Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1863-08-04

MALICIOUS VENALlrY.-A dirty little
abolition Newspaper called the Rock Isls nd
Union published across the river, 10 ils issu.
Of yesterday. made an attack upon Capt. Rey.
noldi, the agent Of the Government to super
Intend the erection Of the prisoners barracks
on the Island. that for malicious msaness v.
have never seen squalled in our exherience as
. newspaper editor We have not the pleas
urs Of . personal Acquaintance with Capt.
Reynolds, but nevertheless cannot refrai,
from an exposure OF the vsns ity that prompt.
cd the Uniou editor to attack q gentleman who
IL 40 almost entire stranger in our midst
The Government advertisements inviting pro-
posals for building materials have not been
published in the Union. We are advised thai
there wss no intention on the part Of Capt
Reynolds to overlook any Of the papers o,
Rock leland or this city wherein advertising
would have indsoed competition and bens6
She Government. But the fact 10, there are
not ten men In the city Of Davenport thai
knew that there was such . daily paper pub.
L
been in existence bIt few months. Bot admi,
that Capt. Reynolds did know that there wa.
sush paper, It would have been useless ex
psnditure Of money to have advsrtised 10 it,
% 1t has bat limited circulation and is o.
given to lying that nobody believes voro
they read in its filthy columns. Capt Rsy-
nolds accidentally but fortunately for the in
terest Of the Govsrnment,) overlooked the
Uoion in bessowitg his patronage. aud hene.
the attack. For neglecting TO patronize tn.
Union. Capt Rsynolds is charged with die.
loyalty. Unfortanstsly for the best interests
Of the Government. tbis practice Of maligning
good men 10 INDUCED in throughout th.
country to an alarming extent. and 10 what
ever position . high minded honorable mai
j. plsced-high or low. unless hs becomes .
miserable tool in the hands OF abolition fsna,.
los. whose only aim is the prosecution Of thi
var to destroy slavery, and to build up a par
tizsn despotsm upon the ruins Of our ono,
glorious Union. and stesl the peoples money
he 10 liable to the same imputstion. Bui
thanks to the patriotism Of q respectable por
tion Of our regular army officers. their sdues
tion impels them TO wholly disregard these as
saults and they turn neither the right hand nor
TO the left. to yield to the praise Of no political
faction with but one ebjsct In view, to do
their duty as soldiers in restoring to eur people
the Union as it was and the Consti' ution ~ i,
is. We would respectfully inform the Union
that the general sweeping charge Of disloy Atty
10 about played out. We have seen the brave
old Gen. Scott. Who has spent . life time in
the service OF his country. denounced a. dis
loyal. Gen. Mcdowell. Gen. Halleck. Gen
Porter. Gen. Busl. and . host Cf others. in
eludiog the brave and gallant General McClsl.
Ian. who has twice savsd the Nstiosal Capital
BY rallying defeated and demorsiixed aruy
when others less patriotic would have turned
deaf ear to the supplieations Of the adminis-
tration. have oil. 10 their turn, been denounced
- dieloyal. and been abused and viliied With.
ont measure. by abolition fanatics, becsu..
they could not use them as tools to dsstrov the
Uoion. and to bsild up the republican par,y
on its ruins. But " did not imagine un,iI
We saw the article which appeared 10 the
Union, that any man was 90 venal and malici.
eious. that falling TO receive . government
sdvsrtisement. would attack the loyalty sf
Of an officer Who had the matter In charge
W. conjecture tba' JEFF. Davis himself would
be loys 10 the estimaton Of the Union usn
II be world bot recognize the Union ~ Li,
sueh is thsstandsrd Of loyalty with abolition
sswspspsrs.