The Hawk-eye and Iowa patriot. (Burlington, Iowa) 1839-1843, 1840-02-20
Var tho Hawk.Eyc and Patriot.

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For tho Hawk Eye and Patriot 17t
N n, EpwAaps:-l intend this for the
I9 4 , ont1l,munnication | shall send you
TIN ME- inpropriety Of raising the%par-
~'sanestion in this Territory. | do
y, wish to repeat what ! have al
/. ri adv said on this subject, and moth
]. i sufficient responsibility, either
h.. III, way Of argument or literary at
glas namsnts, have appeared against ME
M Gazette, to merit more than
!, Ill Al, notice. 1t is true that immedi-
Al ,,ty altsr my first communication
=, sss .n,saredin the PArnlor, several abu-
Nil "a articles, evidently written by as
1 sA NAV different persons appeared in
I'll tkGa,ette, in attempted reply. The
sd,cr of the Gazette appears to have
INIT y y, one II those scribblers. | men
N 'Rp y a this. because l suppose he rather
- nI.s pride in his abusive and vulgar
I,nnage, than feels shame. No won
: Ir that intelligent and respectable
5ssners, who have travelled in our
and ppatry, speak so contemptuously Of
axet IL American press, when so large a
Iption Of it is placed in like hands as
bose who guide the destinies ofthe
-. 1Ga,ette. staaayg 9l rs6,e o.
Notwithstanding their highly un-
q becoming and indecent attacks upon
ls personally, through the Gazette,
snentioned above, ] calmly replied
Ben ishem in the next number Of the
's.tsl hrDt, and proposed TO discuss the
i 81 i De subject of our controversy with
sra landor and courtesy. Did they re-
q e 4 lpy mhe language Of gentlemen, and
' St as henportance Of our subject mer-
. i itedi No; instead of meeting argu-
Coy lnenl with argument, they added to
1 hs Ne nonsense and SANDER they first
nil Wished. 's1he dog returned to his
.ua M, and the soO to her ,callo,oing
!. ik mire.'' ta .@t 1aeit tsia5
.nT Y the arguments and facts / first
dit fdhed to oppose the party ques-
~ mbeing raised here, were worthy
- dptice at all, it became the Ca
lat writer's to confute them, if pos
y. a., by the sword Of truth, else to
- satheir peace. AS it is, they are
aWrostrate, exposed to the sneers
~, ahsr enemies, and the shame and
u. Fabrication Of their friends. They
IA "a. areshown themselves to be mental
, q Incompetent to sustain their cause
a -, Uneven common ability. A day
IN, ess |stwo since heard Van Buren,
,Fs nhsay, speaking Of this controver-
w. w. E,nd without knowing had any
n ww Ting to do with it, that he was
niss 'tAost ashamed Of his party on &C.
e.. e. iaato tile bad fist made Of this mat
5uS Irby the Gazette
I !. Permit me to take passing glance
a on some Of the grave arguments made
The e otsby the Gazette writers, to OPP
mot fcse my first communication, refer
th " TON tie Patriots
and ISL. "IHE GREAT FIRST WING" j. E..
dfsf edevi, "the father Of opposition, and
&c. s'ator'oflies ,oas ercited at ,citness-
III, u \ Ne happiness Of the first virtuous
,e:f Y the garden Of Eden.'' 4,al
tn My, Ma EDlroR Of the GAZETTE, az
Ia ! ach an unprovoked and scandal
,s I. Y !. sander Of every honest man in the
's 10 vs. party,, are you not afraid lest
" ", " great" second whig tempt your'
'a v aaet have seen a printed state
I M ESQ that it was rather pliable on a
ist laa occasion year or so, ago.
l,s what Of Washington, Jefferson,
A Az sck Henry, Adams, Franklin, Mad
'ths and Monroe, and the multitude
lks wigs and glorious patriots who
~ Nm the stiffness ,Dhich tried mems
40 vs. Those men you do, at least
fsa name, Witty; while Ingersoll, the
e ~. lassfk Of Van Burenis,n in Pennsyl-
4 s nv my xho, when young man, wrote
w alderman Binns, Of Philadelphia,
.tss sIa he had lived in the days Of the
tsolution, he would have been. a
" u; and Shaler, who wished ia, the
ss 81 the last war, that the bones
rs american soldiers might bleach on
u shores Of Canada, ! suppose, are
81 nrded by you as the quintessence
W. v. kepublicanism. But what think
~ Not the Harrisons, and Scots. anG
aRanselaers, with a multitude .
rs seffbrave officers, and patriot sol
j Of the last war, who still liyeil
.. esteem and love ofStheir country
W. Are you not ashamed Of tn
~ you have cast on these men b
/. ~ Bitterness Of your language, if il
L 8 shame at least III political wri
f ilE Y not q thing TO which you az II
n epfl, ! stranger. This remark 4
he % ~. \ Ia tp be squalled, only, by q Il
WHO'D passed alta Van Buren, NEE,
4 II y Pennsylvania,s in 1888, i
E Wy g follows: &c eli BIS |Igsiit5!.,
viewed, that we would vote 10
DEVIL HIMSELF, if he were place