The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1859-04-29
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Tho Courier Man.


Tho Courier Man.
Mr.. Editor - Sir, notice tbs.
controversy is now raging between
Mr.. Hollsbaugh and yourself, 10
which he uses every variety of epi.
thet, and by this his position in the
melee may readily be discerned.-
| am really sorry, sir, that you are
quite 90 severe with the Young gen.
tlemen. You should recollect that
|he is but 9 young man, and perhaps
his faculties are not fully developed; !;
and that bis mind is not OF the high.
est order, as it lacks refinement and
is incapable Of cultivation. regret
your course towards him, for the
reason, also, that you are inadvert.
ly doing a duty Of the prominent
Democrats here, in killing the fell
low outright. Do loosen your grasp
on his mock tie and give him breath.
| have recently heard his weakness
deplored, and much rejoicing among
the Democracy thathe was 80 nearly
massscred, in a political point Of
view, in order that competent Ed.
i:or might be procured in his stead
As he was "neither hot or cold, but
lnkewar,n," during the Douglas and
Buchanan Juror, the Democracy were
seized with retchings az severe as
those Of the whale which contained
Jonah, and are anxious to "spew
him out" The truth is, he has been
spewed out by the Democracy in two
localities, viz: Napoleon and Sid.
ney but | should think no rival
political press would ever object to
such opposition. Indeed you should
regarl him in the light of q cotem.
porary or an adjunct-ior you have
effected more, politically, during
his editorial control of the Courier,
than has ever before been accom-
plished in this county, and even
better success has attended the Re-
publican party, than possibly could
have been anticipated without him
rs an auxiliary.
1t is true, Mr. Hollabangh is apt
at bandying such epithets as "liar,"
"skunk," &C.; but the proofs are in.
variably against him. As an illus
tration Of his style of falsehood,
refer those in town to his paper; but
presuming there are some in the
country not aware that his paper
"has the largest circulation of any
paper in North. Western Ohio, and
double that of any other paper in
Hancock county," "at 81 so a year
in advance" &C., with three press
es constantly running (under), and
OF course are Eot patrons to his paper,
| will give another sample as related
by a Democratic friend: "A few
months since, some gentlemen were
seated upon a box on the sunny side
oi the street, relating their expert
ence with fast horses, when one ofthe
party remarked that he had driven
a certain animal from Findlay to Tiff
fin, in three hours. Hollabaugh
not to be outdohe, said he had driven
the d., '>'ce in two hours and thirty.
six minutes, and had been detained
on the way twenty minutes; but his
listeners looking at each other rather
ne added, In order to
give his story credit, that he had q
good early start"
His falsifying is provorbial, and
it is not uncommon among the little
boys about town, in their disputes
in the game of marbles, that when
one cries Slips" or "Dubbs," his
opponent may be heard to declare
why you are as great a liar as Alf,
or Ton, Pepper, tho latter OF whom,
tradition says, was kicked out Of the
internal regions for lying.
10. CRoroN.