Quasqueton guardian. (Quasqueton, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1856-1858, 1857-09-17
From the Iowa Republican.
GEORGE GILLASPY.

paper, abiding to the antecedents and
public career of this gentleman, called
forth one of those vituperative replies
Characteristic of the I" Crescent" In
stead of showing up the inaccuracies of
our article-if such there were-it terms
that article ga beastly traduction of pri-
vate character" Coming from almost
any other source, we could but feel some
what chagrined at such Characterization
of production of our pen. But we are
perfectly content to allow the Crescent to
use that vocabulary to which it has been
trained, and which, therefore, seems to
it most congenial.
Not syllable of our article would we
wish to change. Mr.. Gillaspy is just
such man as we represented him to be,
only ca little more So" The Crescent
says that there is not "direct charge"
in our whole article and calls for speci-
fications. If we were allowed to spend
an opinion upon the subject, we should
infer that there must have been good
deal of directness in the shot fired at Mr..
a., judging from the venomous retort of
our neighbor. But contemporary who
is by no means noted for the directness
and force Of his own logic, cannot be re-
garded as an excellent Judge of that
quality in the articles of another.
What Indictment" he asks, :" is al
luded to? Where is it? Produce it !"
The laudable curiosity thus exhibited,
may be fully gratiied by calling at this
office, where a copy of the indictment, as
signed and sealed officially, from Lou
lisa county,-.may be seen. 1t is an in
dictment found in 184l, against GEORGE
GILLAsPY, for San assault aciM intent to
murder" If this Indictment does not
Justify our impeachment of his esprit
ual mindcdness," then we must confess
that in this, as in other respects, our ideas
of spiritual mindedness do not cores
pond with those of the Crescent. Those
who regard Stringfellow and Atchison
fit and proper opponents of Democracy,
will not deem such an indictment in any
wise disparaging to Mr.. G..
What is meant by the notorious
habits of Col. g., asks our neighbor.
Well, sir, chronic love of good liquor,
used to be one of the weaknesses of Mr..
G. But we are in hopes that he has over
come that, in a measure. In so doing,
however, he has given place to "spirits"
seven-fold worse. We thought that we
were sufficiently specific when we said
that he was poor man when he became
connected with the Des Moines Improve
ment; and in very short space of time
came forth with pocketful of rocks.
What we mean, is, that the corruption
with which the management of that i'm
provement is literally gangrened, COW
cred Mr.. G. as with a leprosy. The fact
is notorious on the Des Moines river !;
and if the second Tuesday in October
does not show that a certain candidate for
LIT. Governor in that vicinity, some of Ills
oaon political friends are greatly mistaken.
Our neighbor desires to know what
makes Mr.. Gillaspy's agency in the re
moval Of the Capitol dark chapter ?"
We are always disposed to aid our con-
temporary in the pursuit of knowledge !;
and to facilitate his inquiries in this di-
recton, we would refer him to the fol-
lowing paragraphs, which have just
come to our hand, in the Burlington
Haackeye -
WANTED TO KNow-Did or did not
Gillaspy, the present Locofoco nominee
tor Lieut.. Governor, have ten acres of
the land distributed to secure the seat of
Government, and now constituting the
Capital, or Des Moines city?
A friend says he did-that five acres
of this land was supposed to be his price,
and the other five was given in trust for
another party. We know wish to know
of the Gazette,
LIST. Who was the friend for whom he
held the five acres in trust, and
Cd. Why does he now There should
be honor among thieves and politicians
refuse to disgorge?
We unhesitatingly re-afiirm not only
that he spent the winter here, lending his
services for consideration, to those who
sought the removal of the Capitol; but
that he, to this day, appropriates to his
own use. property placed in his hands to
buy up, or influence, the votes Of certain
members of the Legislature. He not
only had price himself, but he sought
to corrupt the fountain of legislation, by
the use of a corruption fund. Not con-