Oroville daily Butte record., 1857-08-25
The Amcnde Honorable.

Having been eXhortef 10 be magnanlmous.
likewise having been taught in our tendei
years that" when thine enemy smites the'
on the right cheek, turn around and hit hin
on the ether" and having been admonished
by our gentle cotemporary at Tehama, that
in former article we have done him injus
tice, VIC herewith proceed to make th'
ameHde honorable, by the retraction o.
what we too hastily gave utterance to con
cerning that valuable sheet and its upright
and gentlemanly editor.
One great injustice which we unintentionai
~ did our friend, the .4dr0cate. was to state
las one having authority" that said jour
nal was not for sale, thereby injurng it,
prospects IN the newspaporial market an
giving false impression to anxious purcha
sers. To this inSinnation its editor answers
with commendible degree of virtuous in
dignation that we lie; this, ms Touchstone
says, "is called the countercheck quarrel
some" and we not wishing to proceed to the
3" lie curcumstantnl and the lie direct" in
continently take back what we said about
the matter, and state apologetically TINT the
.4dr0cate tcW be in the market, but not for
week or more mt least
The " virtuous Indignation" which we nj
luded to, is continued throughout the article.
and is oupoured in two of the paragraphs
as follows:
Now Mr. Record. we ask Of you TO shcw
your magnanimity. ca trait that You never
was accused OF possessing TO touch uS bnt
once week, for we cannot is Ne nr extra
daily to answer your charges. but will come
TO ZEE you regularly once a week.
We call for no other quarter. md in the
language Of the lumortal Bard of Avon. We
say lay on Record aud dam be he who cries
cnongh first
(We have taken the liberty to italicise
portion Of the strong language co oltnned in
the Quotarion from the Bard in question
We Shall eude9vor to comtly with The rea-
sonable request contained in the first para.
graph, aud extend our thanks for the yalua-
lie suggestions contained in the last We
must be allowed to demonstrate with our
friend for saying that W Snak >peare, the
" Bard ever used the bitterly protane word
dam in any such connection, aud further
more, that it is n too belIigerant banter to
ask IL to lay on" until one or the other of
Us " cries enough tir,t," for however bitter
ly the contest should lie carried on, and
however much We might he provoked 10 say
so, it wuud be most unfair to iusinuate any
thing against Mr.. Luther II Snuborus
character, notwithstanding sume OF his enc
mics have dared to state that he once uu-
boarded at Hamilton when that
ranch was the county seat of Butte, nd
that he, in company with geutlemnnly Of
fetal named Dodge, visited ~ hte Rock"
10 see Judge Sherwood On important busi-
ness; we SHALL make 10 mention OF such
matters, neither shall we ever ajlude to an
position in which he was once
placed hy malignant creditors in San Fran.
cisco; such a course would be unbecomiug
toward n courteous brother editor and W.
shall positively strive 10 avoid it Any
regarding the honesty Of the
.fdpocdtes elitor, wi find no place in our
columns, for however much has been said by
his enemies on the suI ject, we shall give no
heed th4T TO for We m beMeve them, lin
a cornueopia)
lie says, and most emphaticully. that lie
is the friend # Judge VIE, and we believe
him; and furthermore we believe that tie
Judge has several friends of just
rs unexceptionnble character as himself
The .idcOcate winds up his article with
very sarcastic allusion to the Red Bluff
Beacon. and quotes that ancient aud truth
tul aphoriSm, Those who live in glass huu.
ses must not shy ock-.' 1--WE quote rer6a-
tnm,) and we agree with him, and advise the
BedcOn TO have \ care how il a,sails the .4d-
rocdte aud its pure.t and best" editor -
We shall b. pleased To hear frSm the .IdUO-
cate again.
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