Year: 1876

accounts for the gang of spectators and thieves
who seem to have taken possession of it. We
would in alFSeri0uSneSS recommend our young
friends in the present condition of their party
to devote all their time and energies to getting
recruits into their party. and defer reading
members out until after election"


He begins by saying we read him out
the Republican party. Can any candid
mind find one word of "readlng out" in
our little notice above? far from it; we
simply record fact, in substance as fol-
lows: An old time Republican, form erly
Republican editor, buys half interest
in and becomes joint publisher of one of
the most rabid Democratic journals in the
west-a second Brick Pomeroy, and we
noticed the fact, in a courteous and gen.
tlemanly manner, of the business change
"Uncle Jimmy denies any knowledge of
the "boys" who are now running the HER
AID. We remember him, many years
ago as the proprietor of the Courier, a
sheet no more compared with the live and
newsy Conrier of to-day, than old "Uncle
Jimmy" is comparable to man. But
Jeems we have O later recollection of
you. We remember that the last time
we met you was at wedding, less than
two years ago; the family were old time
friends of your wifes, and invited her, and
of course had to ask you, hoping all the
time that you would not come, but sure
enough you were on hand, and before the
ceremony was performed you were so
beastly drunk that only the presence Of
your loving and suffering wife prevented
you being kicked into the street by the
insulted family; and there you sat for
hours, your maudlin gable disgusting
every one who came near you; and refus-
ing to leave with the humiliated wife who
wished to hide your disgrace. Do you
remember US now, Jimmy? no, guess not,
you were too drunk to remember even
your own disgrace, but you dare not deny
the above. for at least fifty persons in OF
tumwa saw you. 4 beautiful thing you
are to run a daily temperance paper. He
says: ave infer they are young" yes.
Jimmy, asyetthe frosts Of winter have not
whitened our heads, nor age dimmed our
eyes, but we live in a community that does
not believe it crime to be a youag man;
and although holding the highest venera-
ton for age when accompanied by honor,
morality ana truth, we have no particular
respect for the person who has no trait
but years and gray hairs to recommend
him; and we earnestly hope Almighty
God will call US hence, ere he sees fit to
blight our minds and bodies with the
curse of imbecility that he has placed upon
you, Jeems, as every one can see at first
sight. and as is evinced by the long-wind-
ed, pointless articles you fill your papers
UP with, composed in most part Of the
capital a." A careful study of the polit-
ical situation in Iowa, will show you that
the banner Republican State of the Union
is in the keeping to a great extent OF
young men, and nobly and we'll have they
carried its banner forward. AS news
paper example we call your attention to
the fact that yourself and one other are
the only "old men, on journals of either
party, in the Sixth District, and journal
istic comparison is all that is necessary to
carry out our meaning You think when
Beardsley, Rice and John r. Needham
were working for Republicanism that we
were mot about" do you? We have
each of us faint recollection of doing
"cub's work" for three years under Need
ham & Beardsley, and following the exam
pies set by abolition sires and grand sires
we were advocating principles far in ad-
vance of even the Republican party; and
10th of US were in the army, the writer