The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1861-08-10


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The Nahony Convention was acknowledged by
everybody to be svindle, an unauthorized call
ing Of Convention Of . party that had always
claimed Nationality. The call itself was &c.
knowledeed to abound in hlsehood, the old
Prince Of Ultraists who called it was known 70
be ! traitor to his party, and pretender with
out authority. The call was published by sew
eral Democratic journals, with protest against
the authority Of the aelfconstituted chairman,
to act for the committee. Some journals Of the
party refused it place in their columns-it was
nowhere received with that appreciation that an
authorized call would have merited; but in some
Of the counties afew Office seekers and Office
holders made caIlsof mass meetings and nohi-
mating conventions, to appoint delegates with
the pretended authority 10 confer with the Ma
hony Convention and determine the future &C.
ton of the party. ~
Such was the trick resorted TO in Davis coun-
ty. The (M-ass meeting assembled, and in .
county of 1900 Democratic voters 81 were
drummed up to give expression to the sentiment
Of the party. They met and appointed com
mittee to prepare and report resolutions that
had been cut and dried for the occasion by
willy ex.ofacial Of Jeems Buchanan. The res
olutions were reported and read, but they grated
harshly on the tin pan of the ear of the unad
vised. Then q fight began-the resolutions were
trimmed and pruned, and amended, till they
looked like stray foundlings in pursuit Of pro-
tector, in this plight they passed without being
satisfactory to any body-taken together the
resolutions we're perfect set of self.murderers,
and caterwaul of Inconsistencies.
The meeting then appointed delegates to at
tend the State Convention with discretionary
power to act with the Convention or to pin their
ears hack and look wise and report its proceed.
ings; In this matter modest men had no chance
the list had been prepared and set of dele
gates were appointed, consisting of Harvey Dun.
lazy, man of such rare capacity for Office, that
he can hold two at one time without discharging
the duties of either, and receive the emolu-
ments of both. Norman w. Cook, another
oface.holder, that has fed at the public crib for
FIVE years, with this peculiar advantage-tha
the longer he feeds the leaner he gets, and the
more ravenous his appetite becomes. Leroy
Hagan, late post master under Old Mister Buck.
harmon, highly honorable gentleman but
great old political sinner, that never did any
good in his life politically but he was sorry for
it afterwards. James Pollord, late Register of
the Land Office at Council Bluffs, who regrets
that he was not allowed the same stealings that
Rabbit received, and A. P. Bentley and other
laymea of the party with lofty ambition and
sufficient shrewdness to follow their file leaders
land with these anointed worthless the mass
meeting adjourned to afterwards be insulted
with the reasonable work accomplished by the
late State Convention (as it is called).
The delegates have returned, and their pro.
ceedings arc received with indignation by the
majority of the party. A few officials are
preaching on the street corners, and proclaim
ing the salvation of the country through com.
Psona'So "Asu sioieotS, Uus buCy mtcG Will uO
encouragement, and now as last resort, town
ship meetings are pretended to be held, and the
proceedings published in the Clarion, endorsing
the platform and action of the State Conven.
ton. One of these meetings purports to have
been held in Perry township, t,oo days before it
,cas knomn what the Convention had DONE Don't
this look like "going it blind"
The Clarion man is very much troubled in
spirit. because he don't know whether your cor.
respondent-A Black Republican, sis thief or
church member" wonder if it ever occur.
red to his very discriminating mind that man
might be both and nobody be deceived. There
is no law in the Hairy Nation to prevent pup.
pies from barking at men-much less at each
other. Let him wiggle Not
WV. BURGESS.