The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1861-04-13

ple--the ss=;r7apd Il ihey .ss have done
wrong will acknowledge i. But shall object
to being tried BY little brat politicians and whip
ol ths Iish men who are hart rt II II
their trade by my effSrts.. ao;ssa.
Ny attention was called to two articles In the
Herald Of the; South ! felt a little PANIED
that Mr., Bennetts paper should assail me 80
yhen had his name down a > subscriber for
fifty bushels Of corn but X suppose he did NOT
write il And If that other man wrote Il, j haye
nothing to say, since l learn what sort Of d man
he is. He is welcome to abuse me as much as
he pleases, and shall never get angry with hin,
for it's my habit never to have fuss with MEN
of his stripe, and like old Sam. Houston, never
fight dorm .kA II he needed the pure corn d
give, him some if pc "a come 70 my mill, but g
We hare no way Of extracting the juice don't
suppose he'I care much abodtit hope he n
have good, time Of il, and II abusing me win
benefit him any say, 50 ahead. .,sJ, rs,is5 IA
.yq...,s gAsNAN WHOSE FOOT y. TOO BIG. :, .,.g
!, The Clarion has been pitching into me too.
Mr.. Shannon was at Raleigh court, slyly trying
TO injurc me and my cause, and trying TO get up
q resolotion stating, that I .mjsrcpresented the
people, about, Secessionism and resolving that
Smith county was all right and would adopt the
new government. But the trick was too plain.
The people saw it.; Old Walsh, whose oars no
man has seen, and asbrother Irishman, was put
forward end ppplauded BY afew., Bpt when a
friend Of mine got up, and denounced Walsh aud
his applauders as liars, scoundrels. and towards,
and the people sustained him, the editor Of the
Clarion had no more to say. / IN sorry for him.
His paper, like his foot is too big for active ser
vice. i.t.
5,sA LITTLE FACTION, r." H. = 1s .,,y y'''
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about me. Now, he knows that many Of the
people of his county were in need and that the
meeting at Raleigh sustained me- yet he can find
it, in his breast to. dehopnce me-. Well, Mr..
Gasque you can 60 ahead, but you will see
how you stand if ever you make the corn ques:
ton an issue. Xea belong 10 a. itas Jaction IN
SmiM that are Ne keepers s s ouy Aibersies, and yu you
all know. about as much ,aboat the AGairs Of
government as you Dc, Of my mission - the
West. a 80 e,fs Il, ono - So x. 4
80 -, The MAJOR, TELLS WHO BR, IS.
II anybody wishes TO know who ! Am, I win
tell them. was born in Rowan county North
Carolina, in 1908, of Revolutionary stoek I
lived in that State until came to this Statee !
have II children living, sons and 8 daughterss
and all grown but one. am q blacksmith and
wagon maker BY trade, and followed it since
1925. l never was a Spectator, but worked
daily for my bread, and never thought it any
disgrace, and brought up my family in the same
way. I own 800 acres of land, with a steam
saw mill, and grrist and rice mill by water, and
some little stock, owe about 5000, and have
about 81 400 in accounts due me. So itmay be
seen whether or not I tried to speculate upon
the poor Let any man go to my neighbors,
friends o. foes. and ask them about me. Ny
time and labor, to the neglect Of my own private
business, is bestowed upon the people fornothing,
and do not ask anything. 1t was accidental
that went in the first place, and my neighbors
thought, could do them . kind service, and
tried honestly and faithfully to do it. With
prayers to God that our next harvest may be
more plentiful, and that we be more grateful to
the Giver of ali good than We have been, am, !;
Very respectfully, your friend, u =. .gal5 : /,
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