Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1864-05-26
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snort arJlcle IN tnlS paper OF Cne pre-
vious week, headed Political Proscrip-
tion," in which we showed that the
Union men of ST. Clairsville patron
lied both papers, and the Butternuts
patronized only the Gazette; proving
that political prescription is practiced
only by the latter party. This the Ga
zette does not deny, although it is a
very simple proposition, and, if false,
easily proven so, but says:
The Editor of the CHRONICLE in his last
pepper complains that the public are ungen-
erous in their advertising patronage, and
that the Gazette gets more than its share.
This is, not simply begging the ques-
ton, but it is resort to falsehood and
Misrepresentation, for the purpose of
evading our proposition. We never
said that the public were ungenerous in
their advertising patronage, nor have
we any reason to say so, for the public
have very literally sustained US. What
we said was that the Democrats Of st.
Clairsville did not patronize US, and
this we clearly proved. Neither did we
say that the "Gazette gets more than
its share" of patronage. We simply
stated that the Union men of St. Clairs-
willie advertised in the Gazette, and we
did not advise them to do otherwise.
We find in the four lines above copied
two mean, dirty, wilful, malicious false
hoods, as basis for long article, in
which the Editor displays as much
egotism and self as would dis
grace drunken Indian, and tells as
many falsehoods as would ruin dozen
shoemakers or coal haulers.
The facts stated in our article were
incontrovertible The Gazette man,
knowing this, attempts by a "grand
splurge" to create diversion, and in
stead only makes himself ridiculous
He informs his readers that his paper is
very popular-this will be news to most
Of them--and that it is anxiously look
ed for, which the large number left in
the Post Offices uncalled for does not
corroborate and, as reason why his
paper ought to be much better than the
CHRONICLE, he says he has been
"schooled in printing office from in
fancy" We have heard of persons be-
ing born into the world with such de-
fective physical systems that the efforts
of lifetime did not suffice to develope
strength enough to enable them to walk
alone; and we think the Editor of the
Gazette has made very little progress
in his long schooling, as he is still COM
PEELED to use the brains Of others to make
his paper even passable.
The little incident" referred to is
quite an interesting original from that
prolific brain that has been sehooled
in a printing office from infancy" and
"learned that an Editor should receive
more credit for what he kept out Of his
paper than for that which he put in. v
We learn here also the reason why the
Editor is so careful to exclude from his
columns all Union sentiment, and ac,
counts of Union victories, and publishes
every rumor of disaster to our arms
and rebel successes; and, for literary
matter, published Dr. Browns adver'
tisement, notices of DR.. Cheeseman's
pills, and, by way of poetry, an origi
nal effusion from "McClelland Sol
dier," each verse ending .Ta..
"wrth Forney's War Press r..
With the BELMONT CHRONICLE 10 the devil
This kind of reading is what th'
Editor says makes
"a we'll conducted paper, vita corrected
elevated tone, and withal interesting in it
, contents;"
and accounts for the high state of mora
, character and correct opinions of th,
youth of st. Clairsville, for, says tn
/, Editor: .as ...
"Children growing up under such infiu
ence are far more likely to be intelligent
correct intheir opinions aud morals. "
The Editor asks whether we can
"explain why It is that the Gazette shoul
have from 800 to 400 subscribers more tina
the CHRoNIoLE2" t.,.- r,...-
There is nothing easier in the worlt
In the first place, it is not true. In tn
second place, if it was true, it might b
accounted for ON the ground that whe
a mars name once gets on the Gazett
list he never can get it off. l.f.ui
;. We were told by very respectabl
citizen of the county OF the difficult
he had in getting rid of the Gazette
He said he had been taking it for a Ion
time, and wanted to quit He sent ft
bis bill, paid it, and ordered the. pap'
!, stopped. 1t did not stop, howeve
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