Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Wayne County, Ind.) 1831-1837, 1833-05-18

SATURDAY, MAY Is, 1888.
II is at all times disagreeable tobe COM
PEELED to defend ones self from Islander,
or (Which IS the same thing the imputa-
ZION Of a dishonorable action. More espe-
cially i: the obioquy has been cast upon
US by one whom we have always treated
with friendship and politeuess. and who
makes pretensions to the character and
standing Of an honorable man. Such is
nv present situation. In the "Western
Times" Of last week, discover that Alb
ner Hams, Esq. writhing under the lash
Of mesited rebuke, has taken occasion, in
discharging his spleen towards another
Individual, TO heoe a variety Of abusive
epithets upon me. TO these have moth
ing to say. i have laid it down as fun
damental pnnciple, to handy epithets with
no man. When one resorts to this meth
cd ofven'ing e~alie.;ty" Of his ''sor-
rid soul," his neig hbors are pretty sure to
draw the cosclusion, that he is either a
weak minded and petulent iudiv idual, or
that he is himself aware Of the justness Of
the disciplise under which he labon.
If Mr.. Hams had done Lothing but call
names, his slang would have received no
notice at my hands. frankly confess, if
I may judge from the specimen in the
"Times,'' that ! am altogether incapable
ofcoping with him in the science Of vul-
earity and blackguardism. am no
'graduate"' in the science Of billingsgate-
ism.
But Mr.. Hains has charged me with
that which no honorable man would be
guilty OF, and which no gentleman would
charge his neighbor with, unless he had
the fullest proof of its correctness. In
speaking of the narrative of his journey,
published two weeks since in the Palla-
dunn, he says, that l took the liberty to
.smangle and garblA'' the copy. This
can be nothing more nor less than ril-
fial misstatement. Mr.. Hams knows. IL
he knows any thing about it, that 1t Is not
the Eacs. The article first appeared in
the Wabash Herald, from which paper it
was copied into the Palladium, and if Mr.
Hains, or any other person will take the
trouble to compare the two papers, he will
find eight less Typographical errors in the
latter than in the former II Mr. Hains
compared them before making the charge,
he must have known this to be the case !;
and il he did not, he made tfe assertion
without knowing whether it was true or
false! Nor is he satisfied with merely
making the charge once, but reiterates il
some three or four times in an article Of
two colutnes and half There must be
some design in this pertinacity. II must
be he thinks 70 force it down the reader,
whether OF no; and presumes that by
continually repeating it in their ears, the
people will finally believe it.
The next thing shall notice is, his as
sertion that knew beforehand that the
narrative in question was not intended
for the public eye, and that the copy pub
lished in the Herald was not a correct
copy. This is another small deviation
from facts. Until saw the article IN the
Wabash Herald, it was unknown to me
that Mr.. Hams had ever written narra-
tive Of his journey. Hit was not written
for the public, 1t was somewhat strange
that it should have got into print. But
be that as it may, seeing it in the Herald,
il was neither my business to inquire
whether it was intended for the public, or
whether that paper had given a correct
copy Of the original document. 1t was
handed 10 me with a request from
several Of my patrons that 1t should be
published. This request was bound TO
obey An editors obligation to his pa
irons is to commend virtue, unveil hyPoc-
risy, and hold forth vice in its nakedness.
II an article be handed to him for Publica-
ton BY one Of his patrons, if there is moth
ing in it, without the pale Of newspaper
remark, he is bound by the social COM
pact between them to publish 1t.
But the ground Of MIR. Hams complaint
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