The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1859-04-19

ED1roa o. HAwE-ErE :-Ihis scrip 10 10 Vi
dication Of myself against . SANDER publish
i IN the Gazette on The sth Inst. win ron ha
The kindness 70 publish - the 0asssss 4
! more. +. w. GRAY.
Iowa wrs. UsIvsaslrr. April II, 1855.
H4ssRs. EprroRs -
in your Issue Of the 81
inst, which you have had the kindness to sen
J me. and Communication purporting to be-,
come from the Messrs. Arrighis Of Fair6el,
centradieting in no very respectful way, . stat
nent Of mine made in the Christian Advoca,
and Jenrnal Of New York.
Your correspondents have sufficiently ex
planned the circumstances and details Of til
case, 90 far ~ my letter to the Advocate
concerned. The following statement quote
from my letter is pronounced . palpabls fals.
Aood, to wit: In q note TO one Of his brother
In Fairfield the troubled father urges him to d
What he can to restore Antonio 70 the tru
faith, and in closing says, II Is father Civ
you the power to Whip the ekin of Of him, .,
break his back, or even to take bis life If b,
will not give up his hereto profession and com,
back"
Your correspondents are quite confident II
would seem that my object in publishing this
"hendsh charge" was ITO fan the fame Of
religious bigotry in the protestant churches,
and tosgive secret stab to the Roman Catholic
Church" but in the next sentence they "are at q
loss to know the object that Mr.. GRAY had 10
view in publishing our father 40 murderer,
and his sons assasins, or rather accomplices."-
How 10 this have to say Messrs editors, that
have not published either the father, or the
sons as such. Ipublished the letter Of the faith
e.. 1say nothing Of the. father as = murderer or
the sons Gssasins / published the note of the
father as it was traslated to me by Antonio, in
troduced with the palliating qualification 1.-THE
troubled father, not the murderous father
the troubled father urges dc.
Your correspondents think their father in.
capable Of giving such fendish instructor to
his children, and Antonio is wont to think the
Same. 1t is bis clear conviction that his father
troubled and excited, wrote as he did at the
1ictaton of the priest, and that this terrible let
Ter does not SO much show the barbarous feroci-
y Of the parent, as the terrible tanaticim Of
ne Romish faith. In justice 10 Antonio must |
ay that he is not an migrate, disobediant son. |
lie came to this country with the permission of |
'is parents. He loves his parents, and this ap-
'ears in my letter in the Advocate. He was
areful that the parental character Of his father
nd mother should not be involved in disgrace.
lie does not believe his father q murderer, and
'onders that his brothers could suffer such q
lew of the subject to be taken; and this view
the subject having been taken, he shrinks
'om the sad proof Of my statement in the
dvocate and Journal, and only reluctantly
Onsents to it, in this communication, for the
Ike OF the truth. He is reluctant to believe ;
'at his brothers are capable of making the |
atements made in your paper so directly in {
opposition to what they know to be true. He
els and chershes q fraternal affection that !
rinks reluctant to put them to shame. His I
visibility in this respect does honor to his no. I
g heart. He is persuaded, that, instigated J
, the priest, they have perhaps consented that
} might use their names, as they are used, and
e fact that their names are not spelled correct 9
confirms the suspicion.
But to the falsehood. Mr.. Alright of Italy :
ter receiving the intelligence of Antono's Q
ostacy from the Catholic faith wrote to his n
ms hereto all of them on the same sheet :,
1t most of the letter was TO Antonio. have /,
blshed the letter as directed to Antonio e1- Il
pting few things Of no public interest, /
70 published part of what was directed to !,
g brothers. The note referred to, and called e
question closes the letter. "
Upon an examination of the original, which q
,ave made for myself since the publication of a
ur correspondents, l find that the traslation D
Itch Unpublished 10 substantially correc'. here e
re the original with the traslaton The Ital- !,
precisely: II
10 vi do la alnpio potesta come padre, di IL
oppargli la rene, di levarl la pelle, per fino IL
a.
fratelli maggiore tornare all pairia.
The following is a literal traslation:
give you full power, as a father, to cripple =
, back, to take off the skin or even to take m
ay the life, if he refuse to obey his older I,
others Il. e give up his new religion, as the CT
1nection determines) and come back to his :"
tive country. N
It will be seen that my traslation in the New c;
rk paper is substantially and almost literally s!
rect. =;
4 copy Of the whole letter including what pl
,lished in the Advocate and Journal, and F,
ne other unmportant n alters, is in my pos =
sion, and may be seen at any time by priest G;
people. II oas first received by the brothers in
Fairfield, aud there are many there who ar
I'D it read. 1t was subsequently sent to An 70 20
10, and there are many in Mount Pleasant, to
about the college here, that have heard it re
d. Several have examined the originel let
in the hand writing of the father, and re-
rked upon the pocer Of the Romish faith ouer Nj
minds of its orM education, as il dictated in da
singular letter. Your correspondents will "
course understand that my statement in the of
vocate Il Journal is reafirmed. Any who ali
curious, or suspicious enough to test the ia
ements have made, are now furnished with pa
means to do 90, and they are invited to 2f
. US q call. They shall be satisfied ad wi
scam. E. w. GRAY. ~
owa Yves. University, April 9th, 1889. 81,
}. S.-Siuce witing the above the enclosed 81
p from Antonio was handed me, which he ;s,
hes published. 1t seems that upon more re. d,
ton he is quite persuaded that his brothers SO
no hand in the publication, made over their as
aes, in your columns. E.W.G. tie
Mt. PLEASANT, Iowa, April 18th, 1859. -. ~
liz. EDITOR In the Daily State Gazette, ~. y"
'lington, Tuesday, April 5th, discover great y"
ing by attempting to disgrace my brothers, -: ~
some man who has no regard for his fellow !o
ngs nor fear OF God. To give you q true 70
of the falsehood which has been published
he Gazette, l must let you know that my i,