The Alleghanian. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1859-1865, 1862-01-09
BLIZZARD Delfneased.

"Since your connection with The ANe-
ghonion commenced, you have devoted
considerable space ia your columns 20 az
individual known as CHARLES D. MURRAY
Do you really think such a creature is
deserving of such distinguished consider
ations Why spend your time in con-
troversy with wretch who closes his ears
| to truth, rejects reason. despises argu-
ment, steels his heart against honest
conviction, and turns bis back upon every
thing that is manly and honorable Why
burden your columns and bore your read
ers with deiineations and descriptions of
one So far stepped in infamy, and who is
loathed and despised by every man,
woman and child in the community, whose
opinion is worth having? Know you
not that he was long since awarded di-
ploma by unanimous vote of the college
of blackgaurds, and he glories in the title
of bachelor of that disgraceful institution
Here where he is known, his tongue is no
scandal; his denunciation is approval, his
abuse is praise. Surely you have nothing
to gain in entering the lists with such a
fellow. The truth, however searching,
could not reach him, and no lie, however
arttul or imposing, could put him to shame.
And as to the paper he publishes, instead
of accomplishing the end he so much
Geslres-that of robbing his neighbors of
their good name-it serves only as the
weekly register of his own Disgrace
Besides, the agitation Of excremental
matter only adds to the nauseous eff1uvium
which it naturally omits and he who
| condescends to engage in fair fight with
| a skunk, even though he Kill it, is gener-
ally regarded in this enlightened age, as
being worsted in the contest"
We submit the above as specimen
| of the opinions and sentiments of gentle
men OF both political parties verbally and
voluntarily expressed to us since the ap-
pearance of the Democrat d Sentinel, of
December 25th. That this specimen con-
tains some sound logic, and some stern
though homely truths, surely no one IA
mlllar with the circumstances under which
1t is given, can for moment gainsav.-
We regret indeed that we cannot adopt it
as an entirety. The suggestion it con-
tains, namely, to treat our up-street neigh
Dor as nUllity, would seem at first blush
to be all right We did indeed so demean
ourself in our last number, for our readers
will remember that we did not publish
word either good, bad or indifferent.
about him. But what was the effect of
our silence? Was he Lot in his very
next issue, ten times more rancorous.
malignant and venomous towards us than
he had been on any previous occasion
This must be admitted by every one who
tracked the willy serpent through the de-
vlous and shiny windings which he made
in that two-and-a-half-column article de-
voted to our benefit. The truth is, if YOU
want dog to be good dog-a true, and
kind, and faithful dog-a dog that will
lick your hand, and at all times cringe to
and fawn upon you-that dog must have
the cudgel administered to his back at
least once week. Every rejecting mind.
especially every one at ali posted on nat
ural history, must appreciate with keen
ness the force of this proposition. Nor
will it do to maintain silence UPON or re-.
speeting his Satanic Majesty the Devil.
Such course would be radically wrong.
and would rob pulpit eloquence of more
than half its power. The pen as we'll as
the voice should ever, therefore, be indie
fatigable in opposing him and his vile
deeds and wicked Vaccinations. Silence
or inactivity will not ignore him-far
from it; it only gives him the better OPP
portunity TO pursue his evil way. It is !
written with much cogency, eresist the
Devil, and he will flee from YOU" The
same rule applies with equal force to his
sable inns and this fno pbatber -