The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1873-10-04

GEORGE HOLLAND re. DAVIS.
In last Saturdays Times, Geo. Hol-
land, over his signature, addresses the
public on matters pertinent and per-
sonal to himself, and, therein, makes
an impertinent and personal attack ON
the editor of the Palladium, for ad- ,
hitting into his columns an anony-
nous communication, signed "Rcpub-
liean," rejecting on HIS past life,
conduct, habits, and character" to
which he had invited investigation
himself, and anonymous correspond
ents In the Richmond Times had
given sufficient cause by a personal at
tack on Judge Kibbey; thus challeng-
ing comparison of these two men, who
we're before the people as candidates
for the Judgeship Of this district.
With George Hollands defense we
have nothing to do; but we have some
thing to say to him, briefly, in reply to
the following paragraphs in his card
ITO the public" personal to ourself. |
He says:
Because / had the rashness to an
nOunce my name as candidate, and |
publish a respectful communication
giving my reasons why did so under
the peculiar circumstances alluded to,
which the editor of that paper pal
ln1 70 ch
column. Mr.. Davis, holding one of
the best offices in the community by
Federal appointment, his paper pre-
tending to be an organ of great politi-
cal party, not content to assail me edi-
t0rially from week to week, impugning
my motives and holding me up to pub
lie reprobation, stoops so low in his
last paper as to insert an article more
than two columns in length, addressed
to myself the most malignant spirit,
teeming with what he ought to have
known were gross misrepresentation
and falsehoods.
This, too, from man who, only
few years ago, pushed himself upon
the voters of the city as candidate
for Mayor, against Mr.. Stubs, the
nominee of his party at full and fair
nomination, thus electing Democratic
Mayor, and for the time disorganizing
his party: oh! Consistency, thou art
q jewel.
The respectable communication"
alluded to, we declined publishing for
the reasons that we were in duty bound
to advocate the claims of the Republi-
can nominee, not only on party
grounds, but also from superior quail
fcations, we believed Judge Kibbey
possessed over George Holland, or
'sany ether man" aspiring to the
Judgeship in this canvass; but we did
the next best thing we could, by prof
fering him the use of our columns, at
our usual rates Of advertising, in or
der that he might get his "electioneer-
ing document before our readers. In
this matter we we're governed by the
same motive HE would, as lawyer,
demand fec from us, were we to go
to him for legal advice in which no
one but ourself could possibly reap
any benefit from, and we think in
complaining about our fee for adver-
Using, he shows lack Of common
sense, that should, if there were nc
other reason, totally unfit him for q
judicial position!
We are at a loss to discover what
the fact Of Davis's holding an Office
"by Federal appointment" has to dc
with either the price he asked George
Holland for advertising, or his (Hol
land's) manifest unftness for the pc
sition to which he aspired; but wher
he charges Davis with assailing hin
''editorially from week to week, i'm
pugning his motives, and holding hin
up to public reprobation," he Davis
feels no hesitation in using quite Al
emphatic language as the Supreme
Court did to him (Holland) in Soho
fields case, denominating that zen
tire transaction as tainted will
fraud" by avering that Hollands en-
tire statement is tainted with mos
unblushing falsehood We never
''editorially," have alluded to Georg
Holland, but once, and that was OF
the 18th day of September, when W
declined publishing his electioneerinI
document only as an advertisement.
George Holland is respectfully as
sured that his lecture on our politica
inconsistency, taking into considera
ton his own recent exhibition in tina
line, strikes us as being peculiarly re
freshingl for its inpudence as well a
its verdency-it's pure HOLLAND al
over. We appreciate it, we do indeed
the more especially when it is SO az
parent that he has only done SO j
imitation Of the cutie fsh-to dra'
attention from the ''bolt" Of the part
nomination he was trying to make IL
his own benefit In doing this, we RI
specially remind him that the faint
of falsehood and Misrepresentation I
our position at that time, forms Ii
main feature in the composition of TIL
lecture. We appreciate George Ho
lands predicament, in applying
himself the maxim that misery iav,
company" by running parallel be
tween our political action and h
own, but we feel sorry to deprive hi
of this unctious comfort. In our ov
case, we we're FIRST nominated by OF
fireman friends, without distinction
party, prior to the meeting of the X