The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1860-10-24
EXPLANATION.


| EXPLANATION.
The dirty little cormorant who Rcts SO n sort
! of scavcugcr to a miserable clique which uii-
fortunately. attaches itself like lccch TO the
! Republican PARTY OF this county, and who by
the way, has no other reputation than that OF
! doing great ma nv mean hireling acts and
saying great many low-witted things in the
River Falls Journal, has, by envy and disap-
pointment at not securing the county printing
matter just az he hoped TO been prompted to
make low-liyed attack upon the Editor OF
this paper. In reply we have only TO say.
| that what we said last week, in explanation
of not having hoisted the county nominatio ms
in the issue after the convention, was strictly
and literally true. We did not intimate that
| we had no tims to set APP the ticket. There
were some things reported in our ears on the
| morning preceding the one Oh which we
were TO go to press, 10 the effect that John
Dale and Lutte Taylor had run the convention
ana bought up the delegates as well as some
ofthe candidates. Tn; sc matters could not be
investigated in two days and until they were,
and the candid;t.s cleared up the foul stigma
of being named as the candidates ofthat clique
we could not and. " ould not hoist their names.
As soon as convent ent we satisfied ourse1 that
the convention was fairly coducted and that
the candidates were not pledged to the afore-
IL ID cheerfully put up the whole ticket, and
shall la. or hopefully fer its success.
We do not consider this explanation as
really called for, but make it freely. and will
make any other explanation that may be
needed.
As to the individual who go contemptibly
sssails US. we deem time wasted in bandying
words with about him. We have known
him Intimately for fOur years. ard only TO find
him at all times low and filthy both in mind
and language. miserably cheap hiring in
politics, selfish and totally devoid of principle
| in everything. With this VIC close the argu-
ment.-PresceH Transcript.
My DEAR CHARLES AS politics is
not very pressing,-Lincoln and the Re-
publican county ticket being reasonably
sure of an election,-I propose to spend
little time writing an epistle to you. |
am the more inclined to do so on account
of the excellent effect of the short article
to which the above "Explanation' refers.
propose to consider this "Explana-
tion," but will pass over the first lengthy
but elegant and. courteous sentence, in
which you attempt.a description of my
self-mcrely promising that an editor
who makes use of such language, is well
fitted by reason of his own high toned
style of writing, 10 rebuke all-'low lived
attacks"
In your "Explanation" You admit oil
that charged you with. TO make:sthe
matter plain, reprint the two differen,
excuses which you give for not hosting
the ticket. In the Transcript of Oct. Is
you sayj
Various matters conspifcd to prevent our
| giving the Republican ticket that support last
week which naturally would be expected
| from this paper, the principal thing was that
| the Editorial management was in the hands of
of Others than the Editor--the latter having
been out of the State, which, combined with
the prize Banner demonstration made BAN
| ner, Edition of the paper.
1 showed that you were at home for
two days prior to the publication of your
paper, and so in the above article from
tho Transcript of Oct. 20, you say;
There were some thing. reported i'll our
ears on the morning preceding the one on
which we go to press, to the effect that John
| Dale and Lutte Tay lor had run the convention
and bought up the delegates as we'll as some
of the candidates These matters could not
! be investigated in two days and until they
| Were, and the candidates cleared up the foul
| stigma of being named as the candidates of
that clique wecould not and would not hoist
| their names.
The latter excuse being the true one,
was not the first exactly as l character
lied it, "untruthfuI, tcontemptblc." l
know, dear Charles, that your perceptive
faculties are not good, but you must sec
the point of this. AT irst you assigned
your absence rs the "prineipal thing
why you did not put mp the tlckcs but
now you give another reason altogether
why you 'scould not and would not' do
it, thus compelling your readers, by
logical necessity, to believe ths! you 9th
err prevaricated or drcadfulfy economical
the truth in the first instance. You see
see it 80, don't you, Charles?
Having finished your Explanation"
you again turn your attention to me, and
indulge in epithets, more strong than
choice. You claim an intimate acquain
lance of four years, and on that base your
opinion of myself, but the intimacy, dear
Charles, must have been mostly on one
side, as can boast of no endearing init
macy with you. 1t is true that about
three and half years ago, you worked
for me, and received your pay, but the
chief incident of your stay here was the
fact that the gentleman who're YOU board
ed WAS obliged to buy an extra cow TO
furnish you with milk AN article which
diluted with thinner and cheaper liq-
uid, has since been the staple of your