The Belmont chronicle, and farmers, mechanics and manufacturers advocate. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1848-1855, 1853-10-28
The Gazette g. Citizen.

The Gazette g. Citizen.
The "Findiey letter. appears to be coo lily
laid upon the shelf, now that the election is O.
yer, and in lieu of that subject Mr.. Gressinger
directs his satire in the direction of our hum
Bile self. He says we are ga rery young man."
and forthwith, with lackadaisical air pi,ies
our tender years and spares us.-Thanks, oh
most noble Stephen-we hereby acknowledge
the merciful forbearance of thy mightness,
and shall ever remember it.
"Picture it! Think of it!"-This man of
mature years, end consequently mature judg-
ment-ths man Of family loo, turns aside
from his lofty course, stoops condescendingly
down from the towering pedestal Of his dig
nifty to SO speak to us words of good cheer
and encouragement! Aye, and there's mag
ic in the words, Joyous, lifegiving, glorious"
are they! We would just here desire to en-
balm his memory in a suitable manner, but
sour fingers tremble and our pulse grows faint;-
Awful the task n noonduy sun to paint"
We wish to say few words in reference
to little matter which occurred between
"that embodiment of truth"-the Chronicle
and the Gazette q. Ciisen. Bear in mind,
this "rery young man" was then one of the
Editors of the Chronicle, and was of course
some,chat younger than now. Our narration
of the circumstance is as follows:-
Some years ago when the gold fever
spread to so great an extent in our village,
carrying off numbers to the Serras of Cali
fornia, one Of the Democratic party leaders
beca me infected. Hewas prominent men,
ber Of that party, having occupied the Ex-
ecutive Chair of the State. With great
number of others ho sailed for that modern
Ophir to obtain portion of the filthy lucre.'
Time rolled on bringing many changes to
proud as well as humble. The person in
question "laid down his shovel and his pan
and prepared to return. His hopes were ore,
and he felt yearnng to return to the. bo-
som OF his family and to his numerous polit.
ical friends who would be always faithful,
(over the left) But during his absence bus
tongued rumor had been at work with his
character. The dagger of the malicious
slanderer had been driven again and a.
gain into his reputation 10 the hih.-
The tale went from mouth to ear all over
the country, and in every recital receiv-
ed some addition. The gentleman was met
on every hand by the cold look of distrust,
and the averted head. The rumor grew un.
til it assumed a tangible form in an item in
the paper of neighboring county. Still
ime rolled on;-one-two--three weeks
had passed, and it was talked Of by all, a.
like in the tap-room and in the parlor. The
slander reared its foul form between him and
his family, creating an awful chasm between
them over which he could not pass. But
u stop was put to this, and that very sum-
marily at this time. By whom! "The Dem
ocratic press, Of course'-we hear some one
say. No such thing. "That embodiment of
TRUTH" as the Gaseite g. Citizen face
tiously terms our pape-.-refuted the charges
showed clearly and satisfactorily that they
were false and without shadow of founda-
lion in truth, and the reputation was cleared.
Once more the open look offrendshp greet
ed him, and the warm grasp of the hand -
He felt relieved OF a heavy burden, and his
gratitude was expressed to us in warm terms.
Our columns had been instrumental in the
confusion Of the slanderer, and the successful
vndication Of innocence, & this was our re-
ward.
Now what does this man of mature years,
across the way, do! He comes out the next
week and tamely copies the article into his
columns, with a few words to the effect, if we
remember rightly, that he had heard the re-
port before. Heard it! Yes, TO be sure you
had heard it, and SO had every man, woman
and child in all this neighborhood, and il eve-
rybody had been as timid as you were, that
gentleman would have gone to hisgrave with
the foul blot still on his character! The Chron-
icle was all we'll enough then, and truth-tel-
ling, but just wait until 1t comes ont in any
way talking light of the immaculate purity Of
the Locofoco party. and forthwith there comes
a hue and cry of--"very yostsg mas"--"dis-
henssty''-'smart young man"-"unprece.
dented impudence"- sc. i