The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1858-04-09

lit was SO great wrong for the Re-
prelicans to nominate and support man
Tor Prosecuting Attorney who was techni-
cally Ineligible, was it perfectly innocent
for Democrats to nominate and support
one for an office which they never expect
ed him to be qualified to fill! The only
difference in the two cases, was that nei-
Their the Constitution nor laws requiring
the election of a Prosecuting Attorney
contained any express provision requiring
that officer to be member of the Bar,
and that it was only by reference to Gus
tom, and the rules of construction, that
the court arrived at the conclusion that 1t
was requisite; whereas, in the other case
it was expressly required by law. And fur
ther that our candidate was qualified by
study to be admitted to the Bar and that
it was expected he would be before enter
ing upont he office whereas with their can
didate there was no such qualification or
expectation. They cannot plead necessi-
ty, forthey had a man qualified to I'LL the
office who was not a candidate for any
office.
And yet we never thought of accusing
the democrats of any fragrant wrong in
this matter, nor have we felt any necessity
for seeking political capital from such
source. We have no doubt that the SIM
pie truth is, that in both cases the NOM
nations were made without sufficient in
vestigation, without charging intentional
wrong upon either; and we only allude to
the fact now, and make the compari-
son, for the purpose of showing up, in its
true light, the hp, mean, contemplate
dishonesty of the Free Press, in attempt
nc to fix charge of intentional wrong
upon the Republican party, for an act,
if which he knew his own party had been
oually in the fault, and with less excuse.
1t happens in this case, as in almost every
other in which our opponents have assall-
ed the Republican party or officers, that
they have themselves been doubly guilty
of the offences that they charge upon us.
The writer, true to the instincts of his
own depravity, basely and cowardly insin-
yates that the county officers have been
guilty of crimes which he knows he dare
not charge upon one Of them explicitly
! He insinuates that the officers have been
engaged in conniving at the escape Of
criminals and in compromising felonies.
We call upon the Free Press, if he is
aware of the existence of any such crimes
as he insinuates on the part Of any Of the
county officers, to come out and make a
distinct specification of the charge, and
name the guilty individuals. Come sir,
no skulhtny or sneaking; ono lodging or
Rmch,ny upon this point" Give us the
! particular lhrlaHctS III hulCH lic UhcuCcS
YOU speak of have been committed, and
name the guilty ones. And then back
up your charges with something more
some better proof-than your naked as
serious, or sneoking insiauations. Or if
you cannot do this, or dare not attempt it.,
then be content 70 settle back into your
filthy slough of calumny and detraction,
where every passerby may read, in fam
ing characters upon your brow, the appel
laton of .SLANDERER.
The insinuation Of the Free Press, that
the reply of the Northerner to his attacks
was Influenced, or colored by the fact that
we were on the eve Of an election, simply
shows the drift of his own mind, and why
it is that he uniformly takes occasion to
make somc of his unfounded attacks, upon
the eve OF every election that occurs.
We shall not stop now to vindicate the
character of the Editors of the Northerner
/ from the attacks of the Free Press The
people of this county have been acquaint-
ed with Us about as long as the scriblcr for
the Free Press has, and know about as
much about us as he can tell them And
! if they have found us to be the corrupt and
depraved wretchcs that the Free Press
charges, they must have learned it from
more credible source than that paper
And if they entertain different opinion
of us, we have no fears that the assaults
of the Free Press will change that opinion.
Nor shall We now stop to handy with the
Free Press any of his blackguard phrases,
such as "puke pestiferous BREATH
walking pestlence" =" stalking mon
key" and the like.
We sometimes feel compelled to resort