Year: 1859

The Griffin Case.


The last issue of the Journal contains col
umn of stuff in regard TO the escape of Griffin
and other matters to which that controversy
has led, done up In the very refined language
for which that sheet is so notorious. The arti-
Gle contains scarcely word Of truth from be-
ginning to end. The Journal processes to give
conversation which took place between ]. J..
Rolfe and Sheriff Boring some time in October
last. No such conversation ever took place be-
tween them. About the middle Of last August,
Mr.. Boring informed /. J. Rolfe that some COM
plants were made in regard to the amount
paid for advertising the sales, and he had con-
cluded to let it to the lowest bidder. Mr.. Rolfc
told the Sheriff that we would not put In any
bid, for the complaints were made only by the
runners for the other papers. He then pro-
posed to the Sheriff, as a course that would give
satisfaction, that the advertisements should be
given to such papers as the attorneys desired.
Mr.. Boring said he would think Of the PROPOSE
tiOn and let him know what he determined on.
No one connected with this office heard any
thing more Of the matter until the first day Of
September; on that day, l. ). Rolfe Was in
formed by an attorney that runner for the
Journal had applied to him to sign apaper re-
questing the Sheriff to give his sales to that
paper and that he had refused to sign It. The
next day, Mr.. Rolfe asked the Sheriff about the
matter, and Mr.. Boring Informed him that be
had, about week previous, told the conduc-
tors of the Journal and National to get up papers
with the signatures Of the attorneys that wished
to advertise in their papers. The disreputsbie
means, and brazen falsehoods that the cappers
for the Journal employed to procure the sigma
lures Of law firms, 1t il unnecessary TO relate.
That the Sheriff was annoyed by the runners of
the Journal we do not doubt, but be never had
reason to be "disgusted" with any one con-
nected with this Office. He has right TO send
his advertisements to whatever paper he choo-
ses, but if he ever had any intention that the
DEMocRAr should be included in the "arrange-
public, his intentions have not been complied
with.


| As to job printing, We state again, that we
have the best selected job Office and the best
printers in the county; can turn out more work,
do it in better style, and at cheaper rates. What
the Journal rays in regard to the extent Of its
otice, ia in keeping with its braggadocio char
acter; and its assertions as to the amount
which has been paid for printing briefs in this
county, as well as the price at which the work
was done, are made with reckless disregard
to truth. In regard to the intimation about
cheating, we ean only cay, that it is not always
q safe criterion to judge others by oneself.


The Journal doubts whether the Sheriff mort
gagged himself to the DEMOCRAT for its support.
We are free to admit that he did not but the
fact that he mortgaged an interest in the otfice
to procure nomination, is pretty good evil
dence that we could have got mortgage also,
had we applied for il. We are glad, however,
that we did not make the application for pro-
perty has deprecated very much in the past
two years in this county, and the expense Of
foreclosing, advertising in the Journal, and sell
ling, we fear would amount to more than the
property would bring at forced sale.


The charge made by the Journal, in its last
issue, that the DENoCRAT has "lied" in regard
to the Griffin matter, comes with bad grace.
The facts related by US were abundantly sub
stantiated, and the Journal virtually admitted
their truth by its lame attempts to explain
them away. The Sheriff and the editor Of the
Journal are fully aware that we stated nothing
in that connection that was not strictly true.
We pointed out five different places in town
where Griffin was seen at large, without any
officer being with him, and gave the names Of
the parties who saw him; and these were not
by any means all the times that be WAS allow
ed to walk about town, without being watched
by officers.


The senseless assertions of the Journal that
we published the facts out Of spite towards the
Sheriff amount to nothing. With the same
propriety 1t might be said that we had q spite
against Griffin, because we published the fact
Of his having been convicted of murder and
sentenced to the Penitentiary. The matter was
Of public interest, the truth only was given by
us, and our relations with the Sheriff had moth
ing to do with its publication. It would be q
beautiful state Of things, il public officers were
allowed to plead as an excuse for neglect of
duty, that outside parties had spite against
them. A jury would laugh at such q plea put
in in defense Of criminal





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