Bloomington herald. [volume] (Bloomington, I. T. [Iowa]) 1840-1849, 1842-05-13

~ Our neiehbor of the Reporter has worked
himself into great stew about our notice OF ms mas
ter effort at subi,y in announcing the ARRIVAL o.
The steamboat Rock River at Iowa Cty.-Upon
second perusal Of his article, as quoted Il. the Hefaiu
the editor, no Doubt saw that in bis ecstacy ne nao
passed over that marrow line Of distinction between
the sublime and the ridiculous. Proud, vain OF MS
own abilities, he seeks to extricate himself BY an UNI
warranted construction Of our article. Without quo
ting sentence to justify him IN the asser'on' he
charges Us with penning the article under the inliu
encc Of feeling of hostility to the prosperity o. the
capitol. Had he been at the bar attending to the
case of client, we might have admired his ngena-
ty but as an editor, protesting to act fairly we alb
hor the trickery. So unfoundod Is the charge I'M
supported by any proof, to give 1t serious deiai
would Justly be considered an insult to the under
standing of the citizens of that city. lie must De
aware that we have ever roiced at the prosperity Of
cur sister town. through feelings Of scls-interes II he
chooses as its prosperity has already been of advan
taye to our place, and will be- for all time to come
to certain extent even if the Iowa should be made
navigabe for the largest steamers in the New Or
leans trade. By cha rging the sister towns OF Iowa
| City with entertaining esprit OF rancorous hoslii
ty to the prosperity of the Capitol, he hoped to ex
cite feeling against those sister towns IN the
| minds of her citizens, which would divert alien
from his folly and soon cause it to be forg2ttsn7
This is what he is aiming at.
Were we to act as ungeneronsy as
might charge all Iowa City with being thrQn @
their proper minds on TIE arrival of the 1S<
Because he chooses, for selfish ends, to cons
| notice of his folly into manifestation OF "
| Iowa City, he would create the mpressio(
| citizens, one and all, partook Of the same
Were we TO be governed by the same, rulsy " i.
say that all Iowa City was haifcrackcd, ben 20
made ninny of himself. Would that basl
! Far from it, we have heard citizens OF ihaf
cuIing the article which quoted from the RepSel,
so would be very ungcnerous to suppose that all
were in the state Of mind. taking the author Of
the quotation for sample Ii our notice OF that ar
ticc is. by any mind incapable of partial abbera-
ton, construed into an attempt to injure Iowa City
ask that all the censure may be poured upon our
bead. The notice our own, no citizen Of this
place suggested any kind of notice of it, or knowing
that it would be noticed at ALL
The editor must acknowledge either that his mine
was carried away by excitement or that his meinor
is very short In that beautiful specimen Of wesley
literature he SAYS On the farther bluff withlrawH
tinedty* 1--WE beg pardon for having misprinted i
hmidly from the presence of the whiteman;s seated
in dismal silence, small group of the natives of ts
forest regarded with establishment the approach o.
the big fire canoe" &c. How could he tell where
they were unless he saw them! or how did he know
they in dismal silence unless he was close {
them If he was close to them, as appears,.Was IA
whitenan present Ii. his last be saxs:-s Dnr Cd
tempores familiarity with squaws and knowledge
of their location, we have no reason to dispute
That is a field where frankly admit inleror-
ty" As he tesfcs that they in dismal silence
which mus. have required his presence to learn
while thirty miles distant, he may take ths
familiarity, if not the sociability, to himself.
| *The Rock River arrived in day time.