Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1856-10-08


The sneaking wretch, A. C. Palmer, who wsi
posted by Senator Cooibaush, in lS47, as
! "LrAR and ScoUxDsEr,-' has since that time
progressed from bad to worse, until he has be-
come mean enough to do the dirty work Of the
Gazette, and do it too in manner infinitely Be-.
lor ANYTHING that has ever been witnessed here.
The following malicious and vindictire thrust At
Banking House in this city, was made on Sat-
| urday last. All the gentlemen comprising the
firm are private citizens, and II is hard, we opne,
to find an excuse for SO malignant an attack, as
there cannot be found single provocation--
Here is the article. We give it entire, and ask
our readers to mark its spirit well:
LOOK Our FOR BRxAxkRs I'VE do not use
the term "breakers" fguratively, but literally,
when we caution the public, at this moment, to
be on 'the look out" Emigrant aid stock has
gone down amazingly since the late burst up Of
Fremont capital in Kansas, and it may behoove
some people to inquire how far this sudden and
serious change of affairs may effect certain
banking institution, the Kangaroo end of which
establishment is said to be a large share holder
of Kansas aid stock. ~, 's
We are no panic makers, but there are GER
tain duties which all journalists owe to the pub
lie, such as warning them against counterieits,
wild cats, money crises, &c. and in pursuance
of that duty We would merely put our citizens
upon their guard against contingencies from the
case under consideration. Having, heretofore,
been dilligent in exposing the rottenness OF this
Kansas humbug, We will have the consolation
of knowing that it is not our fault if some OF
them are 'bit" in consequence of over creduli-
ty to the profession of those who do lip service
IN ov,,p; IN, VncS Sl,asr
of undue confidence in those who have so little
real stamina and character, as to become deeply
interested in Treason stock for speculation
Iowa State Gazette.
Was there ever an article published in the
most degraded sheet in the country, that could
come up to this in natural depravityg The
scurvy hireling that perpetrated it would be
honored by classification with briggands and
ruf6ans-the utterer of counterfeit coin is gen.
tleman beside him-the common thief, honora-
BILE.
Two or three days have wrought wonderful
change in this Iago. We are not inform
ed whether it was the threat of a criminal prose.
cution-the indignation of an outraged commu-
nifty or hint from his masters. But certes
Palmer, in Wednesdays Gazette, carwled
through very small hole in the following hu-
initiating manner, acknowledging the falsity OF
his first attack:
In our Saturdays issue we referred to the
bankrupt condition of republicanism as superin-
duced by the sudden depreciation of its Kansas
stock, and in spirit OF good-natured irony, eau
toned the public to be on ''thc look out" as to
the the effect of this intelligence upon certain
banking house, one of the partners of which
(the Kangaroo extremity of the concern) was
known to be a holder of "Emigrant Aid Stock"
1t is hardly necessary to say to intelligent rea
ders of the Gazette, who saw the article, and
still less necessary to assure the owners of the
bank referred to-, that we meant nothing more
than little by play, at the expense of repuhli-
can investments in fancy politics. The bank, for
aught we know or imagine, is as sound as any
in the country, and its prudent managers will no
doubt know how to keep it more than solvent.
Mr.. Iago undertakes little "by-play," a
mere bagatelle, a "good-natured" attempt to de-
stroy the confidence of the public in q banking |
house and stab the private citizens who owni
He intends no harm by it! Not the least We
rily his impudence is only surpassed by his in.
fanny, and a whip should be put in every honest
hand
ITO lash the rascal make d through the worldn |