Eastern times. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1846-1857, 1855-01-18

Snu sndii take no 1urther notice OF his assumed
editorial existence.-Northern Tribune.
.sHe who fights and runs away
May live to fight some other day,
While he who in the battles slain,
Viii never live to fight again.
Ae.a-s Hadibras, from memory.
Hero we might be pardoned if we took final
and affectionate leave of the gentlemanly au-
thor Of the item which heads this article, but
% we did not begin the personal controversy
and have been unwillingly drawn into Skin
mish not OF our own choosing, we feel disposed
to administer brief parting blessing, which
we hope may be sanctifed to our friends spe-
cial good. When the present editor of the
Tribune came among us-a stranger among
strangers-he evidently mistook the spirit and
character of our people. He doubtless though,
himself head and shoulders above our CON-
mon, rough-hewn. plain-spoken, down-east
population; as well qualified to dogmatize over
the fathers as to teach the sons-as much
called to enlighten the stupid old ones as to
administer lheoretic education to the more PHI
ant young ones of our city. To perform this
latter labor successfully, under the peculiar
circumstances in which he was placed, were no
easy task, even for calm, dignifed and pru-
dent man who should bring his whole mind and
devote all his talents to the work, and studi-
ously keep himself sloof from the mischievous
influence of daily strife and party trickery and
warfare. But our friend had not this needful
caution. neither was he satisfied to move in an
ordinary channel and to confine himself to his
legitimate sphere of action. He must needs
commit the suicidal act of throwing himself
headTong into the political cauldron, not think
ing, perhaps, that he would so soon bubble
upon the surface and be SKINNED off as the
s veriest froth and scum.
Without the slightest MISREPRESENTATION
show of reasonable pretext, he saw fit to
Z thrust himself in our way, and in attack up
on ourself and our paper to prove himself per-
fectly posted up in the whole vocabulary of
slang, and to be possessed of a bitterness of
spirit, an impudenee of manner and coarse
ness of expression surpassed only by his mis-
takes Of judgment, his self conceit and his ar
rogant presumption. The castigation he re-
. ceived is familiar to our readers and what adds
60 the bitterness of his cup is the fact that
scarcely any one can be found to sympathize
with him-all apparently, rejoicing at the in
Fiction through which he has passed. We
hope his late experience may do him good !; but
one thing is certain should he remain here
a score of years and continue the whole time to
fill the station he now occupies, he cannot live
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self as teacher, by the foolish and despicable
exhibition he has made of himself He has
done incalculable mischief to the educational
interests of city mischief not easily atoned
for, by the low, vulgar and malicious exhibit
ton he has given, exhibition designed for
the injury of our paper, but which is now WIS.,
tied, and will continue to be- visited upon his
own head. If he had ne regard for himself or
for the school over which he presides, he
should at least have spared the School Com
mittee the inf1iction. which, as sensitive men
men feeling their responsibility, they must ex-
perience in view of the spectacle he has made
of himself But we will not pursue fallen
foe. His courage has oozed out of his fingers
ends. and like a whipt spaniel he lays back his
ears runs for Gear life, and cries like any other
smarting baby Poor fellow, we will let him
off. The valiant hero who blusteringiy pro-
posed to whip the whole city, calling them out
one by one, dismissing each summariy and
then calling pompously. "who comes next"
has now nothing to say. He has just learned
that "discretion is the better part of vaor."
II he is not "rebeliious Teapot as he CLASH
caly designates some of his young lady schol-
ars, he has at least proved himself unable to
ride out a "tempest in teapot"-a tempest of
his own raising I, would be cruel, perhaps,
to hint at the imperative outside influences
which have SO wonderfully and suddenly
developed our friends discretion. This we
must hold in reserve for future use, should our
knight of departed vaIor, so far forget his in
terest as to make another onslaught upon our
paper.