The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1853-05-11
rI.OGGlNG AN EDITOR.


About twenty years ago, when certain West
ern State (which we shall not nancy was terri
tory, and with very few inhabitants, young |
LAWYER from one Of the old States emgrated
,hither, and settled in the town OF & lie
succeeded admirably in his profession, and rose
rapidly in popular favor He had been there
nearly two years, when he had induced printer
t, come and print weekly paper, OF which he
was editor and proprietor. Squire --
was much pleased for while with editing pa
per He was a man of very low statue, but he
used the editorial tive" as frequently if there
was dozen of them, and each as by as Daniel
Lambert Or the Kentucky giant. Strange to
saw, there were men at that time in office who
were not particle more honest Than they should
be-a thing which probably never happened be-
fore, and never will again. Squire - felt
all the patriotism of a son ofs76, aud poured out
grape and canister against the public abuses
This stirred up hornets nest about his ears;
but, as there no other paper in the territory,
there was no reply, and he enjoyed his .warlike
propensties in security.
and cutting against malleasnnce in office than
any that had preceded it. In fact though ponit-
! ed OF no one individual in particular, it was
| scorcher. Some three or four days after, he was
sitting in his editorial office, which was about
quarter of mile from the said printing eslab-
lshment His pen was busy with paragraph,
when the door opned without much ceremony,
and in staked man about six feet in his stock
ings. He asked-"Are you s., the propri
etor of this paper'' Thinking he had found a
new patron, the little man, with one of his blan-
dest smiles, answered in the Affirmative The
stranger deliberately drew the last number from
his pocket, and pointing to an article against
rogues in office told the affrighted editor it was
intended for him. 1t was in vain that s.
protested that he had never heard of him before.
i The wrath of the visitor rose to fever heat and
from being SO long restrained, boiled over with
double fury. He gave the choice either to
publish very humble recantaton, or take fog
ging on the spot.
He agreed to reract, and as the visitor insisted
on writing it himself, he sal down to his desk
Squire S - made an excuse TO 60 to the
printing office, with promise that he would be
back in season to sign it as soon as it was nm
ished s. had hardly gone fifty yards wher
he encountered man who inquired where Squire
SIS office was, and if he was a: home
Suspecting that he was on the same errand a!
the other sutton, he pointed to the Office, and told
him he would find the editor within writing
most abusive article against ofice-holders -
This was enough. The eyes OF the former flash
ed fire. He rushed into the Office, and assaile'
, the stranger with the epthets 'liar, "scoundrel
"coward,' and told him he would teach hin
how to write. The gentleman supposing it wa
some bully sent there by the editor, sprang to hi
feet, and fight ensued. The table was upse
and smashed into kindling wood-the content
f of large jug ofink stood puddled on the floor
q the chairs had their legs and backs broken beyon
s the skill of surgery to cure them. This SCENE
to inspire the combatants with still greater fury
Y blow following blow with the rapidity of light
e ming First one was kicked on the floor, the
' the other, each taking it in turns pretty equally
T The ink on the floor had found its way to thei
a faces, till both of them cut the most ridculou
y figures imaginable. The noise and uproar wa
n tremendous. The neighbors ran to the doc
u and exclaimed that two negroes were fighting j
t Squire SIS Office. None dared to sepera,
! them. At length the circumstances becam
known, and the next day, hardly able to sit q
horseback, their heads bound up, they starte
homewards, convinced that they had obtane
very little satisfaction from their attempt to fu
an editor