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


Insrela,ion to thesestimationsdn which
he says we-are held ein this community,
he mus. have known, when he penned
the third paragraph Of his first ARTICLE,
that it was totally without foundation.--
We should be very sorry TO know that
we, were. held in half as low an testifna
|tion in this community as is General 'VeI
Plank Van Antwerp. 76 e,r7'''7's'''st9
We have been necessarily prohibited
from giving these productions ofV. P.sV,
A. such notice as we wished. We may
hereafter take up other points. His eff
frontery about the office holders =. his
gratuitous. yindication Of Mr.. Clarke. who
according to his own estimation, wields
a most vigorous pen," and whose scor
pion-likes point is to be employed in ami
hilating the Wing party Of this Territory
with other items, merit comment, bu
want of time forbids. iHa, 5sH sa4aai.gg
We now copy these publications.
Every reader will see that instead Of at
tempting to disprove any. statements we
have made, he goes out of his way, ant
employs language which is entirely for
eign to his subject, and which will, as We
before said, sink him in the estimation O
every lover, of good morals, who values
the private character of his fellow citizens
/, $3.50 ..gf.vse..T Friday, April :23d, ,l54l.g
.a,,.s. To the Editor of tho Gazot,e. ...,srs
Sir, deem it to be. an act due to myself to
notice, as briefly as may be, an article which
appears as Editorial in the columns of "th,
Hawkeye" of yesterday, and in which my
name is somewhat uneeremoniously dragged
before the public. ... ,.,....-.-..... r. ....
Il am sufficiently aware Sir, that were t.
treat this matter in the method that it ex
Epectcd from me by many, and might say pro
badly with entire Safety by every friene
whose esteem value, | should pass it by il
entire silence. Numerous suggestions to thi:
| effect have been made to me by such friends
and, | am sure with the best intentions.
on the present occasion, a different course
| one which seems to me to be peculiarly call
ed for by the circumstances of the case, anl
in vind!caton Of my conduct from the asper
sions of a knavish hypocrite, known to be
such by probably every member OF the com
,munty, and SO pronounced first and last, by,
| | presume, three out of four OF them, withou,
distinction of party. 1t is not the first time
nor indeed, the second either, that tire indi
viduai who is known here US the Editor Of
the paper alluded to, has gone out Of his path
to vent his venom at me, and to cndeavor Il
fix public odium upon me. IL !'&F7' !..'i v.f N
- His attempt of this description in the sum
mer of 1889, when, with characteristic ma
lightly, and meanncss, he 1alsinuated-he die
not assert it-not he--thiS could not hare been
II, ichardcter-that was acting in coll usioll
with the Bank OF Missouri, to Cypress, if no,
to defraud, the public, is probably fresh il
the recollection OF all who were then here
Since then, too, insinuations, designed to in
jure me with tile public, have from time tc
time found their way into his foul and pros
titutcd sheet. .Fs,; ,..- ..,., Lac. ,..s H. ,.-.
He has chosen, for purposes which he him.
self doubtless best knows, to enieavor to ere
ate the impression upon the public mind tina,
| was the author OF much of the editorial
matter that has appeared in the Gazette
newspaper. How it can be a matter OF in
terest to his readers, or Of any consequence
to the community, whether or not l have
written editorially for the Gazette, am u,
u loss to conceive. Whatever appears under
the editorial head of q newspaper, as | hao
always supposed, appears as expressing the
sentiments of its editor, he publishing them
to the world as such, and not us conveying
those Of another person. If, however, remarks
had at any time appeared in the Gazette, OF
any other paper, by, which any individual
might have considered himself aggrievcd, and
the latter, suspecting me from amy cause
whether well or lily founded, to be THEN
author, had called upon inc in a proper man
ner, to know whether or not such was the
fact, he most certainly should have been graf
ihed-promp.ly and cheerfully. : .1iL II 30
Il AS the matter now stands the course pur
sued towards me by the loatllsomc. and leprous
party hack, whose name appears in the col
umns Of the "Hawkcye"a as its Editor, exempts
me fully from any necessity Of saying whether
have at any time written for the Gazette
or whether | have not done SO, and, at the
same time, precludes him and his associates
from ali show of right to rropound to me any
lnterrogatory upon the subject. :: -.s':.
| Look at his article rof. yestcrdav to which
have alluded How exactly in Character is j,
with the whole course Of the Shiny, creeping,
dastardly viper, who utters it. lie does no,
enquire whether! am--nor yet does he d
rectly, charge me with being the author OIL
that which he condemns! Oh no! this would
be too manly--this is too much perhaps tt
expect from a knavc, and caititf, who is
such ingrained, consttutionally, and notor
ously! but, Us ynsual, he insinuates what hi
does not assert. 1--WE do not,'' says the scoun
drel, estate that he is the author, but ,uno,
says lie is, and '',ce think it uouid be urona
to; contradict her ON this OCCASION" y3t..-3}e :
], "a lthongh," too, as. he alleges, .pIaccc
among the editorial matter" the article coulc
hardly, he processes to think, have been writ
ten by the editor Of the Gazette-jor the rea
son.; that ats Jaeobinism is too studied ana
deep to be Ais!!'ht9 G58ioilstJE 81 II asz1t;st
Now, could / appreciate ASA compliment
any thing that could come from the lips, ol
the pen, OF an HABiTUAL, d notorious, u scour
ged, and a disgraced LIAR, should feel dis
posed to; consider his remarks, which have
quoted above, as containing the very! highes
That ne could possibly have, paid to me. d
tJacobinism, as every political tvro, anc
school-boy, knows--though he probably NAV
not know its Term 10 which rYRANTs. ant
TORIES, and FEpERALlsrs words, which te
some extent, are, synonymous--have ncve,
failed to resort, when hard pushed for ar
/ argument, and forced to fly to un epithe1
with which to stigmatize a 1Ibi.RA Lis7, or !.
REPUBLICAN, or a DEMOCRAT, who HAY bHvt
1 bep ~ ho