The Greene County Republican. [volume] (Waynesburg, Pa.) 185?-1867, 1867-07-03

THE "MEssENGER Our "city cotem.
porary" changed hands recently, the for.
ner editor, Jas. s Jennings moved to
Ohio, selling his share in the concern to
}. +. Temple, Esq, and Z. Brown. w.
I. IL Pauley has resumed his old post
as manager.in'chief and under his au.
spices 1t is already looking up. Last
week 1t donped new suit, and was con,
siderably enlarged. We are pleased, at
all times, to notice the financial pros.
perity of our neighbors, but politically,
"may the ID take tham!'
Seth L. Hurd, OF The Brownsville Gin.
per, thinks Mr.. Pauley has acted very
in1iscretely in again taking char ge OF the
MeSsenger, as the article appended f,om
that sheet demonstrates. That, howev-
er, will have to be decided by a war of
words, and as they have opened their
respective batteries, we propose to stand
of and "view ye battle from affair.""
TON PAULEY"
We learn that our old friend and DO
lltical opponent, Tom rauley, has res
turned to his former post as editor of the
Waynesburg Messenger Although we
always liked Ten az a political antago.
mist, we are nevertheless almost sorry
morally speaking "a lorg established,
habit ct speech with us, that he has de.
ter nned to enter again upon n course of
such doubtful morality. as that of editing
democratic political journal Tom hav,
ing acquired comuendable degree of
lespeclabllity and virtue under our teach
lngs tor and during the period of some
ten or twelve years-lt took some time to
effect any decided Improvement for Tom
was "hard case"--and Discovering ,ha,
the business of democratic editorial life
was very untavoIable to moral develop
men', and that by remaining longer
therein, he might through the numerous
temptations 10 wander from the path 9 t
recIituie by which such position is be.
set, lose even what little IF virtues and
morality we had succeeded in impresslue
upon him. concluded to retire to some
republican neighborhood. in a pleasant
unlry locality aud enter upon the more
qnl' t and less demoralizing pursuits of
agriculture. His excellent lady though,
40 too, and advised him to 1t 80 ,ild
ben" 80 did the minister, aud so did
divers other intelligent and christian
friends, (ourseIf included) who had
Toms welfare at heart Tom was soon
thereafter comfortably and happily loca,
ted IN his quiet. rural retreat, some miles
away from "DemocIatlc Head Qlarlers.'
He eschewea all democratic speeches
and DOCUMENTS and papers. except the
"Messenger," but he knew what that
was and hadn't faith enough In it to work
him any material injury. lie continued,
however, to take The Clipper and to make
hopeful Improvement in virtue and NOR.
aIily. AT length believing that the
wholesome moral truths aud imp essions
he had imbibed from our teachings, had
become so firmly fixed that he could be
safely lett to himself, we concluded TO
stop sending him the Clipper, (albeit we
couldn't get anything for it.) whcreupon
he resumed his former habit of reading
democratic speeches and documents. and
as II natural consequence, soon lapsed IN,
to his old sinful democratic practices
which ere long, had so far revived his
woEted propensities for political fibbing
and hnanceerlng, that he oould not re-
slst the temptation 10 resume his old DOS
sitlon as editor Of democratic paper,
and now here we have hlm OH our hands
again probahly more hardened sinner
than ever, by his very backsliding, and
less susceptible of good impressions -
We are sorry for Tom regret his fall
from grace and his consequent removal
from his quiet and beautiful country rec.
ldence, back to the "Messenger' busi-
ness hope he may yet do well, and even
better than he ever did before, for which.
7 ere is abundant room; but must posi-. I
lively decline to take him again under
our especial moral guidance and direc.
reCtIuE, Tom pOol n,vht