The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1867-05-16
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THE following communication was re-
fused publication in the Monroe Democrat,
by the uery gentlemanIy editor of that i'm
partial journal, because of its alledged
= stabs" at himself and particular friends,
who have been heaping upon us the meanest
slang in two of the most uncalled for and
undigniGed communications, We think we
ever read For such literature this douby-
refined editor Mad abundance of room, but
none for us in reply to their baseness. 1t Is
easy for some persons to strain at gnat
tor alluded TO, is one Of them-if we may be
allowed TO Judge.
Mr. EDIToR We have with no small
degree of mingled mirth and Indignation,
read the insane, seurrilous, ungentlemanly
and cotoGrdty onslaught made upon Of
! Tending head, through the columns of the
Democrat, over the signature of Smith
field;" and that exceedingly gentlemanly
author may repose in peace after his eAhaus-
tive effort, with his hard-earned laurels en-
circling his brow, in his secret hiding place
behind the beautiful and romantic hills Of
Smilhfeld and hurl his maladictions, his
personal denunciatlons, his would. be- missiles
of death and destruction, his low bar-roo
slang and his unmanly and inurbane cpl
theis, until those everlasting hills, behind
which he has so cautiously, judiciously and
c0tCardIy concealed himself, shall be con-
sumed with fervcnt heat; or, at least, until
he can learn 10 apply remedy that is not
worse than the disease.
We have no disposition to follow his dirty
trail, and search out his secret hiding place,
r fearing the game would not be WORTH the
pursuit. Nor is it necessary TO defend our
political record, by drawing lines; neither
would we be allowed to do so, for when we
asked the editor of the Monroe Democrat,
if he had space in his columns for reply,
we were very politely informed, after a
go'd deal of hesitation and stammering, that
he had, providing we would use no person
alties. Perhaps however, we will be per-
mited to say, that our Political record is a
plain one, and if Smlthfed" and those
who assisted him in correcting that scurrl-
Gus article, and manifested so much interest
in its production, should feel disposed to ex-
anime it, they viii find that The emoluments
of Office have never seemed of sufficient im-
portance, in our estimation, TO induce US to
barter our principles for mess of pottage.
:, And now. Mr. " Smthfield" the cow
j powder man, not the cow-powder man OF
Allentown, but the cow-powder man OF
, Stroudsburg, allow us 10 advise you to give
your attention 10 correcting your infrinee e
mentS, and not hereafter attempt 10 correct
what 1t is notorious is utterly beyond your
: capacity; and as the fertile soil of Smith
field becomes more and more cultivated,
zach succeeding year. may you likewise cul-
tlVate your taste and learn 10 govern your
passions, so that when you attempt to pull
out the mote that Is in our eye, you may also
discover the beam that is in your own eve.
Procure one Of BulIion's latest editions OF
grammars, and make its rules The object of
| your study, so that when your feelings are
hurt, and you thiQk it necessary to flare up
before the public with your low slang, that
it may at least be clothed in correct Ian
guage; or if it is your disposition 10 froth
and JoasR, close up by saying, " do as | say
aud not as | have done;" and remember
that example is more forcible than precept.
We have long since resolved to publish
no article of which we are ashamed; hence
none to which we cannot consistently at
tach our signature We have never ad-
mired the Indian method of warfare, and DO
most certainly look upon that lo1o, facetiously
signed article, as entirely unworthy a reply.
somithfield, hug the consoling JUNCTION to
your bosom, that we have never asked for
peace at your hands, nor at the hands of any
of the foul traducers you SO ably represent
All we ask is, that you cease your " BUSH
wacking," and stand up before the public
like man Chough smalD in your own pro-
per colors. however much befouled they may
be; and when you thus present yourself, all
we demand of you is decency; and if this
demand is too great for your capacity, then
we have nothing more to do with you. For,
however much a polecat or skunk may be
whipped the victory is never a sufficient off
: set for the befoulment necessarily incurred
We are well aware that :" Smithfield" is not
the author Of said article, but DO not doubt
that he acted as midwife at its birth For
these reasons, together with the fact thai
4 the communication in question is miserably
ungrammatical, and grossly false, which
clearly evlnce its origin to be low and ilite-
rate, Notwithstanding its silken dress, we
must, with a due regard for selfrespect de-
cline to notice in detail its items of inde-
cency. d. S. LEE.
The Lehigh Register gives an account
of sad calamity which occurred at the
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