Bloomington herald. [volume] (Bloomington, I. T. [Iowa]) 1840-1849, 1843-08-25

- desire 10 NEEDLE with our difficulties, but
!. An act Of Justice both to the junior OF the
Express and ourself, he would inform US snat
re were in error in attribu,ing the authorship.
of the abusive articles to the junior, whom he
said expressed feeling Of sincere friendship
for us, and keenly felt the force Of our remarks
concerning him--that keesucker was 'heif
author. Time for reply to our last notice
having elapsed, and no reply made, nor the
attack renewed, we concluded that the war
was at an end. Feeling regret at having d.
rected our fire at the junior, while he was ln-
nocent, and wishing to close the matter, we
acquitted the junior Of the charge of their au-
thorship. let the guilty pass. and rendered
them the hand Of friendship. Whereupon the
senior flies into violent passion, falsely char
ges US with busying ourselfin enquir!ng who
was the real, writing editors Of the Express,
and says il is hard to tell which is the mean
est. the one who sought the information or the
one who gave it. After allading to our tender
Of the olive branch Of peace, he says we were
always known and recognized ID that place as
remorseless villifer-lost to every sense
of decency and common humanity; and if
some gentlemen condesended to extend to him
(us) any courtesy, it was done for the purpose
Of sustaining the MORAL REPUTATION OF our,
1.heir) town." Sustain the moral reputation
of a town by its gentlemen extending course-
sizes TO a ,Yemotseless villj6er--one lost to eve
ny sense of decency and common humanity!
Beautiful idea that. He continues, He may
't' bury his.hatchet whenever he pleases-tce
'sviN not bury ours =" Now read in connex-
ion with it, an expression which follows a
mean and contemplate notice of the senior Of
the Reporter. He says: "We sincerely
hope that thequarrell between the Herald and
Express is at an end-and we will not, if we
can help it, suffer ourself to be dragged into
new one" Has he discovered the impoten-
cy of his attacks! 1t was our .intention TO
have prosecuted libel suit against him, but
found that we should be obliged to do that
which is impossible, viz: prove that we had
suffered injury from his lies. Such man as
Keesucker is incapable of injuring US in
the estimation of any who know him, and
whose ill-will we would not prefer to their
(fiendship so we Abandoned the idea, and would
not have again noticed him but for his again,
after saying he hoped the quarrel was at an
end, INDUCED in ungentlemanly language to-
wards US.
In the last number Of that paper, he quotes
a paragraph from the Herald Of June l6, in
which we spoke of the high prices demanded
for town lots retarding the growth OF our
place, and from an unwarranted mlsconstruc-
ton Of our language, attempts to create the
impression that our town is going down, and
excite jealousy between this place and Du'
buque. As he must fail in the latter, we shall
not trouble ourselves to counteract what he
may say but as by it he shows determine
ton 10 continue to assail US we came to the
conclusion to give him farewell shot, in
showing the kind Of a character which has
been assailing US.
A friend acquaints Us with the cause Of his
continued firing at US. He writes US that it is
to prevent us from receiving the nomination
for the House Of Representatives, where. If e.
lected we might oppose Keesucker's applica-
ton for public printing. In noticing the ven
ON with which the Express has assaled US,
and backwardness of the Democratic pressin
defending Us from its foul aspersion, the edi-
tor Of the Hawkeye, who knew US ten years
ago, and with whom we havs had many un-
kind tits Of the lance, thus speaks of US and
our 'abors in the cause, which, coming from
the source it does, shows it to be no Idle fat
terry, but desire to see mere justice melted
out TO US: he has our thanks for his kind wish
es and unlocked for assistance. He says:
"Jno. B. Russell has worked hard and faith
fully for his party. He was among the first
to advocate the cause of Van Bnrensm in this
Territory. And how has he been treated
His party have taken to their arms and Rugged
10 their bosoms dandies and popinjays and law
ished upon them the spois Of Office, while
Russel has been treated with neglect and con-
tumely. In the Wing party we do not look
for the kind of gratitude Of which we are speak
lng-eIse we should have been rewarded long
ago--but # any man in THIS Territory has a
claim, on the patronage Of his party, that man
IS John B. Russell. These are our honest sen.
timents. Let the Democracy of Musca,ine
take him up, and place him in the Legislature"
One word about the latter sentence. We
have no claims to seat in the Legislature,
because Of our long labor for the party. We
labored as do others laborers-for our bread,
and being Democratic in principle, we done
bu, our duty in devo.ing our Iabors to the sup.
port Of our principles. 1t is the duty Of all 10