American Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1855-1860, 1860-01-19
From the Atlantic Monthly for Deesmbsr)
"Be Emphatic JOnes-,-TUueh 'em on tn,

Democrat, WI ig,. CONSERVATIVE, Ill are full |
0 "Eiggtr." rs we wri'e late 10 0ctcher
" Old John Brown, Cook" "Niggsr'-
"Ngg,r." Cook" "Oid John Brown."
these are the changes wtichSer4 ruug in
all the journals e the day, Est, West.
NJrrh aud Sonih. There is no poliiicsl
"olfrnce" in this sketch: and the Rppub
licsus themselves, We venture to say, will
laugh at it ear'iIy rs Il cir opponents -
We "clp' here and there. but with 20
detriment 10 the story.
Jones" WAS a journeyman printer. up.
on the Genius, Republican newspaper,
uominally edited by popular. and ahle
Law yer, who however could not do mis- du>
ty to lis clients and the paper too; eithet
his briefs or his ediIori4ls must come of
lamely, and the paper suffered the conse.
qurnce. The proprietor. who. sl'housh a
good manager ana a practical man, knew
nothing Al all about ediing; he wouldn't
trust himself 10 select paragraph from
another paper, or to arcept anything for
put licalion which did not emsnte IRON the
pen OF the editor Aud now, tehold he
was in trouble. The neglect Of the osten
si'le editor was greatly reducing the sub
scri ption list That worthy was Out town
engaged p an import1nt law w.suit, md the
proprietor in despair haslened after him.
He left the city hurriedly in search Of his
editor, but was himself delayed day be,
yond his appointed time to return. In
this state Of affairs there was but one course
to pursue. Jones was the "cever fellow"
Of the establishment, and he was instruct.
ed 10 "get out" tie issue OF the Genius,
during the temporary absence Of both edi.
tor and proprietor. The following is an
exact copy Of Tho 'letter Of instruction u
received from the absent proprietor, ,togeth.
er with the postscript by the regular edi'
\ tor.
PosEYyILLE, Oct. 2, '59.
DEAR JONES s-Can't come home till
morning. Get out the best paper you can
Write short articles, and stir up the party
for not giving their organ more assistance.
up. S BY the Editor emphatic
Jonts TouDh EN- on the raw!"
"a ]. L."
The Genius was a Republican paper o
the btoadest stripe, and that Jones die
not exactly Ike, "uor never did," for be
was a strong Democrat, and had, on sever
al occasions reasoned with the publisher
upon the propriety and policy Of changing
the politics of The paper. No proposition
OF this SOFT, howsver. would be entertain
ed. Th4 Genius owed its existence to til,
Republican parry. Its politics was it
life blood. Nevertheless very great priv
ilege was here ,xteEded t. Jones. He wa
instructed to "stir 'tm up" TO be EN-
phalic, and "to touch 'em on tie raw,
lie had full powers" At length the "dee,
is Zone" and tie next G.nius appearet
with. H. the following s'arl ne edilo'iI
"TnE NlGoER. We admire him. W
lik- him. W. love him. We adore him
We 20 in hr him. We have hat one ide
and that is tie Niger. W. have hut on
} dream. AMI that ia ditto We preach froI
! ut ont text. and that is dirlo. W. sin
: but one song. and hat is dilo. We pla
but one tune, and that is ditto. We g
our full length IN Niger We are all owe
ditto We are ditto in the morning. W
are ditto at noon. We are ditto ut ni!h
! We are ditto . Il tn time. We eat dito.-
W. live On dito. We sleep on ditto
I Ne'lI die on ditto. Ard emphsticafly
$ we are duI". Aud yet, would you belief
it, rea er, The Genius don't pay" .
, Will the writer this stirring edilC
> rial was Enjoying next morning. a plea
: ant reverie vi lis su cess in editing. Il
S Office door was thrown violently open b
e the exaspera'ed proprietor. ..
y "You Internal s, s,oundTelp' hr fair
J. roared, rushing towards Jones, bat beo
he could finish his sentence. the latter hs
made his escape, The editor, howeve
e arrived just in time to catch him at Il
street door
"J.o.n,e.tl' he shouted. at the san
IL time shaking copy Of the paper 10 i
g lace; '.look kertl v hat have you done
= II reckon | have touched 'em on Il
e raw" said the newildered Jones.
& BY this time tie proprietor. bolir
over with rage had joined the equally e
- cited edior:
y "You have killed the paperl' exclsir
lie ed the proprietor
,, "You have rdned mel! followed t
editor,
al "Ilow did you come to write such a sa
le age articlt?" asked the proprietor
"ro stir 'em up httle," mildly answt
IN ed Jones
I'd "The thing is outrageous" said the E
itof ..
re ut is little emphatic" replied Jon,
70 Al this point there was lively tin
o, consequent upon rush Of Republca
ID and Democrats to tie Office OF the Gtnil
rhe former were full D! indignation. a
y stamped ard raved; the Democrats. on
I, contrary Rie jnbilant, each rarrieda 90
~ OF lhs paper containing Jones fatal edi 0
% al, lauded it to the skies. and promised
sorts OF assistance. The old friends OF /
paper swore eternal enmiy, and CONNIE
ID csd their ouslaught by ordering their =
so ve,tisemenls ont and their names erss
rs from the subscription book. AT lene
d. alter the greatest din and confusion,
at regular editor wss permitted 10 sxolpin.
'g He told the whole story. dissvowsd
OF authorship Of the obnoxious editorial. &C
demSst The septineuts oppressed there
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