Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1859-11-09

We have allowed Deacon Comfy The. old
woman's priviege-thc 'last wotd'--for
several days pas, bat. as be don't seem
Satisfied" we propose now to take il our
self For some time we were Of opinion that
the Journals talk about Mr. vnllandigham's
trying TO put Il down and oil that, was a
no ere political Joke, which that paper was
passing Of to try and make its columns orig,
inal and entertaining. But some things
which we have learned lately induce us to
believe that Comfy q Co." arc really in
earnest 10 supposing that Mr. V, has noth-
ing else 20 do than concern himself about
the journal aud we hasten therefore to set
the matter right
People here have generally supp osed that
malignancy aud ayarice we're the chief ex-
cellencies Of William Il. Comfy. But they
will now learn with some surprise perhaps,
that "self-importanee' is another and that
he and bis brothers really imagine them
selves Of sufficient importance to eugross
the care and attention Of the Representative
Of the Third District, to the exclusion Of all
his public and private duties Well this is
decidedly 'cool'-we rather guess it mast
have ice in il But seriously believing this
Deacon Comfy may have beon seen every
morning for three weeks past, with ears
thrown back, fore knees stidened, tail turn
ed in, and hair and hide all corrugated, in
the true alti uds Of assinne frmness re-
sistiug, yes resisting the efforts Of The Hon.
Clement L. Vallandigham to pull down the
journal Office aud put down the Comfy fam,
ilyi Well, wo pity him We sympathize
with him and hasten to correct his mistake
and relieve him from his very unpleasant
situation We assure him that we have the
best reason to believe that Mr.. Yallandig-
ham is friendly to the journal and desires
its continuance We know that he regards
it as very valuable auxiliary in his polit-
ical aspirations. We have even sometimes
suspected that he has contributed means
and influence to keep it up. Nor are we
surprised at this. When the Joarnal first
commenced that system of what superficial
observers foolishly suppose warfare on
Mr.. V. he had been beaten for Congiess
some twenty six hundred votes; now after
five or six years Of apparent hostility and
abuse be holds the broad seal from the
same district and over the same competitor,
by some two hundred majority. With this
and other circumstances before them we
think the public might begin to Suspect"
something. At all events we have our own
notions on the su bject But even supposing
the yearly, monthly, weekly and daily abuse
of MI. by the Journal to be in good faith
surprising that it is really the out pouring
OF that innate diabolism and malignancy OF
temper and heart for which all men give
credit to W. f. Comfy, two things are GER
tain: first that Mr. v pays no more regard
to 1t or its authors than to the idle wind
and next that the only effect oft is to make
him stronger and stronger. But in either
event we feel sure that be is perfectly CON
tent 1t should continue, especially if it acts
as a saiety-valve to the gall of the editor
and the readers OF the Journal are willing
to pay fYe dollars year to see Mr. Yallan
digham's name every day advertised gratis.
We have heard but one regret expressed
by Mr. VS.. friends; nemely that the circu
lation Of the Journal is not more widely ex,
tended.