Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1822-12-07

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yonr various duties be so performed as
TO be beneficial to your country aud &C
ceptable 10 your God.
SHADRACH BOND.
Upon counting the votes for Governor,
it was asccrtained that Mr.. Coles had a
majority of 40.
| Several inspor'ant arrivals happening in our
| town last week, the Editors of the Star Of the
West We're enabled 70 present their supple.
mental apology, charged with a superabdn-
aree OF extraneus matter. We VIII briefly
notice Is comforts both as It regards the Edi-
tors o: the star and Tie 4pri.er Of the article.
Cur readers are not ihacqlanted with the
professions OF h5eraiitJ promulgated in the
first number Of that paper, as the basis upon
whiei: it would DC condaoted-that " approved!
| COMMUNICATIONS OF both sides" would be ad-
/ miited--but they could not consent TO max e
il 3ubserhient 10 purposes Of party violence"
&e. e.. No exception to this rule could be
taken altil tie lapse Of few weeks, when
hey admitted, ard Of course "approved,' 4
nasfy communication under the signature of
~ asainat the editor Of this paper, which
bore upon its front the very image of It's aul thor.
Presenting that it would be more agreeable to
or readers, that, if we should take any notice
of that communication, it should be done
! through themedum of the same paper in Which
it originated, we attempted to a, all ourselves
OF tier offer to PRINT for both sides, by send
ing 10 the Editors a short note on the subject,
with request for its publication, which they
refused. IN subsequent paper, but not until
they had been publicly exposed, an Gtologyap-
peared, in which it was plainly minated, Chat
they considered the communication Of ~
TO have been "written in decent terms" and
thai our note in reply to it was not so. Hear
ing that they were dissatisfied W this apoloy,
which purported to elnanate from themselves
as An editorial articie--ahd unwilling to doubt
that they We're personally tfiendly towards lis,
We declined to make any remarks excepting
4 few suggestions iog thei.. use, but which we
hoped would psa1e ium,. cesssr,) until they
shcald have IN opportunity 70 reconsider tie
! subject. Bdi SO In from he f'ifillncnt Of this
reasonable expectation, they have, III theil last
nuInbts thrown Oil the appearance of wish
10 Disguise the sein5ance Of personal hostility
and glen proof ,het hey CONSIDER d,ceac5
and hRt3, as relative terms, BY which any thing
or nothing can BE made Of them.
The article IS begun tlius Sc Had we been
b etter acquainted with tie Printer OF the Spec.
taior, We shondno have noticed his remarks "
We hope they will profit by experience, and
Keep. in mind common SAYING relative to
taking certain animal by the ear through mis-.
take. After whining about being strangers,
&c. they say they 8 naturally sap?osed Mr..
Warren was the editor of the paper printed by
him." tbs is but an ilsinuaion, and let the
following statement slew with how much grace
comes rom the Star Of the West:
In the two or three first numbers of that pa
per, were several editorial articles, which, for
composition, to say the least Of them, were ri
diculous in the extreme, and proved conclu-
svcy, that the Editors were utterly unfit to
frame and put together single sentence il
print. Suddenly, but from what cause He
know not, this species of writing was STOPPED,
and their editorial department was filiedJMith
articles, Published as original, copied from
Niles Register aud other eastern paperb such
as +" Negro Plofs,'' I" .anotl,er F1ac .;fJchiae,"
6 2erirH efthe FIR Trade" &c. somebf those
pieces were Subsequently re.publishalfin the
Spectator, credited to the papersto which
they belonged. which had the efett TO put
stop 10 this sort of thieving by the E[tors OF
the Star. Next succeeded, as occasion re-
CURED, some. editorial articles tolcrahlyWell
written, and which TO compare with tllof in
\ the former numbers, it cannot be bci'evctllhat
So great an Improvement was ever made, by
the aptest scholar, in 30 short a time. SO mich