The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1860-09-22

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made With the deliberate parpsss 81 i.,su.,e.
g hlaasssg and destroying he .asuai,ed pssity--
o. msteatng stain upon hiua for ~ rese q IL
ite. la this, as in most cases, thsrs q I rsers
prctense ofpersonal grisvanes .ss s. sqss 81
Dr.9sasi.asg isa yosss nan q - al,,ls,es
AZ writer, having few II any superioss d ~
Ssats, conserved viii the press. h Herald,
% several years under his editorial charge, has
been = high-toned papsr, vieldiag larEs ipiln-
ence, mot only % county paper. but throush-
ost the State. Il viii loss aoas ofits vigee q
indspspasoce fsom this effort q iatinidatioa.-
TIE men Who have made this rulRanly and cov-
ardly attack upon aman Who 10 everywhere and
under "A circumstance gentleman IN Tie best
aeceptation Of the term, have. brought upon
themselves an infamous notoriety that will I'd.
hers much longer than they viii desire. On the
other hard Dr.. Beardsley has borne himself. ,an-
der The trying circumstances, in q manner 70 en-
dear him - bic numerous frisada Not until tbe
second mafdeross attack va made dtd he arm
himself.
The Oskaloosa Wide Awakes took action a
follows, In regard to this affair:
An Attenpt g InsanlAste che Pssss.
At regular meeting Of the Oskaloosa Wide |
Awakes. held on Monday evening, Sept Itch, |
lseO. Hsa. wn. Leaghridge h he chair, ne |
following proceedings we're had:
VIM. Z. Rhinehart moved that committee Of |
nine be appointed to draft resolutions respecting
the assaults Of HeessA Macon on tie Editor 81 |
the Oskalooea Herald. asqs ssd
{ The motion was adopted, and the President an
pointed VIM. e. Rhinehart, A. g. Young. Ben.
I. Ingels. Dr.. J Y. Hopkins, Henry Stafford.
Capt J. w. MeAullih, Ben. Crispen, Geo. Row.
land and G. Searle, said committee
The Committee, after retiring for consultation,
brought in the following report:
WHEREAS there has been in this CITY q recent
attempt TO crush out by violence and force, the
freedom Of the press and scseyeas Dr.. Charles
Beardsley, the editor Of the Oskaloosa Herald.
and a member Of this company, was, on Saturday
the 18th inss., yiolently and upiuetly assaulted
on one OF the public streets Of this city by Joseph
II. Macon, the present Sheriff Of this county. and
by his brother, Thomas Macon, under the pretext
that he had published nm offensive political art-
Gle headed, "Ano.her Douglas Failure, therefore
Resotsed, That the untrammeled freedom Of
the press is vitality essential to the preservation
OF Liberty and the blessings Of = free government
and that it ought, and, to the extent of our inAu
ence, mstk and shall 6e n.ai,.taiaed
Rssossed, That We recognize and endorse the
Herald as judicious and we'll con-
Quoted journal-sound and right in it's political
principles, upright and heightened In it's charac-
ter, and a credit to the Republican party, to this
city, county and State.
Resolsed That the assaults on the editor Of
the Herald, whom we know to be a peaceable
and law abiding citizen, made on Saturday the
l 5th inst, by Sheriff Macon aud by Thomas Ma
con, were totally inexcusable, and that, inasmuch
rs they were made suddenly, violently, without
. word of warning, and entirely unexpectedly to
their intended victim, they were dastardly, rmE.
fdnly aud assassa 1Lke 81 M
Resolved, That as We approve the past course
OF the Herald, we commend it to the same
and independent path in future,
aud We hereby pledge its editor and proprietors,
in all personal emergencies. the individual and
collective backing" of 100 Oskaloosa Wide
Awakes. 7--s.t 4s.i -se
Resolred, That the foregoing preamble and res
olutions be published in the next issue of the
Oskaloosa Herald, and tina, we request the pub
LEGATION Of the same in the Burlington Hawk-Eye.
w. G. RnIxEnARr, A. G. YOUNG,
BEN. f. INGEIs, J. Y. HOPKINS,
II. STAFFORD, j. w. McMuLL,S,
d. CRIsPIN, GEo ROWLAND, 4
G. p. SEARLE
On motion of. N. Byera, the above preamble
and resolutions were Maa,.imo,tsly adopted.