The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1867-04-20

The Journal Of last week devoles another lead.
or to u.s. In which he charges US with having
stolen an editorial from the Rock Island Union,
and appropriated u rs our own. As heretofore,
we intended 10 lie, this pass, as unworthy Of no.
tee, but We find there Is considerable feeling cx-
pressed upon the subject, and even several ofMr
Ruby's own political aud personal friends have
mentioned II TO US, some dcnouneing him pretty
severely and others apologizing for his lack Of
courtesy and good feeling. To these gentlemen
We would. respectfully say that We have long
since ceased to look for anything like courtesy
from the editor OF the Journal, as the instinct
seems to have become stranger To him.
We will explain, briefly, this charge brough,
against us. We noticed the article commenting
upon senator Thomas in the Rock Island Union,
and rs We had been for somc days looking for
the extract contained In il from Mr. Thomas
celebrated letter Of resignation as n member Of
Mr.. Buchanan's Cabinet, We cut IL out, intend.
ing TO use the extract IN another article One Of
the boys in our office set Il up, aud when we saw
!, In our proof we really considered II such u
trihing circumstance rs to let Il be. We did not
think that Capt, Havcrstick would object to out
appropriating dozen liues Of his writing, aud We
did not think II the business Of any one else
We make no endeAvors to deceive our reader.
Il" into the belief that we are great man - we
make no prc,ension to the title We seek not to
build up reputation at the expense ofothers, y
nor DO re hare d dozen different gentleman Wriiiag
e'ior'als for our paper, as does the editor Of ,hS
Journal. We speak what We do know when we
charge that Mr. Ruby docs not write one cdiio.
rial In ten that appears ia the Journal his pa
per is controlled entirely by other parties, aud
he is the mere puppet in their hands. No mattel
upon what subjcc, this corps OF editors choose ic
wri,e-whc,her falsifying an opposing political
party or abusing his personal friends, Mr.. Ruby
must adop, their productions as his own. To n
reputation for smartness built up by such means
We do no, aspire.
tits an old adagc that those who live in glas:
90 houses should no, throw stones let us look
a, the las, number OF the Journal, the Snmc in
which he charges US with plagiarism. aud see Il
We can, discover " stolen goods. The irs, ar.
,ice under the editorial head il the election re.
turns from Baltimore county, TO steal which
from the Baltimore Sun Of Friday morning he
kept back his paper about an hour Mex, FOL.
lows lis, the members Of the Constitutional
Convention, stolen from the San % Thursday -
Then follow several small articles every one OF
them stolen from Baltimore papers. except per
haps, pub for the .HiryiaHi Piracr. His local
items are the same. The frs, is properly credit.
Ell to the Commercial tile next was stolen frori
the fr-s Pres par, Of the aexi was stolen from
the Sun aud par, from our paper the mex, item
was stolen from the Baltimore san the next
from the Free Pr,ss the next from the Howard
County Record, closing up with ourcoun,y cour
proceedings stolen from the Baltimore Gr.ei'c. -
With this long list Of evidences OF the JyHraif,
propensity 10 steal before Us We canno, hell
adopting the closing words Of tina, papers re-
marks concerning US. and applying them To Mr.
Ruby =" II n man Is too indolent to think aud
write for himself or II he has no, the ability
% he ought no, To pilfrr in order to build rep
'uia,ion