Year: 1873

Dixon, appears in the Ottumwa Dem
ocrat, which generally we shall o
notice further than to say, that every.
body is aware that in the last days Of
last week the great danger with us all
was that \ senseIess panic might be in.
augurated, and every one was exerting
himself in the city to avoid it.
Then we heard it everywhere among
our opponents that this money crisis
would beat the Republicans. We ex-
.pected therefore, that our friends
would make some handle Of the mat
ter on the stump; indeed, the Hon.
Peter Knox SO intimated to us in per-
son-accordingly we awaited the re-
suit at Blakesburg, the first place
vwhere q meeting was to be held after
the furry here in Ottumwa. Mr..
Dixon according to his own showing
did say sufficient to fan the
flame of the panic, with no mitigating
remarks made in his speech But he
did say more than he states of the
banks in this city, and particularly re-
ferred to several thousand dollars of


he county funds which he said were
locked up in the bank or banks of this
city. He fails egregiously to report
what he said there. But enough of
this.


The particular matter in Mr.. DIX
on's card which we shall refer to. is as
follows:


"A. H. Hamilton, the editor of the
CoURrER, 10 my interruptions and vim
dlctive and personal enemy, and con-
sequently Is ready at all times to pub
lish anything, true or false, against me,
that he may think will do me an in
jury"


That the writer of this article stands
in the relation of a vindictive enemy of
MIR. Dixon's is news to lis. Mr.. Dix.
on 10 entirely and woefully mistaken.
In 30 stating, he is laboring under a
hallucination of mind, that we are
frank to state as our belief is peculiar
to his organization, and we are sorry
to think, as we always have thought
In regard to our friend, such a state-
inent 10 caricature of his own heart
and from which he unwittingly, AS is
natural in such cases, likens ours.
The charge that we are inscriptions
we leave to the judgment of our fell
low men who have known us long
simply venturing the opinion that we
are not interruptions. We will also
submit to the same candid arbiter, the
character of our friend in this regard.


In his card Mr.. Dixon thus adds,
speaking of Mr.. Hamilton: 81 know
this gentleman's record fully from
1856 till the present time, and shall
take occasion to ventilate it very fully
If he Is not little more careful in his
statements in the future" Our friend
threatens us in general indiscrimate
way, with showing up of our record
II we do not shut up. How very silly
and indiscreet this is-we pity our
friend because he has allowed himself
to do this foolish thing, and we
sincerely wish that all others would
look at it as we do, and so render it
unnecessary for us to notice this threat
or give it further publicity If Mr..
Dixon sees fit to attack the writer of
this article personally, however much
we should deprecate and regret such
contest, we can not and certainly will
not seek to avoid it, other than to
counsel him that it would be very
foolish in him to do so. The record
and character Of Mr.. Dixon and the
writer hereof, are about as well
known to the people of this county as
they themselves know them, and we
doubt not they make up very right
eous judgment in regard to both.