The Hawk-eye and Iowa patriot. (Burlington, Iowa) 1839-1843, 1841-01-14
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printing had been disposed Of. And who
| is This Mr. Greene! Why, ii You had
been in the Council on Thursday or
Friday last, you might have seen man
in the chair, while that body was in
committee OF the whole giving his cast
ing Uote against incorporating what he
considered great monopoly. After the
committee rose you might have seen the
same man in his seat in close and secret
confab with the person who had beer
praying for this monopoly and immedi
a,ely springing up and voting directly op.
posite to what he had done before. This
man we have been informed was the
Honorable Mr. Greene of Linn county.
the man who nasinuates that we have
made an attempt to bride him! We do
not say that he permitted himself to be
bribed on that occasion; but we must
confess that it looked little singular,
taking all the circumstances into the ac-
count, to see this Immaculate Mr. Greene
change has uote at that time in favor of
granting this act of perpetual privilege to
the Peterborough Ferry Company.
The three speeches under consideration
are all highly seasoned with abuse a.
ganst Col. Hall Of Van Buren,. The
only foundation for this abuse is on ac-
count of his wishing to bring up the
question of printing the Journals on the
day setapart by the Council for action on
that subject. The reason for postponing
i, in the first place was to accommodate
Hastings, who absented himself for sew
eral weeks to attend to his otOn private
business. He knew when the question
was to come up in its order, and Mr. Hall
was under no obligations to permit the
legitimate business of the Legislature TO
be longer delayed on, Of mere courtesy 10
the honorable Mr. Hastings. especially as
that courtesy had already been extended
to its prescribed limit.
But MIR Hall had committed the un-
pardonable sin of advocating our claims
to \ share of the printing; and this, after
all, is the secret spring that has led them
TO determine the destruction of Col. Hall.
Messrs Bailey, Greene and Hastings are
too much under the influence of the '.il.
nstrious" Dodge, and too willing 10 obey
his mandate who said our tease should
be attended TO-" to tolerate or cease to
crush any one who should raise his
voice in our behalf. We doubt whether
the constituents of Col. Hall can be in
duced to give him up on the recommen-
da,ion Of such men as Bailey, Greene and
Hlstings--men who watched their oppor-
unity aud took advantage of the absence
Of some of our friends, who absenled
themselves in good faith. with the TN
Outstanding that no more business was to
be done until after the Holidays. and
carried their nefarious measure under
these circumstances--Ior such men TO talk
of courtesy is the very acme of hypocri-
sy. That the intelligent and independent,
citizens of Van Buren, county will per-
mi, themselves to be Influenced to break
down such an honorable and faithful pub
lie servant as Col. Hall, on the recon-
mendalion of such men, we do not be-
lieve. Col. Hall is beloved by large
circle Of staunch friends, and his consist
ent and arduous attention to his various
duties has won for him the respect of his
opponents.
flour opponents had arrayed themselves
openly and fairly against us, we should
no! complain; but to witness their attempts
to destroy our moral and professional
character by making statements without
foundation, and turning these statements
10 their own account, SO that an occasion
might be furnished them to secure our
defeat, we feel not only justified in our
course but our duty to the public demands
that we should hold up the perpetrators
and expose them, in all their deformity,
10 the gaze Of an indignant people.
These individuals and our opponents
in the House and through their organ, the
Gazette, charge us with having employed
personalities in carrying on our political
warfare. This we deny ever having done
except when acting on the defensive.
But we charge our opponents, and we
can prove it too, that through their organ
and amid their bar room orgies-in the
legislature and out of it-they have not
ceased to depreciate our claims by heap
ing upon us the vilest personal abuse.
clothed in Language 100, frequently, that
would cause blush to mantle the cheek
of the most profane fishwoman in Bill
lingsgate. These are the men who charge
us with being too personal in our remarks!
o! shame, where is thy blush.
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LEE CouNTY.-''he much vexed ,qnes-.
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