Burlington hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1845-185?, 1845-10-30
That Other. Libel.

That other Libel.
'chey begin to pile them npon us, sure
enough. Another wri, precisely similar
10 the one published IN our last except the
date was handed to us on Monday by the
Deputy Sheriff We don't know. as our
prosecutor Mr. Upham has Left the city. j,
is said, for New York. but he has left
carte blanche in the hands Of his lawyers
TO be filed up at their pleasure during his
absence. If this is the case we may ex-
meet weekly issue of wri,s against Us.
each calling for five thousand dollars dam
age. until we stop alluding to the subject.
As we have high veneraiion for the
independence Of the press. we are indis
posed to stop, and, as we said last week.
pile them up as high as they may. we
won, permi. this press to be muzzled or
frightened into submission. We won't
stop.
If these writs become as numerous as
we anticipate, we intend to gather up all
the copies Of them. with the verdicts Of
the juries attached, and present them to
the Iowa Historical Society, SO that they
may be KEEP. safely in their archives for
the examination of the curious. A few
centuries hence they may be sought for
as rare specimens Of the course pursued
by certain class Of men to vindicate their
characters in The early settlement Of
Iowa.
Every body wonders how even inge.
nious lawyers can excruclate any lhin G
libellous ont Of the statements We have
made abou, Upham. If as is rumored his
object is merely 10 create sympathy in
his own behalf and in behalf Of his friends
Wilcox and Whiulesey, and that these
prosecutions are all sham, we think he
will find that he has taken the very wor.
course to accomplish his object. There
is no other way in which he can max.
them sham suits bu. by Withdrawing
them. We have employed able counse
and shall insis. upon trial in every case
where we have been prosecuted. Ou
character is as valuable to us as Upham':
is TO him, and we shall not allow him Il
trifle with it with impunity.
In the frs, statement which we made W.
used as much leniency as any statemen
OF the case would allow. We nigh, hav,
gone into particulars and stated tina. it wa'
rumored tina. old man Whl,lesey ha.
stock to the amount Of few ihousant
dollars in one of the Banks at New Yorl
that he transferred his stock from Banl
to Bank and associated the names Of som,
Of the largest capitalists with these trans
fers until he obtained the cred:, and mad'
<he impression Of being eminen,ly rich
that Wilcox then bought goods 10
heavy amour. and, gave Whitslesey as hi
hacker and that on the supposed ability
Of Whiulesey these goods were ob.aine.
by Wilcox-a(ter which Whialesey solt
his stock. withdrew his funds and Wilco,
it is said either disposed of these goods o
had them forwarded to the west. leavin.
the creditors no recourse on the endorser
Accompanied by Whi.tlesey. Wilcox tool
up his residence in Burlington. He her,
Get himself up as grea, Natnralis. in III,
science Of Entomology, and took conside
rable pride in exhibitingahi very extern
sive specimens Of insects. What his con
neciion with Upham might have been, OF
whether he owned most of the stock If
his store. we do not pretend to say. The
close intimacy existing between the whole
trio was remarked by many; and If The
goods really belong 10 Upham We SHOULD
think he would no, experience so mucl
difficulty in establishing the fact; and, fol
Vie sake Of honest dealing, we hope HI
may doso. When he does. we will mos
cheerfuIly proclaim it to the world. The
above, and more was rumored here, and
we might have legi,imatety embodied the
whole in our FIRST .ta.ement-bu, we de.
clined doing il through feelings Of deIica.
cy. We simply refer to these rumors
now to show ,chat zee could hare done
lfrascals come 10 Iowa and bring goods
and establish stores which have been fran.
dulen,ly obtained, they ough. TO be ex
posed. Who viii not say amen. 10 tia,
doetrine' The press i. under obligations
10 make The expose. and the people, should
and they wiltuphoid il in So doing. The
character Of our young and rising Terri.
tory and its permanent traders. for homes,
dealing. demands tina, the villainy of iran
sienf 1sders shall be go fully xposed a.
70 shield II and them from injury. ant
prevent she sims Of the one being VISITED
q shs heads Of ,he others. 4 We hop,
ever 40 b found on the aide of honesty
and i M Upham sues u for vindicasinl