Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1842-11-09
COMMUNICATED.

COMMUNICATED
Col. FRANK:-Although it may be customary,
(too much SOY for editors in their newspaper war
fares, to hard language towards each other, it
is seldom that any far forget the common propri-
cites of life, to throw ASIDE ali honor, and resort
TO species Of warfare as little as it is mean in
every of the word. A strife upon a question
OF principle between editors, where proper course
is pursued, and where he who is beaten, will hon
oraby confess it, is rather beneficial in its enden
cy, and elevated in It's character than 9th erwise,
but where who is disposed TO be honorable, has
those to contend with, who will stop at no sub
terfuge, however mean; any contest with such
while it is dishOnoraole OIL on one side, is a source
of disgust on the other.
The individual who, at present controls the col
umns of the American, exhibits, in my opinion, a
specimen of what man without mind or principle
may become when clothed with little brief auth
GRITTY.
a snapper up Of inconsiderate triAes,'' there is
nothing can escape his attention, nothing escape an
attempt at detraction from his pen. Without the
principle to confess himself wrong, when fairly
driven from position--he will take refuge behind
lie more palpable than the one he was forced to
leave. Protesting wing principles, he is the tool
of men, who know political principles, po-
ltcal party that cannot will not subserye their
own Interests and ends.
BY the communication of Daniel iIurkin, in his
paper of last week-he is driven from the bone at
which he has been gnawing for sometime past, and
is forced to acknowledge, that the excitement
which he endeavored to create against yourself, as
treating with disrcspect numerous and respectable
body of christians, si.l.ply coinage oths own
brain, without the foundation of fact.
As stated there by Harkln, it is true that Ialone
am responsible for any thing connected with that
matter. Harkins communication was rejected by
myself, without if recoect right, consulting you
at all, and as you stated, generally at least, exer-
cised the privilege of rejecting or publishing com
munications which offered; privilege which
/ shall always exercise, when have press and
types under my control; maugre, the conceted in
dignaton of one blockhead, or the pompous non
sensical vaporng of another.
In rejecting that communication, however, | did
not conceive that | was treating with disrespect,
any portion of our citizens, or any body of chris
tians, for was not aware that Harkin, claimed to
be the representative and oracle of his people, and
therefore viewed mis- communication simply as the
offspring of his own mind-liable to the bent of his
own peculiar passions and predjudlces When DR..
Overs Grafton was published had not a shadow
of idea that there was line in it, which would
give offence to any human being, and even after
my attention was called to it by Harkin's commu-
nicaton, | failed to discover any cause of complain,
the particular passage at which Harllin takes UNI
bragg, is true not, matter OF history, If false
it W Il ill of tsell-if true, all the hunders ct Dan
iel lIarkin will not shake it. do not think when
DIR. Dyer penned IT, that he cnded offence to any
one, and as it was published not at his request and
as Hprkins communication principally IT,
radc against him, without in fact, showing or pro-
wing any thing, felt justi fed in rejecting it, AS
failed discover any insults in the Grafton offer
ed to any body of christians, in rejecting this COM
municaton, | intended no dsrespect to any. 1t
was my opinion that Daniel Harkin's communica-
lion was not called for by circumstances and tina t
it was Unexpectedly written and exercised a pre-
rogatve which shall always claim, and which
think the duty of every editor to exercise. | am
no bigot; know of no creeds in religion all to me
equally christians; whatever their crecds, if
their daily actions prove them such. | know of no
distinctions of country. Every citizen of America
10 me is an American; and know of no distnc-
tons in soc ety, except the distinction of mind, and
the distinction of honorable and uprigh conduct
THIS much for myself.
hope if the individual who presides over the
columns of the American, is still disposed to con-
tend that an insult has been offered to the Catholic
community-and is still disposed make capital out
ofit--that he will not fail theact, that this
preston which is claimed by Harkin, insulting
penned by one of the first Wings of the coun-
ty, and that it published the request of one,
who is equally strong Wing. l have done with
this matter c. LATHAM SHOLES.