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4rE88
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1889.
AN EXPLANATION

intended for our own e5ea only, still. we
presume the writer can tave no objection 10
its publication and IA it furnishes US with The
opportunity tn sas 4 few things wo desire bur
rcaaers to know, VT take the Liberty daayIng
it before them
Jacksonville. ILL.,. Aug. IS. 1854
Nsss Srss:-We appreciate, rerS highly the
,al:At,lc services rendered .ty The PkEss 4xp
T.inc~s l" the cause Of progress and ltbera&ty
>=x1 1Ao.Fh&, A.a~ - ohie-etksaoibn.
s ss' II: ss'f; S Spss|e;s ti I'll IT.;
grateful il i,s gcauemau,y conductors woeld
tp7rs u. tho rioaalces and bid ts4s they diaptuy
ko c1n>tAh.ly III their perepuAl di{icpjtie@ With
Ar, Wcnt~or1h. We know but little Of lhe
'nrTua u tho quarrel dswa her; but eren WIS
mast bitter enemies nset tire nnd pauteRse oser
the erase'css harpng on one theme. The quar-
irls md rivasres Of editors md leading m. D in
our ranks; do not ioicsest men w!.o are fighting
t"r principles, and not fur spoila. They &ra'
simply w~ari~oni+ aud disgusting 10 all but the
Paftscs thrnlse res.
rtuv individual gric{s need not be constantly
psr:,:"G before the public by an editor more
than hr any other u1an. ! hare spoken ahoxe
the feelings and seniinrnta of many warm
friend, II the PnEss AND TE1Hrxx. May it lo},g
remain the powerful advocate Of great nut&ic
interests, and Of tnnni,'tree thought: speech apd
ac:tun- B. LEHIs
Thanking tie writer for his cordial nppte-
eativH Of tie efforts Of the PnEss AND TRIBUNE
t. t'alvanco the Republican cause, we proceed
at oucc 10 rcp>y 10 his structures upon ia
course ia: re'e'ion To- the matter po Whip 's
complains:
l. Wc have :nb PERSONAL d4arhel With Ar.
!, 10, RI, L.
between Us. 30 far n hasta as our es,ablisl
1aeut is eancernsd. - Ne1c tile Chicago Deas-
erat stricken from existence to-day, it would u
add s;ase dollar 10 aur business; VIC should
nut liave a subscriber more or less for tho
event. our advertising columns would n
be ul,y. more crowded than they now ara nDr
wonld the capatAty Of our job printing office
he ans ulore fully tested tllau it nowis- What
+ ever paAy. le tho NATIVE therefore, which n
dncc, II. t. occasionally notice Mr. Wentworth
aud Ills paper, nothing caa he further from tie
tfiith lkau tie bdc attributed to lis Gy Mr..
Lewis. What the real motive is VIC shall
directly sfn,w:
II. Were Mr. Lewis reader of the Chicago
D"m:erat instead of finding fault with us
for uhat VIC have believed it our duty
to say, lie woud marvel ut our
f'rhcarance. aud question whether Loyalty 10
the Rruuhicau i4rty aud its principles did not
demand much 1nor. Of us in this respect. For
the Information d himself and others who are
hot 1T the tat't o: reading the Denotfut we
Will state, that for moro than sx mouths past, 1T
has lag'1ed with great zeal and ingenuity 20 dis
organize the Republican party Mr.. Wentwor b
Will no"loug Tclha.n u tdcrnberof art Political
organization wi,lc!, lie cannot control and make
- suhscrvcrst to his Own 1,ersona ends. This
degree Of power lie has never bten able to az
quire in the Republican party; aud for some
time l,arS i; has hecn no secret in certain cir
cles tcre, ts.as he contemplated its entire aban-
don:ncut ~ soua rs lie could make satisfactory
terms with The Democratic party To secu5e
this end lie has thrown Of all restraint, aud
openly t!lrous}. his paper and ttirdakh iptrsgte
aud management outside Of it, for the last si1
months: lie has sought to arouse personal jeal
o'lsies. rlvalT;cs and auimosiucs among leading
f. Republicans .lr1n:Aout1hl Sate, mud to oxcite
the hostility Of the masses Of the party neains1
such prominent Republicans as have alwnys
q. ror4sed u be used us tools for the advance
ment Of his selfish and corrupt purposes By
this co'1rsc he 1n.'es 10 obtain better terms it,
his pending trad with the Democratic party,
and he .;so !lo'ss 1850 weaken the nepubli-
cans ia 1llinoi: rs 10 render them powerless
; hereafter to uetcn, tue Democracy. Weabpeal
to ;lle o!unns of his paper any time within
the last si1 months, 10 the letters which he
has wr;ttcn to s'romlneut Repubfcans in difrcr.
en-, paris Of the State. nnd to the testimony
u borne every dns on ons streets ly-' the
Irish wing Of the Democracy as to the illtcn,
ton Of Wentworth 10 unite with them--as q
full warTan: :or ts.ese several chargcs Rarely
day is suiItrel to pass that he does not pub;
lisls: with al! the blazonry OF large type md
displayed esle!a:s, column after column Of tue
ries1 cainu,E.s aud the ulcauest ins;nuations
that n..algpity c@u inseu. against the RepuL;
lic=.u party aud prominent Republicans. Ae.
q'ls,iy t1'e:sah't Charges, Will VALUATIONS tt
give them tic zcst Of novelty arc cooked up in
"dsus a'sdes; and frequently whole columns o1
@'s hI4o o. sts'sl' utended 70 poison h.
,niuda of such Republicans IL never hear o.
see t!'e cS'a''adc1"n, arc lett standing Ill hi>
paper for dass aud weeks together. Thes,
mser1h'c 'a4selloo's, t!lrsc cal1tmnlous jnvtn
Tons ;hcsc 1rHtrcidal stabs, are greedil,
*7l''d upon II the Democratic organs,-
tAe Chicago ZINES, the 'Sfaie Register.
AID 1hc Quincy N7aid: d:-wl4osc rvaders
carr 'tem 70 every csoSs.foad, to every 8eo2!
gerry ''': '':!.f;r 'rv Of nu1j!e resort in their
feslett'Se ne's:ahor''"'ds' where they arc re-
tafeo 10 "er''''l'et'As as the '"dm'sslots of
hepnh''ean 1ca''er' Now, under these cit
cuusoar'4, ,"Ekh 'soar dntr:assemni4ors ..
hernH1le'n ]"urAa'-as men who, like Mr.
LEWIS arc lighting tos p7iuciplc aud principl.
oH:y' sH44lt NC 'ssll'r suta- lAsd eonhtPEatoT
who does not even eloaA lis designs, proceed
Gay after :3ay ii tue work e. comprising uac
run "f the eansc Which VIC, as we'll as lr.
Lewis, hHve ut heart, without lifting a warn
itsts st'icv? Would Nj. Lewis, and those fur
Wi4pm fiG Lta re,us tn hfnak {avr RIA rAuat,,