The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1862-08-30
Will II "Pcace:ablc Citizen give
n few facts iM support of his
Opinion


The public must have been instructed by
the article of II. B. Hendershott, last week
to sec how adrotly the agitating politician
can subside into the peaceable citizen. Tn
this character he deliberately places on rec.
ord, an opinion, which, If it has shadow of
foundation in truth. must startle every other
peaceable citizen. His language in reference
to the subject in hand, carefully written out
by himself, to correct what he alleges to be
a public Misrepresentation, is as follows:
81 suggested that he had practiced before
me, when on the bench. and knew him to
be a sound lawyer, and an honest man. who
it elected would administer the provisions
OF the constitution and laws Of the country,
as they should he found in the books, though
mob violence, faa1ticism and fanatics, should
stand in the door of his court with fixed
bayonets and then turning to Col T.,
and in reference to the subject of abolition,
fanaticism, mob violence and lawleSs associ-
atoms, 81 remarked that he mould find in
such, more willy foe than he had met in the
ranks of the rebels" .... . .
Here, then, is an opinion deliberately cx-
pressed as to what Col. Trimble is likely to
"fnd" in this judicial district. 1t is gratui-
tously advertised over the signature of an
ex-judge, in connection with the advertise
ments Of other interests, extending all the
way to baltimore, New York, Philadelphia.
and Boston" "a. .u.... ..... u.
Judges, elected hy majority of the
people, liable to be assailed by "mob violence,
lawless associations, and fixed bayonets ="
What more could jeff Davis, or any 9th
er dcspot in this country or in Europe, say
in contempt of a government by popular
majortics ? This affirmed, too, not BIZ
an unScrupulors politician. but by "peace-
able citizen" taught in the matter of which
he speaks by the dear bought lessons ofpcr.
sonal experience staHha.
Will the distinguished ex-iudge condo
scend to enlighten the public, otherwise
totally in the dark, by giving single fact
in his whole history, either as lawyer or
judge, "for mpre than eighteen years." on
which he has based his most extraordinary
opinion oftle people of this judicial district !?
Will he produce a bayonet or any fraction
of a bayonet with which be, or any other
Judge has been assailed, or threatened, in
the discharge of official duties, in any case
or from any source whatever, provided he
can exchange it for its weight in solid gold
Or, if in some delirious dream he has been
startled with visions Of bayonets, will he
give to The public picture of this vision,
with explanatory notes, provided that he
can have the amount of paper so used, inch
for inch, in Confederate scrip? Or, il he
happens to be familiar with. any ''lawless
association or connection, whether of
sable or "golden circle" will he as truly
loyal citizen in behalf of other pcaceable
citizens, give information of the same to the
grand jury at the next regular session ofthe
district court?
Until he does some of these things, or
something equivalent, he stards publicly
branded by his own signature, as gratuit-
Gus traducer of the fair fame Of the people
of Iowa in the sight of every
CITIZEN.