The Hawk-eye and Iowa patriot. (Burlington, Iowa) 1839-1843, 1840-10-01

i "HoLESA LE ABUSE
!. The last Gazette out-Herod's Herod nh
editor not content with attacking and abusin
US, has hbelled all in this community who ~,
fcss to be opposed to the politics of the office
holders. A number Of most abusive article
of a personal character are to be found in hi
last number, but among them all we do not re
; member ever to have seen such an article n
appears in his columns under the classic It'll
of 'The whipped dogs" If the editor ha
dipped his pen in the poison of theserpent ant
stirred it in the vilest filth afterwards, it ap
pears that he could not have produced G seric
Of more putrid paragraphs than may be foun,
in that article. 1t is impossible for us to no
tiee it in proper manner.
In order to give our readers some idea of the
character Of this production, we quote the fol
lowing paragraphs
Driven to the wall, these miscrcants now
shelter themse Ives behind their convenient II,
cogs., and instead of entering upon defence
OF themselves or of their principles, they com
mencc violent personal abuse Of the editor
of this paper, and of others-usino as their
of pimps-that pailderer to vagabond masters
that sncaking, lying, giddy -headed knave
and hypocrite-the ostcnsibe editor and con.
temPtible co.manager of the Hawk -eye--a
creature of mental imbcciltv, moral depravity
and physical dcformity, that it would be a dis.
grace to any white man to notice, other than
to pity his degraded lot, thank Heaven that
there is but one such specimen of frail mortal
ity."
Fellow citizens, We have no fears in regard
to the effect that production may have on this
community or wherever we are known. But
the Gazette circulates in parts Of the country
where its readers arc strangers to our charac.
ter. To illustrate in us brief way as posi-.
blc:--While i'll Wisconsin we happened to be
sailing on one Of the four lakes with lady
whose husband wasa subscr iber to the Gazette;
she had seen SO much about the Hawk -eyc in
that paper, that she felt considerable anxiety
to see its editor. When she learned that she was
in company with him she could hardly
Diary" in the Gazette, and that, with other
articles had led her to suppose that we were
Of the most il-favored and ill-naturcd of all
Gods creation. We presume, from her sur
prise, she expected to see character some
thing like old r''Squeers'' as portrayed by
Boz, in Nicholas Nickelby, and that there
could not be the least smack of the gentleman
or christian about us. We give this case as
abroad in consequence of such articles appear
ing in the Gazette. In regard to what may be
said of our outward man, we care not: that will
speak for itself But when man takes such
liberties with our moral character as the editor
Of that paper has done, it becomes US to take
up the matter seriously.
Fellow citizens, we have lived in this Ter
ritory as long as most Of you. You know
whether these attacks on our moral character
are true. We have endeavored to live before
you as man, citizen and a ncighbor ought
to live. You know whether this is true. We
have considered our character SO much identi
fed with the people, owing to our public stua
ticn, as to make it part and parcel oil the
character of this community. If what we have
said Of ourselves be true, we call upon you to
protect this character so far as to insist and
require the editor of the Gazette to contrldic
or prove what he has said in relation to this
subject. He cannot excuse himself on the
ground that in the heat of political warfare he
finds it necessary to employ such weapons
His article required thought and reflection be-
fore he could make a selection of such u variety
of epithets, US he has seen fit to employ against
US, and he can have no excuse
One word in relation to our editorials. The
conductors of the Gazette have for a long time
cndcavored to make the impression OF this
community that there were number engaged
in editing the I1awkcye. OF course they would
convey with this idea that the most talented
Wings were thus engaged, and we have hither.
to contented ourself by considering it rather
complimentary than otherwise. But the time
has come in which we must set this matter
right. The nsinuations and statements in re.
gard to this subject are totally false. This is
not the only effort made by the Gazette to rob
us of our fair fame. We hereby positively
and without eguivocation declare that not a
Inc Oh cultOTlIl mas DCCn Written LOT Inc llaWk-
eye except during our abs from town, by
any other person than ourself. If there be
any merit in the composition of the editorials
of the Hawk-eye it belongs to us alone. If
there be want of merit we are responsible
and we alone. Can the hireling of the Gazette,
with as much truth. say that all the edto-
rails in that paper are prepared by himself ?
Will he say positively and without equivo-
cation that James Clarke the former editor,
but now Secretary of the Territory, and Yer
plank Van Antwerp do not sometimes pre-
pare editorials for that paper? We do not
say there is any thing criminal in their doing
it, for We do not believe there is, but we
simply ask the question to remind the nomi-
nal editor that those .twho live in houses of
glass should be careful how they throw
stones" JAMES G. EDWARDS.
PATRIOTISM IN ACTION.
ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND PEOPLE
IN COUNCIL.