M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1865-05-11
jackson SIand ,rd done Brown
Mackley Knaws on File.

| A2"N NAh - lAss
! For thres or -four weeks past. we
lhaVe hAia contiOvery-neither sought
| nor desired on our part-with the
jack,Jn Standard. We felt all aIong
that there was contamination in the
touch ot the thing, but our motive
Ilp taking il mp WAS purely To illustrate
tfuth. by drawing ont the editor OF
THAT sheet, ur. in the technology Of
one school OF medical science to sub
Iject him to process OF prOv,ngs
We knew something Of tue ltlIow BE-
torehsnd. W. .nerded not h b. ap-
peizel for the first tim, Of his inorii
mate vanity, his prodigous. conceit
1his insolence, his mental knavery, or
OF his lack OF generous AMI manly
impulse. Nor yet were W. quite un-
familiar with certain british iargnn
OF slang and cant, vita which unlsr
the idea that such abuse Of sp.ech s
strength uf GlctiOn, he habtuaIlY in
Iterlar l3 his discourse. R,snvel mt
in any event the onus OF bad temp r
should rest solely with, We treated the
editor OF tie STANDARD with respect
and courtesy. We might as we'll
have shown tenderness ID a rabid cur
but no matter. He couldn't perhaps,
have behaved differently; nature hav
ing formed him mean and indignant
in no cJmmJn nea-ur1 TOa par-
son of hia unsonnd temperament
good report baing ont Of Ihe question
it is really more desirable to b.
noisad about, even in the characters
OF JefarsOn Brick, Jaryy Sa'ak aud
EhmasI Ghoul, man not to bJ aoicei
at all. Tho fellow, h;u,o, dpuptlesi
considers It q leather IN kis cap thL'
this joutnal has con l1scsnd9d 70 b,-
stow som, reco 5n:tlIn upJn INN -
NJ Jst welcome is he to all he may g4t
by it. Our readers do not know tni,
varlet, and for their intormstion we
will say that where he lives the pub
lie character OF David Mackley ls not
Of good fame. Rather it IS Of that do
gree aud kind which closely resem-
bIes inlamy-the village "bad emi-
nence" OF mnrOso, intermeddling
unscrupulous and vindiCtive dema,
gpugs. by hastriaias the hobbies VI
Temperance AMI Antl slavery, he has
aped his beat to catch cheap nOtOri
ety-very cheap, in fact, dog cheap,
bee ause Garnet by words, words,
words" AMI these the most hatulant
or the nasiiest iml 5inlble. OF hin.
self and un accolnt OF himself, th1
pris i3 OF no conseqI Iepce. His ran
dom thoughts aud rawlings mig!t get
some notice from tho keeper oi a lu-
natc asylum, AMI that is the most
Bat rs a "ralicaw abolition editor.
with press AMI types at commanl,
til lrlloE em ,rgds into IN unnaturaI
and wholly iacticous Importance. In
THE, his professional capacity, We
meant to put hun throug, u ri I'D or
doa!, a3 raYlris slusa, information,
cantur and courtesy traits winch
those who assuma to teach ought t.
possess. And ha iurushe new ev-
deDce abuniantly, were any yet want
ing, that like all base, upstart pro-
tenders-he, in respect q qualities
such IA these, is empty as q he'ows.
W. tried to fasteu him 10 issuod hr
himse had ralsal his own words
being fully rem Tered in zach Instance.
His answers showed that, despite the
more than sanity guisos lie would
put on, the fellow is cababe OF the
grossest mentaI dishonesty that he
is rankly disingenuonS; thai h, can
unbluShlngly gsrble the text OF an
opponent to make it the filter for h;s
use; that he eau purposely lie and
yiug, perSisti it--without shame or
scrupple -on the prluciple that "a lie
well stnck to ia "a good as the truth +"
Foi the sake OF his argument the
scoundrel dare not, in a solitary in
stance, fairly quote the Times, his
every senteuce had beeu laid before
our readers. We felt that We could
affJrl to be fair-the jerry Sneak OF
the Jackson StGndard was drtilv
conscious Of a very different feeling.
This imposter editor, We
should ssy-some weeks ago, thrust
in our face some of his char acteristic
sayings about prominent men who
nave been supported by the Demo
cratic party. We called Tor verltics
tions, snt stated the issues, 80 plainly
that the fellow could not evsde them
except by protesting himself a fool or
a knave, or compound Of both. We
need not again 60 over the ground al
ready traversed. But, this latest copy,
OF jerry Sneak, inspired by hope
of evading, and petnfoyging out Of,
tho ,nuttaro in oontovprav had tha