The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1859-08-13
=. The Slandsrer Convicted"


the way of preface to a letter from P.
F. WILSON, Receiver of public monies at
Omaha. Said preface is remarkable pro-
duction-tho production Of remarkable
mana man of 'much real worth of char
acter," if we are to believe his own words.
In order that its beauties may be apprecla-
ted, it must be read. 1t is classical pro-
duction, Astounding in well-turned periods,
finely wrought SMILES, and terse and vigor-
Gus comparisons-just such production as
only q Democratic candidate for Lieut.. Gov
ernor is capable Of inditing. 1t is one Of
those unctous, blathersmake articles, which
carry their own refutation gla-ngly cvident
upon thoir face, especially where the sub
iect of the adu!utiou is so thoroughly known
and appreciated at his true value, as is "Pa,-
mcr the nasty in this community. No
amount Of white washing-no amount Of
! vituperation leveled agains: us-can Or will
make any person in this city believe that
"Pa!mer the nasty is other than what we
have shown him to be. The would be Lieut..
Governor may slime him all over with the
unctous saliva of adulation, as blear- eyed
snakeship would a supplicating toad-but
the public vii! not swallow him. IIo will
not dorm at BdbjiN's bidding. His offences
are rank, and they smell to heaven! Even
"all great Neptune'S ocean, would not be-
gin to wash tho stains from his character,
no more than it would from BADBlrr's. But
we gave Babbltt and his man Friday, H.
censc to apply all the adjectiyes in the Ian
guagc to US, and rs VIC have no reason to
find fault with their operations under the
license, we vii! make Nd further atlusion
thereto, but pass.
Bracing himself il his arm chair, ye great
BADDl1r -"The long agony is orcr."
Glad to hear it-Lope he ami his man Friday
breath free once more. But, let US see ov-
er what they are chuckliug. On the 23l of
July, We said, if we had not been . misin-
formed" this " Palmer the nasty had been
guilty of certain specified misdemeanors.
The would be Lieut.. Governor, with the help
Of his man Friday, brought the Boyle to a
very emphatic denial of those alIc@ cations,
and called upon US for our proof. 1t SO
happened that we got our information from
prominent democrats Of this city, who re-
ccived the same from Mr.. Wilson, Receiver
at Omaha, and we were not, AMI are rot
nor, at liberty to use their names in our
columns, in connection with this NATTER
Hence, in honor bound, We were csto1qed
from producing proof of the correctness Of
our statement, that we were informed that
" Palmer the nasty" was guilty Of the ale
cations named. We offered, however, to
give the names Of our informants, if per-
sonal application were made to Us, either
by 20 great BaJLitt, ye pui s'nt " Palmer
the nasty" We "junior editor OF any other
person." This proof they did not want
they knew We had curl Information from sour
ccs that could not be disputed, ana 50, with
an air Of of, nued dignity, they ,cise!y waived
calling upon us for the proof. To prove
that We had no such information as We al
legged, they publish a letter from Mr.. VIII
son, wherein he denies any knowledge Of
the allegations we made against & Palmer
the nasty Taken priaa tucid, as evidence
this letter settles the case against-whom :?
not US, certainly but against our inform
ants, prominent democrats of this city,
But, not SO fast, " all is net gold that gilt
ters'-,hs letter of Mr.. WILSON, does not,
BY any means settle this matter. Mr.. VIII
son, we verify believe, did give uttcranee,
to just such charges, in effect, as those pre-
fcred by US against " Palmer the nasty" his
late letter to the contrary notwithstanding.
There is no lodging this. Two good citi-
zens of this town will be qualified to this
fact, when necessary. But we do not nor
base our faith in this particular entirely on
the honesty of dem ocratic politicians. We
did, however, until day or two ago, and
we must confess, at times We had our mis-
givings, as to whether our democratic infor-
mants We're not "playing fast and loose "
with US, but We are no,c convinced that
they have throughout acted honestly with US,
and we ask pardon for our ungcnerous sus-
picions. Here is u portion of the proof, W
have to offer s. for the faith that is in U.S.
it is an extract from letter now before US,
dated at Burlington, the 5tL inst:
81 see the Bugle denies that Palmer
charged exorbitantly for rent, etc. Wilson
of Omaha, when his confirmation was offer
ed in the Senate, told me that all the oppo-
sition to him, proceeded from Palmer, and
that Palmer opposed him, because he (W.)
would not pass Palmer's accounts at the
General Land Office. WILSON represented
to me that Palmer's charges were most out
rageous, such as no honest man could think
OF allowing. WILSON made the same rep
resentation to Mr.. HARLAN that he did to
me-
There you have tour informants in this
city, were not mistaken in relation to Mr..
WILSON'S statements. Mr.. WILSON'S MEM
DRY is evidently very treacherous, or he has
knowingly stuItlGed himself. We rest our
ease.
8 4 locofoco contemporary says that
Democracy is founded upon rock. The
prophecy of the Psalmist alludes doubtless
to these same locofocos. Paraphrased:
''On slippery rocks see them stand,