The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1859-09-17


sun had been used BY him for some time pri-
Or to that datc,) on which he has not paid a
csnt Of principal or interest, and the suit is
sill pending and undecided.
Yet, with this state Of facts, Babbitt, the
Democratic candidate for Lieutenant Gov
ernor and the editor Of the Council Bluffs
Bugle, has the base and bold effrontery to
publish the following fat denial:
Here our downtown Black Republican
insinuates, for he dare not charge openly,
that We have ever had . single dollar Of
Governments money in our hands that was
not properly accounted for and paid over 40
cording to law that We have wrcngfully ta-
ken from the United Ststes Govefnnent
f'large sums" OF money. BY making this
false and slAnderous insinuation against US,
the editor hopes to draw the attention OF the
people from the fact Of the increase OF State
indebtedness under Black Republican rule.
He virtually pleads guilty to the charge, but
attempts to ring in . set-of BY insinuating
that We flched large sums from the United
States.
We will say for the information OF the ed
itor OF the Nonpariel, that We have not klohed
any sum whatever from the United States
Government, and We dare any responsible
man to make the charge indirect and unmis-
taxable terms against us.
In conclusion, We will say to tho editor Of
the Nonpariel, il he has rny charges to make
against us, make them in manly way. Let
them be direct and to the point-don't put
forth sneaking insinuations. Be manly, say
what you have to say about us boldly and
pointedly don't insinuate and leave your
meaning to be interpreted by others. When
you take that course, We shall regard you as
bold man, even it We cannot endorse the
honesty OF your motives.
In CONCLUSION, WI WILL SAT-, THAT BY A RE
CENT DECISION OF rHH q. s. DIsrRIcr CoURr,
II WILL NOT ONLY APPKAR THAT WE ARE NOT a
yILCHKa YRoH rnB UHrrKD STATES GOVERN.
MINT, BUT THAT TIE GOVERNMENT is SEVERAL
THOUSAND DOLLARS IN QUIZ DEBT. Do you mind
that neighbor /?
The above editorial Of Babbitt's appeared
in the Bngie on the Goth Of July, and two
days afterwards, before that paper reached
Keokuk, -Mason, in attempting to defend
Rabbit, contradicted it in every particular,
and Internationally proved him . great liar,
and admitted that he was in default to the
Government more than nine thousand dol
lars. Mason says, in conclusion, after plas-
tering the matter over the best be could:
Until within the last few weeks was my
self rather Of the opinion that their the land
ofhcers] claim was valid and would be sus-
tanned.
The case was first argued last October, and
the matter held under advisement until the
next term. At that term Judge Love desired
further argument, and it was then that my
attention was called to an item in one Of the
general appropriation bills, which | THINK
WILL SETTLE THE QUESTION ADVERSELY TO THE
LAND OFFICERS.
Asa matter OF no great Importance except
for the purpose Of correcting an error of the
Gate City, will further state that the whole
amount claimed from Col. B. by the Govern
ment is not far from $o,000--the exact
amount IL not remembered.
Now let the Democracy vote for the CON-
victed liar and defaulter, Babbitt, il they
choose to encourage those practices as
amongst the cardinal Democratic virtues,
and, doing it with their eyes open, let them
never undertake to rspudiate their endorse
ment of the doctrine, nor deny their respon-
sibilisy for the defalcations of Eads, as well
o. for those of Rabbit.
The sixteenth section Of the Sub Treasury
Law which has been Landed by Democratic
Conventions, Orators and Editors as grand
triumph Of craftsmanship, enao.s that il
any officer Of the Government shall convert
to his own use, or shall in any manner use,
loan or invest any public moneys in.rusted
10 him, such act shall be deemed an embex.
element thereof, and 10 declared o felony !;
and the failure to pay over the money on de.
mand-not after suit has been pending two
years--shall be prina facie evidence of guilt,
and on conviction such ofhcer shall be i'm.
prisoned for term not less than six months
nor more than ten years.
The law is a severe one, and if the Demo-
Gratis OF Iowa think that Babbits ought to be
sent to the Capitol instead of the Peniten-
tiary, all We have to say is, let them should.
or the responsibility in the face of the facts,
and then, at their next State Convention let
them adopt . resolution denounoing the Sub
Treasury Law instead Of one eulogixing It.
what Does II Amount
Squatter sovereignty, which six years ago
was denounced by the Democracy OF the
North tknv a. l.