Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1860-02-17
Down lJpou the l'ucss.

among the Publishers and Editors, W prop.
osition voiced 10 the Legislature. Ia favor Ct
dispsusing with the newspaper publication OF
Legal Notices. Sheriff sales, DC. The carry
ing out of such project would be the death
of s>fourths Of the Republican Journals IN
Iowa; and the fatality would be equally great
among Democratic journals. Nv. Precedent
ard almost universal practice. out OF iowa,
condemn any such change 40 Inst proposed.
Posted manuscript notices are hardly svsr
read. They answer no adequate purpose as
advertisements 1t is the policy Of the age
and country We live in, TO give the widest
publicity to all matters Of public concernmsnt;
to foster the publication Ct newspapers for the
fullest diffusion Of intelligence, local and gen
eral, and TO awaken . reading disposition
among the people. The step proy osed 10 10
backward direction. lie retrograde character
cannot be mistaken,
Justice and the rights Of the defendant. in
almost every suit. demand that the proceed
logs be all az public as possible. There should
be no stealthy. covert movements. by which
advantages may be taken by sharp ciients or
sharper attorneys, of innocent parties.
We have no time to-day TO enlarge upon
this matter But we trust no such step as that
proposed, will ever be taken by Republican
Legislature. The bare suggestion. when voiced
abroad. will bring down a storm OF indigna>
\ ton from press and people
Il would seem as if il were the peculiar
mission u this Legislature TO cripple the press
| The Democrats have been down on the state
Printer with peculiar JUNCTION enjoying huge
y the idea that they could probably clamor
through proposition fox letting out the State
Printing II the lowes, bidder, and thus pun
4 i.h one who failed not TO expose the wickedress
aud falsshood OF party that has 10 bond of
cohesion but public Ilunder. Ii the State
! Printsr-hks the State Biuder,-had nothing
to do with political newspaper, he would es
caIe all this I.ocoluco onslaught. But the
mos: marvellous Of all things is That Eepub-
leans, in view of the Tact that the pay OF
members the pay of Judges. the pay OF State
officers. DC, has been largely increased within
a te years, while the expenses Of State Print
ing have been reduced nearly one half under
Republican rule, should be led for moment
to contemplate an on.lar ght in this direction,
at the expense of their frends.-Des Moimes
Reg,ster.
Generally speaking, we have consider
able charity tor the human family, but
we have no hesltancy in saying that the
particular member, be he who he may,
whose brain conceived the idea of dis
pensing with the publication of legal
notices in the newspapers is thorough
old togy-an old togy in his head, and
old fogy in his heart, in his daily walk
and conversation-an old togy general
~ and particularly-and dishonest at
that. lie is behind-far behind the
age he chances to live in, and by some
lusus naturo-some incomprehensible
mistake missed being born before the
era of white men and newspaper enter
prise. Tho idea is not only behind the
times-old fogy in its nature, but it
smacks very strongly of dishonesty. 1t
comprehcnds no justice whatever, but
opens a door by which all manner OF
dishonesty as between debtor and cred
itor may be transacted with open hand.
1t would at once put it within the pow
err of the creditor to take judgment
in the dark, and sell out his debtor
property-house and home without a
moments warning-to obtain judgment
against him before he could be fully
aware that the matter was in Court
The intent of publishing Legal notices
Sheriff. sales and the like, is to give
the facts set forth therein the wides,
possible publicity, not only for the bene
} fit Of the defendant, but for the benefit
of the public generally, where he may
reside.
The idea is without precedent, and
was never before-at least in any en-
lightened public-brought before any
Legislative body.
We give the person in whose brain
the idea was manufactured, credit for
being just what we have dubbed him,
and would like to have the Reqists,
publish his name. Such man-with
such talents with such caliber-such
astounding depth Of thought and men
tai hugeness, must be known in order
to be duly appreciated. His name
should be handed down into tho dark
ages out Of which the Circassian race
has arisen, and his bust should find
q high and deep niche in some extensive
collection of Egyptian mummics.
The tone of the last paragraph of the
above extract tmacks strongly of par
tlzanlsm, but VIC pass that by unnoticed
as it should be. The editor was moi
feeling we'll when he pcnned it.
We shall look long and anxiously fo
the name of the man who "got up" tn,
idea we have been speaking of.
STATE ITEMS.
We learn from the Iowa City Repu5
lacdn that the amount of Grain now !,