Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1857-01-17

JOSEPH w. GRAY"
"Ssooess 10 Assise Tor shs Recovery
Of seoey only"
UA.AAGE.S CLAIMED.
elO,OOO!!..
Sush we're the sssrslisg saptiees ssd
ds9esrly psrsgsspbs upon % o0eisl
piece NJ roper serssd on - yesterday
morning BY the Sheriff Of Cushoge oouu.
y. We looked fall 10 he faee Of he o.
acisl diEuissry to zee II be zee in ear
nest, sod bic graveyard physios nomy ~
sussj 10 that it wss no joke, that be zee
iodsed disehssgise = rsistul duty, J.ais.
su! 10 Ne 1t lesst. and that ws had moth
ing to hope OF clemency froo
him. Another look 1t the sillainous pa
psr satiafed % thss libel suis trouxhs
BY ono Horace Greeley ". J. W. Gray
was actually about ~ bs docks,ed, and
What surprised % more. il wss "for
money only" o. much 10 to say, ~ ON
done taking Msriposs stock OF shares 10
The MocDshins Rail Road" Our 6rss
impuI.e WAS 10 give check for the O.
mount. but recovering from our trepida.
ton little, We rsSollscsed that 10, like
noss poor democratic printers, had not
= single dollar 10 bank. Here vas di.
lemma Indeed. zone horned dilemms.
low Horace supposed 10 could ever get
90 much money - that out Of any Dem.
oereiie editor, especially one Publishing
Q Nsticonl Democratic psper on this
CONGRATULATIONS Reserve. 10 ., much
mvssery TO ~ % the Rochests- Knock
ines. In our tremor We asked the Sher.
III many foolish questions, and amons
the" III DO knew which Greeley had
brought she 'uit9" We had . faint "a.
collection that during the late. campaies,
rot only two Fremonts hal been di.eov.
cred. bas also t~o Greelsy's and " we're
anxious to know which OF tho latter had
snej ". lilo answered, "OIj Drab:''
We koew BY that remark il We tho edi.
tor It the N. Y. Tribune, formerly .
Fourierite, and the founder Of . Com.
munity' in Ptnnsylvania. where tho peo-
lived IN common, hal baby factory at
sached to their establishment where The
cradles went by steam, and whore !. was
said Horace himsclf in a pair Of festh-
cred brooches. used TO hatch out the
chickens, while the other old hens did
shs laying and scratching.
There, reader, 10 the sass before voc
% i apps"rs m rccor.i. TEN TuOUS-
AND DOLLARS in 'mousy only" 10
wanted TO make good tho dsmssed rep
usstion Of u political editor. What .
tearing big hole in an incredible short
epace Of time. our pen did make in the
Lh'elinks OF this festhered philosop hcr.
We plead "sm~zement." and Ego TO the
country" on that issue. That We possess
suoh powers OF mischief with our ua.
prsclised, unpre,ending pen, 10 Amazing
indeed That Horace Gscelev tho man
that inveoted the two Fremoots,' should
presume t. have ten thousand dollsrs
worth Of character lAis. 10 ssill more IAN.
ssing.' That no sheull, with his over.
shsdowine circulation, sbsnjon the
quill. tho legitimate weapon Of warlsrs
IN his profession, and take up tho
oudEels OF the law, TO finish u csmpaixu
light, and redress editorial grievances.
10 also "amssing." That he should pas.
over oil tho o;h.r Democratic papers in
tho Up'cD. which have teemsd with Gin.
'lar kbellUus char. es, to pounos upon
the editor IT This paper, the most lamb
lilo " them oil, and whose swse,ne,s Of
temper AMI smisbiity " disposition,
never have been questioned, 10 quite
''amssiD4." That he should abasdon
bleeding Kansas and take 70 blee,iins
us--thst Ls should think OF l-winr ten
thousand dollars DOT y pauper printer.
Who iuhstiss . land where Democrats
e. 10 their grsves without mourns.s, BE-
cause there ere not enough 10 any one
locality TO xes up . respectable funeral,
10 still verv much more smas;og ~:
But, oil j1ting aside, the case here
made in Court 10 not the case in fact
Our oHsness are political, not personal,
- charged 10 the above petition. About
one yesr az' 70 took occasion 10 The
Plain Dealer 10 call the attention VI the
Press throughout tho W-se 20 the fso,.
that by tho mo party" plss Of the N. Y.
Trit.nr. and ito multiplicity Of euisss
- Reform paper, is had induced the
active agency Of Post masters through
ous the country in its bshsle. mos onlv in
producing u subscribers, bus actually
writing their names on ssid papsre.
thereby sav;ng to the Tribune publisher.
como thirty Thousand dollars in the ,is-
gle item OF CLERK hire. 1his enabled
: Pu' lishers to put their terms q one
do!lsr for the Weekly; . price with which
Western Publishers could nos cowpeee.
amt consequently could not live.
We :ab0red to imprsss tho fact that
Upon the destruction II our local West.
er" press these huge Eastern suvuopolise
would have the d ID entirely to theme. |.
ves and like the Londoo rres. TO Eos.
land, dictate laws sod opinions :, this
whole Western Realm. We ,ssds our
appeal personally and politically 90 The
Democratic Pest Masters especially, TO
do no such exclusive and erasui.ous Ger.
vice for . man who bad deliberately
counted tho cost VI tho Uu,on and had
fsvoPsblv reported on ito d,seolu,ion:
who hsd abused sheir confidence, and
wh" va" doing oil in his power sesiuss
them and tho Democratic party: TO treat
him just ~ they would ourself or a.y
other publisher. $ send hack all such pa
pers - eows to their Offices without M.
oee sor the proper direc,iou' sccor,lise
~ The lave and regulation ~ tho Depart.
ment 10 such cass made and provided.
IL 10 Tor ohsoees like those that ws ere
"rFs'snsd to respond in DAMAGE before
. court OF Justice. No damage to he
reputation or to biz pevsor. but damaee
70 bic purse. growing out ~ lsri,imsss
desesce Of Western interssss, our rishsa
- . pnblisher. snsj ahs easss Of Dseoc.
racy aa1 the Uoicn.
The results ~ change Of p ticv in Dem
oera'ic p = Masters toward. ,he N v.
!!ibure b.g, ~ BE- srasi'iv~ty II not SEN.
slhly tell by its publishers; hence this suit.
W. are really for the 6sh'. Although IN y.
county 1T ere .Ought bit fusion Juice. n.
sior Jirl-s fus,u Clerks aud 81. ,fy. .sonn.,
We shall stand our nisl sai MEAD th~ ,,.sA