Squatter sovereign., 1855-04-24
The kansas Herald.

A friend has furnished us with copy
lof this print containing low and gross
attack upon the editors Of the Sovereign,
growing out of charges preferred bysus
against the officers of the steamer Clara
We look for courtesy from gentlemen only,
consequently it would surprise us much
were any thing akin to common decency to
emenate from the editors Of the Herald.
Had our assertions been founded upon in
accurate information, an unembellished
correction would have relieved the accused
| from censure-have evinced less spleen,
and elected from US a full reparation for
any injustice we might have done. But
this would have been too courteous for
scribbler's of the Herald's ilk.
Why they should take so much to them
selves charges preferred against third
party, we are at loss to discover, unless
their penchant for meanness causes them
to feel personally aggrieved whenever the
transgressions of others are held forth in
their proper light. Doubtless
Afellow feeling makes them wond'rous kind.''
As they have seen fit to coarsely charge
US with falsehood, and make use of a
string Of lies to affix the accusation, we
| shall expose their moral turpitude by a
brief statement of facts. Were it not
that brass is often taken for purer metal,
nd for The 4l,% r
the Herald might gain credence where
the characters of its editors were not
known, we should pass its mendacious eff.
fusion by in silence.
We affirmed that the officers of the
Clara were stockholders in the town of
Leavenworth. The Herald prevaricates,
and aims to deny this by the assertion that
they do not own 'one lot In in Learen-
worth. This they may not do, and yet be
stockholders.
Again, the editors of the Herald make
bold to say, that it was not by the repre-
sentations of the officers of the Clara that
the Mormons landed at Leavenworth. The
Mormons themselves state to the contrary !;
and their evidence is fully as reliable as
that Of the captain or clerk of the Clara,
and by far more to be trusted than any
statements of the Herald.
Lie number three IS perpetrated after
the following fashion:
ssSome fifteen or twenty out of one
hundred and sixty-nine Of the Mormons, being
| led off by an agent from Atchison, went to that
| place, but most of them have now returned, and
| ALL, MEN and WOMEN, are now at work in this
city.''
These persons, who are &c all, men and
yome71, now at work in" Leayenworth, are
busily engaged, under the agent who
brought them, on Improvements in this
place. Two or three, who left their fami-
lies at Leavenworth, returned to that town.
With this exception, they are, and have
been for weeks, engaged in excavations on
| the Levee.
The Herald's assertion that Leaven-
worth " is the only suitable starting point
for Salt Lake on the Kansas side of the
river" is on parallel with its customary
displays of veracity. We are not inclined
| to eontrovert so palpable falsehood, much
| less to enter into discussion of the merits
OF dement's of Atchison and Leavenworth
with writers who manifest such fondness
| for Baron Munchausen's style. Suffice it
for us, and all impartial judges, that the
published testimony of those who have ex.
amined well the country from St. Joseph
to Kansas City, satisfactorily prove that
Atchison is by far the best starting point
for the emigration:I But to reason with
men actuated by self-interest only would
but verify the truth of the proverb-
esConvince a man against his will,
| He's of the same opinion still.''
In one thing the Herald borders on the
truth. 1t would be difficult undertaking
to attempt to injure the character of The
officers of the Clara" They have conduc
ted business, in small ,ray, too long OF
this river not to be well known and gener
ally appreciated. Nor is it strange tha
the Herald should become their champion
for it is a trite old adage that s' birds of /
feather will flock together"
/ We might undertake to shame his Sc
tanic majesty, but we shall never be caugh
attempting to put to the blush his imps
who preside over the Herald Office. The,
have so long trod the paths Of iniquity
that, to them, virtue is vice and vice virtue
DISTINCTION OF THE PREss.-It wa
only by the most urgent and continued i'm
portunities Of the leaders of the mob VIII
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