The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1867-03-08

The only Misunderstanding They Ever
Had.

4
Had.
Editors generally regard any sampering
with their " copy as an objectionable of.
| Tense. An indiscretion of this kind on the
part Of George P. Morris, caused the only
difficulty that ever occurred between him and
Willis. Mr. Morris Phillips is " Boswelling =
n. p. Willis in the Home Journal, and gives
the following account of the trouble referred
to:
| 1t is stated that Mr. Willis was almost
punctihous in the matter of having his arti>
cles appear just as be wrote them, word for
word, letter for letter, photography and all.
He carried this idea to such an extent that on
one occasion when printer took liberties
with his manuscript, he was extremely angry
and wasned 1.-The foreman that such q thing
must never occur again. He said:
| my copy must be followed, if insert q
comma in the middle Of a word do you place
it there, aud ask no questions.
| The sincere friendship and fond sttach-
ment that existed, for so many years, between
the two editors, George p. Morris and n. p.
Willis, it is scarcely necessary to speak of at
this late day. Their love for each other is
matter Of literary history, and has been the
|
world. 1t will strengthen the foregoing ar
gument, regarding the remarkable character
Istic Of Mr.. Willis, 70 say that probably, the
Oily misunderstanding or disagreement which
occurred the whole of their literary life AID
business association, was caused by General
Morris altering the phrsseology of para
graph in one of Mr. Willis articles. So an
noyed was he at this seeming small matter
| that he penued the following letter to Gene
raj Morris, dated at ldlewild, about ten years
since:
-" My dear Morris; | send my article for
| ne xt week paper, so that the compostors
may have it for Monday morning. l must
| see the proof of this, and | particularly re-
quest that you will take no such liberty with
copy or proofss you took with my last commu>
nicstion Enclosed | wouldn't stay one week
a partner with q man who ventured to alter
word Of copy and send it to press without
my knowledge | was angry with you for
weeks of my Illness for the nclosed liberty
with what | sent, and nothing bot remem-
brance of your generous and faithful quail
ties as friend prevented my open rupture
with you.
4" give you this mere hint of what was q
| suppressed quarrel on my part-suppressed
with the irritability of sickness) with great
| difficulty.
Will never meddie with your manu-
script without your permissiop-you may
never NEEDLE with mine.
With love enough for you to smother
an angry resentment, | remain, now as al
ways, Faithfully yours,
n. p. WILLIS
| Gen. Morris proved his love for Mr. Willis
by not replying to this letter, but simply
wrote on the back of it " would have re-
| ceived this from no other man living"
The PARAGUAYAs WAR.-A letter from
Buenos Ayres says that the prospect Of sues
cess over The Paragusysns is not very latter
| ing for the allies, who will have as much as
they can d. 10 holding their present posi-
tons Men uwhtIe their losses almost balance
their recruitnents. The same letter says
that the war has given Paraguay such 9
prominence MS land of resources, of militia
ry herolsm, a century of peace could
hardly do. 1t has battered into notice and
into audacily a little country less than twice
as large as Ohio and il has given footing
to another Power capable at any time of
ASSEMBLING any two of the most warlike coun.
tries of South America at once. From the
Amazon to Cape Horn, and from the Andes
to the Atlantic, little Paraguay holds the
balance oil power and can dictate terms
peace IN any conflict.