Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1826-07-14

a falsehood in the language oftruth. 1t is like
keeping a promise TO the ear and breaking il to
the sense. Conviction does not ATTEND upon
such assertions, and often, an over cautious qua
LITIGATION be,rays the very truth twas intended
to conceal. We have in the paragraph here
quoted, an apt illustration Of this fact
The plain intention is, to impress upon the
reader that Mr.. Meehan was the sole owner OF
the establishment, and the sole purchaser But
in asserting this, Mr. Green has also asserted,
wilhot being sensible Of it, that others beside
Mr.. Meehan were concerned" in the purchase,
and ,ha, "fuH disclosure Of the ,ohote transac
tion" has not been made. Who were those "con-
cerned9" What are the facts Of which a" full
disclosure" has not been made? Until these mat
tiers are explained Mr.. Green's explanation is
wholly unsatisfactory
| Mr.. Green states the circumstances that first
connected him with the Telegraph, and then
proceeds:
"My name having thus unintentionally be-
come identified with the establishment, was
earnestly pressed by the proprietor to take an
interest in it, s. become the permanent Editor
l was deferred from doing so, chiefly on account
Of the apprehension that the profits arising
from it would not be sufficient for the maine-
nance Of "a young and growing family, who are
| Dependant, upon my personal exerlions for sup.
port
"With view to increase the indncemeut, he
proposed 10 TRANSFER the entire establishment
which was accepted, upon condition that the
subscription list should increase, as we were
BATTERED TO believe ii would.
"It has been frequently repeated by presses
in the service of the coalition, that contributions
| have been made by members of Congress for
the support of the United States Telegraph
This assertion is made for the purpose of i'm
pairing the public confidence, and destroying
the MORAL upon which the paper itself, as well
as the cause in which it is engaged, depends"
-" have refused TO receive the contribu-
lions which have been rendered by persons in
and out Of office: preferring to rely on an ordi-
nary subscription, and to place myself in ST.
tuation where no man can upbraid me with in
gratitude, or claim right to restrain my cen
sure, or demand my praise"
now the proprietor Of the entire establishment
OF the United States Telegraph. 1t has been
"hansterred" to him by Mr.. Meehan, whose
sole property it was. But did Mr.. Meehan pur
chase9 Did Mr. Green purchaseS This is not
The "entire establishment" was trans terred."
For what consideration? Mr., Green well knows
that transfer may, but does not necessarily imply
purchase. Hence he adopts this term; stating
the exact truth were the entire establishment"
donation, and conveying faint allegation that
! he owns by purchase.
| This he attempts to fortify by referring to
charge "that contributions have been made by
| 60 rOr ,too 49, ha
nited States Telegraph" These contributions
he admits were offered, and he informs US he
declined them. All this sounds mighty well,
and is calculated to make an impression upon
those who take assertions upon trust, and with
out close examination. But it cannot impose
upon men who understand the sophisms and the
tricks Of demagogues.
Mr. Green's whole exposition is an ingenious
effort to divert the public from the state of
the charge "Much has been said about the
purchase, and the parties TO it, True. And
what is it that has been said? Why simply and
plainly this: The members of congress, and
other men of wealth opposed 10 the admins
,ration, purchased the entire establishment Of
the Washington City Gazette, and pit! il into
the hands of Mr.. Meehan who, under their pa
tronaee, established the United States Telc
| graph. j his is the Clidi &c, anu HOl
/ of it is denied by Mr.. Green. All that he has
said is consistent with it. And the studied
caution with which he keeps this charge out of
sight, and introduces and attempts to refute
others Of minor character, places the truth of
it beyond all doubt. Mr.. Meehan was the pro-
prietor; but he paid nothing: he owed nothing.
Mr.. Green is the proprietor. He paid nothing:
he owes nothing The "eniire establishment" is
donation, freely made to him, who is a volur-
eer "fairiy and tsarlessy 10 defend the donors be-
fore The people," Such was the object of getting
up the establishment, as MIR. Green himself
tells us. And we have no doubt that the man.
ner of getting it up, was substantially as we
have stated In confirmation Of this, we shall
refer to another case, in which paper was pur-
chased and set up on The same plan-but final
ly failed; and that failure has produced "a full
disclosue.''
In April, 1925, the establishment of the
Western MONITOR, in Lexington, Kentucky, a
paper edited by VIM. G. Hunt, was purchased
and put into the hands of William Baily, who
Immediately commenced the publication of a
paper entitled The True AMERICAN, devoted
to the support Of Gen. Jackson for the Presi-
dency in 1928. The circumstances under which
the "tranSfer" was made, ard the new paper
commenced, led 10 suspicion that it was ef-
fectcd by Mr.. Stokely Donaldson, member Of
Gen. Jackson's household at Washington, the
preceding winter The charge was soon made a.