The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1857-10-13

To the ystcrs OF Lee county.
A Gard appeared in the "Ksokuk Daily
Times" of the 9th inst, signed VIM. Werner,
West Point, charging me with an attempt to
bride him and with sundry other offenscs.
The charges are utterly false. When tho
maker of the card was under certain infu-
ence the card was procured from him by q
personal enemy ofno character, Of poor rep
utation for anything decent, bankrupt and
swindler. He alone, with few ofhcehold-
ers, are responsible for the card, and not
Werner. The only conversation had with
Werner was had in the presence OF Col. Me-
Allister, democrat and personal friend of
President Buchanan, Mr.. Mcdowell, Engi-
neer on our Montrose Railroad, j. w. Moore,
q democrat, and one other person. They
heard every word that was said. The con-
versation took place just after had moved
for the admission Of Col. McAllister to the
Bar of Lee County. Here is the card OF
said gentlemen.
P. S. Since writing the above, learn, by
a note from 7. J. Elliott 4 Co., proprietors
of the Times, that Henry J. Campbell, de-
funct mail agent, who would have been re-
moved by the late Democratic administration
but for his resignation, and the man who
boasted that he had $500, with which sto
drink in the Irish and German voters" to the
support Of my ndversaries, carried the said
false, iniauitous and libellous card to the
Times. The article was Struggled into print.
j. w. RANKIN.
TO THE PUBLIC. E
To rebuke gross violation Of the plainest
proprieties of social intercourse, and rescue
the character of a fellow citizen from a ma
licious libel, at the request Of the injured
party, we deem il our duty to give the true
version Of conversation so shockingly per-
yerted in communication in the "keokuk
Daily Times" Of the 9th inst, signed VIM.
Werner. and dated at West Point.
The facts are simply these:
On the day mentioned in the communion
ton referred to, the undersigned together
with VIM. Werner, (not Wemer rs errone-
ously printed,) casually met in place of
public resort in this city. where sprightly
conversation ensued, in which the entire
party participated. The Judge, in reply to
our bantering intcrrogatories, made some joe.
ular observations upon the subject Of Banks,
the Liquor question, the United States Sem
atorship, and other political subjects, which
could oaly be considered in the light Of
pleasant repartec, provoking humorous re-
plies, and thus increasing the pleasure OF So
cal intercourse.
Our surprise was therefore only equal to
our disgust, when we saw Mr.. Werner's
communication giving serious and false YER
sion Of pleasant social conversation.
1t is Blu, due to truth also to say that Mr..
Werner's communication entirely misstates
what was said by Judge Rankin and we
further aver that not one word was uttered
by the Judge, which the most diseased imag-
ination could construe into an attempt nt
bribery.
We wish this Card to have no political
bearing, whatever, ms the majority of the un-
dersigned are Democrats, who do not sup
pose they compromise their party fealty by
doing an act OF justice to political oppo-
nent RICHARD McALLSTER,
Atty at Law, Sd ST.,
JOHN ADAIR MCDOWELL,
Engineer K, NJ. p. 4 NJ. r. r.
JOHN w. MOORE.
Keokuk, October 18th, 1857.