Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1864-05-13

How Thankful we Ought to he
The Courier says twice have the people
of this city been indebted to the Courier and
the Democratic party for the suppression Of
. mob spirit which had been inaugurated and
encouraged by the Abolition newspaper Of
this city. Twice have
your eyes been turned from the sickening
scenes which follow the wake of lawless des.
paradoes, all through the Gsristian tor6ear-
once Of men in the Democratic party. Re.
member that the third time may BE- Jatal,
because there may b a point to which Dem
ocrats are pushed when longer tor6sorance
becomes crime and s.n." CHRISTIAN
forbearance of Democrats This reminds
US Of little story that we shall not at pres
ent intrude upon our readers. Good people
of Muscatine, do you know you are a set 10
desperadoes, cut throats, and brutal rufiians
that you smell blood and desire to feast
thereon-that the city of Muscatine would
now be smouldering heap Of ruins, and that
its ashes would ascend to the heavens as
your sacrifce-that people would be home
less, houseless, and impoverished, but for
the sChristian forbearance'' Of Muscatine
Democrats? Don't you people who 60 to
church and eschew the vices Of this world
who try to DO right as much as lieth in you
don't you know There may be APPOINT"
where Democrats will sorter backslide and
lose their Christianity, at which point their
'forbeagance becomes crime and sin :"
In all seriousness, friends, We tell you that
you are under strong and permanent obliga.
tons to those Christian forbearers in the
Democratic party, who staid back the food
tide Of riot, arson, blood and murder, at the
time and place, when and where the Grand.
view Martyr took the oath. Christian for.
bearance alone caused-well we won't call
names. because to do so partskes of person
ality-to return from the streets, when the
great Christian Martyr Edward was being
outraged. Then it was that Edward, like
the lamb proceeding to the slaughter, opened
not his mouth.
But why stand we and permit ourselves to
be arraigned and tried upon the er parts tes-
timony Of this fellow who would be leader
and instructor among the people, Forbear.
anc. thou fell spirit of treason! 1t i'll be-
comes mouthpeice Of the Democratic party,
to talk about forbearance. 1t is forbearance
Of the most magnsnimous character that per-
mits such rebel miscreants as the Courier
editor to feed upon the people Of the loyal
States. Forbearancs unprecedented in the
history Of civil war and revolution. that tol-
crates the existence of such sheets as the
Muscatine Courier. We hold the vile thing
ia the most utter contempt, and its puerile
efforts to teslobber US with its venom only
call from us smiles of dersion. We know
the puny weakllng is without strength, and
only now and then influences some narrow
minded political follower with its mouthy
gibberlsh about mobs. The thing is too
weak too puny-too filthy to attract at
tenton. It's insane rawlings about the
JOURNALS desire to incite people to mob vo-
lence is upon par with all its other misera--
bic falsehood. The poor reprobatc and apos-
tate who edits, knows that it has devotedly
prayed for months that some lawless hand
might be laid upon his material, effect its
destruction, place him in position to recov-
er damages, and thus save himself from early
downright bankruptcy, to which his vile pa
per is rapidly leading him. The people have
long known this to be his desire, and it has
gone far to subdue an almost universal feel
ing of indignation against him. And yet he,
poor rebel, talks about "Christian forbear-
ance !"