Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1856-07-30
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To THE EcisoR es TiE HAwK.EYE--
Sra: Axsxcuse Tor troubling you a. this
| time, is foand in recommendation which appear
cd III Tuesday morning Gazette, with the name
of a certain Mr N6rsas appended This extra.
| ORDINARY letter contains some ptetcnled state
nenta tha, require an answer Amy hands, and
wish, through your paper, to notice them.
This Mr.. Morras who now assails me, came
here some months back, ostensihy NJ a German
lawyer, although he cannot write five lines, of
German cosrect.y--ia fact Is no German, but
Polander, whose real name is Morrasss, aud who
is of the silk,stccking and popinjoy order He
is possessed of great deal of ofyanity, which has
lead him TO seek Bo;or;ety IN ways aud means,
which others, of less ambition, would he apt to
overlook. While connected with the Chicago
Times, he fought the battles of Know Nothing.
ism-stiacked Christian Esseiien, editor of the
Atlantis, aud DR.. TIi!gdrtner, editorof the Stats
zeitung, with results similar to tha. ofthe attack
upon the wind,uills--siec confusion of the attack
ing party. 81 f7's3 800
Bat, having sought notcricty in various ways.
with success disproportioned to his ambition,
this nice young man has spread HIM himself elf over a
large space in the Gazette, for the purpose OF
putting an cytinguisher upon the writer hereof,
and has. since its publication, lived almost eS-
clusvely upon the glory of the achievement.
reading his grandiloquent paragraphs TO whom
socver was so unfortunate as TO be caught by
the button and retained for that purpose.
His article makes but one point against me,
and that will show is no point According to
Mr. Morrasky, am paid three hundred dollars
a wear by the Republicans, but offered TO so for
the Democracy forfye hundred. lie states that
Dr. (Stempel,l of Ft, Madison, was sent to
Burlington expressly to sound me and TO snbsi-
die the Freie Press, and that made state
mcnt to him TO this effect. lie also says DE- ).
macnauimously offered to give me $3.50, which
| refused. Thus it will be seen, according 20 his
own showing, that bribery was attempted, anu
moncy offered to me to advocate the pro slavery
cause, which was refused. But even this is not
true. | -
Now mark how plain tale will put Dir. Nor.
rasky to shame. This matter to whichhe refers,
and of which he would be glnd to give ataise
and erroneous impression, transpired FIVE months
ago, while my paper occupied an independent
or neutral position. As it did not then adVo'
cate the Republican cause, an intelligent im-
partial community will be slow to believe was
then in receipt OF bonus from a party whose
cause had not espouscd. M s,s} lise est
Having shown that the first allegation must
have been false, the reader will hardly give t'i'
credence to the balance Of the article in the at
sence of corroborating evidence and probability.
The Frcic Press is the local paper not only Tor
Burlington but for Keokuk, Fort Madison ana
the adjacent country. On complaining TO Dr-
Stempel, friend of mine, that found great d'i-
fculty in carrying on the paper, that gentleman
kindly offered to aid rac by making up sufficient
sum of money among his Democratic friends,
the paper being at that time independent. @'l. For
that purpose he came to Burlington, and among
others, spoke with Mcssrs. Carpenter ana
Schramm, but effected nothing. When DIS.
communicated to me the steps he had taken, anu
the result, went to Mr.. Schramm and told him
that thought it was time the Democrats were
doing something to support the paper. But in N
all this there was no offer on my part to put up
the political influence Of my paper, nor any
proposition to buy it. 1t was simplya question
of subsistence, no political considerations enter.
ing into the matter at all. m ...ge e.. .,.,.,i,,
Mr.. Morrasky brings still another railing ae-
cusation against me. have given two mortga-
ges upon my Office he says. am sorry to have
been compelled to give any mortgage whatever,
! and more especially sorry at being publicly ac-
cused of it in the papers. But the matter is all
| right and honorable. The second mortgage was
not given till the first was paid. This is very
important matter, and should be settled. .-
| This valorous carpet knight, with his eau de
cologne,) in the pursuit of fame, under Difficult
ties, will probably hereafter direct his research
es in some other direction. He is nice young
man for small party, and should not allow his
ambition. to lead him into matters above his
comprehension. Besides he might dig up some
thing he did not wish to find.
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