The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1860-10-23
Mr., Lorenzo Moore.

does have TO take it through the columns
of the Ciyilion. Woe, woe, 10 the man
who eXcites LoRENzo's ire at such times.
What torrents of hifalutin invective are
poured out upon him What missiles
of sarcastic epithets are hurled at him
What batteries Of grandiloquent slang
play on him What bombastic threats
of humiliation greet him How he be-
comes covered with "slime," and made
to breathe the 'miasma of miserable
cesspools - How he is kept in "nau-
seating atmosphere" until his ''tastes are
perverted ''every good impulse of his
nature shackled," and he incapable OF
approaching a genuine or truthful senti-
meDt - How he is made to wallow in
political corruption until he becomes
utterly repugnant to the refined tastes
of ladies and gentlemen - How he be-
comes "slimy viper" drawing his ex-
istence from an unhealthy cline p All
this he must inevitably become if he
provokes LORENZO when his itch for
scribbling is upon him.
That seems to have been our misfor-
tune. We have had the ill-luck to run
counter to LORENZO, at that important
crisis, and the result is that we are what
we have detailed above. If our readers
don't believe it let them look over Lo-
RENzo's article in the last Civilian, and
they will no longer doubt. Besides
which, LORENZO says that we are both
"foppish' and "quixot.c," which, for a
wiper" is probably something new and
novel. That is a feature in the charac-
ter of snakes never before observed by
naturalists. But LORENZO ought to
know. He has been in the Democratic
party long enough to know something of
those who crawl upon their bellies in
dirt"
LORENZO seems to be very excitable,
and when SO, goes in strong for person
alities, but very mildly for argument.
A good many people seem inclined to
blame him for this, but we don't. The
fact is, LORENZO has red head, and it is
a physiological fact that red-haired men
are inclined to be nervous, irritable, fiery,
quarrelsome To be sure, we meet with
exceptions to this rule, as we do to all
others. And too, the different grades Of
color undoubtedly vary the rule, SO that
some persons whose hair may be of the
color termed red, possess most excellent
dispositions. But we lay it down as an
axiom that the particular shade of red
possessed by LORENZO always marks a
very ill-natured, excitable, envious,
quarrelsome kind of fellow. 1t being
a matter of temperament, therefore, Lo-
RENO is not so much to blame for it af-
ter all. To be sure he is not altogether
excusable, for we hold it to be every
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mans duty TO correct, as far as he can,
these faults Of disposition, which he can
usually do by refusing to act upon i'm
pulse, and by waiting until he is cool
and calm. This is difficult to do where
men are brought into discussion face to
face, and knowing this, We do not blame
LORENZO, as many do, for his many per-
sonal squabbles on the streets, when
discussing politics. We did blame him,
however, for his assault upon Mr. BIrr-
Man, because the circumstances, as de-
tailed 10 US, seemed to show that it was
premeditated, and because Mr.. BITTMAN
was a stranger, and the honor Of the Will
age was interested in bis treatment So,
too, we conceive we have right to
blame him for his personalities towards
ourself, because he had time, before its
publication, to correct his natural i'm
pulse TO do such dirty work.
We want to be short with LORENZO,
but one word farther. We want to say
TO him that no earthly being is foolish
enough to take such slang as is contain
ed IN his article for argument or fact.
Such namby- PANTY, fiddle-faddle non
sense as that about "the miasma of the
miserable cesspools of political corrup-
ton don't affect any one, or convince
anybody. 1t only shows that the man
who uses it, feels himself badly wound
ed-so badly that he is fighting reck
lessly and wildly. 1t shows that he is
compelled TO leave fact and argument
and resort TO abuse, which is always, in
the mind of the community, proc
against himself So we advise you, Lo
RENO, now and hereafter, to lei it alone
| Doubtless you think that kind Of wri-
ting your forte, or else you would not
indulge in it so much. But it is GER
tainly better not to be notorious, than to
gain notoriety as a blackguard.
You seem to think the public is in