The Hawk-eye and Iowa patriot. (Burlington, Iowa) 1839-1843, 1840-09-24

ling, equally true but I will save mysel
trouble BY jus. referring him, to all tn
statements have made.
| The General says have no .'assur
ance Of the article under the head o
Falsehoods corrected bnt by ,neddlesomt
superstition The General has here
stated that which he does not know.
was satisfied; took my aim, and hit my
mark and. mercy Oh US! What ;
If1oundering, the animal made! II threw
itself into all sorts Of shapes-made al
kinds Of noises-and it is not done kick
ing yet!
i The way the Gen. traces up his game
lis rather curious and when he comes up t
il. he finds i, to be "nothing! The Gen
'eral has certainly made deal of noise
about nothing. AS he has been so par
ticular as to inform lis of his manner oil
tracing out his "game - | must indulge
myself a little and state the manner
he did trace out his "game.'' The frs
hint, then, that we were his "galne" the
General received in Bloomington--ht
there loudly swore that he would 'scow
/ hide US bat his bravery subsidized BY
the time he had got home, and we sup
pose that he concluded it would be rather
an Improbable business, besides he was
not yet positive that we were his game
In this state of doubt he mounted his
horse and rode to Upton, andthere made
inquiries concerning One who was pre-
!sent;' but could not fully satisfy himsel
ieven then. He remained in doubt until
after he had despatched his memorable
Communication to the Post Office; he in
sslrucied the bearer of his communication
to come to me, before depositing his
packet, and ask me candidly, whether OF
not was the author of certain pieces
which hatbeen published in the Hawk.
1eye-saying that if was an innocen,
man he did not wish to expose me, &c.
This was truly very cUnsiderate of the
! General it showed the benevolence of his
heart and it also showed that he was
very. much afraid of barking up the
wrong tree"
! The General finds it convenient to put
his own constructions upon some parts of
my last communication, and calls loudly
upon the democracy of Cedar to mark
me as the man who had branded them
with the epithet of ''demagogues,'' tools
of ':office holders and the like, and
concludes by asking them what they think
of me. wonder what they think of the
General by this time, expect they look
upon him as the main pillar and support
lof their towering fabric And well they
may u for j. is glory enough TO s'serve UNI
der such chief - The General says
that the call has never been made for the
one hundred and fifty democrats who at
tended the Cedar county convention
perhaps it is not yet too late--if not, l
will call on the General to name seventy
five, if he can. The half has never yet
been told General. And if were so
minded, I could, for your edi6cation
name some Of the officers of that conven.
ton who were not legal voters. One,
at any rate have now perhaps said
enough-as the General says l cannot
again tempt him to notice me in the news
papers. Before l close, however, will
test the veracity of the General by his
own rule, he can certainly have no OBJ
jections TO being tried by his own STAN
lard, though l do not wish to injure the
fair fame of any young man, General!
Did you not tell me that you were going
% be candidate for the Council And
lid you not tell me that you would run in
opposition to Mr. Whittelsey under any
circumstances! And are you not now
. candidate for Representative I! 'If So
and you know have you not by your
,wn consent become liar y!
And now General / have done with
,ou for the present, and will only beg
cave to be considered your very humble
ervant. J. SCOTT RICHMAN.
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