American citizen. [volume] (Butler, Butler County, Pa.) 1863-1872, 1867-09-25
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AN EDITORIAL MARTYR,

SiOI has dL IuSi pIDuuCCu u COhiCsSOi WV
is ready to die for his principles We
arc equally sorry that he lives so far away
from us that we cannot grasp his honest
hand before he thrusls it $50 to speak
into the consuming fumes Nashville i,
his abiding plice-the happy tlwn III
which he prints and processes. He an
nOunces that here liter, "cbme w1ai or
wo." he will not buy his bots Of Rad
i:al shoemaker" AMI We see him wander,
ius with naked and blisiered sOles. More
over, he wi not ''ride in X ldical hack
(wha!ever species OF vehicle that may be,
and, therefore, all boOtless and shoeless,
he must do his meander'ng on fott =
Thirdly, he will "nOt buy cents worth
of ,ods OF Radical merchant" lie
will, therefore, % nake !, aud with that
properly abhors. lie will not ''emplOy a
Radical teacher" and 50 his ch ildren must
suffer with their impracteablc sire, lie
will not Join Rldical church, and 81
lie isYulle ready to -, the reader knows
where. rather than he IrIyei int Para
h'5e ny l'diaoh Nl'SE l"''l' 'cai w l"'"N} y
= not the dOxy If hS d.Vute / ell TOR -
We say tins h, cau,r we believe That the
day is not d',tn when even III Tenne>.
see, all who ave anything 10 sell ANY,
thing +, teach ~ auy,hiu" worth pre- ch.
~: viii bn imp a'FcHh'y Had cl ! aud
-, hy his own resolution, this unro'n-
pr III sJS ehllor may be cutting hum'eli
II from S"li nece>sarirs, from itat1 CON
.,iattnn5, from al c"th oni from oi
et'her. Nhr'htr, nntef such cire III
lnc's, ne /Ton.d II tbt JlShhti ~ So
"a m'iIiyr2 htS Wv nS to ny bic oi
1emp oi q i''1iG'l r"pem Ke' anh rnn
he rl-k OF belne wutrd upon at the last
~ Hliieh en- IN X r. we leave ms
clsni't' Z" oct r"lne We hole however.
mi the good nan viii Mt he rermttei
o - 81 far 1t discovered IN an alarm
ib3 state ot manitIoA; we wphid sugGeSi
To me benevolent penpleol NaShviile me
duty OF wing him good dose oI In +
'cii beef tea, injected by ana oil hlIi'
catstomach pump, worked ny the hands
eve OF radical doctor. Lest he leave
monfhlng world too soon, hy the pro-
'esH OF the string, let all citizens 20 with
sharp knives IN their pockets always pre-
pared TO cut him down. Let drug2l'ts
:eny MN arsenic ana ha~Eeepcrs Bouf'
bon let lite 50 beautiful and so val
liable be lackeyed by thousand llverl9d
angels
In making these suggestions, we think
that we give the best possible proof OF
the reverence with which we regard cv-
cry individual human existence. To be
sure, our prlvote opinion is that the world
III general and Tennessee IN partIcu ar
could manage to struggle on in spite OF
the demise OF our Nashville friend. The
planets would continue in their courses,
and his departure would haze no percept'
ibIe effect upon the winds and the tides,
the weather and The crops. Railway
trains wIuld continue to run, and Cong
ress wolll meet upon the appointed day
The Hity OF Nashville W u'd retain lt'
munich 'ul existence, tn the advantage
of nurboring one mischef>maker the less.
Still, when we think Of this ponr editor
tedd with nobody to bury him, with n j.
botv to "rsy over him, aud with no'o "
to shed fJr him s.ngll tear, we nre will-
"A. 10 have him live under suitable ie
straiuts 1t would lie better, perhaps, 10
take away his typs, AMI To cut off his INK,
pens, aud paper; but even upon this
pojpt we should not be iuexorable. He
might continue to print, if, with his pc
cIilr views OF trade. he could tild any
body to plrchase, Whether shapkeep>
ers, while under, hls tremendous ban,
would care % advertise IN BIS columns,
we cannot undertake 10 drtcrm'ne'
One w1rd ot Southern newspapers IN
General We are, as we have always
been, IN iavorot the 'i6ertyo' unlicensed
plnting and VIC have always looked with
nstru't upon any "ih'Aal interference w'th
n'wsp'p"rs. Ne'crihe'esS, We cann u
put regret ihepnb lc'Ilon 1'varl'u' points
y the south ut Seev 81 JoprnllS' me m
hue"ce o. when 'rh nu ilic opinion
must be InN N n | NJ 81 tIrY. These
~be,ts are IN h,d hand, thpar wririo, IS
kni of virul.nt ,,rs!on, :ben ann
s..ms ~ II. n fan tbe smrlderins p,s,