The new daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1872-1873, 1872-09-23
SOMETHING CONCERNING THE MA
LICIOUS AND LYING ABUSE
OF A GOOD CITIZEN.
A Plea Tor its Abatement.

A Plea for Its Abatement.
There is in the Reno Crescent of the
2lst inst. the greater part of column
of printed matter purporting to be an
anonymous letter from Carson City
wherein much venomous abuse is flung
upon those friends of Senator Nye who
participated in the primary election which
took place here ON the 18th inst. This
printed matter taken as q whole, is the
most shamelessly untruthful account of
that event that q mendacious ingenuity
could dsxiss. The cdmparisonof tint
very decently conducted affair to the DO
Etical performances of the Five Points is
one of those instaHces of forced and wan
ton villification which betray the premed-
itated malignity of their authors; and
the general tenor Of the account is SO ex-
travagantly false and SO much in viola
ton of the rules which govern respecta-
BILE journalism as to be absolutely shame
full; but outassoas Us this portion Of
the purported communication is, it Is far
surpassed by tie coarse and iibellous
ISLANDERS which follow. and which are
meant to cast aspersions upon Mr.. H. F.
Rice, the well known and much respected
Carson Agent Of Wells, Fargo & CO. Is
Express and the Superintendent of the
Carson Branch Mint. In order that it
may be known what the characteristics
who wrote this real or pretended commu-
nication has been guilty OF, we herewith 1
defle our columns with an extract from
the body of his gratuitous slanderings:
Oh. it would have been . treat could you have
seen the cUunednanfesf that amizhle ard much |
respected Individual. u. 2. Rice. Curses not |
loud but deep were poured forth Is he walked |
the streets. and on l1DodAy be cOnmenred his |
raid all unfortunate debtors to the firm Of |
Wells. Fargo Co. He would sneak up to an |
unfortunate CREDITOR vhoshsd worried against
JAS. W. and with hatedSbreath hiss in his ear:
Call at the Office forthwith At the same time
he seemed to be looking all over the body Of the
offender IS if selecting the most eligible locality
from which to take his pound of flesh. Some Of ]
the defeated candidates and delegA1es followed
suit; every little accuunt against apostste menu
bers OF the party was hunted up .nd payment
demanded with Shylock ferocity. ~ l'lL@
That this is most mean, unwarranted
and deliberately concocted lie no man
that knows Mr.. Ri.e will need be told.
There is not the slightest foundation for
such 4 statement; and there can be no
excuse offered for making it. Mr..
Rice is one of the Oldest and most res
pectable citizens of Carson; is recognized
as such by the Directors Of the Banking
and Express Company whose agent he
is and by the business community by
whom he is surrounded; and he has
lever allowed politics to interfere with
Dr give shape or influence to his business; i,
and he needs no vindication at our hands
from the foul and false-tcngued scoun- Z
lrel who has thus dared to traduce his
,haracter and motives; and while this !
.hich we have said upon the subject is s
not meant to be given or accepted in the '
light of such vindieation, we do mean it c
IS in denunciation of the author and will +
nS publisher of this most outrageous a
.llumny. q
And now let us ask: Has it come to il
his, that no respectable gentleman may v
Ike a. active part in politics without n