The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1858-08-26

+ ~ we beleVe that Nir. WIN. carey Jones,
0uit Bsason's son-in-law, affects the Gss-s
satsr. The following letter will make his
IRE, II there IL any in him, ors6kls - orch
right briskly:
To lie Editor Of the Nisio.yj Democrat
Mm.Eare Jones, who has Of lo&s been
denling ont his 'scards" to the pubiic with .
profuse hand, has re.appeared 10 the solumns
Of the Missouri Republican in = comnunioa-
ton which rurports 30 be Yaply TO ny
speech delivered il 81. Loah d Ahtnrday
night, prior to the late election. This nan
Jones has well earned the title OF 50 great
liar and dirty dog" bestowed BY Col. Ben
ton upon one Of his calsmnistors. The "ro-
wing conmission" psid out o. che secret scr.
vice fund, from which hs has just returned,
was earned from the standardization BY lying
on his brother -in-l law, Col. Frem0nt, during
tho last Presidential election, and he is now
attempting to sell the reputation 81 his faith
err in law, Col. Benton, FOR continuance Of
executive favor. Every man who conversed
With Benton during the last six months Of
his life knows that he opposed and denounc.
ed the policy Of Buohanan's administration.
His last political work was the aExamina-
ton OF the bred Scott decision '---which 10
recognized by MIR. Buchanan in several OF
his messages 70 Congress - the groundwork
and foundation OF the policy Of the admins
tration--with the most overwhelming argu-
ment and the bittcrest denuneiasion. have
in my possession tho autograph letter of COL
Benton to my father, denouncing the admin
istration for its "folly and wickedness," and
rejoicing that "providence" chad 90 fxed
things to the hands Of the friends Of union
"A L IL A.. Il
administration which had been guilty OF such
"foly and wickedness." have also in nv
possession the resolutions written by Col.
Benton, and in his own handwriting, in which
he denounocs the whole slavery policy Of the
ADMINISTRATION land it has no other polioy),
and the letter in which he enclosed those res
Hamin and King Of the Senate (both Re-
publicans), to induce 90 friends to adop.
his plan OF assailing the ssfolly and wicked
nesso Of the administration al Of these mat
tiers have been made public, and it is also
known here, that, although Benton exerted
himself when Buchanan was first inaugura
ted and before his policy was developed to
obtain appointments for ono or two Of his
old friends, he was unable to obtain the
smallest ONCE for any Of his friends, or the
slightest recognition Of his services to Mr..
Buchanan.
Carey Jones is the only PERSON in the Uni
ted States who 10 fool enough and knave
enough 10 the face OF these facts 10 assert
that Col. Benton favored the policy Of Mr..
Buchanan, and the blackguardism he has
vented upon me grows ont Of the fact that
have been instrumental in thwsrting bis at
tempt to sell tho ashes and reputation Of Col.
Benton to the administration FOR an oiRce for
himself. II 10 known to the people Of Mis-
souri, that the best years Of my life have been
spent In Colonel Benton's service, and shall
not hesitate to defend his reputation after
his death from such an administration hire
ling as Carey Jones. Il 10 simply bAcause
am and have over been Col. Benton's friend,
that the public treasury has been plundered
by the administration TO supply money to hire
ballot suffers and bullics and liars to accom-.
pl1sh my defeat. Jones 10 tho least respect
able Of all the vermin Of this kind, ensendsr-
ed by the pro6igate corruption Of Buchanan's
administration, and, although IL would be
service to the country to destroy the whole
tribe and favor TO Buchanan himself, rs he
would thus escape the necessity Of paying
them for their dirty work nftcr it was per-
formed, yet cannot consent to become q
public executioner, but shall leave them, and
Jones especially, to be extcrminatsd by his
own vices. The immunity from personal %.
countability which his want Of character has
gained for him has emboldened him to re-
new his blackguardism. The same immuni-
ty which the ballot suffers enjoy who were
hired by the administration to defraud me in
the late election will attend the hireling en-
ployed to stuff the newspapers with false
hoods against me.
FRANK p. BLAIR. Js.
st. Louis, Aug. Is, 1858.