The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1865-09-23
The Idaho statesman and its Editor.

deficient education have apportioned him
demonstrating the theory of Montesquieu
that "when God endowed human beings with
brains he did not intend to guaranty them. y
Under. such circumstances it is not surprising
that be should SO literally fulflthe injqne-
ton of Dogberry and ''write himself down an
ass" IF Cutting the columns of his paper
with an filthy torrent ''pf that stuff madmen
tongue and brain not" if rolling under his
tongue Ikea sweet morsel, language SO vile,
vulgar and obscene that no respectable man
having any regard for his family would know
iugly permit tito enter his DWELLING these
are the defences to the criticism in the cor
respondence Of aeelt,, who can conceive the
hideous moral depravity that actually testers
like a loathsome ulcer in bis. breast, None
can read his TRADES of indecency without
asking himself, what must be the character
Of the author of these2 What his antece-
dents? Ifthisi is the language he.wfites to
appear in public Journal what must be the
language and principles of the man in privatef
Is it surprising that those who know him
most intimately, despise him the most thor
oughly Z That notwithstanding be clamored
never SO loud and long of his loyalty, the
Union party of his own county last Spring
reVolled at the burden of MS nomination,
spurned his name from the ticket and made
another domination. Is it surprising that he
has never been candidate for Office among
his own neighbors without defeating his own
ticket; and himself worse than any other
person upon it
Too illiterate to be able to find hisway
about the State of Oregon alone, weak mind )
ed enough to be the object of the derision of
even the donkey he rides, his malice is the
only noticeable trait of his character. The
exhibition which he has made of himself of
late can justly be compared to that ola help
less, wounded adder, with malice enough to
sting to death without the ability to injure.
Like the writing serpent he blindly strikes
promiscously at all within reach, including
his own flesh, for the worst enemy of the
Statesman could not wish it greater injury
than is self-inficted by the public exhibition
of the human depravity reflected from the
pen of its editor. "Curses like chickens
come home to roost," and the filthy obscenity
of that paper can only render the circum-
ambient atmosphere of its own Office oder.
ferrous with the perfumes of its vulgarity.
BilIingsgate collected from the vilest por-
tons of Stunned outskirts, together with all
the "honorable points ofignorance apper-
tanning thereunto," are the only portions of
the English language with which his breed
ing and association appear to have made him
familiar. The grimances and chattering of a
sea-sick monkey are more expressive than
ais expletiVes when be ventures beyond his
native dialect. His attack upon Mr.. Malone
is violent and unsuccessful effort to dis
gorge his childish wrath into vernacular
SENTENCE" tale told by an idiot full of
sound and fury, aignifying nothing" 1t falls
into filthy string of'words which might sue
out writ of habeas corpus fromany decent
court in Christendom.
1t is not the first time that language has
appeared III that paper which would not be
tolerated, --and cannotb be found in any decent
paper in the United States. To Mr. Reynolds
it belongs exclusively. He will be known
and remembered by it as long as be retains
his name. An indignant community which
he has grossly insulted will remember it.
The fager Of scorn will point its contempt
upon him wherever he goes. Shame will
cry out and blacken his face with its unfor-
getting memory,
If it be true that
she most lives,
Who thinks the most feels the nobles lives the best
there is but little evidence extant that the
editor of the Statesman has known much of
life. Nothing but his connection with
profession to which he is disgrace, pre-
,or,,o. L -. e.. A.