Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1858-11-22
CITY & NEWS ITEMS
MONDAY MORNING, NOV. 22, 1855.

MILD BUT FrRM.-we believe in doing thing
thoroughly and satisfactorily when it is once
begun. There is a class of persons who will
be very brave and energetic in the commencement
of any undertaking, but whose stock Of energy
soon runs out, and they drop this pursuit to en-
g4ge heartily in some other with like result
There is another class who will pursue their work
with perseverance. but who have no energy or
''snap" about them; who will not give up until a
thing is done but who perform the work as though
it was wearis2me, degrading task which they
will go through with as sullenly as possible. There
is another class who begin an undertaking with
spirit Und carry it on with determination, who
keep up their spirits and action to the last, and
these are the ones who accomplish great and
worthy deeds. These same remarks will apply to
authors and writers as well as to labOrers. The
characteristics of these classes can be seen when
! they become involved in quarrel. One will call
his opponent a rascal and knave, but ere he gets
through will qualify his statement by saying that
he would be such if his native nobleness of heart
did not prevent the possibility of such a state of
things. Another will go through dispute call
ing his rival or his enemy greatly mistaken man,
man hardly worthy of being trusted, man who
is not any benefit to society, and will thus labor
through column of half cOneilatOry abuse. An
other class will begin by saying that their antago-
mist is scoundrel and will go to the end of the
chapter, pilng epithet upon epithet, until the
obnoxious adjectives form tower equal to that OF
Babel with as great confusion of tongues as dis
tinguished the event of building that edifce.-
These remarks were suggested by reading an ar
ticlc in the Van Vert American i'll which certain
sgd. Shaher pOurs forth his anathemas upon one
J. W. Steel, heading his article with Another fling
at the uncleau Beast" Mr.. Shafer launches forth
by saying that the charges made by the said Steel
against him in the Constitution were "as false and
contemplate as their own hearts which have been !
so long stepped in vlainy andcorrupton, that they
have become purified mass of vile sores and run
ming rottenness."
Then of Steel in particular he says
ITO form such a deblnched, treacherous, insig |
nifcant filthy sewer offoulness asJ W. Steel, must
have kept the dregs of creation i'll process OF devel
opment for centuries"
This is strong language but he followeth it up
as below:
"Why His Satanic Majesty himself would blush
at this bIOats verdancy while he wrote GresnhOrn
Steel upon the smutty Catalogue of the meanest
rOt-gut whisky doggery of the lowest cavern of his
gloomy dOminiOns."
Whsw! should Steel survive that, he must be
lOsH tempered STEEL, but hear the oracle a
little farther,
"Were we disposed to handy epithets we could
call him thief and lying villain, but plain, unvar-
lished facts are enough 10 make the upright man
recoil with horror"
"Were we disposed" indeed. Let our readers
pear in mind that these are ''plain, unvarnished
acts"
Here are ample materials for a thrilling tale
hat would make Bonner's eyes stand out with fat
less
1--WE might write a tale of sin on the lost wan
lerers card; Kentucky scenes; crime and debauch-
,ry; the two unfortunate men with their tale of |
voc; the trials of the whskey jug; the comic ad
yentures ofthe two candlesticks; the young mans
aughaole interview with Judge c.; prying open
,rime; the nortlern travels of the debauchee tie
tanning operation that would make the biggest |
,hid of infamy blush to have recorded against him;
md other tales of horror"
Do, Mr.. Shafer write it out and publish it in the
monthly prints. We have extracted enough to |
hOw the exquisite humOr and JUNCTION with which I
Tr. SLafer applies the spear, AMI will reserve the
remainder as ammunition, when next we wage !
ome furious war with brother knight of the quill
@s~s~
Eg7 Have you seen them Those Splendid
Paintings on free exhibition at DOdge's. :