Hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1843-1845, 1844-12-05
Personal Matters.
-"Cut deep and spare not. ;"

'Out ueep oHu cP1tC uo1 -
Penruddock.
The assistant editor Of this paper has du.
~ to perform, which he enters upon with re-
luctance. The last Gazette under the shell.
.teEing Of successive equivokes. insinuates
charges against me, under which silence
might be construed into tacit confession
Of their just appl lhtion. Will the readers
Of that print be astonished, when say that
with one exception, there is not the first
blush OF truth in the whole imputation7-
That firm with which was connected
became insolvent, from the large losses of
a heavy and widely extended business is
true, but / have taken the benefit OF no
Bankrupt act. nor have leone out Of the ru.
inous wreck richer than before. What be-.
came Of q portion Of even the scanty pit
lance which the Statute did. not take from
my possession. some Of my confidential cred
itors can inform the curious. Let this liv'
ing libel upon decency make direct and
tangible the accusations bred in his menda-
-cious iinaginatioR'o suggested to him by
some kindred human corruption and six
hours Of daylight shall not notch their re
cord upon the dial plate. before ! take the
-initiatory steps to rroue him LIAR. Oi
what Loan show in evidence it does not be.
come me to speak. Perhaps there are SON
Facts in connection which would not sink me
in the estimation Of honorable men.
What is the transgression l have here
committed, for which should be outlawed
BY this common bravo7 Is the attempt to
procure livelihood for myself and family,
by aiding in the management Of a weekly
press, crime for which am TO be made a
mark for these slabs Of midnight assassin
Of reputation7 Have1 offended against the
law Of the Territory, or made intract'on up
-on the social code2 Have I injured any man
insfesling, reputation, or purse! II have
done all or any Of these things let my &C,
cuser stand forth and confront me. l feel
deeply the humiliation Of this egotism, but
il is due to my character, no less than to
those who have shown me kindness and en-
couragement, that should not permit my
sclfquietly to be tabooed a villain by this
fostering ulcer upon society.
But who and wha. is this entity who has,
serpent like, slimed. that he might swallow
me. Stand out James Clarke in full perspec-
tive. that the public may see you as you
are. What are your claims to that naughty
sristocracy of position you assume? Are
you gentleman? Show me single quail
..y7 You have neither courtesy. sincerity. or
nobility Of feeling. There are yet few
.lipgeriugs Of the divine nature, which the
most debassd cannot utterly stife within
them, spared to you and in their upbraidings
to your irredeemable scoundrelism. your
conscience turns States evidence and forbids
you to fasten steady look upon an honest
man. Have you intellect Of high order7
Your editorials are compound What is
respectable in composition is cribocd from
the time. worn conventionalisms Of your pro-
fession-the nastiness with which it is in
grained is sour o,cn. What conductor Of a
press would have omitted to his columns
what man would have written out and
set up 10 type. the filthy comparison in your
lastedition and then with pot.metal hardi
hood, have sent it to the private residences
Of men who have wives and daughters,
whose blood must Jingle in their cheeks at
its disgusting vulgarity.
Are you one Of the Patricians, that you
should sheer at poverty-which however.
will never need your official signature and
seal to warrant upon the charity fund OF
ahe corporation, should the office Of Mayor
be made hereditary Id your family and dc
sssnd to the hsirs Of your body' Does your
wealth placs you above dcPsndence7 Have
you not fawnsd upon tho hands that fed
youi With what face can you tannt Al
n .shirslings." those who ask for nothing
but The sarnings Of their own labor7 Has
not The nutrimsnt which has prsle syed the