The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1860-07-21
URLINGToN, SATURDAY, JULY q, 1860

BURLINGTON, SATU1
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Al EDlfoR ak1s sEArfKDi
DEL Nouns, JAY 18th, 1850.
| To rnE EnzroR o. TnE HAwkrErE--whil Il
sisting upon calling The Rspablicsn party u,
party triumphant, We must conceds to our dem
ocratic friends the sole use Of he title ssparty
militant " Tor certainly . more belligessnt spiri
than that manifested BY its sashems he's not bess
exhibited by any class Of men for these man,
yearh The example 80 worthily set By Mont
gonery and Randall, as Baltimore, has been i'm
itated here. Not TO draw too 6ns point W
have had an elegant mnsss Us
Alter the nomination Of G. G. Cole, for Con.
gress, in the Democratic Convention, yesterday,
J. A. Williamson, late democratic candidate fos
County Judge, in this county, arose in his place
in the Convention. and desiring to explain his
opposition 70 the nomination Of Cole. He had
understood that NJ. Cole was one Of the propri.
etors Of the State JOmna, and exercised . CON.
trolling influence over its columns. He had lust
been informed that such was not the fact, csd
Ae wishing to say that tie ;.tornsat;os had raised
Cole !" his cserns, at aeax owe A.as&ed per esa.-
One Sample, Of Keokuk, late Mayor Of that
goodly city, hereupon produced and read letter
which Ar. Cole had addressed to him, disclaim-
ing any connection with, responsibility for the
course Of the Josrsa. NJ. Sample deemed it
due to NJ. Cole that the people should have his
disclaimer Of any connection With that sheet
Sd!lt)son wished to be heard--Stil(t t)son begged
to be heard-and the Convention very reluctant
ly yielded to his supplication. He mounted the
platform, said penitentially, that he was not an
original Douglas man, but since he had been
nominated by the Baltimore Convention, he was
supporting him. He bowed to the win Of the
Convention, and asked eisnot that democratic!
is not that democralic!! IL not that democrat
ic M"s Stil(t)son took his seat and the Conven-
tion adjourned 1e7 &
In the evening resolution was passed to the
Secretary endorsing the Journal It was read
and upon the suggestion Of some one, Il under.
stand it was Sample, was laid upon the table by
general consent, without either motion or
vote. This morning Stii(t)so called at the Des
Moines House and encountered Sample, where
upon he informed him that he was mo gentle.
man." Sample, instead Of thanking the editor
Of the State organ for this gratifying piece Of
information, slapped him couple Of Gaes IN tie
mouth" Stil()son Was wrothy, of course, as
Stil(t)son had perfect legal and constitutional
right TO be. Stil(t)son foamed and Stil(Neon
frothed-it is said that he struck at the imper-
turbable Sample divers times but when at such
distance from him that there was not the slight
est danger Of l8s being injured.
Every one anticipates excellent results from
this application of the back Of a Gentleman's
advent here about six months since, and devoted
himself industriously to malisning private char
acter, and stirring up personal animosities among
the citizens of Des Moines That he has needed
. sLtpping for soine sime has been the delbcr-
ate conviction of the respectable portion of his
own party here at home. This is evidenced by
the rebuke which Williamson, delegate from
his own county, gave him yesterday in Convcn-
ton. The young fellow who has been publicly
sappcd by political associate for his in,pudcnce
should consider and ponder the matter well, lest
| q repetition Of the lesson may be necessary.
DEs MoINss.
HEascHEL Y. JOHNSON CALLS NORTHERN MEcHAN
les, FAaMEas AND LABoREEs SLAVES I'm q
speech made by Mr.. Johnson in Philadelphia or
the 18th of September 1855, the vile calumnia
tor used this language:
I'VE beliese capitA should arm k.dor: is there
any doubt that there must be lahoring class
everywhercs In all countries and under every
form Of social organization there must be n Ia
bo. Ing class-a class Of men who get their liv
| ing by the sweat Of their brow; and then there
| must be another class that controls and direct
the capital of the country"
.sBoys do yon hear that?" Freeuen Of low,
are you willing to be thus brandeds Homes
democrats how do you like such. talk from you
candidate for Vice Presidcnts
A Pittsburg contemporary, speaking Of the ex
tract above, uses the following just and stron
language:
What man is this, who has the hardihood +
cast such q slur upon our institutions. "A Ia
boring class owned by capital indeed! VIII
were BENJAMIN Franklin, Roger Sherman, Ger
Green and hosts of our best and greatest mer
but of the laboring class? Let Johnson com
to our cisy, and We viii point him to the capita
ist who is also the laborer, and the laborer VIII
has his snug sum in the bank for rainy day
This is your Democratic hero Of 1850, who's
highest ideas Of labor is what he sees scourge
daily to the rice swamps or exposed on the au'
= l la. sS kt,n In
one whom the man.stealcr plucks from his fam
". chains in the cofiie. and sends clanking I
; tile life doom Of unre9aited toll 20 ogr her
ocratic Vice Presidential candidate, every ma
Of Pennsylvania who eats his bread in the swe.
of his f,ce,' is 80 much bone and sinew to
bought and sold by capital and owned by 'cal
ital,' whipped by capital plundered by cap
tall and damned If capital please! Mind, it
, labor tina. 'ca:;tal should own; not African
nor Indians, nor Japanese, nos C.a,..,;eese coolc
; nor any particular class Of toilers, but 'labo
!, ! xhich, the thing being put for the person. !
!. oludes all men who DO labor, whether in t.
2 deadly rice swamp under ike searching sun
I Georgia, or by the b!azing forses Of Pcnnsl
y.nia! The laboring man who, knowing of 10
. speech Of Johnson's, would yet vote for hi
for any Office deserses h b. plantation sare, ii
!. should sork 10 tie crack Of an1ip all The days
' hisGe.
!, TAxrr ON sLAvEav Is isis.--%t san
q meeting held in Washington County, Ma, Al
l. 1918, Rev. Jacob Gruber. Methodist Miaist'
n preached remarkable sermon exposing the ev
of slavery. For this he was tried on the char
oil melting insurIection and acquitted. J
fancy. nov Chief Justice Of tl.e United s1ai
j. Supreme Court, was Attorney for Ar. Grub
and in the course uf his speech said:
n "There il no law that forbids us TO speak
y slavery as we think Of il. Any man has RIG
10 to publish his opinion on that subject whene'
/. he pleases. It Is a snhjcpt sf national capcc
:. and may ut all times be ffcely disguised.
= p Gruber did quote the language Of our great !
- Of national Independence. and insisted OH
!. : principles contained in that venera.ed inst
!, ment He did rebuke those masters who, in