The Davenport daily gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1869, 1857-08-01

The Charses agalua ur. Leonard.
When we made no charges whatsoever
against Mr.. Leonard, but simply demanded
thar ss he hsd held the Office ten years, u
was time to elect successor, % a. to close
M his Official affairs and see how they stood
we were arraiened by his friends for max
ing bold charge against him Of dishonesty,
and they proceeded to hold him up for every
thing that is good and virtuous, and cried
out that We were persscufing this Democrat
H Christian He came out in . pettifogginl
card, introducing . certificate from tie
County Judge, TO prove that he was not
delaultsr to the County, which no one haa
charged him with being. lie thus cndea-
vorcd to make . false issue. In his card
(Which was struck or in handful form and
distributed among the farmers, Is well n
published in newspaper he pretended 70
give tue duties Of Sheriff. In doing this, he
attempted bold deception upon the pco-
pie, BY utterly uniting the most prominent
part II bic duties, and to which he knew ".
had indirectly made reference, the rcccivin,
and serving executions, and returning then.
within stipulated time. He thought b,
this he might divert attention from por-
ton q bic duties in which be has been gross
" Negligent or unfaithful, and by making A.
Issue on another subject, entirely escape sx-
rossre. But the dodge would not serve.
On Thursday, we gave from TIC records the
fact, that nearly one hundred executions
had been placed in his hands, some Of them
many ysan ago, upon which return had not
yet been made, although by the rule Of
Court il should have been made within
seventy days. This was charge, and the
0sst we bad made against Mr.. Leonard. l,
was charge which Il true, proved that he
had no: faithfully performed the duties o.
his office, even In matters u great import.
ancc. We had right to expect, that mas
much u when We had made .o charges, the
prstence was ct up we had most grcssl,
scandalised him and sought TO psracu,, him
and mere advice MAS construed into hcniou
chargss--that charges themselves, such NJ
this, No matter how true, would be proiapt-
ly met, and the cry II persecution echoed
and re-echoed with happy increase Of sniff
ding and tears Bur here is all the rcpl,
which the Dsmorra. fecl- Is necessary for th.
occasion
uAsElrE--Ma. EInsA...--The conscious
ness Of being In the ~rong will often stimulate
a dishonest reasoner 10 fresh iollics ana
wrongs, 10 cover up the original act of inius
tice. Such Is the position of tho Ga-sfte. n
did great and foul wrong TO Harvey Leonard
Member Of It's own party demonstrated agains,
the injustice, and the evil consequences of !,
TO ths Republican party. But the Gazette
rnoo as0 700 dishonest 20 frankly confess their
wrong. They admit that all their charges were
false, but seek out new inventions aud device,
OF Islander, 10 cover up the iniamy Of their frs;
great wrong. Yesterday morning nearly
whole column appeared In the Casdts which
10 more Jssuiiical piratical aud dishonest thar
anything heretofore said By the Gasstss upon
he subject What nendish malignancy ci
purpose spurs them on to such n suicidal
ccurse. II Il difRcnlt to imagine. unless II he
thai "wl,om shc gods wish 10 destroy, they
0rss naks mad" Il L. no, necessary TO N,
hat III The villainy Of the, editorial Is 80 pa
sess npsa iss face tina, no man will be deceived
tAsN6y.
Our great and FOUL wrong TO Harvc,
Leoaard T" wss IN demanding that success
O. shoula ~ elected, 20 that his official a.
hsrs might be wound up, and the people be
Dsguittsd TO practically rsalim the right
which - aeknowledges IL theirs. OF know.
- what their public servant 10 doing"
n making that demand, or giving the ad-
w., - knew perfectly well, that when
such . settlement was made, the Sheriff
woald b sound not entirely % faithful an
o0ese - b has the credit Tor bcing--and
IL charge We make above 10 but carrying
cut this idsa. No members Of our part,
ss0oastratsd with Ne "seainst the injus.
sios" of or eourss, simply because we hav,
yss 70 understand that any do believe our
coarss unjust. II they did, IL would make
- maanss a difference to Us, unless they
eoald esavi~es ~ that what we hold and de-
slass - our honsst opinions and such opin-
ieas ~ empress regardless oG the different
epini0es Il breads or foes--Ars errors. We
80 new moro convinced than ever we were
~ wrosg either In holding or expressing
tAsp opinions - TO The rights Of the people
- their asnandb upon the Sheriff We
have admitted no charges Alss, simply be-
saass We made 20 charges till Lest Thursdsy,
end they are silsatly admitted BY the DEM
ssnas to b nm. Il lAs not denied them,
u Aeugh ~ ehallssosd Il 70 do %. Prob
ably tAh No. bssanss ~ pronised that if
dsaisd We should pvvss thsn BY the record.
u our eessss 10 'ssuicidal," the Dsmocra.
would - IL laat 70 cundsmn Il. Our neigh
ser may rsst Insured We are ready and will
Ing 20 esar the consequences, 70 fsr q our
vassy y eoesssnsd. The Ds~oera, may talk
aboat ~ "villainyn Of our editorial. hut
~ wish votsn to rccollect the Dsmoeras hes
~ vsatsved . dsstal Of our charges. Ifn
~ ~ might vvsy quickly prove where the
svillai.ys ss1uop.
ysseseday, ~ nade other charges IN con.
Dsseisa visA - ohsGiG's dsrilscsion q duty
= segard - serving ezssufions- no ~
t1rns wsss na1s . ! nunbsr of executions
- AasA sasr - prosssds v which would
Asvs 60 isae ~ oshool Tsnd, saking Il
- esasel hsvsvsE. tAat II 49, Anss
ears eolloo1o4 - psspse sseurns would
Asse heeoao1A Ne ~ ~ svun iaainu.
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