Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1847-06-02
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| Prcsncditated FaIseilOOds.
| We notice il, the last Hswkeye two OF
three unmiligated falsehoods with refer
ence to the printing of the laws, which
are in such strict keeping with the inter
meddling character Of that malignant and
notorious falsitier, that we should not have
thought Of STOPPING to notice them, but that
our silence might be construed, BY those
unacquainted with the circumstances, into
! tacit admission Of the truth of its state
ments. We shall therefore notice few Of
them in the order in which they occur
Lie number one: In speaking ofthe pub.
LEGATION and distribution of the schol laws,
a small pamphlet Of only sixteen pages.
that sheet says:
"One reason, we presume, why they
have not been published before il, that
the printer could make fit job of it."
The egregious ignorance Of the writer
might have been p.eaded in mitigation Of
this base falsehood, were it not that bis
attention has repeatedly been called to the
provision Of the school law which rec;;;;;.r.,
the Secretary to distribute those laws to
"the Fund Commissioners Of the several
counties" He has been told, also-oth-
erwise he might not have been aware Of
the fact that it was impossible for the
Secretary toperform that duty before there
were any Fund Commissioners in exist
ence, and that this is the only reason why
they were not SO distributed prior to the
election. ....-..... ....
Lie number two: That pu,rid mass Of
grovelling corruption and Ignorance then
proceeds to tell how we could have made
ga fat job of it," as follows:
"Ths same matter or type used in prin.
ting the general laws, answered for the
pamphlet, without resetling, and it was
doubtless made 10 answer a double pur.
pose, although it will be charged and paid
Tor as new matter. This is all fair, pro-
vided,' Sc. ....
However "fair, according 10 the Hawk
eyes standard Of fairness and honesty, may
be the course here indicated as the one
which would have been adopted by him
who penned this slanderous imputation,
or any other which he may propose as
fair and honorable, we profess to be gov.
erned by very different system of ethics
from that BY which he squares his own
nefarious conduct. We will simply state
that, by delaying the publication of the
general volume few days-which work
was very urgent, with view TO putting
in force, at the earliest possible day, the
entire code, including the school laws,
which it has been shown, could not be
made to take effect in any other way-by
such delay, we might have saved por-
ton Of the composition of the school laws,
by using the matter twice as it was set up
for the general volume. BY this course,
we could have made small sasing-say
five or ten dollars-which the Hawkeye
says would have been call fair" But with
us, the consideration of the public inter
est, as dependant upon the early promul-
CATION Of their new code OF laws, had more
weight than the interest of our pocket;
and we therefore proceeded with their
publication, without the delay necessary
to have increased our substance by this
paltry sum.
The matter for the school laws was
therefore set up twice; and while the
Hawkeye's allegation that we have .'char.
ged', and "will be paid" for work which
we have not actually performed, is utterly
false and unfounded, his acknow edeemens
that he would have profi,ed in this man
ner himself, had he enjoyed the opportu-
NIFTY. Is equally gratuitious and Ill timed.
he cuts most sorry and awkward fig ure
in this admission, starting out, as he does,
upon the presumption that others are as
pusilanimous, avaricious, sordid and void
Of moral honesty as himself.
Lie number three: In another article
L ~
ne says that we ''get the general. loca, and
school laws" 10 print, Sin three separate
jobs" viii this sapien, editor. who is 50
renowned for his general intelligence and
familiarity with every thing tina, Concerns
the public veal, condesceEd to inform the
public how he figures up s',hree sepera,e
jobs" Of this work? Where does he get