Of course it was essentially and indispensably necessary that each of these powerful parties should have its chosen organ and representative: and, accordingly, there were two newspapers in the town⁠—the Eatanswill Gazette and the Eatanswill Independent ; the former advocating Blue principles, and the latter conducted on grounds decidedly Buff. Fine newspapers they were. Such leading articles, and such spirited attacks!⁠—“Our worthless contemporary, the Gazette ”⁠—“That disgraceful and dastardly journal, the Independent ”⁠—“That false and scurrilous print, the Independent ”⁠—“That vile and slanderous calumniator, the Gazette ”; these, and other spirit-stirring denunciations, were strewn plentifully over the columns of each, in every number, and excited feelings of the most intense delight and indignation in the bosoms of the townspeople.