Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1860-11-10
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tually acknowledging himself falsifyer.
This fact is now placed upon record for
future use and renders his paper impotent
for further evil. As falsifyers are always
boosters, he onits no opportunity of mag
nifying himself through his paper. BY
implication, he boasts of his "decent En-
glish." See specimens in his last weeks
paper. Thus,-"Our friends done nobly
in little Wyoming" In another place,
"LitAo Sullivan done remarkably we'll"
I will not multiply instances, merely be-
cause, while his deficiency is proverbial, it
is subject Of commiseration. 1 should
be ashamed to kick "dead lion;" much
more Palomon John, since he is afraid to
attract further notice, even by so much as
again elevating his ears. Therefore will
not ask him to apply to himself all of his
refined epithets, such as "decent English" !"
"blockhoad," imbecility of intellect, {"
"noisy cur nuisance" and the many
other names ho has used, until it is sup
posed he has exhausted his vocabulary of
blackguardism. So many different names
applied to one person, like two negatives
destroy each other, and like boy throw
ing stones in the air, hits no person but
himself He thus betrays all tho "imbe.
cility" of crow looking out of his cage and
hallooing "caao" at random; and the RI
diculous malignancy Of his own ''noisy
cur" in pursuit of his tail, running round
and round in a circle, with all the ardor
Of veritable combat. His performance re-
minds me of certain ignorant editor,
who became noted ca!umniator. Being
asked by friend how he managed to
blacken the characters of men so effectu-
ally without having any education, he re-
piled: "I first set down the name of the
man that l want to libel. 1 then 20 to
work and charge him with every crime
that ever committed myself"
AS my motive for pointing out moro of
his falsehoods has ceased, and as the mind
refuses to dwell long on the paltitude of
falsifying editorials, I am indisposed to
pursue the subject further. But I have
been advised to call his attention to an
item in his paper of the 18th October. He
says, "we would respectfully advise him
to get some respectable Member Of the Bar
to assist him in getting up his indictment
in order that there may be no flaw in it,"
Palemon John is requested to name
single indictment with "faw" in it, du.
ring the time have been District Attor.
ncy. They are matters of public record I,
and can be easily shown if true. I pro-
nounce the above to bo not only libel,
but an unmitigated falsehood, manufactur.
ed from "whole cloth" The indictment
against Frederick Nicely, is the only one
upon which any question was ever raised
that now recollect, and that has been
sustained by the Court. I ascribe no cred.
it to myself. It has happened to bo my
good luck to have no "aaw" detected thus
far.
In Russell on Grimes, vol. 1st, page 24l
read as follows. "Words spoken of a per-
son in respect Of his office or profession
are slanderous, if they impute incapacity,
or misconduct, or want Of some qualifca-
ton necessary to carry on the Office or
profession Of such person" When such
words are printed and published, I sup.
pose he knows what crime they amount to
He had better not felicitate himself toe
soon upon what | have concluced to do, a;
the law allows me two years in which tt
decide what ought to be done. l doub
whether the fear of getting besmeared
should deter US always from destroying
stinkards.
L. II. LITTLE.
Nov. 9th 1860.