Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1852-11-23

ords--his declarations on the sIump-his
acts in the Legislature and in Congress.
His political career is not entirely unknown
70 US. We regre, tha, such sentence up-
peared in our columns; bu. we conscien.
,iously believe every word Of it true, and
easily subsianlialed.
2. To call gentleman blaekguard,' is
cer,ainly "a guriLg incongrui,y.' IL il con
be demonstrated ,ha, DR.. Olds is a gentle
man. in the common accep,a.ion Of The term,
we will cheerfuIly acknowledge our error,
and make the amende honorable. Without
additional information on The subject, we
canno. so regard him. The terms used are
NOT such as we desire TO apply TO any indi-
vidual. We have no relish for ,hem.' But
when Il is considered lha, the article was
not ,eriiten. bu. put in type hastily las is The
case with mos, Of our edi.orials), and under
the exciiemen, caused by an angry political
dispute within hearing, ii is NOT strange sha.
we did moi consult our vocabulary for more
appropriateness equally expressive language.
You. Judge. can sit quietly down, in some
secluded corner Of your library, with ample
time 70 colleci your thoughts, consul. author
i,ies. choose fitting expressions. erase and
in,erline, until your manuscript receives
il final polish. Few editors in The country
possess these advantages. For our own
humble self, we can say, that in addition 10
our editorial labors, and attending 10 The bu.
siness Of The office, we seldom perform less
than Ten hours aclual mechanical labor per
day. This is necessary, 10 insure success.
with our present patronage. IT, you will for.
give US for using This offensive word, how.
ever, we shall be more precise in future. Ii
is no. choice word, but expresses our mean.
ing, admirably.
j 8. We arc thankful 10 the Judge for his
complimentary remarks, and assure him that
) he has nothing 70 fear from any advantages
, we possess. Instead Of professional men,
ne is dealing with hard-working mechanics,
5 who hope 10 maintain their position in SO.
ciety by. Truth, honor, and justice, and their
.win.ssters. fair.play, and decency' The
insinua,ion iha. we have abandoned truth
. hoEor,' &C., we deem rather ungenerous ir
!, The Judge. But as he intends 10 show us
{. fair.play, we fear no evil consequences,
4. The Judge was very favorab'y i'm
pressed with the speech Of DR.. Olds--say'
e il was free from abuse, and ridicule Of sa
5 cred things, and challenges our 'informer.
> Our informants--for there were several VIII,
: .oId The same s,ory--can reply or noi, a
: they think proper. We intend TO quote iron
memory one or Two sen.ences allAdGAd II
. nave Deen useu 6y Df. 0ids. II we hav
! been .nisinformsi, the Judge will pleas
make the necessary correction. II correcl
4 our renders can judge wEe,her i. is 'ridicul
s Of sacred ,hings' ln speaking Of the resul
), of the election in his district, he said;
+ "The Wings though, was dead [politi
ically] and buried; and though. SO 100, ur
,il all The returns came in; bu, THE THlRl
!, DAY ! ROSE AGAIN."
If In speaking Of the surplus produce .h'
/, would accumulate in New England, unde
J. The Wing protective policy, he said:
: 81. would pour down upon them. and COY
er their land, like The snow in winter, whic
have seen fifteen feet deep. They coul
then say, as the rich man in Scripture: Sou
Is .ake thine ease; thou has, much HOG All
!. HOMlNY laid up for many years."
So During the address he took occasion
n, initiate Methods, exhorier, and said:
ir "I exhort The old Wings TO PRAY. D
ID you say you c6nno. prayl BEGIN II
,e PRAY, aud words will be supplied. That
The way they used TO talk TO me, when
" was member Of the Church. Henry Cla
er once prayed. II you can't pray, 60 On
kneeI over his grave at Ashland, and cate
ge the breaIhIngs Of bis spirit" &c.
m We think the above quotations suficiel
h. for The present. They may no. be in III
a. exac, language given 10 us; bu, are as ne'
a. as we can reco,lect. To these, and simill
q. passages, we referred in our remark abol
es professors Of religion manifes'ing their aI
%, proval Of his ridicule Of sacred things.