Burlington hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1845-185?, 1849-04-19
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n.To give ell hands in our Office, who are Sons
Of Temperance, an opportunity to attend the cele-
bration At Fort Madison, we anticipate our day Of
publication.
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col. FlTz HENRY WARREN.
Duty TO the Wing party OF Iowa and justice to
Col. FIRE. HENRY WARREs induce US to vindicate
both from the slanderous aspersons that have been
20 lavishly piled upon them by the loco foco pres
ses all over the country. There is = diabolical
method in all these attacks easily disceraibie to
every candid mind as TO carry the antdote with the
poison wherever they are rerused. They can nei-
ther injure Co.. wARaEs or the whig party Of Iowa.
We osvsrtheless feel disposed to give these attacks
such IN exposure rs viii put to shame and hold up
topublic detestation those who made them.
II would be strange il after being puded up with
twenty years royal feed At the government crib they
should not seek what such abuse 10 to them, some
safety valve 70 let or the steam Of their unlocked
Tor disappointment in being signaliy defeated. II
might otherwise, in the absence Of such privilege,
have proved fatalin many instances. They looked
around 20 select what to them would be the most
att,ng target. They saw in sold zach' 60 much
purensss and patfiotism-such complete absence
a Ill assailabe points At which to aim their billings
gate baitery, a to oaer no encouragement in such
IN onset. His courtesy and kindness had already
made even his enemies to abe at peace with him.''
They found that the men Of his Cabinet were also
nnassailable. They had read the monstrous and ex-
aggefated stories about Col. WARREN in some Of
the Iowa papers, and the old man Richie had Kissed
in his cars repetition Of them BY those interested
20 pass this base coin ~ uncounterfeit, and they
looked upon Col. WARES as = most proper VIC
tim on whom to wreak their vengeance and secure
their ends. TIE Washington Union voluntarily be-
came the common sewer through which their ma
aicteus slime was permitted to dow. Papers, whose
articles could not End place In Father RI rcHlE,s
csluans ordinarily, became ambitious for the fame
Of being quoted By him. They searched the ar
ehives Of the private history Of Col. WARREN, and
whsn they could and nothing mar his private rep
rtstion but the fact that he wss the partner or 4
6rn who dealt in Leather, Boots, and Shoes in
Massachusetts, and during apressure in the money
narket-when hundreds Of their customers in the
south and west were unable TO pay them-ha, ing no
alternative they stopped payment for the want OF
means 70 carry on their business-when they could
4nA nothing worse against him than this, they drew
upon their own Imagination and the exaggerated
and false statements uttered BY political enemies
who were writing undes the smartings Of his efforts
70 expose their want Of patriotism and defeat them
in their attempts to rob the people Of their rights.
heypuolished their articles, which were immedi-
ateiy caught up BY the editor Of the Washington
Onion and transferred to his columns. Such arti-
eles we're needed BY him, As b. them he hoped 10
check The tide ofenthusiasm which was 50 uniyer-
sally bearing down Ill opposition to the aeninis-
tsatioa Of President TAYLoz, or At least to turn OF
the attention Of the masses In their absorbed adj
niration Of the hero OF Buena Vista.
The original propagators Of these SANDERS secur-
"a thstr end In one respect. They were permitted
TO act - supernumeraries in the columns of the
Washington Union. This was probably glory enough
for tAem. But has Father RICHIE met with the
same success and satisfactionp Far rom il. He
hss lowered, vastly, the character Of his Sheet and
lost for Al reputation for dignity, csndor and truth
AZ the same time he has unwittinai; given Colonel
wAaaEs such fame A. any man might be proud Of,
BY calling out his friends to vindicate his charac
ter and exonerats him from the malicious charges
Father Richie has 30 industriously circulated
against him. We venture to say-snd it is the gen-
seal impresson-that the Washing Union has done
more for Colonel Warren than combination Of ali
the whig presses could have done. His vindica.
ton win be--thanks to our free institution.-..
public and extensive 40 were the charge, against
him, and II will show the charges to have been
founded In malice and political disappointme -
These will b. looked upon - persecution, and all
know the disesteem in which that is held bv the
masses. ~
some ofthe loco foco papers At the east may have
honestly Inferred, from what they have seen in the
prints Of Tie same side 10 Iowa. that the monstrous
chafgss against Col. Warren were well Founded
In this they TERED isnorantly Among the most abu-
sive and backyard attacks made upon him BY the
oppeston press Of lows, the Iowa Capital Reporter
hsssbeen foremost. We have before US now copy
Of that paper Of the 4h inst, containing On article
which the editor probably anticipates seeing again
u the Washington Union, and which to eur know
lsdgs 10 full Of absolute falsehoods. In the COM
meneement Of the rrticle the'editor says.-
OF. Henry Warren came to lows some two or three
years ago, - political missionary, pnder pen-
sion rom the National Wing Executive Committee
OSass6 PVUs1 asN novlL& then and
since no visible means or support, but always
pocket f0ll OF rocks, which he freely used in mar
shalling the wing forces Of Iowa.o
Sas above is totally devoid of truth. Col. Wan.
aEx did not come here in any political capacity
whatever. He had failed in business At the east,
and, ~ Thousands Of others have done, he came to
she west with the hope to retrieve his fortunes.-
With most worthy family, he selected an humble
dwc'iang, and conducted his household with the
ssricsess economy. During his leisure moments he
wrote several articles, possessing considerable no
ettc merit for the Hawk-Eye. As he was out Of n..
mess, he made sProposition to become 1 co-eaitor
with us. Haviag had satisfactory evidence Of hi,
capaci, We scceded to his proposition, and on the
6sh 81 December, 1914, he commenced his labors N
an associate editor Of this paper at stipulated sal
AIRY. il due to al parties to say that previous to
our entering into this engagement, we made enaui.
ries, in acqaiescence with the request Of Colonel
WARREx, Of highly esteemed merchant ofthis city
Wis had large dealings with the Col. in his business
who icformed Us that nothing dishon-
osakls attached 10 him, ans; that VIC would be per-
Sectly jsstdabe in securing his s@rvices a. assoc
ciate. We ass thus minute. because 0. the insinu-
ati0ns that have been thrown cut respec,i.-g his
failure in business 1t the east, and in the endeavo.
70 make il appear adishonorable transaction The
gentleman 10 whom we applied was conversant with