, 1878-09-12

IOOr IeHOW. lie awful SICK;
been eating crow, and it didn't agree
with him. "Ah, me; so young and
yet so full of Gniquitous) yearsm
Ever since the birth of this anon.
aloUs monstrosity little over a year
ago, it has been made a free and will
ing instrument to subserve the ma
II licious designs Of individuals in de.
flaming the characters and injuring
the prospects of others whom they
imagined to stand in their way. No
limits have been prescribed to the
lengths it could 90; and, under the
deIuslve claim to being "fearless
political paper" it has stopped short
of no faIsehood or malignant charge
against public and private individu.
ais who happened to become objects
of its wrath. Collector Webster. of
this district, a gentleman of high
standing, was assailed by it, and
abused with epithets that no decent
man would have applied to horse
thief; but his denomination and con-
frmation came promptly on time,
and no more attention was paid to
its rawlings than would have been paid
to those Of patient of DIR. Willard.
Doctor Minor was next assailed with
even greater vehemence; and, secur-
ing by misrepresentation the aid of
a special agent OF the Treasury De-
partment, the managers and hackers
of the "Press" obtained an official
investigation into the management
of the U. S. Marine Hospital, at this
place, which resulted in the most
favorable showing for it's proprietor
leaving the odium of malicious
charges to be shouldered by the
guilty parties. Becoming exasperat-
ed at their inability to accomplish
anything, they nexG attacked Cover
Ferry, applying in succession to him
their much.used bilingsgate. In
the course of their trade upon him
he was accused of all the crimes pos
sible, among which was that of cor
ruptly using the pardoning power of
his office.
Being placed in a position where
further silence on his part would
have been interpreted to mean an
admission of the charges, the Gov
ernor resorted to the only course left
him, and instituted civil suit for
damages. Meanwhile his accusers
boldly reiterated their infamous
charges, and de6antly requested "a
clear field and fair fair play" while
they completely demolished the chief
executive of the Territory. Their
brazen front was maintained until
few days ago; when, finding that
the governor could not be "bluffed,"
with one accord they deserted the
forlorn fgure,head under whose
name their "dirty work" had been
perpetrated. He, conscious of guilt,
and utter inability to prove a single
iota of the allegations made, begged
to be let off OF condition of his pay
ing the costs of the suit and retract.
ing everything he had published de-
rogatory to the Governors charac-
ter, in the same public name" in
which said charges were made.
The retracton sets forth that he,
Blanchard, was informed by lead.
ing member of the territorial bar,
that the allegations could be sub
stantiated; that after three weeks
examination, he finds them unsup
ported by evidence of any kind, and
that they are untrue in every par
ticular.
We leave candid public to Judge
OF the character Of the
man who, after thus maligning a
public servant, comes in at the last
moment and makes an effort at re.
Paration onI y because FORCED to do
so. Governor Ferry, however, has
exhibited his customary magnanimi.
ty, allowing his accusers to go free
upon confession, showing that all he
desired was pubic vindcation at
J the hands Of his public yilIiiiers.