The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1857-07-11
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exceptions TO some Of the stafemenss OF the
Courier, in relation to Council Blaas--
The Courier, 1t that time edited BY ]. c.
MrrcnxIi, we bslieye, made various state
merts in regard TO Council Bluffs, isspros-
poets, &c, of the riiest and meanest character. /
1t distorted facts, outraged the understand !
ing and intelligence Of the community, and
Of i.s readers, disparaged and misrepressns- |
ed this city and its business, in manner at /
once uncailed for and unworthy even the
source from whence it came. We objected
to that kind Of warfare, and stated our rea- |
sons therefor, and referred to the misrep- |
reservations at some length with the ex-
pressed desire that the editor Of the Cou- I
risr would forsaks the error of his ways,
and state things as they exist, and not draw
SO largely On his Imagination, when refer |
ring to Council Bluffs and the country ad-
iaeent. But the Courier, so far from de-
sis.ing from its work of Misrepresentation,
referred to us and this city in a manner
even more despicable, if possible, than be-
fore. 1t not only reitered its former denun-
Citations, but even published garbled extracts
from the Nonpareil, for the purpose Of
supporting lis self-evidently false asser-
tons, and of making still more sweeping and
equally false denuncia,ions.
We replied to these charges, and set forth
in unmeasured terms their falsity. Fur
ther, we stated some unpalatable truths, in
relation to the d,gnitary, whom We sup
posed presided over the columns OF the
Courier, and asked what better We could
expect from such parsonage, than that he
would deal in the most fagitious and ia
grant misrepresentation. But, it seems We
were mistaken,-the s'bird'' had fown-the
Honorable (?) gentleman no longer occupi-
ed the tripod-he had given place to another
OF which fact we were not apprised and
did not See! The ''dedgling" stepped into the
shoes Of the sold sun," so quietly, that we
were totally unconscious Of the event-for
an event it must have been.
Well, this new editor took it upon him
self to receive the charges We preferred
against the former occupant of the tripod
Of the Courier, and palavers over the sub
ject, in such a manner, as to fully convince
US, that he must in reality be one of the
celebrated ':Doestick's" comprehension
other than the vertable ''Damphool' him.
self. He is certainly as erratic-has the
same propensity for sneaking and snubbing
around-the same disposition to propagate
/ falsehoods, and take him all in all, we
think we are safe in coming to the conclu
sion that he is one and the same person,
whom "Doesticks" has so uniquely desert
bed as one of the boon companions of ''Bull
Dogge."
The last number of the Courier is sufli-
Client to convince any one of the senseless-
ness and unfairness of the individual refer
red to. He launches out in an unmeaning
mass Of verbiage, among which figure most
conspicuously, ''bad town Sites "impotent
efforts to overcome impossibilities," ''cra-
zy," lighthouses" ''bleak hills" ':crooked
Streets" "dreary bottoms" and other ster-
rcotyped phrases, for which he has received
letters patent. On the whole, it is a very
refreshing article. 1t is another proof Of
the wonderful ingenuity of man. 1t is an
instance of order being brought out of
chaos. 1t shows, that no matter how dis
cordant the ingredients, delightful mixture
may be concocted, if dextrously compound
ed, by an original genius. The amount of
argument contained in this last effort of the
Courier is truly overwhelming beyond
vur comprehension entirely. The vermic-
cular ''critters' seem to be still tormenting
the editor-they have led him to pronounce
irrevocably his determination to destroy
every town on the ''Missouri Slope" except
the one where his ''local habitaton'' is
pitched-they have led him to denounce the
Nonpareil as not pectable-they have
led him to announce, that in future, he will
not condescend to notice anything emana
ting from this ofice-they have led him into
all sorts of illogical and short-sighted con-
illusions, and he is now waliowing in the
dirty puddle of moral turpitude, prepar-
ed for him by his more wary prcdeces-
sor. We wish him safe delivery from his
present position-but it can only be accom-
plishcd by his making strenuous efforts to
overcome the 'varmints," that have led
him to commit such faisehoods-to make
such palpabe misrepre reservations and exag-
erations. When he succeeds in this rela- |
ton, we hope the Courier may continue
Carrying to the world his boasting
This, his vegetable boastlag,
Which he DER and DER repeated;
Oft himself his words encorinG
Chuckling to himself with pleasure
Laughing with such vigorous pleasure,
That he often tore his breeches ="
We, moreover wish him to distinctly un-
dcrstand, that though he may hereafter not
ccndescend to notice anything appearing in
the Nonpareil, that we will not on that ac-
count stand upon our dignity, and See the
interest of Council Bluffs and the adjacent
country. wantonly assaulted, misrepresented,
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