The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1863-01-22
SWINE is County Clcrk''-Again

"eVEo is County Clcrk'-Again.
MR. EDITOR II wish to say few parting
words to my friends of the Mercdry.
shall be brief, as there is but one or two
points in their last squib that is worthy Of
notice. They ignore entirely the question
at issue, and raise new ones for the purpose,
as suppose, of evasion The idea Of INV
wishing the appointment Of Deputy Clerk,
is simply ridiculous. No man, not an idiot,
would suppose that | would leave bust
ness, worth from twelve to fifteen hundred
dollars per year, for the sum that a Deputy
Clerk would be legitimatelv entitled to-
Gentlemen, the report was not very wide
" circulated, as no person ever heard it saw e
yourself NY sensitive friends object to my
"style' of calling things by their proper
names suppose that words are used to
convey ideas, and that such words should
be used as will make the idea perfectly
plain. When you use the words "untruth'
and 'faIsehood," you mean to carry the
same idea that do when | use the word
"ie." But, as you seem to think that it is
offensive to your dignity for me to nse plain
words, will apologize, and hereafter use
the words Of your choice. .
My friends wish their errors to be attrib-
uted to their heads, and not to their hearts
That will not help you, gentlemen, for good
many people who know that you are anon :
the best hearted people in the world, still
claim the privilege of thinking that your
heads are slightly wrong.
You are certainly entitled to your opinion
that Mr.. Lincoln is tyrant, and that to en-
deavor to put down the baby-seler's rebel
lion and preserve the Constitution is /" an
unholy contest" No loval inan will envy
you IN your opinions. You have been sus-
pected of entertaining the idea that it was
wrong to prevent the traitors in arms from
overthrowing the Government and estab.
fishing their own in its stead with Slavery
as its cornerstone. Such expressions as the
above, and the Introduction Of certain res
olution in the Board Of Supervisors, the pen
manship of Which reveals its paternity, goes
very far to strengthen the suspicion think
the old adage of the "white glove" is true
You say my ''attack was a wanton one"-
Was not your attack upon six individuals my
self among the number, wanton one? Did
you suppose that you could take advantage
of your elevated position, as editors of
newspaper, to insult and abuse citizens Of
your county for the crime of acting upon
the convictions of their own consciences
without their trying to defend themselves?
If you did you presumed too much. Learn
now, il you have never known il before, that
editors of semioyal newspapers have no
more rights than common people.
One word about the question which seems
to trouble my friends S, much -thst is, did
Mr.. Brown swear or did he not; that's the
question. Mr.. Dresser, ct ais in their card
to me, say that he produced the certificate
before word was said in reation t. his TAX
ing an oath. My opinion is that Mr.. Brown
will not say so himself Now, will Dresser
ct ala, or Mr.. Brown himself, say that he
was not sworn at all? Does any man Of
sense see any reason why he should take an
oath after he had done the act which it was
the object of the oath to make him do? As
soon as convenient shall publish an affila-
Wit, sworn to, with names enough to satisfy
the com nunity in regard to this matter
j. G, HiNsEY.