Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1858-06-05
Fairness

The Gazette of Thursday IL grcatiy
oxorc;sed over the article in our issue
Of wednesday, exposing the falschoods
and Misrepresentation of the late Kan
sas correspondence published in its col
umns. II says that the correspondence
was copied from the Missouri Democrat
an abolition paper published in st.
Louisiana that we have done 1.-THE
| Gazette-an injustice in holding it re-
| sponsible for the language used and
sentiments expressed. The Gazette by
giving this correspondence a prominent
place in its paper and making no re-
marks to the effect that they did not
agree with the whole of it, endorsed
not only the sentiments expressed but
also vouchcd for the truth of its state
ments. The late atrocious outragcs
committed by the free State militia
under the command of Captain Mont
| eomcry, an officer commissioned by
General Jim Lane, were characterized
by the letter writer referred TO, As
''petty rascalitics," and the Gdzette ly
purposcly ncglccting to contradict the
statement, knowingly conveyed false
impression to its readers and is as
much responsible for the misrcprcscn-
tation as if the statement had been
from the pen Of one OF its editors. we
| flattcr ourselves that We are quite AS
| well aware of the usages Of respectable
journalists" as our friends of the Gazette
at any rate we shall never make
sheet which attempts to palllatc and
excuse robbery, murder and outrage,
our standard of "respcctability." 1t is
all very well for the Gazette, now that
the proof is so overwhelming, to at
tempt to clear the skirts of the free
,Iom-shrickers of these atrocities and
saddle them upon the shoulders of a
small band of guerrilla" belonging to
no party-if it can get any one to be-
licyc it,
The facts, that the very men who
now constitute this..band OF guerrilla
were sent to the territory by the New
England Emigrant Aid Society that
they were furnished with "Sharpc's
Rifles" by the Republican "Rcllcf So
cictics that they have all been promi-
ncnt " freedom shrickcrs"; that they
are acting under commission issued
10y that great champion of freedoms
General Jim. Lane that they are sus-
tanned by the free state candidate tor
the Office of Attorney General, under
the Leaycnworth Constitution, and that
they are applauded by the prominent
organ Of the Republicans in Lawrence,
and urged on to the commission OF
fresh outragcs, is proof enough to sns-
tain our course in dcnouncing the Re-
publican party Of Kansas asscccssory.
We are well aware that these dcvcl-
opcmcnts are lily suited to the palates
Of the Gazette. The conjurcr dislikcs
to have the modus opcrandi of his
tricks discovered, and we have nc
doubt but that it is peculiarly painful
to the gazette to have its "harp of 6
thousand strings" which has SO otter
sounded to the favoritc air of i" bleed
ing Kansas" ruthlcssly dashed tc
pieces before its eyes. The instru-
. mcnt is ruined forever, the republican,:
wonderful lamp has lost its virtues and
Kansas is "playcd out" forever
While we cannot regret it politically
yet as a member of the craft, we
heartily sympathise with our ncighbor:
in the loss of fruitful subject for ed
itorial.