The Hawk-eye and Iowa patriot. (Burlington, Iowa) 1839-1843, 1840-01-02

q COURT or PUBLIC OPINION.
/ G ,,.,.,'. Action SANDER.
. HAwk-EYr. Plea-told the truth.
|. We charged the editor with once be
f ing wing. lie yas: and to Judge from
} his talk at the time, a very good one. H.
denies it NE appeal to the people o
this place for the truth Of our affirmation
and he appeals to friends 2 or 400 miles
off al St. Louis, which appeal we take
the liberty Of pronouncing subterfnge,
2. We asserted that he was to take the
charge of wing paper at this place
and went to St. Louis to purchase type.
He says, yes, TO this: but says
SIN the whole matter, however, he
"acted as the agent OF others; and it was
generally understood at the time, tina,
s:'the persons who furnished the money
''were to furnish the edi,or-they being
sat that time as fully apprised of his par
| "ty preferences as at present"
in which we say the EDITORS memory
!! plays him false. On calm reflection we
! think he will recollect that he was to be
the editor ostensibly, though the gentle
men in question were to assist his edito-
rial labors.
The editor says "The above are the
facts" We think they are not all facts.
nor are they all the facts, and we should
like to hear the whole story and we ask
it without fear Of being refused, as the ed
itor, bold in confidence of his innocence,
pledges himself to give ga full.explanation
Of the matter, if the editor of the Hawk
Eye &c. wishes it.
We do wish it, as, between your con-
,fdent tone of denial, and The statements
which were long ago made to us in casual
conversation. there is manifest and IN.
explainable discrepancy.
Thus far for ourselves. There is a
threat conveyed in the same article against
some persons in this wise,
"The reputation of some, at present
nameless, for veracity and liberality would
not gain much from detail of all the cir
cumstances connected with the affair.""
We thought we knew who were refer
red to in this sentence, and supposing
they were well known, waited to receive
some explanation or defence from them,
as we received none, we conclude they
must be guilty, or else that they have not
read the article in the Gazette, or that
they conceive it beneath rheir notice.
Since writing the above we have learn
ed that the editor of the Gazette, in 1898,
put his signature to prospectus of a
whig paper (the one he was to edit which
avowed aohig principles, declared il
would support ,Ohig President, ,Ohig
measures, &c. &c.
We must say we think his position un-
comfortable unless he can explain it,
That he can do so we expect and hope
from his exhibition of courage in las
weeks paper.
We should not be much surprised te
hear that they had commenced hostilities
among themselves in Missouri. By the
papers we learn that the pacific measures
Of the people Of Marion county. and which
were mainly instrumental in securing the
withdrawal Of the troops, have been de-
nounced by public meeting in Levi.
county. The resolutions adopted at thi:
meeting are calculated to stir up strife
they speak in very disrespectful terms o
the ''sober second thought Of the Clarl
county court call US Hawk-Eyes
foreign banditti-and shed bitter tear
because {" the majesty and authority Of ;
sovereign State has been insulted and con
temned by the governor and authorize
of petty territory" IT'S hard, that's
fact.
The St. Augustine Herald of Nov. Is
contains the following singular paragraph
"Not having printed paper on the "
we skipt few Indian murders; it is of n
moment-as matters now stand, we hav
a fair prospect Of being able to acconan,so
date our readers with an abundance
This is one of the effects Of having a
efficient government. The tone of mora
sentiment is not only perverted. but DIES
! troyed, and editors speak of murders a
though they were ordinary occurrences
Our best and bravest officers are dyin
] away under the influence Of the mal-ae
l ministration OF the Florida war, while pa
. triotic congressman are disputing to Sc
: who shall secure party majority in tn
: House of Representatives. 1t would hav
9 been just so with us in case our war wit
/ Missouri had not been amicably settled