Bloomington herald. [volume] (Bloomington, I. T. [Iowa]) 1840-1849, 1843-12-22
.TuAr LONE PINE Tarr.''--Under| this

"THAr LONE PINE TREr. linden this
head, the editor Of the Hawkeye thus notices.
the little rub we gave him for singing an. IN
ceasing song about Boosting, in long metre i
1.-THE editor Of The Bloomington Hefsd, IF
ter ridiculng the attachments some hsye fos
their fader land. breaks out in the following
rhapsody: 1--WE would walk six miles IN
cold day, to hear the music OF the lone pine
tree. which stood near our fathers DWELLING,
and closes the article on the subject y the
following riddle :-"As there are pine trees IN
Iowa, we'll leave the reader to guess where we
were born, as best he can" Does the editor
wish to convey the impression that he was
born in Iowa!' What other inference can be
drawne Or is he ashamed to acknowledge |
that he was born in Tennessee, because It 10,
hevond all controversy, first rate Wing
State - ef{
We beg 10 be excused, 90 far as the charge
Of "ridicuing the attachments Soma nave TOT
their fader land' is concerned. we only rlo'
;cnled the idea which some editors have, that
their readers feel the same interest in the mel
dents connected with their native place that
they feel themselves, and consequently devote
much space to notices Of them. As to hass
boring desire to palm ourself off as native
Of Iowa, we plead 8 not guilty." but we must
acknowledge that if judged by the same rule
which points the reader to The native place OF
the editor of the Hawkeye, We should be sci
down as native Of Iowa. for believing that
our readers feel create. interest 10 the affairs
Of the land of our adoption than Of our natiV-
i,y, to i, we have chiefly devoted our space
The editor enquiries, is she ashamed TO ac-
knowledge that he was born in Tennessee, be-
cause it is, Beyond all controversy, first rate
Wing state!'' What ashamed to acknowl-
edge ourself Tennessean--a native Of a state
that can bost of numbering among its inhab-
| itants, past and present, such men as Jackson,
Grundy, Carroll, White, Polk, Houston, and
a host Of other bright in,ellects and tauntless
spi,its--a state which, by the dauntlsss cour-
age of her citizens, has her name engraved
high on the pillars Of fame. as second to none
when our common country calls for defenders
Ashamed TO be called Tennesseean, title
SYNONYMOUS with Solder! Far from it. Did
we believe, as do some others. that honor OF
disgrace was acquired by birth, instead Of the
soul and actions of the man, we should boast
of being Tennesseean-ay, boast of being
born in county which, in three successive
Presidential contests, never cast single vote
against that true and tried statesman and hero,
Andrew jackson! To be ashamed Of such a
state, even though majority Of her people
have gone as,ray, and one Of her sons, reared
within four miles of that Ions pine tree. has
after wrestling country. from q Jx1auls. gEasgE.
received its highest honors, basely bargained
with foreiga power for its sale, is not in oul
nature. Is the editor answered!
"Speaking Of natural sounds and scenes,
by the way, wouldn't it be hard matter 10
tell by the editorial matter in the Bloomington
| Herald, the nativity of its editor! He pro-
fesses TO have been born where piue trees
grow and as they are indigenous only to
unsettled paris of the country, editors must
make every allowance for their e0lemporary.'
Davenport Gazette.
1t would, Mr.. Gazette. Of whatever Of
general interest transpires out Of the limits Of
Iowa, we feel disposed 10 acqdaint our read
ers Of ii, unlike the editor Of Gazette, our aa-
tive country on an equal footing with Others.
AS the editor supposes that pine trees arein-
deginous only to unsettled parts Of the coun-
try. editors and others may make every allow
ance for his limited knowledge.
Texas MoRALs.-It is fashionable among
| editors and others in the United States, when
speaking of Texas to refer 10 it as The country
in which the standard of moraliss ranges some
where below zero-in which all sorts vf
knavery is practised with impunily-and in
which honesty could have no abiding place
Now. this sort of talk, whether true or not, is
naturally calculated to provoke retorl; and ac-
cordingly we see the Galveston "Evening
News" has taken the matter up, and if he does
not succeed in making out an irreproachable
moral character for Texas, he at least shows
that her accusers themselves are far from be.
ing invunerable. The following extracts will
give an idea Of now he "le,s it into" us:
The standard Of moral honesty in the Uni
ted States is far below that in any savage ma
tion to be found-an alarming assertion. fho'
nevertheless. without doubt fact. Lodi. fer !
instance at the number of attempts made at
forgery-the number of successful and u,suc.
cessful attempts at house-breaking-a steal
ing-at highway robbery, and at the unmen.
tionable variety of swindling operations-to
say nothing of the wholesale modes of gamb.
ling and swinding in the banking and forty
other ways.
When was there forgery committed in
Texas! When was there an attempt at house |
breaking, at stealing, at highway robbery, or
at swindling! The oldest citizen hardly rec
objects Of one. Our police reports furnish no
thing Of this kind, and our court records are