Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1854-11-09


now, and very ingloriously shufies out
in most ridiculous manner. Well, he
may have even the benefit of having
given me new and somewhat eupho-
nious sou6rigue:, but he should ac-
knowledge up like man, and not skulk
like dog.
What be means by "Libellers" ! am
at loss to comprehend; for / have read
and re-read a dozen times his article,
but it does not give me clue to it. l
only called him a meddling knaye, and
contemplate liar, and the only honest
act of his life Of which am cognizant,
is that he virtually Acknowledges it, by
pocketing it, without telling another by
denying it. And to deny that he is and
has been an eyesore TO the Democratic
party of this county, even from the time
he was appointed Commissioner of In
solvents, and demanded of the Clerk Of
the Court room in the county build
ings, up to the present time, would be
insulting the intelligence of those who
have had compassion enough to vote for
him. Where are the libellers then?-
Mr.. Harper stands at all times ready to
substantiate anything which he may
advance, and he does not controvert
what have published. The contempti-
BILE knave, with all his mendaeity, has
not the temerity, though he may have
the effrontery, to deny anything; for the
entire catalogue of dirty acts have so
often been enacted by him, and as often
spat in his face, that it would be Of no
avail. He to fall back upon sympathy
and beg a favorable expression from
those who know him. BAIL He knows
no libel has been done, for to him it
would be God-send, and the unfortu-
nate Individual who might by accident
do him more than justice, would very
soon find Gsul seeking redress in dollars,
through the law, rather than by the
more magnanimous method of emitting
"goH in defence Of GaulP' Why such
scamp as him would submit to libel,
even to posting at the street corners, for
a shilling pop, that he might once in
his lifetime have pittance all his own.
He makes several aggravated at
tempts at being both witty and severe
in the portion Of his article devoted to
myself; and l would particularly advise
and suggest to him that he adopt this
peculiar style of composition, as proba-
bly, being better adapted to his talents
than any other; and although he has
declared his solemn intention to notice
nothing put forth by US 'libellers,"
hope he may be induced to change his
mind, and favor us with specimens as he
progresses in accomplishment. He sets
aside all rules of controversy and dis
cussion, and strings together few
black-guardisms, that no gentleman in
the land would make use of. When in
newspaper controversy, have to de-
pend upon going back a number OF
years to the time my adversary was a
boy, and accuse him of getting drunk
upon a single occasion, to defend my
position, will throw down the pen in
disgust, and never write another line
Several years ago. while boy, l was
unfortunate enough to allow myself to
take drink of liquor, and being unused
to it, it intoxicated me-the only time !
ever have been so. l was in company
with a gentleman and another youth
like myself, the former of which has
found it necessary since that time, to
clIastis1 GauI IN the public streets, for
his pusilanimous conduct, and send him
with pair of black-eyes to the kitchen
of his boarding house for weeks, and
the latter always has had too high regard
for himself to notice any being so ut
terly beneath him. l could refer to a
thousand dirty acts of Gaul to recrimi-
nate-fll up a whole newspaper. 1
might speak of his sudden departure
from western State, of awidowed land
lady's unpaid board-bills, and he an
able-bodied man, and plenty of delving
to do upon the public highways, but l
detest this method of warfare, and shall
leave it all to himself. He knows how
to make capital out of it, l do not.
l have in my humble capacity as
compositor, in years past, stood many a
night at case, correcting his foul and
senseless effusions, making them as
nearly passably readible as l could; and
though he has had the benefit of cor
rection, assistance and experience, he is
still the same number of unmeaning
words, that he was at first. True, there
are single half dozen imbeciles, who
imagine him Sir Oracle, and when aught
of import in the political world is hatch
ed up, any pure or irreproachable char
acter to asperse, or the reputation of
some defenceless female to assail, you
will see this bevy of beauties f1ocking
to the upper portion of the Star House,
equal to partridges in brooding time.
(Parenthetically, l have that in the
"cauldron bubbling" for some of these
same important personages, which,
when the occasion offers, l will use for
their beneft.) Anything which the
Gaul offers is received with applause
and adopted instanter. and as they dis
perse you will see them lingering to
catch last glimpse of him
"And still they gazed and still their wonder
| grew,
How one small head could carry all be knew. >
! In his closing paragraphs he assures
the vuhlia fhaf ba hos rz-r,ftov liz L.,