Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1861-10-25
Another Secession Editor In q Flutter

Another Secession Editor In :. Flutter
4 friend has placed in eur hands copy
of the Schoharie (N. Y. } Rpul ltcen Of the
10th inst, in which is reviewed with cor
siderable severity. and not little scurril-
ity, an article which appeared in this rap-r
Sept. Goth. While we have no particu-
lar disposition to baady words with the
editor Of that sheet. to US unknown, we
are nevertheless constrained to notice 3
few points raised by him, and to show that
he is either talking about matters Of which
he is ignorant, or guilty of misrepresenta-
ton. Let US take them up seriaiim and
dispose of them as we 60 along. He says:
He must have been smarting under the
recollection Of some old sore, to have seiz-
ed upon an article which appeared in this
paper, entitled, Position of the Dcmocra-
cy-Peace, as an apparent text, but in
reality to give vent to his slanderous pro-
clivities and malign the unanimously loyal
people Of this county"
To talk about 'the unanimously loyal
people of Schoharie county is tie talk about
what did not exist when we wrote the ar
ticle complained of, and is first rate joke,
undoubtedly intended as such by our Scho-
hare namesake, He knows, as we know,
that the county is, Or was when the art;-
Gle upon which he is commenting was writ
ten, ehock full of traiterou5 and rebel SYM
pathizers with JEFF. Davis and this inioui-
tous rebellion and for him to set up howl
in the injured innocence strain and claim he
reverse to be the fact botrays not only
a weakness on bis part for telling the truth
only when lie will not answer his purpose,
but reckIessncss that does not speak well
for his discretion. It does not, Of course
affect the merits Of the case one way or
the other whether We arc ':smarting under
the recollection Of some old sore" or not
so long as the statement We made as to
the disloyalty of that county Or any por-
ton of it be true but we will add for
the information of the editor that
there is nothing Of that scr! prsying upon
our mind. We do not owe the people Of
Schoharie county any grudge, nor have We
any "slanderous procliyities' that VIC wish
to 'giTe vent" to at their expense. So
the editor may rest quiet as to that.
The Republican says further:
"If you have ever been in this ''locali,
ty, then you ought to know what you
have said to be most untrue. If YOU
speak from hearsay, you are none the less
e1cusable, for when you make SO grave
charge as we have quoted, your evidence
should be beyond doubt, We know
you can have no such evidonco-none from
honest men-for no reasons exist to war
rant the statements you have made. We
, reFel the vile SANDER with contempt for
the writer"
1t is because we haze been in shat To-
calty' that we know what we have said
is not untrue" We assure the editor of
the RepuJlcan that we did not sssDeak
from hoarsay" at all, and that we made 90
charges upon any other evidence than that
seen with our own eyes and heard with our
own ears. We could not have been mista-
ken. When man tells us that he believes
the North has trampled upon the rights of
the South and that the latter is Justified in
waging this war in seI'-defense, we think it
safe to infer that be is not loyal citizen.
Not only that, we feel justified in saying
SO. And # he does not ike to be tainted
with charge of Toryism-a8 is the case
with the Republican cditor-.t is his fault,
not ours. It is the fact as to his dsloyal-
ty--and not the PRONUNCIATION of ito
which attaches Ill the disgrace there is in
the premises But again, says cur sebo-
harie man:
} ''What may be tie smotberod rea-
sons for the writer making SO unwarranta-
bic an attack upon the people of this coun-
ty, we, of course, cannot say. It may be
he ha sin times past met with some deci-
ded rebuff or disappointment in this 90
cality," which rankles within him. Have
you ever lived within our Borders and left
schobarie for Sehoharie's coed? We won
der who you are We would not wish to
say harsh thing Of any ore without a
cause. But you have as we believe. most
wilfully published a calumny on our people
as unjust as it it is without the semblance
Of truth. "
We have no ''smothercd reasons" for
making ''unwarrantable attacks or pub
fishing "calumnics' on the people of Soho
harie. We were born, brought up, and
have lived half of our days in her midst,
leaving there only when we got ready and
for nobody good but our own. We are
strongly attached to her people, among
whom are many of our kindred and friends
and for whom of course we entertain none
! hut h e 2.