Daily National Democrat

Is General Denver "Rube Roper?"—Several parties have said, "Is it possible that Gen. Denver wrote the Rube Roper letters—are you certain there can be no mistake about this? Surely, a man professing to belong to the Democracy, and holding the position in the party Gen. Denver then did, could not thus attack the standard-bearer of that party in an important campaign, and thus play secretly into the hands of the opposition?" If any man doubts that he is the author, let him consult the General, who is in town, and if he deny it, let us know it,—And if it be not convenient to interrogate the General on that point, read the extracts from those letters published on the first page of to-day's Bee, and consider whether they do not bear internal evidence of the strongest kind, that the General wrote them. Who but himself could thus speak of circumstances which his "delicacy" and "modesty" never permitted him to allude to? Who but the General could thus particularly describe his own coolness and wonderful bravery—bravery the like of which had not been known since the days of Jackson? O yes, the General wrote them. We have external and internal evidence of that,—Sac. Bee.

The Bee alludes, we presume, to the killing of Gilbert in a duel (which was a fair fight, nevertheless) originating, we believe in the circumstance that Gilbert, who wielded a caustic pen, ridiculed Bigler, although in a polished style. The duel was well enough, but if Rube Roper is Denver, and Rube Roper praised Denver for his "coolness and wonderful bravery," it is hardly the thing. Self laudation does not generally set well, in the judgment of the community at large. We think the Bee has gone so far that it is called upon to prove that Denver is "Rube Roper."