The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1849-05-03
col. FrTZ HENRY WARREN

The scurrilous attack made npon Fi,z
Henry Warren BY tho editor Of the Bloom
ington Enquirer in his last sheet, is as un-
worthy the conductor of public print ms
it is unmcri,cd upon the par, Of the former
gentleman. The secret Of our cu,empora-
rvs ire is, that somebody had assured him
that Mr. Warren had promised TO n. L.
Stout, former editor of the Herald aud as
competent man for the station MS there i
in Bloomington, the Office Of Postmaster oi
that place. Upon reccip, of this bi, Of in
teligence tho irascible editor of the Enaui-
rer proceeded 10 vent his venom upon Mr..
Warren. A public meeting had been held
IN Bloomington short time previous a,
which Mr.. Crandol had been recommended
tor Postmaster. Therefore, reasoned our
contemporary, Mr.. Warren has "disrern rded
the will Of the people aud the Wing party
Il never occurred To our luminaus neigh.
bor That sufficient time had no, elapsed Tor
Mr.. Warren 10 hear Of TINT public meeting
before such assurance was given, il indeed
il were given at all.
We would not wish 10 be considered as
meddling in the local ntf,irs Of our sister
town. bu, M a citizen of Town we must be
excused for defending Mr.. Warren, n fellow
citizen, when SO grossly, numerically aud
slanderousIy assaulted. Mr.. Warren is
politician and a Wing, and the worst charge
that has ever been or can be sustained
against him, is, that he has been devoted
TO the interests of the Wing party. Suiii-
cient in the eyes of some Of the Locofoco
party, of,hc Richie school, 20 bring down
upon bis head every accusation that the in.
ventive genius Of the perverted mind Of
man can originate.
Since writing the above we are reioiced
to encounter the following fat denial and
REPUTATION Of the charges made against Dir.
Warren and which our neighbor in the
plenitude Of his vindic,ivcness has seen
proper to reproduce as original
The Washington Understanding off
even The few restraints which il wns won,
10 observe in treating Of lis political oppo-
nenis--has gone so far out Of its way rs 10
copy from the Worcester Palladium what il
Is mi'dness to call mos, independent ut
tack on MIR. Warren, the Second Assistant
Postmaster General. The attack was 80
rude, SO gross, and SO mnniicstly unjust,
that, whilst expressing our surprise ,ha, j.
should have been allowed 10 have place in
the Unon-so lately the official organ ns
not TO be separated in the public mind from
the proprie,ies which every one associates
with such position--we must also express
our regret TINT there could have been found
any where, in any party press that would
publish such m attack. II is, however,
thanks to that sense Of Justice which never
altogether departs from the minds of men,
exactly that sort Of mn attack TINT, a. the
''curses' spoken of in the Italian proverb,
"''ke chickens, ever 60 home to roosl"
Mr.. Warren has nothing to ienr from
such attacks. and, though il may disturb
the calmness Of the best men to hear them
selves unjnsi'y and grossly abused BY any
one, however unworthy, there is a feeling
Of contempt which rises above that Of in.
dignation, and makes them. If not altcccth-
er indifferent 10 such attacks, still removes
the object Of them so far above such abuse,
40 TO prevent its being noticed.
Baltimore Patriot.
The Boston Atlas has the annexed reply
10 the scnrrilous article referred 20 above:
GENTLxxES: The Post of this morning
copies from tho Worcester Palladium :