The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1867-08-22
4" A Lie.

an intentional violation Of truth; and the
Book of Holy writ tells US that the devil
is the father of liars"
Democrat commence. his article in his
last weeks paper in continuation of his
disputation on the Judge question, and
in the same spirit in which he commenc
ed it he continued it to the end. His
first word is a" lie," and as though no.
thing but lie" would suit his evidently
distempercd taste, he has made his whole
article ga lie'' from beginning to end.
We do not IKE the use of the word, but
experience has taught us that when swine
will not be cleanly in their habits, if we
want them to take on flesh we must feed
them in their filth. But we must confess
that we do not like to see our neighbor
so much out of temper, as his article
shows him to be. We said nothing to
ruHe his spirits; and if the weakness Of
his side of the question is such as to so
seriously to disturb his mental equili-
brium, he had better quit it at once; for,
at best, he makes sorry figure when at
tempting to exhibit towards an opponent
those fuer amenities which mark the
gentleman. We do not mind, nor mar
vel at, his lack of appreciation of our
"splendid essay" prepared solely with a
view to his enlightenment; nor yet do we
fnd fault with his vexatiou, or his giving
vent thereto, at our declining to stand up
as target at his suggestion merely to be
knocked over at his will. We would
dearly love to accommodate him in this
respect, for we know he would be pleased
with the sport, just as many another lad
of tender years and verdant accompani-
ments has laughed and danced JOLLY to
see one brick which he had set up jostled
over by another brick which he had set
up, and so on until great number OF
bricks had been disturbed in their per-
pendicular by the first. But we can't do
it now. Perhaps the day may come when
we may be able to DO so; but just now
the interest at Stake is too great. 4
country wounded almost to its hearts
core, and bleeding from hundreds of
wounds inflicted by the Vaccinations Of
the party in which our neighbor AFRO
gates championship, demands that we
stand by the truth, and without fear, ia
vor or affection, proclaim it. The com
ing election is but the returning of ore
of those epochs in which the Democracy
make every exertion to grasp the throat
Of the government; and it is the duty of
every man, no matter how great his in
clination to minister to private friendship,
or to coddle to the childish whims of such
nincom's as our neighbor, to put forth his
whole strength to prevent the accomplish.
ment Of the damnable deed.
" \ lie"! What is " a lie? We said
that Judge Sharswood decided that green
backs were not legal tender '' This is
a base lie" says the Democrat, italics
and all, and he has a considerable amount
of twattle connected with this about
murderers," perjurers," " "apostates"
and the like of which we shall say no
thing. But before he gets through with
his furry even the Democrat is compell-
ed to acknowledge that it was not lie
after all. The Judge did decide that
least not, says our neighbor, for the an
nual rent on " a ground rent mortgage in
1892, in which it was stipulated that the
annual rent should be paid in Spanish
maied dollars, by freight" This quail
ication, which was manufactured by out
slders to suit the pressure of the times,
our neighbor, in the jolly greenness Of
his nature, first swallows as the work of
Judge Sharswood's, and then employs it
as clincher to his base Hc" In the
Philadelphia Age (our neighbor's politi
cal bible, by the way, and from whence
he draws his inspiration) Of 23d Februa.
ry, 1864, in which the opinion is pub
lished in full, our neighbor will find
Judge Sharswood decided, without quail
fcation, as follows:-.
"On the whole. then, am of opinion that
Il
ruary 25th, 1862, declaring the notes issued
in pursuance of that act 10 be lawful money.
and legal tender, is UNCONSTITUTIONAL.
"Thls renders 1t unnecessary that should
consider the other question which has been
made, as TO the effect of the special agree
ment to pay in lawful silver money of the
United States. | am in favor OF entering
judgment for the plaintiff, but majority
OF the court are of different opinion, judg-
ment tor the defendant"
In comment upon which tho Age says
=" Judge Sharswood reasons upon and de-
cdes the case as if he were some lofty
spirit sitting far above and out of the
content tions and striies Of the world"
"A lie" indeed, but take the Age and
the Democrat versions Of the story, and
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