Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1863-11-20
Our Foreign" War-"A Tempest
in a Teapot"

week RECALLED with nearly two columns OF
what purports to be statement Of facts
in relation 10 our accepting the challenge
OF its editors to enlist. That article will
be found on our first page, entire. Take
il either in whole or in part, " 1t IS as
good as a play" and we hope for more
Ike it. Having given their version OF
the affair we now purpose to give ours,
and we shall do so without resortlng to|
positive falsehoods, or distorling Of facts
We leave it TO them to supply the want
in these Particular.
In an article headed " Three Hundred
thousand More" which appeared as an
editorial in our paper of Oct 23d, we
used the following language in reference
to those foreigners who had not declared
their intention Of becoming citizens of
the United States
"This appeal is made not only TO those
of "the manor BORN but it is equally in
cumbent upon men of foreign birth who
have not declared their intention of be-
coming citizens Of the United States
Although there is no law that can com
pei them to bear arms, the duty TO do So
is no less imperative upon them than up
on Americans. The country shields
them, feeds them; they draw sustenance
from it without yielding any return
therefor; they should be ready to do SO,
and not as as tie manner Of some, achea
DRAFT is ordered, SaeaG eff to tie near
est British consul and claim his prOtec-
ton on the plea of 'atieaage.'
To our great surprise, in The next is
sue of the Erpress its editors took ex-
ception to the remarks above quoted and
construed them as a personal thrust at
them. Why should they take them thus 7
What is there in them that is so peculi
arly applicable TO them-more than TO
many other foreigners ? We did not
name them, their paper, nor those who
have lease of them. Then why are
they so nervous? This Is it: at is the
wounded bird that hutters." "A guilty
conscience needs no accuser." We find
that random shots sometimes 60 straight
est and hurt the worst. Our arrow cons
tanned barb that sunk deep into the
soul of one of It's editors that barb it is
needless to add is contained in that por-
ton which is in italicS--the last four
lines. 1t was diet too solid to allow Of
easy digestion for our our brethren "lrom
over the walher." 1t struck 100 near
home for them TO allow it to appear in
their columns, so they very adroitly left
il out of the extract they quoted from US,
and supplied the want thus, y
leaving their readers
to wonder and to guess what the often
sive truth might be. We blame them
not for it; their tactics was admirable ;
in doing so they displayed a sasaciy
rarely equaled aud never surpassed by
any member of the universal Yankee
family--much less by conglomerate sci
ons Of the noble houses OF Johnny Bull
and Paddy O'Bralaean. We would not,
were we they, divulge the fact to Amer
lean ears that after having been hired by
"many good men" to come into the coun-
ty and 'run out the Standard" that one
Of its editors went TO consul Of his
"most gracious Majesty the Queen and
asked for and received papers claiming
that he was subject of Great Britain
and as such claimed her protection from
an impending dran,when the editor whom,
they were employed 10 run out" was Ii
able 10 a draft. We think this fact has
a rather hard look, and we do not blame
the editors for keeping a close mouth on
this point, for the less they say about il
the better for them. We think that un-
der the circumstances such a course wa:
not exactly up to the mark for the edit
ors OF such a high toned, moral, and re-
lgious sheet, as The Express claims tc
be. We viii have the fairness however
10 say that only one Of the editors ha;
asked for or received such papers from
his government, and that there was nc
need for his doing so will more fully ap-
pear upon reading the certificate of DR.
L. w. Adgaie in reference to the young
er Bradford"
So much for The cause of this foreign
war, the starting point Of hostilities.--
Now for the facts in relation TO our ac-
cepting the challenge to enlist, which ap
peared in the Express of Oct. 29th:
On Friday following this issue we wen
TO the Office of the Express in company
with couple of gentlemen for the pur
pose of informing the editors that W,
were ready TO enlist. We took the gen
tlemen with US for the purpose of havinl
witnesses TO the terms, which were, tina
we should enlist prorided all three wer
sound, and to prove that we were O
we're not so we were TO 60 10 physical