Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1867-10-31
40 FsrsAss prssf aseslrsd.

The editor Of ths NowpeYsa 10 the To-
sac Of the 18th. inssaas, makes sasss
doiefal appeal for synpashr, aad biz
tssiy eomrlaiSs because, - be says, re,
To OR ssarss issaes did rot call him
= liar less than afsy iimss.s II ws
did eali&he editor liar, the ahevs IS.
ssFsion proves tha, We wrre not aistak-
en-! Read the l3reLg Of the iTgh inst.
and zee whether We called bin liar
/" pot less than lltil times" Eafassher
proof sill be required 10 prove chat he
sass We said Of him 20 be true. Nov We
havs no recollection OF his lying more
than ten or twelve tines; bak as 1t IL
raid, that, ga gaiIty conscience nsais no
accusing, . the editor, no doubt, thinks
We were greatly under the mark, and
Ezes sas namher q. saot lees tina Rfty, !"
aa lin order to satisfy the gentleman, We
will not inter apen controversy With
him upon that poios. We, hoxsyes, Dc.
sire ~ ask him question, |. F., shpn
you said that We f'iid not call Us [Yon)
a. liar less than fig tiAaes," did yoa tell
tie truth, or we're yoa aiming Ia give us
jass cause 10 call yoa - liar again {
When you said that il the article in The
ElgCLK under tia caption OF s George
Francis Train, p g We (youl are as usual
called liar quite fEeqasssly,n did you
Try - len the truth. or we're you aiming
70 convince Jour readers that we would
got have have called you wrOngfuliy, had
we called yoa . lar, - yoa assert We
did, Your readers no doubs have read
fhe articles TO whieh yoa refer, and no
doubt viii Do able to discover how much
regard you par to Saih. When you say
that se said ahas "a our (yoar) comments
pf. The 18Th. Inst, relative to the speech
Of Air. Tain was "false and uacslled
ses," do Toa mean to say that We apply
shese words to your comments upon
Trains speech? II you do; you have
given another pFoof Of your inability to
sell the truth. We made no remark
whatever relative to your " comments
apon TKain's speeeh.n Our remarks
referred only TO the false change which
you made against SIR. Train in stating
that be ss'flefs suddenly without paying
his hotel biil.s This charge Of yours
We did pronounce false and uaealled for,
and Dir. Mslsia's lcater, Published ia
ynnF ewn paper, proved it false, and If
false, we think We were iastiaad 10 ga Z.
Ing that il vas uusAlled for. We ssers
pres eat and heard he speeches, and are
prepared TO answer your questions. 10
regard 10 the two thousand dollar appro-
pEiation 80. We ean answer that, We
snppose the appropriation vas nada for
the purpose Of enteTtaing If. Train a.
veil as the other persons Of the exeur-
sion party, and that the eouneiI did not
know what any one Of the party would
say or d.. To the question as to how
much We dii ''tOwaris entertaining these
honorcd guests s" We have 10 say, we
pay cur proportion of the s4xes lssisl to
pay the EXPENSE and did net get drunk
on the free zine gsEen upos that ceeas.
ion. Relative to our endorsrng or not
endorsing Train speech, ws have to say,
tha. al least tyo, petbaps mare. Of tbs
editoFiai speakers SAID In their speeches,
that, "up7n this ex.ufsion We have
said and done . great many things,
which would rot have been solerated 40,
der other circumstances - from which
we infer that Mr.. Trains speech vas In
keeping, add in aecordancs with the Oh
jscs Of the neetiag. We did Bot, nor do
nos cali Col. Test and Sam. Haas liars.
We said nothing about them, or tkeiF
acts, except 80 far - they related 10 the
payment Of the expenses incurred By Dir
Train at the Pacific House, And they uu-
derstand what VIC said quite 40 veil as
does the editor Of the AoapareII. We
don't know, nor do not care what Smith
said about Train; bat We do kaosr, iba.
Train was expected here With the exsnr
sionists, AMI that cur citizens called him
ons TO Naass a aPsasA, aud II he mas not
regarded as the guest CT the city, they
bad no business to call upon hIn upon
that occasion for speech.
Nov, Ir. Editor, Nc bars answered
you, and you caa make up your mind as
you please 10 relation to The pos4tion us
o2eapy; bat il jon are not more eosrecs
in your opinions, than ycu are In yonr
statements; We can inform you thar but
little reliance viii be placed upon them.
La th:s connection, permit az to say that
NC always sim 30 call things By their
Fighs names, and We nevsr ear 10 . man,
you are mistaken, whea We kaose he lies,
and means to tell Q lie. II then, you
should ever be 30 unfortunate az to tel.
q lie 40 / get caught at it, don's fault us
II We call your attention 70 II with the
simplest ard shortest word Ehas wil give
you . correct idea Of whas Wa mpau. 10
short, II you don's like 10 bs called H.
NJ, Just quit POUR lying.
The Republican Party in Virginia.
We say nos long siacs . boassiug arti
Gle in Radical paper, relative 70 tks
speed Of Radicaiisn. Il stated that 10
1850 there was 40 ofgnnised RepubIicanI
party 10 any Of the Southern States bat