Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1856-09-17
BURLINGTON, Sept. 10, '56.

c. DuNnAM, ESQ.,
In card Of this mornings Gazette, Walter
Morras tries to retute the statement made against
him in the Hawk Eye e. Telegraph.
will give you the statement in full. On Sat
urday evening before the last election, immedi-
atey after the German Republican meeting had |
adjourned, Walter P. Morras, in conversation at
Kelcrs Beer Saloon, said 'that the German
Democrats were rough and uncivilized Plebia,s,
and any attempt to quiet the disturbance they
had made at our meeting, would have been use
less with such u body of men," l remarked that
he should be ashamed to use such language OF
his contrymen, to which he most cmphatically
replied My dear sir! lam no German.
do further state that gave the authority TO
the Hawk-Eye to publish said statement, and
that told said Morras OH Sunday evening, when
| he callc, me to account, that had done SO, and
again on Monday morning, in presence of two
| gentleman, whose names will not now men
ton, that any denial on his part was lie, which
he most candidly confessed by tacit adni;tancc.
The conversation with Mr.. Orth was abouttwo
| hours after mine at Kellcrs, at the corner OF
! Main and Jefferson sts.'
Mr.. Morras says: "Mr Orth, a gentleman in
whose integrity and truth repose all confidence,
i will not cofroborate his statement.
Now what does Mr.. OrLh say? Mr. Orth au-
thorizes me to state that Mr. Morras did say that
the Democrats were ''rough and unciyfzed PIE
bans, +" {supposing that he alluded to the party
which tried to prevent Mr.. Wentworth from
speaking aud composed of all kinds)
Does not this corroborate M statement! Is
it not more deplorable to the party as he takes
the broad stand and saws Dcnocrats9 Does it
not include Germans Is this evidtace that
when he said TO Mr.. Orth two hours aflerward,
Democrats, that he did not say German Demo
,, erats two hours previous
But he goes on further and SAYS:
.STherefore, the charge Hawk Eye has prefer
n rcd, rests entirely upon this person Weber. The
n German Democracy has sufficient discrimination
. TO see the object of this vile faisehood, and vii
" rather believe one who has always adsoea et
E their cause and fought their battles, than per
d son who belongs to that clique which Fboastet
:. of buying the votes OF their own democratic
! conntryuien at ten dollars a head"
e IN this Mr.. Morras is prejudging his own ease
(, he instructs the jury before they have invest
,s gated the matter and ascertaned the facts.
s have always fought your battles and of cours
I L am an honest man
G. In answer to the above charge Of buying vote
y OF tea dollars ahead do hereby state chat an
ne person th.t will lawfully prove that offered {
), gave IN dollars, one dollar or any sum wi,atso
m ever 10 any person, Democratic or Republican
10 vote tie Republican ticket, shall receive I'll
n sun,of City dollars, and said sum is at tile offs
" os coalaaagl& & Brooks deposit, to be deli
!, essd 20 s..c terson making ai larit 10 aoresa
80 ch tFss. ssS 4 * s.
hs In co ,y.sllsioi.. will State that erer,word
ais the foregoing sgs,n>t Maker r Murras is trs
'cs am! thai am rc-on able for the same, and rh
~ Itiviy him 10 sni,Stantiase his charge aga ast
The 80 w;linliy aud haselys perpetrated. xRsrg
for prosessian, polite ian, have desire 10 i,st
in. Wiih ulaa whose anteeeden.s are 50 tby
own coniessian) dark, and leave tte natter
ID The generous pahlicanlong ahom have reSd
sor tx years, and most cordially submit TO ,h
Us verdict .s Il. s.- !.
at s,.sa THEODORE B. WEBEh