed %. Tut last nights meeting has pFohabl!
rendered that cOnsaulmaaioa impossible. n,
will be beaten in the vote Of our city decidedly
BY Breckiardgc, badly BY Lincoln. unless u
tide shall turn before election Even tl,e Rel
and Everett men bare beAsen hls msetiag il ~
cry element 'of strength ard iaAaeaeA On,
more such denonssfstloa h hh hehalf would -
him ass of the csnYase, - least q far - 81
| city II cnnceFned u the rural a}distvicts H. mV1
be sifongssl bst bic fsirnds there mnae Loo
sharply . The management oftheir leaders Of
i will mot receive m electoral vote il the Union
[-[N. !. Tribune, Jplys