The Morgantown monitor. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1863-1864, 1863-07-25
sting against him we believe he has

conscience. A more bold, nor q more
palpable ac: Of plagiarism or decep-
ton never occurred in the experience
Of country school master. No man
with ordinary faculties of discrimi-
nation, who had been reader of the
National. would say that the editor
was the author Of the two articles in
question; and no man, though fool:
if in possession of the facts upon
which We are established, would at
all iwever in his opinion. We have
not sought for these facts in connec-
ton with this matter; like murder.
these plagiaristic propensties "will
out" What we have has been fur
nished US voluntarily, and our only
regret is that we are not at liberty to
lay them fully before the public. If,
however, the editor Of the National
has any desire TO refresh his memory
in regard to these facts, he can have
them in black and white, by trans
hitting US an uneqnivocal promise
that he will not in any way give pub
licity to them, excepting SO much as
relates to himself.
We do not intend to accuse this
editor of guilt in this same species Of
plagiarism in the card which ap-
peared over his name in the IntelA-
qencer, of the Goth. The low, vul-
gar, broken, back ALLEY style of black
guardism and bar-room slang which
characterised it, fastens it to him with
unmistakable certainty. 1t is the
vcritable, uneasy outbreaking of one
who conscious Of guilt, runs into
oyercharged expressions of denial by
which to cover it up, and yet can
elicit nothing more than the feelings
of pity ne have for quakiug cni-
prit. In this card he notices us in
the very significant appellation Of the
* recreant son - and rccreant in
what? Is it recreant in a son to ex-
press different opinion from a ia
Their upon the various party issues of
the day, upon some of which there
will not perhaps two men in thou
sand entirely agree? Is it, or is it
not, Mr.. National, recreant to have
mind Of your own, or is it better
to plagiarise your opiuions2 Lest
others mistake us, we admit that there
is recreancy attanable by US in our
present sphere. Were it admissible
that our journal is what is termed
disloyal-disloya to the government
Of our country, then would we be re-
creant in more than one sense. Yet
as far as this matter is concerned we
have only to appeal TO our record -
cNerer slnur uhe nlaL humber OF tie
MONITOR was lifted from the press
has it deviated from q persistent and
answering support Of the Govern
ment. Never has a disloyal sentence
been produced from its columns; and
never has this complaint been urged
against it, unless by a few extremists
Of the Republican party, nearly all
Of whom are now its patrons.
No, it was not that we are recreant
to our Government, nor therefore to
q father, but recreant " forsooth,
because we failed to follow in the
wake Of a certain Fairmont National!
"recreant' because in not follow
ing its course, we are not found Scra-
ping about among the dirt aud filth
attendant upon this rebellion for an
other stencil by which to shock the
sensibilities of our readers ere
creant' indeed, because we are not
found defaming an innocent and in
offensive young LADY, "recreant' be-
cause we failed to send an additional
pang to the heart of one over whose
head the sentence of death was al
ready pending This is the ground
of our recreancy as conceived by
the editor Of this journal, and may
kind Providence hide from our eyes
the day of our recovery.
We will notice one more item Of
the card. The author thinks US
"stung to envy and jealousy by rea-
"son of the fact that scarcely any
"paper, in or out of the State has
" noticed US.
By way Of showing the ground he
has for this assertion, we will cite the
names of some of the papers through