Des Moines courier. ([Ottumwa] Iowa) 1848-1854, 1849-11-02


our press; the first indictment of the
Union will strike blow that will resound
throughout the nation. 1t will bring ev-
cry Democrat to our side. Every liber-
al man in the United States will rush To
the rescue of the liberty of the press
The great cause will protect its fearless
champions. Its martyrs will not be
without honor even in their own cuantry,'
and money wW .fow into our purse,
and wreath of glory will entwine our
humble brow. Touch US, then, if they
dare" LINTON.
The Union seems to have been SO well
satisfied with the above specimen of ''the
indignant, in the style of Junius," that
1t repeats il, in order that its readers may
have the full benefit of this choice bit of
Locofoco rhetoric. But we are sorry to
say that the extract is not original in the
spirit, whatever it may be in the letter.
The writer caught all his fire from the
sentiments of LdUyer Meddie, in the
following scene between that gentleman
and Yo,mg County, in the comedy of
London Assurance As we quote from
memory, any slight variations from the
original text will be pardoned:
Young C. Oh, are you here still, Mr..
What's your name!
Med. NEEDLE, sir, NEEDLE, in the list
of attorneys; an editor of the sole organ
of the county opposition.
Young c. Well, NEEDLE, or Puddle, or
whoever you are. you are bore.
Hfcd. Aside. How excessively odd!
Mrs. Pert said L was pig. Now I'm
boar! / wonder what they n make OF
me next?
Young c. Mr.. Thingamy, will you
take word of advice!
Med. Feel honored.
Young c.. Get out.
Ned. Do you mean to- don't under
Young c. Delighted TO quicken your
apprehension. You are an ass, Puddle.
Med. Ha! ha! another quadruped.-
Yes; beautiful.
Inside. l wish he'd called me some
thing libellous; but that would be too much
TO expect. (.aloud. Any thing else!
Young G. Some miserable, pettifog-
ging, eaves-dropping, scandal monging
scoundrel.
Med. Good. Ha! ha!
Young c. What do you mean by
laughing at me? se<--
Med. Ha! ha! ha! Excellent delicious!
Yousg C. Mr.. 49,, are you ambi-
tious of a kicking!
Med. Very, very-go on-kick--go
on! Lay but the foot Of power upon our
person, and money will flow in streams
into our purse, and wreath of glory
will entwine our humble brow. So 90
on! Kick! By all means, kick! Touch
us, if you dare!
Young C. Oh, go to the devil! erit.
Med. There! There's chance lost
gone! | have no hesitation in saying
in another minute, l should have been
kicked-a legal luxury. Costs, damages
and actions rose up like sky-rockets in
my aspiring soul, with golden tails reach.
ing to the infnity of my hopes. Hal
Who comes this way! Mr.. Verdant
the gardener, and Mr.. Hamilton's man
Bob. Their talk is about the ne,o house
he Is to hire near Lady Courdy's Hal
ha! Courtly versus uamilton-damages
problematical-Medd eddie, chief witness fol
plaintiff-guinea a day-professional
man! I'll slip behind this bush, and take
down their conversation verbatim. So!
No one who is familiar with the course
of the Union can doubt that in the mag
niicent defiance it utters above, as wei
as in the kitchen gossip it aspires to gath
err, il emulates the style and bearing o
Lawyer NEEDLE. "Fouch MS, if yol
dare" says the Union. "Kick us; by
all means kick us!' exclaims LawyeI
NEEDLE. ..Money will flow in stream.
into our purse" says the Union. .'Costs
&C., rose up like sky-rockets!" say.
Lawyer NEEDLE. The patient reade
can carry out the parallel still farther
Really, the plagiarism, as it respects thu
language, sentiments, and individual char
acterisiics of the lawyer Of the comedy
is too gross and palpable even for a Lo
cofoco journalist.--Repubic.