Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1862-11-28

uIne Wnen We naO uOC utCereO SyllaDle OF, OF
condemning either of the editors of that pa
per, published the following personal attack
upon the editor Of this paper r,T s.
"By. .the-way, we should like to know how
much the county paid Luse, Lane & Co., of
Davenport for printing Judge Thayer's speech
delivered before the Democratic club, some
years ago. Will the Judge enlighten us on
that?"
On the 18th inst, we replied as follows:
"No, sir, we will not 'enlghten you at
present, but we will give the several editors
of your paper until Thursday morning of this
week to publicly retract the above false and
yill4inous insinuation. If not done at that
time, we will publish both the senior and jun
ior editors of the Journal as wicked and mali
cious slanderers. Do you take?" a
Knowing that the editors Of the Journal
had been misinformed upon the subject, we
gave them time to write to Davenport and
learn the facts. Whether they did SO or not
we have no means Of knowing. But on the
10th inst, the Journal replied in the follow
ing language: 7s5 BIS
Yes, we take it that you are hit on q
tender spot. You know the insinuation to
be true, else you would not flare up and
make use of such vulgar language towards u.s.
We will not 'retract.' We will give you
time to explain the matter, and if you fail to
do so, we will let the public have our explain
alton. H ra
I" When this is explained we will give you
an opportunity to clear up some other dark
features of your official career"
Now, the statement made by the Jourssalis
false; and the editors of the Journal have
wilfully, maliciously and wickedly, manufac-
tured out of whole cloth, charge which was
conceived in the baby brain of slanderer and
published by direction of soft and silly love-
sick swain.
Now, Messrs. Editors, "let the public have !"
your explanation" And please remember
while you are publishing those ''othsr dark
features of our official career" that until you
prove the charge you have already made to be
true, you stand before this community brand
ed as q liar and slanderer. ssl1f
= And you will please remember further,
here in the outset. that you commenced this
personal attack upon us without any earthly
cause; and by and by, when we shall bear
down upon both senior " and "junior," we
trust you will not forget that the blame rests
upon your shoulders.-Conrisr. s:s
2 "a guilty conscience needs no accuser. p
The JOURNAL simply asked (the inquiry hav-
ing been called forth by similar remark in
the Courier with regard to our present coun-
ty ofacials) hon mach the county paid for
publishing Judge Thayer's Democraticspeech,
and straightway the Judge confesses himself
hit He manufactures charge" !" and "a
personal attack out of the inquiry, and calls
on us for proof. Would it not be far better,
Judge, for you to produce the receipt Of Luse,
Lane & Co., for the printing Of that speech,
showing how much and by whom the money
was paid. It ought to be an easy matter to
do so, and would be complete vindicaton
of yourself from the supposed charge. We
will be lenient with you and give you still
further time to clear up the mystery. a5 r
Now, as regards that "personal" warfare
you propose: You may commence on us as
soon as you like. We have confined our re-
marks when speaking Of you to your cBicial
acts. They are proper subjects Of comment.
So are ours. We challenged you, when you
hinted ut something wrong in the Post Office,
to expose it. As public Journalist it was
your duty to do so. We do not propose to
expose your private character under any Cir
cumstances. We have no taste for scandal,
and : well-meaning public don't want to hear
it. Never having learned the art Of billings
gstey we shall not attempt to defend ourseli
with the weapons you propose using. When
you commence your attack in that manner,
we vim give up the contest and turn you over
to your peers. trusting to q residence Of .
dozen years in this community to vindicate
US from the maddened sspefsicns Of an hres.
ponsible slanderer. :: y. -, : 80 49,,
= THAr LrsxI. Su1r.-Ws. have secured the
services Of Henry Clay Dean, Esq, 70, assisl
Us in the defense Of tho libel case BY the JouR'
nal on the Courier. It will probably b.
tried At the Janusry term- of the District
Court. We have directed our attorney to 81
. cross demand Of $4,000 damages, on, &C
count of the JouRNAL calling us : "tFajtor' :
end melting the mob y q destroy our offics.--- :
VeuTseH ssd a.I,is.s7lig sssss8sd .4g5atsos Is
- Dean and Thaysri sRwae6ik frasrsns
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