The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1858-09-16
Grand ) uTIcs Past ana Present.


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Grand urIcs Past and Present.
The Grand Jury Of the last term of the
Court made prcsentment Of certain Locofo-
co ohice-holders, including the Prosecutor Of
the county, for malpractice and corruption.
The Grand July was changed, and the new
Grand Jury 10 effect override and repudate
the action of the last Grand Jury in relation
to the Prosecutor.
The old Grand Jury is impressed with the
idea that the present Grand Jury was gotten
up in view Of the political exigences of the
party. Members Of the old Jury inform us
that the charges were made against Good
ri,h BY the Sheriff, sustained by the testimo-
ny Of the Clerk Of the Court, and approved
by the Judge of the bench at the term previ.
Gus to the present. One Of the missing in
dictments, which the Jury charged had been
corruptly suppressed by Goodrich, was
against Harrow, where Goodrich got his
"grub," and the other indictment was against
o'Connor. where he got his liquor. The old
Jury said these indictments came up missing
by design; the new Jury charge it to acct
dent or carelessness, and hence take it upop
themselves to reverse the finding Of their pre-
deces'ors. The issue is with thepeople.
AnIssue Between The Preachers.
There are two Methodist preachers con-
necsed with the Journal Office, and that sheet
publicly denounced Harlan as a lying Me,ho-
dist preacher for asserting that the appropri-
atoms for the salary and expenses Of the
President amounted to $50, 900. The Jour
nal asserted that they had the appropriation
bill! before them and no such appropriations
as those mentioned BY Mr.. Harlan had been
made. Now this is q matter which affects the
character and reputation Of these preachers
and Of the whole connection. Let the mat
ter be examined and the question be settled.
The laws OF the last session may be seen Mt
our office, and We will take pleasure in point.
ing out the conservatory, the hot-bed and the
greenhouse items, along with the others
mentioned by Mr.. Harlan, amounting in all
to 1871 900, over and above the $25 900 sal.
airy.
GT-The Journal has a bugaboo article
about an inundation Of niggers to compete
with white labor, and is wonderfully
afeared' that the interests Of the white la.
borers must suffer in consequence. Perhaps
some gudgeons will bite at its nonsensical
farrago but surely none but gudgeons will.
Among other things it says that the Re-
publicans have passed laws providing for the
education of little darkies in the commo
schools. CAS- it comes from preacher,
know il is lic,' is Judge Halls test. Ap-
Piled to the preachers Of the Journal, it
would rarely fail. In the instance before us,
the rhilosophic epigram vindicates its truth
aud point. The Republicans did no such
thing. But the Democrats, long time ago,
passed a law driving the niggers out of the
State, and the editors Of the Journal, if they
are 50 shoekingly afraid Of them, can cause
notice TO be served upon them all and make
them "vamose the ranch'' in hurry. We
should think they would do il. They have a
personal interest for it there is any field
where the composition Of cheap and un.kii..
fal lnbor is to be feared, II is in the column,
OF the Douglas organ in Keokuk.
IN The 81. Louis Republican las fnall,
taken bold stand in favor Of Judge Doug
las as against Lincoln. 1t repudiates the Ia
cendiary teachings Of the WASHINGTON Union
-lkeokuk journal.
The Washington Union, which our neigh
Dor denounces for its ''incendiarv teachings.
is the organ Of the Administration. and ho
the entire confidence Of preriden, buchanan
The "incendinry teachings Of which II
journal speaks are precisely those xhic
emanaie from the President, and all Office
noiaers IN iianois or elsewhere who fail ,
receive them ARE turned out Of Office instan
err. The President IL the head Of the psrt
the party in Congress sustained The presiaen
and the handful Of Democrats who oppos.
his policy were universally regarded as dl
organizers. So il has come 10 tha. at las
that the keokuk Journd, denounccs the a,
thoritstivs policy and principles Of the par
- "inesDdiary Teachings"