Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1858-12-03

HARD TO P1EksE.-We utterly despair of
being able to do anything that will prove &C
ceptable to our Democratic n~eighbor. He
il ayowedly "'friendly to BOTH Douglas and
Buchanan, and though we have made every
possible effort to be placed in the same cate
CORY. he persistently refuses to grant the
coveted boon, or to regard US or our humble
efforts at Journalism with the slightest degree
of favor; indeed, SO decided and constant are
the rebuffs received, we have about come to
the conclusion that he is an ineorrigible case,
and as intrac,able, difficult of approach, and
dead to generous emotions, as the "fretful
porcupine." We noticed a few weeks since,
in perfec fly respectful terms, the change he
made in his paPer-accompanying it with a
few brief reasons why the Gazette would is>
sue as here tofore. There was nothing in
our remarks that could by any possibility be
regarded as offensive to any reasonable
man, fer they alluded to nobody or nobody's
business but our own;-our sensitive cotem-
porary, however, regarded them differently,
and made them the pretext for a furious as
sault upon the Gazette and its editor. Again,
he glorifies himself through his own columns
to a nauseating extent, and the more effect
ually to do SO takes extra pains to disparage
US; aud when, in order to appease and graft
ify, We accord all that himself or his most
extravagant admirers claim for him, he forth
with flares up and in substance declares we
are an exceedingly weak brother, and en-
ty. Then, he claims that his paper is i'm
measureably superior to ours; and when we
not only do not deny it, but positively dis
claim even entertaining a hope of being able
to get up such a paper as he does, 1--WE don't
believe any other mortal than himself could,
instead of pleasing him, as might be reason
ably anticipated, it has been our misfortune to
offend. Finally, knowing that editors gener-
ally IRE gratifed at seeing their lucubrations
copied a number of his items possessing To-
cal interest, supposing we had certainly been
SO fortunate at last as to do an acceptable
service-when, to our utter dismay, we found
instead of the sed alive and modifying effect
anticipated, i, proved like tying a tin pan to
a dogs tail, or punching a stick into a hor-
nets nest-it brought down upon US the ter
rife anathemas of the editor in chief, the
official editor, and the local editor-"Tray
Blanch and Sweetheart''-and lest our next
essay at counting favor may awaken the ire
of the entire pack, and put them in full cho-
rus upon our trail, we are almost tempted to
reverse our tactics, and, instead OF fiattering
and conplimenting. as heretofore, follow
his example and resort to personal abuse
But this would not answer-it would be vio-
latinS the resolutions against personalities
passed by the Editorial Association regularly
at each annual meeting for the last FIVE years,
the sessions of which we have not, but our
neighbor has, been in the habit of attending;
and il would also fail to accord with our long
cherished ideas of editorial and social pro-
priety- We are in O decided dilemma, and
entirely at g loss to know how to get out oil
il,