Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1866-09-01
ANSWER TO THE SHANGHAI
PETTY FOGlER

"Truth alone can offend, and when the
cap fits The fool be most generally wears
it," ~ ~
The above j. clearly proven and illus
trated by he-would-be- man-of law in bis
Communication to the "Journsl,' Of the
18th alt. Instead Of noticing the article
written By the "Repubican' in TuE REG
IsrER, he should have treated it with con.
tempt, thereby showing The pub ic "a, large
,ha. the. report circulated haa no tounda
ton. He would not then have exhibited
bis lack of tact as politician, and de-.
cisivs victory would have been bis.
THE REcIsrER's correspondent does not
deny his ,rliaIity to saur kraM aud good
~hishey He will grant tdat saur krau.
is ;oreign dish, not we'll appreciated by
"Ia"kee~ but Oh the other hand i, must
b. said .hat"C fish balls aud Sorry hum"
are not pala'ahle TO Europeans.
Our unwashed antagonist beisg under
the perfect control OF the two last named
,ngrudlents TOOK up the hat aud iuuni
himself so well delinea,ed that silence
was out OF the question. His poetcal
quotatio" amounts to nothing, unless it
be to prove how easy i, is for man to
make BLACKBOARD Of himself. | never
claimed to be a republican, but always
pretended to be ons de tacto' fought
soul and body, when the Republic of the
World required men to support its ediiice,
but did not stay at home like a coward
aud II sneak to viIity democrats aud cop
perhr"ds. | gave my little mite for the
support Of the country, rather than re.
main at home to gather the federal pap.
All the eP'hets used by the sanc,ino-
NOUS iudvltua; had no effect One of
them at least can we'll apply to him. |
call his a'ten ion to the third in his quo
tatiun: The Gauls hardly ever mixed with
o'her races. | can trace my descent, but
let him study his pedigree and he will find
himself somewhat mongreled up, There
Is no tear o" my part no. to acquire res
pee ability everywhere, for am su,e to
have moved In as good, If not better cir
cles Of society, than Sha' ghai The only
reason gwen bv the worthy candidate why
he took the trouae to answer the ch1rres
made against him, is thai the writer had
not sist ed his name TO the proiuctirn
ne excuse Is not only simple but hypn-
critical; he knew well enough who wrote
the communi cation, and found out sub,o
'he man for whose special benefit it was
put forth.
Shanghai, my friend, do not hrag too
much about veraci'y; your reputation il
already established on that delicate sub
ject. Your BEHAVIOR before the Judicial
Convention was so we'll understood that
the "rj,rity Of the republicans of this
t"wn do not feel i" duty bound to support
and vote for the nominee of tina, conven-
uon. lou must not either ia,er YOUR
self with the idea that you were ins,,u-
mental IN preventing the sn-caleI bogus
delegates from Woodbury. county t, get
their seats. No, lar from il: We cannot
allow the Jackass to wear the Lions skin
S'tboat ,proclairni.g the ,reachery.
The person who really did beat ~.
acted manfulIy, and with true American
independence. He WAS no lawyer, but a
Doctor, and to suffer defeat n his hands
was ~ disgrace. That gentleman did
not beg and crave any .avors at the hands
of the unsuccessful Woodbury. delegates.
but Shanghai, without any self-respeet,
and Judas-like, asked them the privilege
OF riding in their conveyance. He was
taken from Sac as far as Webster CITY,
where he fought hard-haviny been we'll
fed % the way
1t IS easily perceived from the tenor of
the so-cal'ed candidates production, .ha,
he was wralhy when he wrote. and hat
he IS not altogether a stranger to the
gam ber's slang
Thankful for b is kind advice, CON mend
ing us The geuial com partnership of Cor-
perhead lrie"ds, We have done SO and
found IN them more manhood and rec.i-
tude than IN Shanghai an / his adheren,-
Being challenged to give proof sub.
Maintaining the Statements put forth 10
The REGISTER of the llrh nit. | he, the
liberty to slate that uuder the present
circumstances | am not aliowed to bring
athdavi;s forward this week. Should |.
however. be compelled to still waste more
ammunition upon dead ducks" can do
so ut some future day.
..a- A REPUBLICAN.
Sioux CRY. Iowa. Sept. |, 1866.
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