Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-06-19
l Seething Cauldron Of Wrath
From the State ReQteter.


From the State Register.
Elsewhere we publish entire an ar
ticle from the Daily State Register of
the 18th inst. That article contains
first, a brief editorial from that paper
published on the Sth inst, next, a
brief comment by us on the 10th inst,
and then follows lengthy and labor
ed personal attack upon the proprie-
tor and political editor Of this paper.
We call the attention of our readers
to it and ask that they peruse it care
fully. We feel that here at home
where we are most intimately known,
there would be no need for reply to
that article, but something in defense
is demanded for those abroad who
may read it, and we shall try to be as
brief as we can, for it can hardly be
considered a subject of much interest
to the public generally to peruse long
epistles touching such personal mat
tiers.
1t is apparent that our brethren of
the Register double-shotted their blum
derbuss i'm this hunt. AS we view
the size and calibre of the shot, notic-
ing the venomously bristling points
intended to destroy us, standing out
all through it, one readily imagines
he sees the gunner, while he prepares
it, pacing up and down, in rabid rage,
with countenance CHASTITY with pas
sion, his jaws dripping with saliva,
like those of an infuriated wild beast,
while he cogitates on the manner of
his chewing us up. Now it is hardly
fair for SO ponderous paper as our
friends say the Register is and take
occasion to brag about, in their article,
to load their gun to the muzzle, hunt
ing for our humble self. We have
had occasion to say heretofore that
the Register is good newspaper,
which it is, and were it not for the
porcupine boys behind it, it might be
good in other respects.
The Register says it has right to
let its constituents in the Sixth dis
trict be heard through its columns.
This is all the defence made by the
Register in reply to our criticism. We
do not deny that; nobody will deny
that; but this is not the case referred
to. The letter was not published; it
was not intended for publication; no
man in the Sixth district is foolish
enough to say in letter for publica-
ton, giving date and the county, that
for local reasons they are supporting
another, but that four-fifths of the re-
publicans are for Cults. This letter
was taken and endorsed by editorial
comment; made to have the force and
influence of an editorial; part was the
statement of the letter and part not.
True, this single case was not of fmark-
ed importance, nor did we so regard
| it, but we reiterate that it is of i'm.
portance in our opinion, that journals
in any district do not editorially es-
pouse the cause of, or labor for any can
didate in another district, and hence
the criticism we made. and for which
our Register brethren have opened
wide their store-house of wrath upon
us.
We have good reason to believe that
we know how the Register stands as
to whom the Sixth district should
nominate, and we want to say again
here that we would support, as the
nominee for Congress, with the ut
most alacrity, the Hon. M. f. Cults
with whom we are on the most friend.
lily relations in every sense of that
word, and for whom we have the
highest regard, and still we claim that
the Sixth district republicans should
determine this matter free from out
side republican preferences and preju.
dices. We claim that it does no can.
didate any good to have such outside
aid. The Register is meddling with
that which is illegitimate when it ed
itOrially lends its influence to set uI
any man for Congress in this or any
other district but its own.
| In defense of itself the Register says
it has a larger circulation than the
COURIER in the Sixth district, and
therefore, we infer, claims the right
to nominate Congressman for us
The reckless disregard of truth on tn,
part of the Register Is apparent. Oul
friends have no sort of accurate
knowledge as to what the CoURIER's
circulation is in thisdistrict, and there
fore it is clear it hesitates not to speal
without knowledge. We do not know
what its circulation is in this district
but we do not believe it is as large q
the CouRIER's. We feel quite sur,
that our circulation is good dea
larger than is the Registers in the ter
ritory named, and we challenge tn
Register to a showing to be passed up
on by any disinterested gentleman
Again, the Register, in its furthe
reckless disregard for truth, says tina
within year it has published letter
from republicans of this district VIII
were refused a hearing in the CoURI
: ER. This is wholly false. We viii
pay the Register folk $50 for thei
trouble in looking up the case, for ey
| cry one of these letters that the Cot
. TER has refused to publish, and W
call upon our friends to produce tn
-lletter and evidence or retract th