Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1848-02-23
From the Iowa Statesman.
The EayrWcatsscr Letter

40 k'chthS up quite aust among the
iedera!ists. Sells, to whom it was adj
dressed, comes out in communication in
the last Bloomington Herald with per-
feet gust Of biIlinEsgate and vitupera,ion.
aGd, OF course, the littls wheips such as
the Hasrheye and Valley Whig, will chime
in; so we may expect j perfect hurricane.
Bat Mr.. Sells admits that sbe letter from
Fayrw Gather, which we published last
week, is genuine, and his excuse for APP
pssr'ng in the public journals is to notify
the latter ''ihat j, was ty 10 act Of bad
faith on his part, that the letter was made
public;" tut intitnates that it got out OF
his hands in some way he does not tell
how-it seems he d.s!ikss 10 own tie
truth in the pubic prints-that he 60!
squipie and lost his hat off at the ten pin
alley, where the letters dropped GU, )and
pre,ends to raise big breeze because the
editor Of the Reporter published his "pri.
vale letter. us,.
The communication is a curiosity in its
way, and We regret that we have not room
10 publish it. 1t shows up whigisin With
out b!emish-a prototype Of Fayrweath
er's own production. OF course the big
gun in it is fired at the editor of the
Reporter, and then it waIlows along down
Ia "unmi!igated oco-focois.n' aud goes
oat With s''bray." We have never seen
that "Mr. Sells, of Muscaiine," that the
wing papers lionize SO much, but from the
production above referred TO, we should
set hln down a. regular squirt" We
can assure him that his battery Of snail
guns and squisz'ss aimed at The ''loco-io.
cos' are perfectly harmless. Such filthy
SLAYER, like the injection OF hydra phobia-
The less his o>nIa'y have to do with
such a "!nsd-dog," the better it will be
for their own scalps.
The Statesman is correct in every thing
except as to the manner in which the lei
ter came into our possession. Ia that par.
ticriar his conclusion is very natural
inference from Sells communication in III.
Herald. No man, from the eyasive Ian.
grage and the low, vulgar and groyeiliue
tone OF Sells philippe agains. US, could
reasonably come to any other conclusion
as to the manner in which he lost the let.
Ter, and thus disclosed the treason of the
federal party. Still, that conclusion is al
variance with the truth, as indeed, mus
be any conclusion drawn from such {
sneaking, villianous eiiusion Of federal
gail and worm wood.
The lying and riballry of this pitiru
wh!1et and his accompices in crime, vii
not justify US in permitting false impress
sion, in any particular, to go abroad will
reference 10 him or them; and we there
fore repeat what we have before stated
that the letter was found in the hall of The
House by citizen Of this town soon ate,
its evacuation by The gang Of federal des
peradoes who have SO deeply disg'acet
our State. Such was their ecstacy of ex.
u'ta,ion over the success Of their treason.
able plots, that on breaking up they could
scarcely repress fendish yell of triumph
and it was owing to the inordina,e excite
inent and confusion of that moment we
suppose, that Sells dropped the proof Of
their guilt. This is the truth of the mat
ter. Give the devil his due.''