Des Moines courier. ([Ottumwa] Iowa) 1848-1854, 1850-07-12
wA few weeks ago, we commented

and defended Mr.. Harlan, from the vile
abuse, and SANDER of the Sentinel
Drown, the supple tool of few design
ing men, who is obliged to bark when
his masters set him on, feeling that he
had the worstof the fight, abandoned the
discussion OF topics under consideration,
and commenced a wanton and unpro-
voked personal attack upon the Senior
editor of this paper. We suffered him
TO 60 on two weeks, without noticing his
low flung slurs, and ribaldry; such is our
aversion 10 getting into personal con-
lroversy with SO contemplate creature.
Our forbearance however, seems to have
embodened this naturally fimid creature
to continue his abuse and invective a.
gainst US; and we took the youth in
hand, and gave him quite genteel cas-
tigaiion, under which he writhed tre-
mendously.
The picture of this morally depraved,
and deformed creature, faithfully delin-
Gated by us, together with his last mighty
effort against us, so unsettled his nerves,
terrified and excited him, that il threw
him into violent congestive fit, while
the continued exertions of affidavit
swearing This regular occupation gave
him the lock-jaw, from which he is
slowly recovering. Well my young
ssoeN, you are satisfied that "the senior
editor of the Courier has fallen from
grace" All indeed; then at least we
fell from something which you never had
to fall from; you have always been con-
tent TO wallow in the filthy sewer of cor
ruption, made stagna,e by your own
presence, and there
You 'sset like stars
That fall to rise no more"
But you say you were never "Street
level" One thing is sure, tina! your
desperate struggle to rise proves clearly
that you were completely leUeled by
Street. But this brave knight, who is
said to possess the slight Of hand in SO
eminent degree, in administering on
estates, denies the paternity of those
scurrilous, slanderous pieces which APP
peared in the Sentinel against us. A
friend of ours so informed us soon after
the pieces appeared; but now informs us
that he was mistaken; that Drown in
formed him that B. Hem, was the author
of the pieces.
Well. we have at least, by putting the
saddle on the wrong mule. "snaked out"
the vilest nest of slanderers thatcver dis
graced human nature, or infested COM
munity, and exposed them to the merited
scorn and contempt of all honest men. But
Drown thinks there must be some truth
in the charges made in those pieces
Dear fellow, don't your mouth water 10
get good sUear al it? If your "dear
( pardner" was there, you and he could
fix it out in one affidavit, and lay as as
cold as wedge; but the undertaking is
too much for you in your present rickefy
state; besides the pay is too poor at pres
entto justify master of the art, likeyour-
self, in turning his attention to the bust.
ness. But go il n'nley, a good time an,
coming. The August election is at hand
and your masters can't do without your
yalua5ie services. We heard it said
that you were opposed to HEM at first
we said then that, that was mere ma /.
ter of moonshine, that one golden egg
would fix you up, and make you open
again in full chorus. for your masters
You are in your element, when as Z
faithful mental, you
bend the supple knee,
i That thrift may follow fawning."
i If youl outer man was true index to
The corruption within, you would be .
hideously deformed creature truly; ant
if your power to do evil, was any thing
like commensurate with your desire fol
destruction, you would accomplish much
mischief; but fortunately, ,chere you art
kno,on, you are rendered perfectly harm
less, by the mark set upon you by ihs
community, which to an honorable man
would be more intolerable than death it
self. We have not desired, or sough
this controversy. 1t has been forced up.
on us, and we shrink from no RESPONSE
bility and ask no quarters. If nothing
but war will do this craven hearted aft.
davit maker; we are ready in any shape
or manner, and now we leave this beau
tiful specimen Of delormity sin the wors
possible company we can leave him
and that is with himself" his august mas
tiers and the Sentinel.