Daily national Democrat., 1860-08-09
How the Thing Stands.

We made certain remarks respecting Office
holders and cliques in connection with the
Express. The editor took offense at it, and
plainly threatened that, if we did not write
to suit him, we should hear from him. We
replied, showing what we did say and what
we did not say in the article at which he
took offense, and gave him to understand
that we were ready at any time, to hear from,
him. He took the responsibility, according
to all the rules which govern in such cases,
of making the first offer for a settlement of
the question in the accustomed manner. We
signided our readiness to hear from him,
and instead of what we might naturally have
expected, he enters into hair-splitting dis
QUESTION on the issues between us. He has
taken upon himself the onus of bringing this
matter to a point, whenever he secs fit, and
we await his pleasure in the business If he
is not satisfied with what we have said, both
now and heretofore, he himself has indicated
his remedy. Having voluntarily assumed
the first move in the matter, it is for him to
make it.
This is all We have to say. except this:
We remarked that the whole community
of office holders seemed to be writing for the
Express. The Express says that the Moon
may seem to be made of green cheese 1t
does not undertake to say that it may not
seem to be the case that office holders write
for the Express; but asserts that they do not,
and that the statement that they do is false
! At the same time it has the Stiffness to saw
that no Office holder has ever written for the
| Express, since the nominations for President,
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| stance, was not over half dozen lines in
length. 1t afterwards Acknowledges that
Judge Lindley wrote a card which he pub
lished in the Express, of over half dozen
lines in length, but says it was only "eard."
Well, call it what you please, it was an arti-
Gle published in the reading columns of the
paper, and the calling it a card is mere
subterfuge. 1t appears then, by the Ex-
presss own statement, that two office holders
have written for the Express. Does it seem,
then, that Office holders write for the Express
or on the contrary is it an acknowledged fact
that they do ?
The Express, reviewing the remarks of the
DEMOCRAT, says:
Speaking of the Federal ofIice-holders, it saws
The Express is filled with their com .nunicatons,
and all Its editorials reflect their views"
This is false. No Federal office-holder's COM
munlcation has appeared in the Express for
nOnths with one solitary exception.
1t here pronounces false what we did not
say. We were speaking of Office holders in
general, and not Federal Office holders in par
ticular. We stated that the Express was in
so far an organ Of the Court House CLIQUE,
Charles Lindley &c, as that it always fully
agreed with those individuals in its political
notions course. ct cetera This the Express
itself acknowledges, by pronouncing it false
with an "if,' as follows Abiding to the
DEMocRAr, it says;
Again it says:
"The Express is the organ of the Court House
| Clique, the organ OF Charles Lindey. and the or.
| gan of all that tribe who have expressed them
serves luliy against Mr. douglas heretofore and
who cannot expect anything at the hands of Mr..
Douglas, as President"
This is also false, if it is meant that the posi-
ions assumed by us, is dictated or controlled by
any outside influence. u is true the office holders
IN tbs county agree aUjM u.s. but they were elected
last year upon the very issue now before the peo-
pie, and they have not changed neither have we.
AS TO whether the Express and the office
holders have changed or not, the people will
judge. We believe they agreed to sustain
the regular nominee of the National Conven
tion. They are not doing it, and, if they
have not changed. why then it appears that
they never intended to keep their promise.
But, we do not care to discuss the merits
OF what was charged and what was not
charged, any further. In the opening part
OF this article, We have stated how the per,
sonal part of the matter stands between the
Express and u.s. And there we leave it. We
think, moreover that it is time that the con
troVersy should close in one shape or another.
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