Iowa territorial gazette and advertiser. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa Territory [Iowa]) 1840-1846, 1844-03-30

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The Aawkeye and The CITY Print
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The Hawksys ofths present week. 10
IN article ia reference to the publication
of tho statement Of tho fiscal concerns Of
the city Cor i8l3, arraigns the conduc, o:
the city authoriAiss with an expiicitness
not to 30 e6and ia the remarks OF the pre-.
ceding number Of thot paper on the same
subject. We are glad oflhis; for charge
directly made can b readily met, and, II
false, disproved; but merely insinua,ed
accusation--sdch As that moral and truth
telling sheet generally deals in--cannot
be disposed Of with the same facility and
ease. OF this latter species Of warfare,
ia which craven spirited and skulking
slanderers only indulge, we have frequent.
ly, rs our readers we'll know, had good
occasion TO complain; yet SO accustomed
have We become to such assaults upon
ourselves and friends that they now en-.
,irely fail TO annoy US. The article Of
this week, however, as We said before. .
more than usually explicit, and for this
reason, as well as on account Of its false
statements, deserves attention.
And 6rst, Notwithstanding the Hawk
eye coaldnoe last week believe that the
printing alluded to wa, given to the Ga
zet,e .by order Of the Mayor or the AL
dermen," it now asserts that that s'arbi
,rary oct" as tits called, 'must have been
counteoancedi IL no, directed by the pres
ent board;" which conclusion would seem
to be based on the alleged fact that the
statement made its appearance in the col
umns Of the Gazette "long after the loco
-foco Mayo, and Aldermen were installed
into Office" How much truth there IS il
all this the reader will learn from the
fact. that the Mayor and Aldermen were
sworn into office on the lIth, at mee,n.
at which the subject of the printing al.u
ed to was not mentioned, (the b ,ard hav.
ing merely met to organize,) and on the
l+th-as "tcng" as three days aiter-.ne
City Recorder handed the statement IN
for publication. The assertion. there fore
that The editors contrac, has been in any
manner interfercd with by the presen,
Mayor and Aldermen, is utterly false, and
as such We denounce i 70 the people o.
the city, who have = right TO know the
facts. But, wi,hou, knowing whether the
timo Cor which the Hawkeye wa ap
pointed printer had expired or not. we
deny that, efaer it, ssspessio. last ssm-
mer, that paper hid any more right to the
city printing than any other; and conss.
quently msiatsse that tho Recorder, in
selecting the Gazette for the publication
in question, did mol Infringe On sny of the
vested rights ofthat concern. Tho Hawk
eye, We as.ert, By failing 70 comply with
its part Of the contrast with the city,
forfeited such contract. The publication
OF the ordinances, Is they are passed, Is
the chief reason for selecting city prin-
ter; but did the Tlawkeye, during the pc
riod Of its suspension, comply with this
dutys OF course it did not; but the or.
dinances enacted during such suspension
were all sent to this Office, and published
BY US upon the same terms that we charge
for regular advertisements. Was this an
infring cement Of the editors rights?-
Perhaps it was; but il 80, the fact tina, i.
was rendered necessary BY the omission
Of such editor 10 come up to the require.
mcnts Of his contract probably suggested
to him the policy Of passing the matter
over. There are always two sides 70 .
bargain, and the obligations are generally
equally binding upon both. The Hawk
eye has told its readers how badly il has
been treated by the present city author.
tiles, and we think it but just that the
people should know somsthing Of the
manner in which that paper has discharged
its obligations to the city.
But the Hawkeye, in arra;gning the cor
poration officers for what We have shown
they did not do, has evidently another
object in view besides that OF venting its
mere personal pique. Currency is attempt
ed to be given to the impression that the
city authorities, although not elected on
political grounds, are ac,uated BY partisan
motives; and hence the slang about ''locc
foco Mayor and Aldermen" The edilol
knows in.his heart that the impulation Il
malicious and without the Sigh test foun'
dation; but what or that! He has certain
ends 10 accomplish, and Is . matter Q
choice seems to prefer foul TO fair means
10 their attainment. The BEST prosl