Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1867-12-03
Defense Of the HresiSl emit.

from the Washington Constitutional Union.
la u temperance spe, oh, delivered last
might, cX Gov. Ford, Of Ohio, very pert
ucutly replied to the bite scurrilons attack
upon President Johnson inside by Hon lii
ram prics of lows. / he latter gentleman,
4 VIII be rccolected. declared that "the
present incumbent Of the Presidential chair
wss drankafd Gov. Ford, after regret
ting that Mir. Price was not present, said
that from intimate business relations be.
tween himself and President johnson, ex-
i-iing for long period back, he pronounced
Mr.. Price y declaration 10 be the result of .
great mistake.
Now, in this country, in the present state
OF political affairs, It IA very easy thing
tor mans political enemies to ira
duce and malign him. Personal misreprc-
sentatcn has become entirely too coum mon,
and many man will give circulation to .
calumnous report without having troubled
himself to ascertain if there be any founda-
ton in fact for the Islander. This journal
las steadily maintained determined oppo-
alton against that kind Of a partizan war
fare which looks upon = political enemy rs
personal foe, utterly and irremediahiy
without virtue or saving grace; and We
have frequently rsbuked the license Of
scribblsrs and the wsntonness of political
dsmagogues who violate the truth in this
respect SO cavolcssly and sclcssly, or
who repeat false and infamous reports
without knowing or caring TO know If they
are false
We havs Tor yeass past he'd the best oppor.
tunities for asccr.aining whether this state
ment Of Mr.. Price 10 false or true, and We
pronounce it, upon personal knowl edge, to
be absolnfeiv false. And in thus declaring
its fslsity We do not for minute charge
Mr.. Price with willful misrepresentation
Far from il. But he deserves rebuke for
allowing his political enmity 10 50 far over
come the candor and impartiality cfintellect
he has been long famous for, ~ to repeat
silly, . wicked, malicious, false report
without inquring into its truth. We trust
be will take the earliest opportunity Of de-
clAring that he made the statement alluded
t. without due thought, and of apolcgzns
To the country for thus inadvertently re-
pes'ins mons.rcus and greundlcss rumor
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Tue New York Times. decided Repub-
.icir print, regards impeachment ~ unwise
as party measure, aside from conudera-
tons Of public policy. In its last wednes
days issue, that paper says:
Party considerations alone should suffice
to stimulate Republican members to extin
guish this impeachment fully before its
hanefnl influence be more widely felt
Probably they cannot now Altogether Oh
via,e the mischief which is impending. but
they may ccnfne il within narrow limite.
and prevent the serious interruption Of bust.
mss which il threatened. Ii they would
preserve their party from destruction. and
the great iatercsts Of the country from en-
harrassment, they will promptly upset the
programme Of impeachment. and stfis The
angry and useless discussions for which il
Is . pretcxt."
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