White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1860-01-12

NOT 70 nave anything more 20 DO with Us
we have gone too deep for the innocent
youth-and be launches out into g dis
ssrtation upon Cyprians. the Five Points,
and "sich like" in . style which shows
him to be thoroughly at home on the
subject. 1t is pity he had not thought
Of these things sooner. Had he made
his wise determination before be provo.
ked the bull, be would not have felt the
animals horn. But the holy horror and
shocked modesty which he assumes, are
rsfreshing-they tickle us After court
ing a complete lkinning. and getting it
to his hearts content, be suddenly suffers
an attack of righteousness, cries out that
he is the victor, and threatens not to
fling his sweet-scented odors at us any
more! Unhappy as! He admitted into
the columns Of his paper, indiscriminate-
ly, as editorial, the anonymous filth Of
any person who offered it. requiring no
other guaranty for its insertion. than that
it abused ourself or some other person
obnoxious to him or his owners and
now that We have hung him up by the
snout to dry, he kicks terribly, whines
dismally, and has the assurance to snuff
he out that he had endeavored to make
Us :" fair and manly stand-up fight, |"
but that we were unable to meet him in
honorable combat Truly. he has no.
vel understanding of the definition of a
fair and manly stand-up fight" He
understands it to mean that half dozen
fellows may lie in ambush and hurl rot
ten gobs at q single person on open
ground, while the latter is in honor
bound to do nothing but quote Chester
field to his unseen assailants
Let us see how the matter stands As
soon as the present editor assumed sole
control of the Dispatch, he expressed, to
some Of his cronies, an intention TO
backyard us, and to keep it up" if
We gave him an opportunity; bat with
out waiting for provocation, he opened
the way himself, in about a column of
slang, in which we were accused of being
an asconplice of and sympathizer with
Old Brown, and similar stuff. In reply,
we obeyed the Scripture injunction. and
answered fool according to his folly"
In his Issue Immediately succeeding the
last election, considerable space was again
devoted to Astonishing Of taunts. 9th.
slang and inaendoes, and also abusing
other citizeus of our town. In return,
we expressed our opinion Of him. in few
words and plain language. Then he en-
ployed help. 1t was freely talked, by
those in the confidence of the parties, that
q certain individual, whom we had al.
ways considered our friend, and for whom
we entertained the highest respect, was
going to put US through"-had devoted
himself to the task of "using us up
had long entertained q desire to get
" wipe" at us. We denied this to those
who preached the matter to us-told
them that the person was our friend, and
that We had no fears of his mixing in.
But we confess We were greatly disap-
pointed, when the Dispatch of Decem-
Der Oath came out, at finding, in the very
first inside article, inserted as editorial,
and occupying over a column, the I'M
nistakable "ear-marks" of the individ- |
lal in question and the authorship was
made no secret by the knowing ones.
The article contained language as OBJ
scene az obscenity can be. But that one
article was not all. Almost the entire
editorial page was devoted to US. and
every article contained slang and obscen-
ity. Yet the editor of the Dispatch has
the efrontery to say that he conducted
the combat, on his part, in a decent and |
honorable manner. We wish we had a
copy of that particular number of the
Dispatch, to send to each Of our readers.
Three persons united their talents, in that
issue, to whip us out. We saw at once
how the matter stood. A force of big
guns was brought into the field, in full
confidence that we would be outdone
md we had to choose between three al.
ernatives to shut down, and let them
row; to keep up running fight for an
indefinite period, which would have been
u distasteful to our readers as to ourself;
" we had to give them " belly full" ct
! single dose, and send them bowling to
heir kennels. We chose the latter, and
losod them with q liberal hand. In do
ng so, we used the only kind Of language
hat we knew, from experiences, could be
appreciated by them and we are happy
o say that It has had the desired effect of
drying them up" They are Invested
{ their hides, and now. think to escape
ondemnation. by assuming sanctimo-
ious look. and affecting great morality.
We have no desire to undertake to rea-