The Hawk-eye and Iowa patriot. (Burlington, Iowa) 1839-1843, 1841-05-06

of Mr. Giarke is deemed NECESSARY fort know
it is pdts with the people d this community
Tor whefsyer he is kn0Wn) ,rhdttuer poll
tical paTfg. He stands upon too elevated ia
pedestaEiIi the respect OF his fellow-cHizens
10 be reached by maliciousz detrac tianssa. {.
It has been my fortune to have been &C
rquaintel with this gentleman Tor some three
or four years past, during which period have
seen much of him-sulicient, | believe, to
have obtained u thorough insight mtg ms
character.
And this acquaintance enables mesto state,
as now do most cheerfully., that one more
rigidly upright--more 5crupnlously honorable
in intention--,nore Just and honest in action
Il believe have never known. Y
:yeAsa public officer he is admitted by alb
have performed his trust most faithfully
d man the tenor otghis life places him above
the shadow Of rcproach, with those even who
NEARLY envy, and indignantly hate him
while, as a citizen, his conduct has been such
as to command, and to receive, the respect OF
those who know him, inclusive of such even
as are above adverted to, and the esteem OF all
whose esteem is worthy of being valued. tie
il one, in word, who any honorable man,
knowing him truly, would be proud to call
his friend .s 49,, ..s.
r. The viper, therefore, who endeavors to sting
against file" - -
l have heard it, intimatcd that this creature
probably had aspirations, and 1ongings, to hi
the place himself from which Mr. Clarke has
hccn sjectcd! Has audacity no bounds Who
is there, l enquire, that candidly believes. he
would either honestly or creditably, have dis
charged the duties of the Office :? Is there
an individual of either political party, who. be.
lievcs 50 I? | doubt it. q $50 b.. .:r.,
Could such 4 thing have taken place
which thank God it has not, and probably
never, Wilt would have been, / have no
hesitation il asserting. q disgrace to him, who
Should have dared to have made the appoint
ment, and stigma upon the character of the
Territory - 81, i:...,,.5 e.,
But we arc spared this degradation.
single word in regard TO another of those
chara cterjstic allegations Of this individual
contained in the assault made by him upon
Mr Clarke and myself. .asarIa . .as7'
He asserts that the article upon which he
comments, sets down "'dH the Wigs who
have been appointed to Office as having been
fished out Of the kennels and sewers Of the
country, and all those who have been re-
moved as being the only pure hearted and
! clean handed in the country" ~ =
b. Now this is one of those off hand Ties for
which the fellow has become notorious over
the Territory-as he doubtless Was before he
came into t--and is .fagitiously false, us any
one may discover by turning to the article
adverted to, as | have done in order to salts
fly myself upon the subject 49,. -.s-
Whether shall bestow u further notice
upon him will depend upon whether or not
may deem it called for in justice to myself.
Should be of the opinion. thatit is. he may
have reason to consider that my treatment
of him thus far has been lenient in the ex-
IRENE. A substitution Of further and fuller
details, for generaltics, may be found, upon
public examination, not to mend the matter
for him. Very Respectfully,
-a -., ."'- = Your ob't. ser't, q.
r. ar- v. P. VAN ANTWERP.