The Hawk-eye and Iowa patriot. (Burlington, Iowa) 1839-1843, 1841-04-22

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ary; and .contended that theex pay
should not be allowed. Circumstances
have so far altered the case that Mr. Clarke
uttered no complaint about appropriations
6made in his behalf at the, last session for
Extras, amounting to nearly five hundred
sdollars, and for which he must have made
application. either directly or Indirectly.
The rotation in Office system, which
was once SO Justify insisted upon by our
aopponents, seems to be entirely lost sight
3of at the present time. Mr. Clarke,iit is
Ewell known, has for the last five years
sbeen battening on Government Funds.
sWhen the Legislature of Wisconsin me,
at Belmont, he was the. Public Printer
Sthere. He followed the Legislature to
& this place, and at the time promised ia
sfollow it wherever it went. He obtained
a large share of the Public Printing and
Eloaded US with all kinds of abuse because
1--WE became candidate for and received d
Bsmall share of the incidental printing
gle has grown rich in the service of the
government, and now that Government
ahas chosen to appoint another man TO the
aoftice, equal in all respects to Mr. c.. il
Anot vastly his superior, he or his friends
sfor him, abuse in a most shameful man
sner tina, Administration, and question its
right Of action. ..aa...s s.ss sg;e
4 We have no personal hostility to NJ,
sClarke, neither should we have mention
sed his name at the present time, had il
snot been for the taunting and braggadoca
aarticle in the last Gazette. The writer
sof that article challenges a reply. He
sinsinuates that secret letters have been
written by individuals against Mr. Clarke.
arhis is not the first time such insinuations
shave been publicly made. We do no,
abelieve there is the least foundation for
ssuch insinuations. If any such letters
Hhave been written we most solennly de.
E;elare that we know nothing about them.
aWhile we have not heard of any such eff:
Efforts being made to deprive the presen,
Aofiice holders of their stations, we have
Hheard of powerful ones having been made
Recommending them to be retaiea-even
H.hose who it has been said declared before
athe late Presidsn election that they
Hwould consider it a disgrace to hold of.
afce under Gen. Harrison. 1zse- yut
4 One reason why no complaint has been
Hpublicly made against the personal char
Hacters of the Office holders in this Terrific
Cry is that there was no disposition in us
sto do So Until recently we were the
ssonly Wing editor in the Territory, and
Rhaving strong reluctance against using
Eepithets that would iujure the reputation
Hor cast an odium on men high in office,
1--we have not permitted our columns to be
contaminated with slang which might OPP
Rerate inuriously to such Individuals
1--WE are called upon to state what has
Hbeen said against the character of Mr. c.
awe have given the reason why we can
hnot. But suppose we had permitted our.
Hself TO have been as abusive and as reck-
Eless of private character and reputation as
shas been the Gazette? Then, indeed, we
Hmight point to various things that had
Abeen said, which would appear to meet
athe challenge under consideration.
/ 70 illustrate, suppose we were in M.
aClarke's place, and Our opponents should
Ebe challenged to bring aught against US
Ethey might rake the columns Of the Ga.
szette, aud array epishets agains, US by
sthe hundred, and attempt to prove thai
kthey really applied to us, which if they
sdid would make US the veriest scoundrel
lin Iowa. -aaa-
i We have run this hastily. prepared ar
Eticle out to a much greater length than
Eve intended. Our fellow.citizens wil
Hbear us witness that we have hitherto
sshunned entering into such discussion,
aaand they will believe, us when we say
sthat it was with great reluctance that we
sentered upon it at all. But some reply
Seemed called for. We do not know
Shat Mr. Clarke has filled his. station any
abetter than hundreds of others would
shave done. There is nothing intricate, -
snothing arluous in the performapce of
I his duties, and we do not think he is en-
s!itled to the fulsome fatteyy and parssi-
alic eulogy contained in the last Gazette. 4
4 Davenport Convention.
Z One week. from next. Wednesday the
] Democratic Wing Convention will as
Isemble at Davenport. Weilearn that, the
spirited Wings in that vicinity have