The Hawk-eye and Iowa patriot. (Burlington, Iowa) 1839-1843, 1840-10-22

10 be friendly with and kind
o every one; and this MIR Dodge himself |,
admits, for he says that prior to his nom
nation for the delegacy .',he most friend
" relations existed between them. If|;
their friendly relations" terminated with
that event. we are almost certain it was
not the editors fault; and to show ,hathe
high regard for Mr. Dodge,
we can state, that, until The late assault,
he always expressed himself. in our pre-
sence. IN the most respectful terms when
speaking Of Mr. d. rha. he looked upon
Mr. d. as a mere man-and recent events
prove to US that he nigh, have looked up
on him as one Of the frailest---pnsseSs-
ing no more meri. than all good men
ought to possess, and that, perhaps, he
was not the .'pure and Immaculate" man
his political friends had represented him
to be--we have not the slightest doubt.
OF Mr. D., therefore, the editor believed
he had as much right to speak as he had
;of his political father at Washington,
when he saw he had arrayed himself in
opposition to the interests Of the people.
The editors course in regard to the
McGoon case, we believe to be grossly
n1isrepresen,et, if no, misunderstood, by
Mr. d. He believed it to be his duty as
the editor Of a political paper, and as the
chronicler of passing events. to. apprizc
his readers of the charges made against
a man who was asking them for the high
est office in their gift; and we know that
in giving publicity to McGoon's first ar,i.
Gle, he did it with degree of reluctance
at which we at the time were surprised
such was his regard for the private feel
inss Of Mr. D. On reference to the num-
Der of the Hawkeye which contains the
; article from the Milwaukee Sentinel, we
find that the editor, i'll commenting upon
it, made these remarks: ave would be
the last man 10 criminate Gen. Dodge
through any improper motives; his rela-
!, tons to the people of this Territory, how
ever. make it imperative on us to make
this publication. If, on inves-
!, tigation, it should appear tina. Mr. D. is
, innocent-and none hope he IS more thar
, ue dove shall be among the first to
: proclaim it," That he has not proclaim.
!, ed Mr. DIS '.innocence," is not the edi
: tors fault. He does not conceive tina
j, Mr. D.has satisfactorily refuted the charge
2 and therefore he has suffered the matte
: to remain i'll s'aiu quo. We believe NJ
f D. is entirely mistaken when he says tina
o the editor '.labored to Great. The impress
/, sion that he (Mr d. stood before the PEG
); pie of Iowa charged with the crime o
n perjury" If the editor ever viewed TIT
# charge in tina. light. we cannot remembe
8 ,ha, he so expressed himself From thu
# evidence in the case. we cannot see how
O perjury could be involved. Veraci,y, o
/. denial of his acts as a juror i'll the cas-
n of Sheldon, is the principal question w
$ conceived to lie involved in McGoon'
c publication; and in that ligh, we have ey
; cry reason to believe it was viewed b,
G the editor.
Q There is but one other portion Of NJ
8 Dodgo's communication to which w
J. shall advert; and we approach it with III
o most unfeigned reluctance. We hav
> been taught by our :aequain,ances here t
e look upon Mr. D. as a most honorable all
!. high-minded gentleman, and it pains U
g to think that he should, in any degree
y have lessened himself in their estimation
e They are noble set Of fellows. and "
Re are sure that Mr. D. places a high valu
r on their good opinion. Our duty, how
r ever, must be performed, and we neve
e shrink from that.
l. Mr. Dodge denies the language at'ribs
N ted to him by the edi,or-tha, is, he d,
IF MES tina, he called Mr. Edwards "a Go
!. damned eternal calnm,ria,or, a scoundre
g "a coward. and Col damned rascal.
> Chaste and beautiful language. isn't ii!
J. Now, what will MIR Dodge think OF hin
% self-he, the Delegate elect Of the Peopl
70 OF Iowa to Congress-he, the .'pure al
is Immaculate gentleman-he, the wonIt
e be moral man in the estimation of the m,
al raj and religious portion Of his cons,it'
&c ents-when we tell him that no less tina
o. four Of his fellow citizens, gentlemen
OF the s,rictest veracity, are at this mome1
X ready to certify that the language give
~ by the editor as having fallen from Il
d. lips Of Mr. Dodge, is literally correct
re Little did we exnect that Mir ID /. al I'll