Boon's Lick times. [volume] (Fayette, Mo.) 1840-1848, 1843-05-06
DR.. LOWRY rs. THE REPORTER.


The great anxiety manifested by the
public to sec the reply Of the Reporter to
the queries Of Dr. Lowry, published in the
Democrat. some time since, induces us 10
give the questions and answers place in
our columns, Comment is unnecessary.
Both Democrats and Wings, will be pleased
at the rebukc tho Dictator has received.
Mr.. Penn, Editor Of the 81. Louis Reporter:
| SIN: You make the inquiry, and appear very
anxious to know, whether the undersigned end
some other persons are not the owners OF the
Boon's Lick Democrat establishment? can
satisfy YOU in a few words. Some years since,
loaned TO the editors Of that paper SUN Of mo
ney for the purchase Of materinIs to print Dem
octaijc paper--,o secure the payment Of moneys
advanced, others and myself have lien upon the
! Democratic press ond materials! But mark YOU
Mr.. Peon, have never attempted to dictate a
course for the Boon'6 Lick Democrat, nor never
stepped aside from the true Democratic faith.
! Neither will | stoop to answer any billingsgatc
abuse CT d1ik nlrndocs, which you may think
proper 10 promu|ga,e. The object Of this short
communication is, to enable the public to sscer.
tain what kind Of an editor is at the bead Of The
ST. Louis Reporter. AS have answered your
inquiry, 80 10 my being part owner Of the Boon's
! Lick Democrat, you will confer a favor by an.
sweting the following interrogatories;
1st. Did you, or did you not, print tory pa.
per in Kentucky, about the time or during our
late war with Great Britain?
I'd Were you, or were you not, directly or
Indirectly engaged in trading with the British on
the lines Of Canada, and supplying them with
provisions ana "ciring Them aid and comfort"
when the real friends 81 American liberty were
deh:ing our battles?
81. Arc yoc, Or arc you not, now Supporting,
Or endcarorinG 20 support the policy OF issuing
small notes, commonly called StinpydSters--a
policy at war with the real Democracy Of the
| United States, and proven to be contrary 10 the
true interests Of the American people?
JOHN J. LOWRY.
f Dear Dr.. Lorry The receipt Of your cpistlc
is acknowledged; and If we cannot say it is in
dicatvc Of that forecast, talent and dignity which
should be concentrated in party leader-in
man who has claimed TO be one of the great
lights Of Democracy--it shows that you have
not forgotten US, and that when argument is no
longer available, you resort 10 trnduction, the
5 only weapon that can be welded by weak and
depravcd mind.
For this humiliating display we half excuse
you, as the two or three months that have elapsed
between our address TO yon and your reply, seem
to warrant the mitigating inference that such q
display Of imbccilty and meanness has been le
luctanlly made by you. There u.s. too, a sem
blance OF regard for truth manifested in the con.
fesson that you advanced the money, Tor part
! Of ill., for the purchase Of the materials Of the
Boons Lick Democrat, for which you and 18th
erS' yet hold lien. But, dear Doctor, you
should have told the names Of the 'others' hold.
ing a lien on the Boon's Lick Democrat with
yourself, You could TO, do that, however, with
out naming tho Governor and you did not wish
10 make full disclosure, by which all tha! has
, been said by he Reporter on this subject would
have been confirmed For this suppression Of
Truth you may be excused by some, on the
ground that an offender is not bound TO turn in.
former agains, his accomplices-- your want
of Candor will not escape observation. You
, have admitted enough 10 satisfy the public that
yourself and "othsrs" are the real owners Of the
: Democrat and your assertion, that you never OF.
tempted to dictate the coprse it should pursue,
8 can be believed By no man Of common sense.
Your ambition, love Of office and disposition 10
rule. prompted YOU 10 advance money u aid in
establishing the paper, and he same incentives
wond naturally prompt yoo 20 assume the con-
troll Of it,
We will now proceed 10 answer your inquiries.
You wish to learn whether We ever printed
! tory paper in Kcntucky As we understand The
=, inquiry we feel no hesitation in answering it in
the negative. If ever "lory paper" was pub
lIshed in Kentucky, We were ignorant OF its e1-
istence. But we nay differ very widely on This
point. Here, there are men that deem editor
who thinks and speaks, without first being told
how, traitor and as you have acted as one Of
j those e@inab!s censors, you no doubt regard the
Reporter as tory or rebel paper The public,
however, will not be opt 10 be influenced by your
: opinions on that point, notwithstanding the fact,
), that you have ASSUMED the right OF thinking for
r your superors, and, through your impotence,
>, have succeeded in exercising that right for many
" years, in conjunction with few "others' as hon.
G est, intelligent and disinterested as yourself.
d To your second interrogatory, calling on US to
say, whether we were not engaged, directly or in,
directly, in trading with the British on the lines
y Of Canada, and giving them aid and comfort,
when the real friends Of liberty were fighting out
&c battles, we not only respond in the negative
but assure you, dear Doctor, that such an insnua
, ton las never been made against us, except by
l. some Infamous scoundrel and contemplate pol
1, troon.
, We were IN Canada onty once during the late
war, and then gentlemen, now one Of our men
y beIs Of Congress was in the same army. There
is arc, no doubt other men in the State who knew
us in that campaign, and few Of those patriot,
spirits are ye, living in Kentucky --and you MAY
y learn from them that we were cehainly wiihou
!, c.n,tal truIl mn C-;th tho Rri;;sh auy hCl,