Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1864-11-09
A GROSS CALuMNY.

A GROSS CALUMNY.
The Cleartield Republican, few weeks
since, charged US with publishing articles
full of ''vituperation and personal SANDER,
trying lnanifestly to create the impression
that It was free from anything Of the kind
No paper in sympathy with the Rebels OF
the South has, however INDUCED nearly so
much in '.Iow, dirty personal abuse as this
same Copperhead sheet printed in our town
1t Is true that these attacks were generally
made coyertly under the guise of letter or
communication. but the ear marks show
ed too plainly that they were the production
of some one of the junta Of scribblers who
cook up the editorials of the Republican.
Private citizens, who were taking no public
part in the political canvass, have been the
objects of its base calumnies no less than
those who were. Thus We find one Of the
most highly respectable families IN Brady
township-the Arnolds-denounced, in its
last issue, as traitors to their God and their
country. the only ground for this fbellous
accusation being the fact that they IN
tended to vote for Lincoln and johnson.
But Of all the mean, viliainous. SANDER
Gus and cowardly attacks upon pirate char
acter that We have ever seen, none pre-
sents a parallel to that contained in a letter,
purporting to be written by Jos. Lansber-
~" The charges made in this article are
too shocking TO repeat. Suffice it to say
that all the proprieties Of life have been dis
regarded the sanctity of the family circle
invaded, and allegations made, which. even
if they were true, have no bearing whatever
upon any question which was before the peo-
pie. If the respectable portion of the
Democratic party can longer give their aid
and counenance to paper that INDUCES
in such malicious, devilish ''vituperation
and personal slander, " they are possessed Of
less .manliness than we are prepared to
believe.
We have little doubt that many of the
readers of the Copperhead organ will con
slider the letter genuine one but as Lans-
berry is known to be an illiterate character,
it is but too manifest that it IS the produc-
tion Of some one of the astute Copperheads
in this place, and that in all probability he
never heard of the letter until after its pub
lication Nor could the ostensible editor Of
thePeppbIicon refrain from induiging in his
fixed habit of falsehood, in regard to its ap-
pearance in his paper. The letter is dated
October 28tb, and purports to be a reply to
some statement in the JoHgpnE Of October
2Gfh. An editorial note at its head SAYS
1T vas intended for ioSt lceekS' issue, Jut
,cas crorded out How an article could be
crowded out of his columns on the 2jth
| part of his issue being worked off on that
| day. when it was not yciittcn until the 2Sht
three days after his paper was printed
Is a problem which We should ike to see our
Copperhead neighbor explain satisfactorily
Such diSingenuous lying may pass current
with the faithful, but it cannot deceive
any rejecting reader 0, shame shame !
Daniel If you must lie for your masters,
for pity sake do it in a way that wont show
so plainly. And if you desire to villify and
| SANDER private character, do it openly and
above board, instead of skulking behind the
name Of . n irresponsible criminal with a
view Of shielding yourself from the conse-
quences Of the law. None but despicable
poltroon viii resort to such an expedient
to screen himself