Burlington hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1845-185?, 1846-04-09
Gazette and Pos, office Printing.

We though, our noie To Mr. lIager. The
Post Master, was sufficiently explicit! and
free from ambiguity TO lead the editor OF
the Gazette to see the value we placed
upon his veraciiv, backed even as his
statement was BY an affidavit. Instead
Of paying any attention TO that no'e, how
ever, he plies his whole billngsgs,e bat
terry agains, something less expliei, and
which he considers far more grievous.-
Apart from The s'circsms,ances" TO which
we alluded and which TO use his own
classical language, he calls 'lowbfed
sons, which we do no. yet feel called on
to state ,,ha, induced US 10 place no Deepen
dence on either his statement or affidavit.
Those aside, we shall now allude in full
view Of the consequences, 10 some of
the circumstances" To which we made
allusion in our last, and which Of them.
selves are sufficient in our estimation to
"plac. the editor in rather an unenviable
position, before this community. He will
no, deny sending one Of his apprentices
as spy into the Hawk Eye Office on the
Saturday previous to his Statement" to
ascertain the number we printed. Tha,
apprentice, in all candor, acknowledged
iha, the number printed in the Hawk Eye
Office was larger by abou, fifty than thar
printed =. the Gazette Office. In three
days after this acknowledgement and be-
fore The editor had issued another paper,
he makes an ex par.e affidavit, stating the
number Of The Gazette to be greater by
twenty -four than The Hawk.Eye. This
according to his own admission in his
las, paper-for he does not and will not
dare say he printed any more than his
apprentice stated before thai-makes \
difference in three days of upwards of
seventy. Will any one believe he OBJ
tanned such an accession in so short a
time even if i! was backed by his allida-
Wit!
The affidavit itself looks suspicious
He is in full partnership with Mr. Tizzard;
why was no. the affidavit. made out ia The
name Of the firm! Especially should il
have been so, as Mr. Tizzard is The print.
er and attends to the mechanical depart.
men. and is supposed to know more
about The number printed than The editor.
And why. alter we published our doubt.
as 10 his veraclv, did he no, exonerate
himself from such serious ck,rgs, by
getting Mr. Tizzard or the h.nds in the
Office 10 endorse his affidavit! In view Of
these circumstances, we were authorized
TO demand additional proof. We did de-
mand it; bu, i, was no, forthcoming.
In attempting TO obtain subsc ribers ha.
he not visited wing. and begged them TO
take the Gazette and on their declining
on the ground that they could no, afford
to take that and the Hawk Eye at The
same time. has he not still persisted in
urging them notwithstanding they have
told him tina, they would no, take
his paper on any terms; and even in
such cases has he no, told them tia. he
should send the paper to Them.
We have said more on this suhi.c,
than we intended and should no, have Al.
luded TO it again had no, the editor Of the
Gazette challenged u. to do 20. a, he
called our allusion TO what we have now
stated "mean, low and cowardly insinu.
atoms" and that "no high minded man or
gentleman would be guilty Of them" we
have thought il best to state some of the
facts on which we based this "insinus
ton" If he will deny these, then will
we not only prove his own meanness in
the transaction, but show !ha. he has
been gully of other acts more highly
censurable and which in our opinion ..no
h'ghminded man or gentleman would be
g"ii'y Of. The course he has pursued,
instead of obtaining rev subscribers or
retaining those he finds on his books.
will have contrary e6set-jus, in pro-
portion as his true character is known
and appreciated.
10 be considered mean, low and cow
ardiy by such a man. will be no de.ri.
men' to US in this neighborhood that We
can imagine. He knocs he can call as
oy such epi,hets with perfect impuni,y.
we know not how we could show such
man that we were either noble, or brave,
and were we challenged by him. TO make i,
sure that he would come up 10 the scratch,
we should be disposed 10 cloihe ourself
with PETrICOAT,