Hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1843-1845, 1844-03-14
Fort5e Hqic,t- Epe

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For the H1tct Eve.
/ Mr. EplToR:-Tt was my intention to take
no notice OF scurrilous and anonymous
article, in relation TO Mr. WILLIAMS, in the
Gazette Of the Cd inst. The fact OF It's be-
;ng a...nymnus, without its coarse, ungen'
tlemanly and splene'ic language, was sutli-
Gent to consgn it To contcmp. and obliV
ion. But as several have expressed regret
that no reply was made thereto III the
Hawkeye Of this morning, it may not be
amiss to do now
| must confess that the tone OF The article
which, by the way, is Il choice morsel OF
Engllsli-is not very creditable to the heart
or feelings Of any man. Who the author IS,
know not, but envy him not, nor any
anonymous maligner. He may be-and
Judging by The specimen VIC nave, ls-lh
gentlemanly conduct, intelligence and re-
spectability, far beneath the person whom
he has attacked, yet as the ettnsion OF ms
brain has found an organ, in which to vent
his spleen, in the shape Of respectable
paper, | am constrained to deem hum some
rHING The article in question cannot but
be considered as an elegant production, and
an elegant specimen Of the gentleman. 10
attack the reputation of an absent person
and under feigned signature is, of course,
the very D'Orsayism Of pothesse. IL IS,
forsooth, very pleasing way OF gulliotin.
ing a mans character Like the stiletto Of
the midnight assassin that stabs in the dark,
the hand that wields it, is unknown; ana
though the actor in each of these two be
a despcrado, vet the wounds may be lnJu-
rious There is broad difference between
this Mr. 30" and Mr. Williams; bat were
there no other than this, that the one IS
secret maligncr and the other juggler-
admitting him TO be onc-t wonld not envy
the former. The distinction is by no means
desirable AS for myself, tie pubic can
Judge which is the most agreeable and gen
tlemanly employment, to praise, as did W
nv article sirned * Y. z !" one who de
meaned himself as did Mr. Williams while
here, or, to abuse and secretly attack him.
Every man is presumed to he gentleman,
and one who endeavors to filch from him
without lust cause, that title, is ut com
panon OF the midnight assassin. believe
all who ssuciated with him admit the truth
OF nv remarks III relation to the gentle:
manly bearing Of Mr. Williams In fact, /
am satisfied that nine tenths OF this com
munity agree wish all the opinions express
ed in said article. The other tenth may
think as 20" does. | suppose he-"Q =
belongs to the class that calls Mcsmersm
a humhug, but poor souls, cannot give
sin gle reason TO support their position.
Whether Mr. Williams went about town
ssnecromancng, | am unable to say. ]
know there is a Mr. Williams who resides
here and performs the same things spoken
Of by %" And perhaps the Mr. w. IN
question can; and, allowing that he did'
does it initiate against the character oil
Williams. might be said to be no gentle
man, for he is of a comical disposition and
practices ventriloquism. All, his Honor
must beware in future And yon, Edmund
Burke, you were once seen whcelin. a child
I in wheelbarrow, you could not have been
gentleman. And you, Thcmistocles,
were once caught playing with chIId. How
| very childish How very ungentlemaniy
/ and undgnificd. 1t must be so, .or docs
I not CO.. say as much what pity he
was not present to warn these great men
Of the consequences Of their indiscretions.
WHY this Nh 20" must be 4 perfect PINK,
| for he is capital Judge of etiquette and
| politcness. It will be necessary for al! TO
! be on their guard hereafter and mind their
"P's and-Q's' particularly.
! The family Of Nj Williams, have been
told on good authority, is very rcspecta-
the man himself concerning whom issue -
Joined. Ills company was sought for while
here, and his conduct was satisfactory; and
that stamps the gentleman, and not family,
wealth nor the company one keeps. IL
says Mr. w. did not perform his part salts
factorily. a man must be green totaik so
Why does he not expose his performances,
instead Of alta cking his reputation Do.
pray you, Mr. 60" tell US in what he did
not succeed to the satisfaction Of every I'M
prciudiced mind? unmask the gentleman
performances and the thanks of many will
be yours. The idea is rdicnous. The
man has not gumption enough even TO
attempt such thing. He cannot give
sensible reason or argument against mcsme-
rism--but he can attack mans character,
when he is not present to defend himself.
Mr. w. may be ignorant Of some things but
he undoubtedly knows too much to be ex-
posed by such a person as" 20 " | suppose
20" considers meslnerism humbug, and
man who practices it cannot be a gen.
tleman. OF course it is all humbug.-
This world is all humbug. De Bonnie.
vile is humbug, and Williams. and SO is
Gallileo, Harvey. and hundred other great
discoveries. And all have been termed
theorists, dealers in magic, &c. Thank
heaven, Mr. Williams has such good com.
pany as these. why their names will live |
when his abuser will be forgottea by his
pos,erty, j. e. if he have any.
To conclude. | believed Mr. w. to be
gentleman, and so stated did not call
him humbug, for if : had should be
placed in as ridiculous position as 90
Have made assertions and been unable to
prove them. | judged him by his deport-
meat in public and in private, aud believe
was not mistaken in the estimate formed
of his title to the character Of gentleman.
March Z, 1874. X. I. q.
From tie 81 Louis Euening Ga=ette.
VHe11nChDHVE Intelligence.