The Hawk-eye and Iowa patriot. (Burlington, Iowa) 1839-1843, 1841-05-13
GrandiSsimo Gen. Yer Plank Van Antwerp.

discharge its duties.
Grandssimo Gen. Yer Plank Van Antwerp.
Whoever dare these boots displacc,
Must meet Bomba.,cs face 10 face ~
The Ex-Eeceiver is out upon US again
in the last Gazette. He makes mos,
terrible flourish and in glancing over
the first part of his las, article, which oc-
cupies nearly two columns in small type.
we didn't know but he would annihila,e
US right off. But we found, before pro-
ceeding very far, that it was nothing bu,
the labor of the mountain bringing forth
a mouse. Such a hotch potch of slang
has lowered the writer farther IN the es.
timation Of this community than ever.
Ii there be any thing conmendabe in
his fro'hy and grandiloquent article, it
is the ingenuity he has exhibited in coin
ing epi'hets and applying them to our
poor self. The man must be really
cracked if he supposes such articles. go,
up in such style. will injure us. We
have absolutely received more marks of
esteem by greater majority Of our fell
low-citizens since, than we ever did be-
fore they were written; and were it not
for the sake of decency, we should wish
him to continue his bal,lerdash. 81.
His allusion to our obligations to Gen.
Dodge is mean, piliful and nnbecominc
a gentleman. AS he has made several
measurements concerning it, and as i,
seems TO be favor,e topic with the
whole clique with whom he is associa-
tc'-Gen. Dodge himself having pWi'icly
noticed lit is due to ourself that all the
facts in the case should be stated. They
are as follows:-and "mark how a plain
tale shall put him down. In January
or February, 1910, one Of our hands be-
ing anxious to leave and visit his family
in Illinois. and wanting money, we applied
10 Gen. Dodge for loan of $50. for
the purpose of paying him. Gen. D. ill.,
formed us that he had the money, and
would be pleased to comply with our re.
quest, provided he could obtain it in a
short tlme-meNtiuning it's he shouN
not rant it anti! then. We stated our
expectation of receiving funds from Mr..
Secretary Clarke by that time, and re-
qneste'l him TO call on the Secretary, and
satisfy himself about the Time when ~.
should receive our pay. 1t appeared he
did so, for in the afternoon he brought us
the money. A shor, period after this,
and we believe bcfore the time had run
ont, in which we had promised to pay
Gen. d., we learned that the Secretary
had received his funds, We saw Gen,
D the same day, and at his own option
gave him an order on the Secretary for
the full amount borrowed. This was in
the morning. In the evening we called
on The Secretary, and was informed tina,
he had paid Gen. D. $3.50 on our ac-
count, which sum he had deducted from
our claim. This is the whole story. with
the exception Of mentioning that due bill
which we gave Gen. d. at the time of
borrowing the money, was left in his
hands to be destroyed or handed to US NJ
his leisure. As we have never seen ii,
we presume he destroyed it. We ask, is
1t genilemanly for men making such high
pfetenssons as Messrs. Van Antwerp,
Dodge. and Clarke, to be continually
harping OF this subject, and enleavoring
to create the impression that this act oil
favor on the part of Gen. D.-and we ar
it was such. and hereby pub.
Acly thank him for twas so stupeGdous
mat II ought forever TO close our lips, and
blind our eyes so as TO deter us from ever
seeing or mentioning any thing unfavora.
hle 10 these gentlemen, however glazing
might be their conduct! They seem to
lh'nk that we ought to be the abjecl and
willing slave and supporter Of Gen Dodge,
in consideration of this single dollar and
cent favor. We might say mich more
IN this subject, but our limited space
nrbids.
Van Antwerp calls us an :. assassin Oft
character" because after acknowledging
Gen. -. to be faithful officer in The
land Office, we afterwards opposed him,
3 quoted articles injurious to his standing