Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1861-02-14


One Of The silliest resorts Of a. editor il
TO make complaint that his private leputa.
ton is attacked, and the next silliest is tc
plead poverty when he gets into scrape
with neighbor. He can be excused fol
pleading vouthfulness and inexperience, fol
to be young and giddy are tolelable witt
all men as well as old maids. The edito,
Of the Fitness pleads poverty, danger 0.
reputation and youthfulness as reasons why
the public should be on his side in sym
pathy. Numerous are his shuffles to in
yite sympathy, but such shallow resorts
amount to nothing or have contrary eff
feet unless accompanied with sensible be.
havior. We have only complained o.
this, that the editor of the Witness has q
habit, an unca lled-for habit, of attacking
us in connection with his almost weekly
bills Of indictment against the county fol
being 50 large, and thereby invoking per-
petual discussion on the division question
He has right to never cease his attacks
on the county and all connected With it;
it is matter solely for bis patrons 70 sane
ton or condemn; but as we are not a
county officer, not tie county nor its rep
resentatiye; asI I'VE care but little about this
division question, and have as much OF
more to gain by division than to losel fol
reasons before given, we have asked that he
leave us out of his division articles. In
stance last week his reference to us in his
calculations as to the probable cost OF
transcribing records; what have we to do
with that mater at this time when the
question is not even before the people for
action, nor likely to be till next summer or
fall? We don't want TO disgust our read
ers with an endless discussion of this ques-
ton. We only ask that he leave us out Of
his quarrels with the county and out Of his
estimates ana figures against large counties
and in favor of small counties. All the
editors Of this county preceding him,
Seaton, Paul, Marsh, and halfa-dozen 9TH
ers, all viii bear witness. that we never quar-
relied with them nor they with US. We
have tried TO keep peace with him as the
public well know, but in bis fits of ieal-
ousy or envy he must up and at us in al
most every issue of his paper. Our re-
sort has been to his past history in view Of
showing that he was a meddlesome fac
ZIONIST, diyisionist and, if not chief leader
Of deyiltry, at least tool and organ of
such, in his place as editor Of a county pa
per in Richland county; also, that his leay-
ing was an essential part toward the
restoration Of peace to bis party and the
public. We have reasoned that he has
commenced faciionising in this county and
driving his Witness engine in the same d.
rection he steered the Observer in Rich
land County.
Z Regarding the expenses Of the Sanderson
& Hazeltine Board of Health, we probsbIy
erred in saying they were paid by Bichland
County; they were probably paid by the
parties at law and their friends. Mr.. Sam
derson has offered reasonable testimony
that we were wrong in this statement,
though we had always understood differ
emily: He denies that he wrote articles
favoring division for the Boscobel Demo
Graf, our authority was Mr.. George r..
Cox of this town, who told as that Mr..
Limbocker said Mr. Sanderson had written
one or more such articles for the Democrat.
We avoid mixing others in such discussions
but in this case we can't well avoid it.
Many Of the Boscobel folks say that the
Witness editor started the division move
ment last fall and spurred them into it pre-
maturely. Many of our charges against
the Fitness editor while he run the Rich
land County Observer are seen to be cor
rect from his own paper of last week. We
thought to print this week copiously from
the Observer in proof of much that we
have, said, but must defer the same till
another occasion, and substitute therefor a
communication from leading gentleman
Of Riehland County, which party corrob-
crates what we have said:
ORION, RIcHLASD Co., Feb. 0, Sol
FRIEND CevER@Your paper of i late
date containing illusions to the conduct II
Mr.. Sanderson in this county is received
and the marked articles read with care;
also, your letter asking my written recol-
lections of the unpleas mt events alluded to.
For your benefit | comply, but not to be
used with my name, as there is still some
feeling on these old difficulties VI ican care
not to have coupled with my name.s
You have correctly stated some of his