Mineral Point tribune. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1854-1858, 1855-10-30


The above is the text Of a certain lick.spitIe |
politician, from which he breaches discourse of
SANDER in the columns of The last Democrat The
author is entitled to great credit for sticking to
his text" for we have never before SO fine a
specimen of real Puppy Playing in print nor do
we believe it can be equaled except by the author
himself, in his daily yelping about town. in abus-
ing every political opponent whose bump of com
battiveness is not sufficiently large to brighten
him from his purpose. Like other Puppies he
sometimes. however, meets with moro than his
match. and is driven to his kennel, where his snar
ling proPensities are quiet for season, but even
the Professional cloak is not sufficient so cover
the propensites of his nature The epithets of
ahypocrte," "scnllion," "demagogue.n &c. are
iaurels he has plucked from his own brow to
adorn his discourse This writer in the Democrat
is one of the number who declared few weeks
since, that he could not be "coaxed drove, nor
whipped, ilio the support of Wm A. Barstow.
but who is now ready to do any dirty work OF
the party for the purpose of being considered one
OF Barstows warmest friends and his former ST ate
ments and present acts are a fair sample of his
political veracity. In assuming the character of
blackguard in the columns of the Democrat he
is aspiring to much higher station than that for
which he was designed by nature, and for which
neither art nor education can fit him. The pub
lie will undoubtedly soon be favored with "num
Der two of his Shiny vomitings in the Democrat
GEO. B. SMITHS INnIcrMExr-Our neiebbors
OF the Democrat admits the fact that Mr. GEO B.
SrI had baap ipJc tod h., ~ r
Dane county for corruption and abuse in office,
but say that the indictment has never been pros
ecuted, giving as a reason that such prosecu ton
would clear Mr.. Smith, and deprive his opponents
OF political capital. If such be the real facts in
the case, why has not Mr. Smith urged trial
and received an acquittal, and thus deprive his
enemies of the chance to make capital out of his
Indictment Ifhe was conscious of their inabi iii
tv to prove the charge of corruption in Office he
certainly would desire trial and an acquittal-
Blu: our neighbor say that in this country, an in
dctment is no proof of gull. Ii he means that
an indictment is not taken as evidence i'm court
when on trial, he is undoubtedly correct, but he
certainly has no very exalted opinion of grand
jury, he believes them capable of bringing in an
indictment against man occupying the position
OF Attorney General for the State, unless they had
proof OF his guilt before them
We have no desire to retaliate upon the Editor
of the Democrat for his low, personal, and evident
ly malicious illusions to sthe Editor OF the TRI.
BUNE" We have ever considered him gentle>
man who would not willingly condescend to such
false insinuations and we believe now, that when
he has fulfilled his contract with his EMPLOYERS.
after the election is over and he shall have recov
cred from the unpleasant regrets for the defeat
that awaits his party, he will wipe from has pen
the slime OF defamation furnished by his masters,
and pursue a more honorable course than the
last number of his paper would Indicate