Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1861-06-22
Culumbia Demurrnt
BLOOMSBURG, PA.
SATURDAY MORNING, JUNE %. 1861
Hear the Truth.

We hold 1t to be the Imperative duty of
the conductors of the Press, in all times
and under all circumstances. to defend
aad maintain the cause of Truth and JUS
tice. ! his we have ever done, and shall
attempt to do, while we WELD the Pen and
control the Press, come veal come voc
come life come death. And in any in.
stance where injustice is done to parties or
individuals, as it may inadvertently occur
we will promptly make the "ameada hon-
oraJIe," by at least giving them a fair
hearing.
Mr.. Erick, of the ".Niltontan," some
three weeks since, published malicious
slandcr upon Ex-Presidcnt Buchanan, and
when we politely asked him 10 "vindicate
the truth of history" by publishing ga
truthful biography of Mr.. Buchanan, from
a much ADLER pen than his own, Hon. w.
W. SEAToN, and thousand times more
respectable republican journal than the
MlAonian, n,-the National AtelGgencer,-
he lacked the magnanimity of even giving
the injured parties chance of redress, as
will be seen by the correspondence here
unto annexed. We then applied to Col.
PUHDY, of the "Nothrmberland county
Democrat,' one of the ablcst and best
Democratic journals in the State e,--and
that gentleman last week promptly gave it
a conspicuous publication. 1t will be OBJ.
served that our letter to Mr.. Frick, dated
June Sd, the only introduction then intcn-
ded, was eouched in mild and decorous
language, but when he acted ungcntleman-
ly towards us, (not wishing to be convicted
by his own party as a public libeller) We
made the next note-frst bclow,-a little
more Salty, all of which is submitted to the
readers of the COLUMBIA DEMOCRAT.
From tho Northumberland county Democrat
Col. TRUMAN III. PURDY:
DEAR SIR: You will much obige
the undersigned, and greatly subscrvc the
cause of truth and justice, by printing the
enclosed letter and accompanying docu-
mcnt in the columns of your dignifed and
soundly Democratic journal-the "North-
umberiaad coanty DemOcrot.'
ROBERT NJ. FRIcK, senior editor Of the
s'Mt tonaan," in his issue Of the 3lst of
May, having taken offence at the subject
matter of the following four-line paragraph
which appeared the week previous in the
g, olumbta Democrat" opened his small
battery oil billingsgate slang and cowardy
abuse upon the head-or rather 6ehS"'l the
back-of the Hon. JAMES BUCHANAN,
and when respectfully requested to do SIM
pie justice to the character of the person
whom he had ppb,clg HGeitd, by inserting
in his last issue an honest tribute to Mr..
BUCHANAN fidelity and patriotlsm-not
from Democratic authority. but from the
highest hcp"b1eau A~t"0r,fy in the Uni
ted Statcs-the time. honorcd "NATIoNAL
r. puJtica') INTELLIGEYcER, as will b:
seen by my letter to Mr.. FRIcK, below
and the accompanying article from the L-
lteligencer, he sneakingly and meanly re-
fused to publish them, either on principles
of dccency or for pccuniary compensation
and only returned me the documents on a
second preemptory demand.
l am done, for the present,with ROBERT
NJ. FRIcK, and if he never knew me before
l intend be shall know me now. and thai
am clearly of the opinion that a fellow
who will publicly SANDER any human being
and then refuse him hearing in return il
neither gentleman, nor good citizen.
Your friend, sincerely
and respectfully,
LEVI l.. TATE.