Iowa territorial gazette and advertiser. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa Territory [Iowa]) 1840-1846, 1843-01-21
:TRUTH, CRUSHED TO EARTH.
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| ILL., RISE AGAlN."
AS an effort has been made by tn
editor Of the federal sheet ia this p]ac.
aided by few other persons, 10 place u
IN an unnatural light before the public
IN regard 10 Ross, we deem it necessar,
to say few words in explanation Of on,
course, and III regard 10 he facts OF Tn,
case. In relation TO the course pursued
w us, the following from the ST. Loui.
/. Gazette, concerning an almost preciseI,
similar state of affairs at tina, place. hay,
been the views we have first and las
maintained, and we subjoin them as be
ing explanatory Of the course we have
pursued. 1t sill be seen that thew arc
III reply to similar attacks as those made
upon US:
! :" he scope OF our paragraph-.ith which! tic
i Organ ini, taut--,.as to Condemn Tic paloable
Efforts nlade by certain press, ulanie and moi
So tac i'nbl- miEd on Thu. subject. We depre-
cate. do we .ctest. such n,.Iarly aud abon;na
PIE course OF conduct on the part o: am bosiy
whoever or Whatever he NAV be- The Crm;,..l
Court Is no:' In session. The Grand Jury have
tie case ia charge. An Impartial rial may H..
had IN . few weeks. Why then inhame put!ic o.
P'oh. SO as to make All impartial trial almost
ian pos.ibicl
A vicious press-edi.d by vicious aud uupriu.
r'pied man, of talent aud elausi5iii,y enough to
give ms paper currency -may. tor time, u, least.
succeed IN 50 pre]ndiclnS community, that the
public opinion OF that Community n,ay-tor tie
tame telng--be. upon a gwen subject, utterly
NSHAssss, "hsn weighed Ia tie scales OF strict
t'ati an> impartial justice a,d reason. Is such
puo'Ic n,i:iuscn then. 10 be respecte.,' Nay. is
lo1 sach pubic opinion to be conbat,e.. Cor
$500, =. a;'a au'ea what man Of the least
Fefien E IN HE, aud fairness .: uJgement vii!
pretend to GoGbt this! The .secouJ sober
thought is always better than The irst III. direct
cd impulse esti. OF n.yurity"
~ regard to the facts, we vii! state
that all our information has been derived
from Mr. Willis. That alter the appear
ance OF the first article signed Justice
we made statement Of facts ACCORDING
10 the request and d,ctatlon O. Mr.. wills.
"hom The whole community must admit
rs the person who would he likely TO
know them. After the facts were con.
trad'cted by the Hawkeye, we sent for
Mr.. Wills for the purpose Of ascertain.
ing whether he was mistaken, and re-
quested him to make "a statement of the
whole matter under oath. 10 this he re
fused on the ground that it lnlght lead
HIM into personal difficulty with the cd
ltor OF the Hawkeye or s'Jus,icc'' We
then requested him TO state such facts on
~ as he was willing TO quality to. This
he done, and our article of last week
was penned in his presence and after
wards read 10 him twice, in order that he
might make corrections, il anything was
wrong. Mr. Wills said everything in
The article was correct; and it was pub
lished. We have since seen Mr.. Wills
and he Still says the same is correct, and
we leave it Tor the public to Judge whe,I-
er he is u credible man, and whether
his situation as Tailor. does not afford him
The bes. opportunity TO know what arc
the facts.
In relation 10 the certificate Of John
Mower, it may be necessary to state that
y was sent tous on Tuesday morning. A
short time alter receiving i, Mr.. Mower
called and asked il we would publish i,
We told him that we had made IN our
mind 10 have nothing more to do with
the matter, further than what was neccs
safy in explanation Of what had already
been said, and therefore could not publish
II. MIR. Mowers certificate however has
nothing Go with the matter in connex
ION with the visit Of the Commissioners
TO The jail, but brings up new matter,
which we consider like every thing else.
is calculated 10 prejudice the public
mind, aud therefore ought not to BIO pub
lished. In regard TO Mr.. '.Justioc'' we
would say, we have no disposition TO ban
dy epithets with one who has refused to
hold himself res onsble for his commu-
mach less would we with the
man, il our information as to who he is,
be correct.