Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1862-11-22
Sio1lx City 8tgistsr
SATURDAY, NOV. %, 82.
OUR POSITION AZ TO DAKOTA.


We have received from the Hon. Jos.
L. WILLIAMS, Judge of the Sd Judicial
District of Dakota Territory, somewhat
lengthy article, tolercbly well garnished
with feeling allosions to Mr.. RoBB, recent
Editor Of this paper, 10 reply to the edi.
torial remarks made in our last issue, rela.
tive 70 The trial Of one Marsin at Fort
Randall. We feel compelled to refuse to
print the Judges article as we-the pres.
eus temporary Edi.or-do no. feel any
great interest in the matter, and can see
no end to the controversy if this article is
allowed to 60 into print in our columns.
Whether Mr.. Marslin is guilty of the
crime he was convicted of and deserves
the punishment and fine inflicted upon
him we know not. We do knoW that sew.
eral men who have disgrsced our country
here ought 20 have been hung long ago
that are still, at large; and many more
ought to be in the penitentiary who have
ESCAPED an indictment, or been tried and
acquitted, and if the juries of our section
have imbibed some of that great revolu.
tioriizing Of public sentiment which has
seemed lately to have settled down upon
sections Of our country--it may be very
unfortunate for Mr.. Marslen-but We be.
leve our juries in the future. acting under
present inspiration will catch the ninety
nine guilty men before they convict
another innocent man, and call down a
lasting blessing upon our community
Of the case in point, We think it stands
now, and We expect all the ventilation our
columns would give it would not alter it,
that the Judge and other court officials,
and their friends, and the enemies of Mr..
Marslin all think everything from Alpha
to Omega was all right-while Marslin,
his Attorney, Mr.. RobL, and a good many
of the people, the unwashed, uneducated,
illiterate rabble who claim no higher po-
sition in the scale Of humanity than to be
possessed Of common sense, think the
whole proceedings were tyrannical and
illegal, and poor Marslin a martyr. Such
in . nutshell, we gather from the different
versions We have rendered US.
And, now, one word further on point
in connection with this: There seems to
-
be among The officials Of Dakota Territory
.teigned idea, or perhaps an honest con-
viction that the REGISTER ought no. to say
q word about them, and hold up their
hands in holy indignation at the audacity,
at times, of this " little one horse Sheet
Why, gentlemen, are you not aware that
the REGISTER has protested all alongto be,
and in the future is actually to be, De.
mocratic paper? Are you not alive
will use the mild term-Republicans p
We sincerely hope so, at least. Did you
ever in your natural lives know of q Re.
publican paper that did not abuse every
Democratic official within its reach =? Did
you ever for a moment think it was unjust
or uncalled for? During your last cam.
paign your friends not only threatened "to
clean US out but talked Of the interests
Of Sioux City as in leopard THAT if Gov.
JAYNE was elected his entire influence
would be against US; that our Railroad
interests would be affected that trade
would be diverted from our place; that
you would remove your families from US
into the Territory, aud in fine we would
be squelched out if we meddled with the
campaign. Though the punishment looked
severe, if we persevered in our course, yet
we espoused the cause of Gen. j. b. S.
Todd, the Peoples candidate for Congress,
and did our best to help the people over.
come the Vaccinations Of both civil and
military rulers, and have handled with out
gloves, such tampering with the purity of
the ballot.box in that election, as put
Kansas candle boxes in the shade-and
have opened our columns to correspon-
dents to assist US in holding up such
to the view of an outraged
community. Our columns are still open
for such and kindred objects.
If you are swinding the Government,
and we detect it, our interest as direct
taxpayers demands Us to proclaim it, and
We shall do SO in capitals. If you still
continue, in violation Of sacred pledges
made to srindle professional men, resi-.
dents Of our own country. every way ca.
pable and worthy, by the importation of
"knapssck' gentlemen from Michigan.
Illinois and Kansas, to reside in cur
midst during the pleasant summer days,
and vote as yen direct, and then carry the
money which ought to be spent in this
country back to their homes, We shall be
found on the side Of the people, ready At
all times with them in thunder tones, if
we are able, to coudemn you for it. If to
increase your own physical comfort you