The Iowa patriot. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1839-1839, 1839-07-11
BACKING our.

II Y Il SD Az, ] LYsll, 1899.
BACKING OUT.
~ Our last huuabcr we challenged the editors
os the yasctte 70 produce certain document
which, they profcsscd to have In their possession
IL coming from the .'place where we former.
" resided. " and which, from its connection.
waseyldentIy meant to leave the impression on
tho public mind that it contained son,etkinr
dcrogstory to our character Instead 4of pro.
ducing my thing Of the kind. .thev maize
garbldd extract from our paper, ana then
cndeavor to show that they had no st,cb inter-.
ton as the one attributed 10 them, in til, fol-
lowing disclaimer - ss# e - fs4i
I'VE venture the assertion, that. until the
editor ssIddlcd il upon himself, not anothcy In.
dvioaal IN tho whole community dreamed
.nat ne vas the subject Of the article referred
20. MOI is he. That communication was on
.ne suoJect OF the State Bank of Illinois. ~
Gazette July 6.
rms Is what we suppose the lawyers would
call plcn Of "crapl off," In all our inter.
courso we have; endeavored to treat the ea;tors
81 Inc. Gazette with fairness as we'll as courtesy
and whatever may be the provocatien we oh, i,
ssh enoeasor to treat them in this manner
ms course will DO pursued by us, not because
our opponents Of the Gazette are wor.hv .
such species Of reciprocity, but because W.
started with the determination and intend !,
keep it always in view, Of lending no connie.
nance to the miscrably low standard which ha.
been marked out by our editorial cotemnor,.
RES mthis new and rising Territory. Weare
NOT among that class OF editors who believe
every thing is fair in politics. . 1.-THE public
sentiment is 70 receive any tone from, the press
IN Iowa, it will be one of our most nleas;nr
"reminiscences emil to know, when we retire from
our editorial labors, that we have contrbute "A
something in advancing the cause of frn,h
"nethef IN politics or morals, and we do not en-.
y those VINO strive TO accomplish their purposes
~ resardingl It. We should therefore be stoon.
ing from the stand thus taken, were we to
adoPt the same course the Editors Of the IN.
1etse nave seen fit to take, in their cndeayor.
'ng 70 put US down, and make us obnosious in
tho sight Of this community. sstt
Ha oracr to show tho unfairness Of the editors
Of tue Gazette, we will again quote an r4r,ct
IRON their paper of the Goth ult.. which tben
were afraid to publish in connection with Mo-,
disclaimer, and ,chich they entirely suppressed
while endeavorng to free themselves from -,
charge Of "base and groundless insinustion"
that was brought against them.
!. III we were to give place to commnn;c,-
ton we have on file, from place in which ~.
editor formerly resided, the public, VIC think
would call it a .posegey""- Gazette. June 90
BY pcrusing the above extract, every one
will see that the editors did intend to make
An allusion to US, whatever may be their sea-
tons to the contrary. The editors of the Ga
Estto must place very low estimate on the in.
tclligcnce or morality of the citizens Of Iowa.
Il they expect to DO upheld in the .pa,pablv
unfair and inconsistent--not to use harsher
terms--course they have been pursuing far
tho last few weeks. They must reform, or the
people will loso all confidence in their state.
ments They may for some time be upheld bv
party. but the upright in that party viii soon
iorsake them, and unless some reformation do
take Place they will themselves fall into that
pit they have been digging for Others