Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1860-04-20


mode to, chronicle that Of Mr.. Fultxs On
emies- which, l think, must be with a pis-
toll in each hand, ami their pens between
their teeth or, perhaps, a dagger pricking
at their brains, or, what is more likely, .
liver full of spleen. am sure, however,
that men who act 80 much. Unlike men, and
4 who so openly aud uncourteously assail .
gentleman and fellow citizen, when they
know that he is bound hand and tongue by
the laws of society, and is unable to retors
their attacks-such men undoubtedly feel
that their eecirity lies in the silence Of him
whom they agrees. Is ~" very sure that
he does not write with pistol lying BY
him ? I
This same Moote-inimitable .eatirist -
| tells US of an old Jew, who went about sing
ing ditty concerning nice Annual Pill
that he had invented. He Sings,
s'vill nobodies try my nice Annual Pill,
Diets to purify everything nashty away
Further on he says: ..,. ...... a..
"Derss noting ct all dis F i'll vinct-resch."
How invaluable this patent Pill would
be to Judge L s friends One box would
20 doubt clear, every ting rashty away
from that record. which had better be done
very soon,. or, from the threat that our
friend '.Junius" has made. it will be too
late. (God speed thee, "Junius !" Thro'
that name soa.e OF the yilest corruptions OF
England were made knevh. May you BIO
no less successful in making known eorrup-
tons no less vile) | would recommend
this Pill, too, to the laundering ~
"Dere's noting it will not reach, I" and is
will purify every ting nashty away
Take one, my friend, and see if it will not
help your liver. And - Farmer" espe-
cially. / RECOMMEND it,. 1t will no doubt
help his memory. do pity that mani
Don't somebody else? l thought, the man,
if he is man, had retired; but, here he
comes TO tell the people,. that l am, miSta-
ken i'll suppose that he dislikes me because
| am at advocate of Mr.. -Fults.~ This is
answering an assertion before it Is made
a new mode of argument he is about to in
troduce, H, had no reason to suppose that
ever entertained such an idea. And what
is more, he shall never have the chance to
think 80. care as little about his dislike
as the people do about his scribbling. ,sA s
He has forgotton, too, that the Editors of
the Spectator disayowed the idea that they
signifed to their printer any position which
they wished particular correspondent to
hold in their columns-as be was so ma
leyolent or so unoharitable as to disbelieva
this disayowal, for he accuses them of plac-
ing - CouptrYn.an" in a. most copspicu-
Gus place / believe''A Countryman" was
the first to advance this idea, but will now.
withdraw my assertion, since it. has been
again repeated, and hope it will beimputed
to the wrong impression, that all editors.
point out (for know some do) the particu-
lar place fer each article. -.
But, "good~bye," Farmer" must see
what tie abominable '.Z' has TO say for
himself. He thinks have been at College.
would net like toisay where he had been,
It might sound slanderous He tries to
make the people believe that called them
ignorant Did not tell them in that same ar
ticle they had more 'iutuitive common sense.
than '.Z' ever had. let him .spatter as much
as he pleased I? I hope, hereafter, when he
attempts to work upon the passions of the
people, be will deal in truths.. But his
whole article is the mere banding of. cpl
thets. The old adage says, drowning
men catch at straws," and it isverifeG here.
When n" can find fault with nothing else.
he must find fault with my style. It is the
pouting and muttering of a whipped child,
the bowling of vanquished wolf, the snar.
ling ofa beaten cat, the yelpins Of G.pelted
dog, the believing of q conquered. bull: ss,
He has singularly interpreted my mean
ing in describing the character of Judge
Thompson. When / spoke of his ''amia-
bility''' and ''uprightness of conduct" &C.,
| spoke of him as nsaa and not as Judge.
His pri7Gfe character l have no right to as
sail, aud never shall, tits his public char
aeter with which have to DEAL An indi-
vidual may be a good maj. and still not
good Judge, and GOOD Judge is what we
want
.'z' seems to have thorn in his eide
somewhere; perhaps it is the way in which
I answered his argument of the ''farms," or
perhaps. my quotation from the Bible
However, | shalt look out for he...'Wicked
One" since have read his article, and, as
l have been using my pen against him for
some time, I shall be, ready, like Lather, to
hur my inkstaud at him when he comes. !.
AS to my publishing my articles in both
papers. that expect to settle with the ed
itors, and not with him. If see proper to.
publish and they see proper to accommodate
me- it is none of his business, and have
yet to see any article from whose merit that
circumstance detracted. 49,,
Furthermore, if ~ expects to frighten
me by his impudent language he mistakes
his man No such scarecrows ever scared me-.
I have seen too many asses to be surprised
at long ears. And whenever see vice and
malignity | shall disclose ie', whenever I
see persecution shall assail IL; and when
ever am attacked, I shall retors. i,
In conclusion, hoping that ~" will NOS
need to take one of the old jews pills"
(for feel anxious for him, and hoping to-
hold converse with him again ere he fadeth
away, remain, hurriedly but calmly, his.
; A COUNTRYMAN.
A T1eHriNa CouNTRY.,-A citizen of Menu