The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1867-06-24
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Manly Retaliation.

Manly Retaliation.
Tb, Spirt Of Jefferson, published at
,n,rs,town, in this State, has present
srrie, of articles in its editorial
,,mps, under the title of the "Big
,tv" They have been devoted to
.,srxposurc of personal rascalities on
~. mart of prominent Radicals in that
,.,nitv, The editor avowed his pur-
o,>s 10 show up the acts and doings of
aiding parties, under whose persecu-
,onthe people of that section have been
r5sr,pg. and to let the world know
.b,t 4 prodisiOus amount of private
,al,inv was covered and hidden under
,np cloak OF loyalty" He was induced
,o,bis course by no malicious motives,
l,t simply because the parties in ques-
non ronld be compelled, in no other
usv, 10 dcsist from the petty tyrannies
and anuoyances with which they had
l.sn hara,>ing all those who differed,
rolitically, with themselves. Under
these circumstances, the Spirit Of Jcfer-
ON opened its "Big Show" In the
management of that institution the ed
.,or has frequently been very severe,
bat never, he claims, nRjustly so. He
insists that he has never exceeded. the
limits of fact, and as the parties ex-
posed have never contradicted his asser-
,.sns. or in any way tested that response
biIity which he appeared willing to
bear, ii is fair to presume that their cases
wonld admit OF no defence.
Ii this emergency, the editor of the
Berkeley Union, "loyal" sheet, comes
nobly to the rescue. He does not pro-
ro,e To :efnte the charges of his cotem-
porary, hut merely to offset them with
heavier accusations against the rebels.
He is going to prove the innocence of
CHAPLINE and the purity of KooNTZ by
I.Jlite references To the mulattO children
Of rebel preachers, and by elegant as
,aults upon the character of leading Ia
dies IN that section. Singular as it may
seem, the editor threatens to interpOse
in behalf of "lOyap rascality by assail-
lug the reputation of wsmen, OCCUPY
ing high social position in the estima-
tion of F. F. vs." of Shepherdstown
and vicinity.
This is strategy worthy the genius of
BUTLER 1t is a noble illustration of
"luyalty's" idea of manly retaliation.
The scOundrels who are too guilty to
deny, aud too cOwardly to resent the
charges of the Spirit are to find Iepara-
ton in the public discussion of the
characters of defenseless womanhOod.
IACH,rLINE &lCo. are guilty, how much
less 80 will they be when they shall
have held up to public inspection the
fame of those of the same sex with
their mothers and sisters! If these
men are innocent, how can their purity
appear through series of causeless and
Iriamous assaults upon the names of
helpless women Tho proposition is
Is diSsracefnl as it is cOwardly. 1t
ought TO guarantee the author an ac-
qnlinlance with the heavy boots of
every man in the community. Decent
Socie ~ should know him no more for
Fycr.
We could not have believed that there
vas an editor in the State, who was suf-
fciently the pimp and tool of revenge
Ia outrage female regulations for the
satisfaction ofa pack ofskulking scoun-
drels. Such, however, seems to be the
ambition Of the Berkeley Union.
Since its editor has had the ef-
rontery To announce such pur-
pose, We hope the Spirit of Jefferson
will continue the exhibition of the "Big
Show" and that it will add this new
beast to the collection. Let him have
special cage, to be placed, dur
lug the sickly season, at least,
To the leewaid Of. the spectators,
aud if he don't die of his own filth be-
a
lore Christmas, it will be because his
hide is maggot-proof, or because his con-
sl'tutiOnal nas,iness can't breed disease
aud death. We hope that the "Big
SHOW may go on, and that the first
'hme'slinging whelp who makes its ex-
h'Jltion a pretext for sssanlting female
frPutations, may have his back slashed
III permanent sridiron style, as an ef-
're'ual reminder of the Internal utensil
upon which he is destined to broil
through all eternity.