Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1858-09-05

the institution" and little the best paper
published in Davenport. But when you
broke faith. not only once, but many times,
with the people and refused to redeem your
cat which you had repeatedly promised US
and the people should always be done and
when, finding that the rights of the holders
OF Florence were being trampled upon, the
business OF our City and County ruined, We
telt constrained to take stand against your
rags then it was the war became personal
one-not on our part to you, but on your
part towards US. Forthwith came wild cat
blowers to US and requested us to state TO
of she arrangement ofthe currency and that if
We would advocate such position we could
name any reasonable price Thank God We
did not feel then, nor have we since been dis
posed to sell ourselves. Those blowers left
faring better than they deserved. When it
was found that We could not be treated in that
way, you sent us note, signed by our
hrm, and which you were 90 Abrtunate
as to hold, by those who had form
erly visited US on the bridge question, and
demanded payment, thinking that would
/ probably produce the desired effect. That
dodge did not work. We were able to find
plenty of Florence wild cat to cancel that in
debtedness. Having. .raked up our promises to
pay and oe haping redeemed them on devdnd.
and the Democrat still existing, and living to
hight an irredeemable wild cat, you deputed
your emissaries to destroy our subscription
list ana our patronage; and to break US up
by fair means or foul.
But all this failed. Our paper has ap-
peared regularly. and il ever newspaper
stood by Its post, fighting the battles of the
people against mCnstrous wildcat monop-
oily, the Democrat is that paper
If we have used at times hard names, YOU
have certainly shown by your card publish,
ed on Friday that you deserved them all
You have been pleading injured innocence
under the withering warfare Of our paper,
hoping thereby to create sympathy against
US and in favor of yourselves. In some cases
your end has been accomplished. But now
that the war is over, We would like your
professions for the past ten mont tbs compa.
red with your card of Friday, and if you do
not most richly deserve everything the
Democrat has said Of you We shall be very
much mistaken.
1t is now nearly nine months since we
commenced our warfare against this Wild
cat and during that time as every citizen
OF Davenport knows, not a stone has been
left unturned on the part Of shinplaster
operators to destroy our paper. We have
fought the good fight and victory is with
US. We have removed from our midst
sore, which if it had been permitted to exist
much longer, would have sapped our life |
blood This has been done by the Democrat
solitary and alone Our support has been
on the part of the masses, in whose interests
We shall ever be found. We caution all
monopolies to be careful how they trample !
upon the rights of the people or undertake
to run their heads against public journals |
who represent the peoples interests. Truth
is mighty and will prevail State Democra,
ditto. In proof, We refer to the currency
war and the final result
Ess- The ride given ty the NJ. & NJ.