Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1879-06-12

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~ese ef1Asa BsasA sHrsn &C Brsls. !
naseuasss tAs sltaatisa ~ viswsA
1re0 ulsux City.
AR. EDl1oR-Permit ne to cay . VOL
or two In common Justice TO . man who b
ben the rssipisat Of torrents Of abuse 4
: ever . year from, not snly prominent new
Paper in the Uaitsd States, but also fo'
some gallant army odaoera stationed On Ii
Missouri river in particular. and all ove
the country in general. I refer to Dr.. HI. l
Liyingstoa, late Indian agent Il Crow Crsel
ma. whe sssvishbtndi.g IL efforts mad
y IA y&a ,l his willing and .aserspuleu
,sasthpiioss DsugAsrty and Hamnsad. I
kast k~issssputatisa, il moro respected 70
day, and can count more friends in Dakot,
tssritory, both white and indians, than eth
q Of he three reforners jast mentioned.
In April, 1879, whsa that celebrated gih
taker Hammond and his prototype Dough
erty. commenced their persecution of DR..
Livingsten, With the CONSENT and approval
Of the Immaculate avinss bank swindler
Hayt they took particular pains to have
their scurriloss and ceaseless culumuiss pub.
lished in the nsvspspsn. One Of the most
willing sheets engaged in the abuse Of an
innocent man was the Sioux City Journal,
which, like our distinguished friend Biahop
Hars, jumped to the conclusion that Liv-
ingston ct al. being On the down grade, no
advantage could be had from supporting
them, and Hammond 4 Co. being in the ~
eendaat, policy dictated q close adherence
to that %scrupulous branch of the Indian
service. In pursuance Of this unfair and
oowardly, though political course, the Jour.
nal most industrisusly circulated reports Of
most atrocious crimes, alleged to have bssa
by DR.. Livingston and his asso-
ciates at Grow Creek assscy, aud comment
ed severely upon such inexcusabls action,
all Of which vas svidently dsus at the sug-
and By direction of the great rail
road builder Hammond, and the inflated
officer who parts his hair in, the middle,
Douxherty.
The d~owntrodden aud persecuted Living
ston had nothing to say, in reply to these
lying statements and cowardly attacks. How
could he reply? He was charged with I'M.
heard Of crimes, kicked out of Office, his
private and public documents seized, and
pending . legal investigation, he Vas simply
at the mercy Of would be rsformers and
newspapers Of policy like the Sioux City
Journal. His su8erings during this time
must have been intense. But no expression
Of sympathy emanated from the department
he 80 long and faithfully served, nor from
the public papers Except your own,) not
withstanding that Fundamental principal in
Law. that every man is supposed to be inno-
cent until proven guilty. If this is fair
play and impartiality, the soouer the exist.
ing state of Affairs is reversed the better.
Passing over the time between the at.
tempted diAerace Of Livingston, BY the seiz-
urs of his agency, for d~s.henexy, and his In.
dictment and trial, the question IL naturally
asked, have the charges been substaatiatedl
and the words Of the court q we'll a. the
good sense Of the people answer NO. Fo,
notwithstasdinx the pronpting and prepa-
ration Of irresponsible witnesses By the IN,
dividaal Who parts his hair in the niddls
the truth came out, As 1t always will and
twelve good men and true pronounced Liv.
ingston not guilty. The community va.
prepared for this, - they knew beforehand
that the sensation was i~naugurated to cove,
gAring Dishonesty. not 1t Indian agencies o,
the frontier, but in close proximity to tn,
power that vetoes, but the prosecutors and
prosecutors were ssdly disappointed, ans
nov I look for the early expulsion from tn
Grow Csssk ageacy of such witnesses q
failed to swear according 10 the instruction
given them.
AT this late date, after suffering under til
aspsrsioas cast upon him for ovsr yea
Livingston has = right to expect from th
public press the anne verdict awarded hi
BY : court Of Justice. but ~ YET that impa
, tial power has failed in it, duty. The sieu
j, City Journal which flung it, dirt, in obsd
SoSS wv k0WSk0 tuob W. ~ AAvAO&9SO
vhsa "hs-xas down." il allow to acknoH
edge il error and apologize for its calumn
Gus attack on an innocent man. It may
waiting for the offer Of . pecuniary consi'
l Grafton - itias policy paper in sysry ssn
q of"ths word; If 20 I hope 1t will be din
,ftpointed, for . paper whose editorial colum
can be purchased like beef and potatoes,
. : too despisable to have in existence.
Again it appears to Be its policy to rema
;. silent q to the Indictment found agair
!. Commissisner Hayt for svindlisg the p.
pls.of New Jersey out sf $17t,000 II.
can that b sxplainsd1 If in the cause
i Justice the editors thought they were Co
= pslled to publish Livingston far and vi,
: when he was accused Of dishonesty, for I
J, same reason it looks to ne right that I
4 same Impartial Eeahensa should give p
licity to Hayt's rascality it il strangely
=, consistent, condemnation in one case, sils,
- In the other. IDremus they sre bound