Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1856-10-15

. All Yen have Tears, Prepare 10 sh'
them now -
The following is the sca,hing letter Of Sena'
Coolbaugh which ''wipcd oatn the n,iscrea
Palmer at the time it was written. We give
that our readers may know what kind of to-
has been hired to teach ,hcm. pro-slavery den
ocracy, rnd keep the unterriied in the traces
He has made .'buck-baskel' of the Gatett'
in which are daily contained more unclea
things than bore the "fat knight" company whe
he was carried out" Wenow propose TO seav
them, the Gazette and Palmer, alone in thei
glory. In life they were b, autifal and in deat
we hope they win not be separated. We pro
pose to make no further reference to either: %
| For the Burlington Hawk Eye.
To THE EpIroR OF THE HAwK.EyE:--I avai
myself of the medium OF your paper to notics
briefly an article in the last "Capital Reporter,
in which amid a profusion of choice billings
| gate" which does honor epen to the well earned
| character of that journal. the editor has endea
| yored to convey the impression that the card o.
A. W. Carpenter, ESQ.,, IN which the said edro'
was exhibited as an infamous liar, and which was
published by me nearly SIR months sgo--not a:
a reply to the elaborate personal attack that hao
| been made upon me, but as specimen merely
of the truth Of the whole article alluded to
was no. designated by that gentleman as sn i'm
peachment of his mr. Palmer's} reracty, and
that with some little difficulty he has succeeded
in eciting the "truth" to lay in evidence be-
fore the public, by having opened a eorrespon.
| dence with "Mr. Carpenter and another gentle
| man. which so soon as he 'can find room to do
without detrifpent to interests of paramount
importance" he will take occasion 10 lay before
his readers to complete the refu,ation and utter
confusion of the malignant SANDER of the infa.
, nous scoundrel Coolbaugh." .. ..
Now although do not see how "retutation
of the statements contained in Mr. Carpenters
| card, which Us the editor justly says makes il
''seem that he (Palmer) must have been guilty Of
falsehood" could result in my utter coniusion,
| yet undertake to say in justice to Mr.. Carpcn.
ter, that his correspondence with this individual
does not contain single sentence which con.
fiicts with the s'Card" but the contrary resf-
| firms the statements therein contained in every
respect. This affirm, and do so Knowingly
although have not seen the correspondence-
| will be found to be the purport OF Mr. Carpen-
ters answers to the interrogatories OF the edi-
| tor of the Reporter, and If he will only publish
the correspondence as he has promised, the
public will "be able to judge understandingly. !
But with all his mendacity, shamelessness aud
| Observation-Disclosures, calunlniator. libeller, as
he is he apiH not and ddres not publish his cor
respondence on this subject. 1t would not oniy y
be an act of Justice to Mr. Carpenter, whose
consistency he has sought to tarnish. and to the
public whom he has attempted to deceive, but,
tout of his own mouth would he stand con-
demned."
With reference to the calumnies with which
he has at various times regaled his readers in re-
ference to my humble self, l have few obser-
vations to make. Were the author Of these pc
riodical discharges of venom and malignity,
which seem necessary to his existence, mere
private individual whose slime does not extend
beyond the circle epen of his own immortality
of infamy, it would certainly, as my friends have
advised me, be unnecessary for me to notice
them but placed as he is in position, where
he is enabled to promnlgate his ISLANDERS in the
ears of those who know him not, feel impell-
eu to bestow some attention to them.
Who, let me ask is this seli-installed Censor,
who arropatcs to himself the right to set in judg-
ment upon the conduct and motives OF his TEL
low citizens, whose "bulis of eXcommunication'
are thundered forth with the most imposing as
sumption of authority against every man who
has the independence to think or speak for him
self? If common rumor be not greater liar
than himself land that is imposslble) this 'un-
licked cub" was driven by the force of an in
dignant public opinion, which his treachery, ma
lignity and vituperation had justly arraigned
against him, from his former abode in Ohio, and
reeking with the contempt which had been
heaped upon him from all quarters, he came to
Iowa, where, with the false cry Of democracy
on his lips, and an insatiate desire for the
"plunder of the spois" gnawing at his vials, he
succeeded in palming himself upon the crcduity
of a few well meaning, but not very sagaclous
members of the party to which ne belonged, by
whom he was brought into notice, and upon
whose favors he has since grown into "6rut1i
paruenu" whose breath is calumny and whose
touch is contamination.
What is there in the character or talents Of
this miserable outcast, false to the friends who
have fed and clothed him, or ready, Judas-like
to betray his principles or his party for less than
Judas price, that should cause any one to dread
the hlsses of this fangless viper? Is not the
former so notoriously infamous that in the cir.
cles of private society it serves as an insupera.
BILE barrier to his admission, and of the latter
| what evidence has he exhibited in the course o
his editorial career beyond a knowledge, thor
ough and complete, admit, OF the vocabulary
of the fish market, and IL skill unsurpassed in
| its adaptation to the selfish purposes of his ma
lignanl heart :? To the different political asp
rants whose interests he has eXertcd himself tc
promote, has not his subserviency proved nfn
itely more fatal than his open or concealed hosti
lity, and by nine-tenths OF both the leaders and
masses of his party is he not ut this momcn
| abhorred and detested!
And vet this political Buzzard" who il ever
now gorged to rep!etion in his attainment of The
principles by which he has been governed
''fve ioaves and two fishes'-whose brain is n
prolific of lies as his heart is destitute OF a sin
gle principle of truth, has the impudence to tall
of his ''veracity." Denounced as a cowardll
miscreant" he proved the justice of the appella
ton, by resentimg the insult in miserable twad
die of filthy slang, and yet he has the aadacit.
to prate about ''his honor" With visag'
whereon envy, malignity, duplicity, falsehoo,
and cowardice are blended in ''cadaverous
harmony, he drags his carrion carcass about,
living illustration of union OF all the vices
without any OF the virtues of humanity.
"a Monster Of such hideous men
That to be stunned needs only to be SEEN"
As such exhibit him to the gaze of an inte
ligent and vrtuous people.
W F. COOLBAUGH.