The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1853-02-09

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inquiry among the scrip-holders Of the city.
Speaking of ",he books Of the recorder" j,
this sentence, he evidently intends to conve,
the idea, that my books had been kept in 81
bungling manner as to render them unintel
| ligble. To prove how utterly false this insin
uation is, refer the reader to the joint certifi
cate OF several gentlemen who were Aldermen
at the time, as well as to that Of Judge Cookery
both of which will be found below. They say
that my duties were performed in an eatirei,
satisfactory manner. If, there fore, these Ger
tifcates of disnterested parties, merit greater
credence than the random insinuatons of Z
mere sanderer, this may be put down as mis-
representation No. l.
Mr.. Hewitt next has the unblushing effronte.
~ to say that denied to him that had any
scrip in my possession, at time when had il
for sale to others.
This is an unqualified falsehood.
AS the submitting of Mr. Hew,tts "Report'
is represented by himself as an official act and
consequently one which must have been per-
formed under oath, persons unacquaintsd with
the reckless character of the man, may wonder
at the extraordinary elasticity of conscience
which enable him TO s'report" that it was sim
possible" to ascertain the amount Of scrip out
standing, at time when EVERY possible means
ofascertaining had not been tried. Where then
were those conscientious scruples which he
would fain have US believe formed his govern
ing rule of conduct' Snugly tied up, perhaps, in
that hypocrtical guard assumed short time be-
fore and of which he has since been disrobed by
disgraceful expulsion from one of our chris
tan denominations. 1t is to be hoped that the
next effort Of his private secretary will be a
dissertation upon the sanctity Of official oaths
and 'reports.' But at all events, Mr.. Hewitt
having failed to shew that it was impossible to
ascertain the amount of scrip in circulation, the
reader may mark this down as No. 2.
But, he would have the public believe, that il
was 'impossible," according to his "report," to
know how much scrip had. Let US see how
this is. In the first place, he admits that
'oou'd sell to others, though not to him. IT.
therefore, he had adopted the course of sending
others 10 me. as ''sharp'' police officer would
have done, if he suspected any wrong, is it not
clear that the amount had on hand could, moi
only possibly, but to a certainty, have been as.
certained: In this particular, then, having fur
nished the most indubitable evidence Of his own
falsehood, the reader has no alternative but "a
put this down as No g.
He next refers to the names of "Warner
Lewis, Thomas Hardie, Ben. NJ Samuels," and
other gentlemen ofhigh responsibility, apparent
ly will, all the confidence maginable-just as il
they would vouch for the truth OF his wanton at.
tack. But, to show with how much authority
he makes free use of their names, append o
note from several of them 10 me.
MIR. A. ID ANDERsoS:-We voluntarily state
that MIR. Hewitt had no authority whatever, fol-
referring to our names, if by so doing he means
to say that we harbor any suspicious against you
in relation to our city affairs On the contrary
we regard you as scrupulously honest man
meri,ing in all respects, both public and private
confidence. WARNER LEWIS.
THOMAS HARDlE
BEN. NJ. SAMUELS
Mr. Hewitt would have you believe, thai
these gentlemen regard my guilty connection
with the 'derangement' and populations refer
red to, as beyond dispute or doubt. They re-
gard me as ga scrupulously honest man." This
then, is Misrepresentation No. 4.
He next irsinuates that came dishonesty
by some thousands of dollars in city scrip. Be
fore proceeding to defend myself against THU
| charge, let nae put simple question TO the read
er. Suppose that some detestable slandere
should say the same of you,-what would yor
think of a man, who would require you to prove
that you had not possessed that amount of scrip
or that you had not acquired it by dshones
means, instead of requiring your accuser to show
your gnli' For instance, if Mr.. Hewitt shoule
insinuate that you had passed large amounts o
counterfeit money, could you prore that you ne
yer had committed such offence? Many might
indeed, testify to their belief of your innocence
but n o man could testify positively thereto, un
less by some iniallible process he could read tn,
Utmost secrets OF the heart. How, then, shall
be able to prove that did not do this or that
The proposition Of Mr. Hewitt is therefore S,
absurd, SO utterly prepos,erous, and my relianc,
upon the good sense, justice, and impartiality o
this community is SO strong, that feel that he
and not l +, will be required to adduce the requisite
proofs; and that until he does so, he will con
tinue to be regarded as ruthless detamer, who's.
very presence forbids the safety of either NAL,
or female character.
But, fortunately for me, this happens to b,
one of those extraordinary cases in which tn,
accused may prove up the negative side of thu
question, and thereby establish his innocenc,
indisputably in every unbiased mind, as shall
now proceed to do.
lie evidently designs to create the impress
sion that |. as Recorder, was the proper office
to receive from the Treasurer, and destroy, al
scrip collected by him for taxes, &c. To SHOW
his utter ignorance of the City Charter, which
his oath should have induced better acquant
ance with, take an extract from it, relating &
this subject:
at shall be the duty of the City Council Il
hquidate and settle all claims and demands a
gainSt SAID City ana 10 require all ofhcers, agent
or other persons ntrusted with the disbursement
or expenditure of the public money"-as tn
| Treasurer is s'to account 10 them,' not to tn
| Observation-Disclosures, at such time and in sue
| manner as they may direct; and they, (not tn
Recorder) shall annually publish &c.,-refer
ring TO their report.
Thus it will be seen, that he has mlsrepreseni
ed the charter, and the facts, and thereby caus
ed to be penned-No. 5. Hence, it will be pei
ceived, that if the Mayor and Aldermen perfol
red their Imperative duty, as 1 know they die
the various settlements with the City Treasure
were made without the aid or Intervention
the Recorder Moreover, as shewn by the fol
lowing certificate, neither received, nor ha
anything whatever to do with the scrip. Hea
what Mr.. Lorimier and a number of the Alder
men say, and what every one of them would, n
doubt, have said, if had been able to have see
them.
We, the undersigned, Mayor and AIderme
the City of Dubuque, for the years 1547.s
do certify, that during our respective terms, Ut
on settlements with the City Treasurer, th
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