The Montana post. [volume] (Virginia City, Montana Territory [i.e. Mont.]) 1864-1869, 1868-01-11
THE REASON WHY.

..U -. THE REASON WHY.
EDrroR Posr you will please deliver 70
the bearer, Mr. -, the article sent for pub
lcation IN the PosT, and which you decline.
am requested TO do this'by the quartz men
of this camp. / very much regret now that
you did SO, for it has. created quite a hard
feeling against the PosT in the camp, but
am hopeful that this feeling will cool cff in
time. But for all that, our articles must be
published somewhere, If we have to start
paper of our own. Many here think that not
only the Posr but every other paper in the
Territory has been and are being paid to ex-
clude every thing in favor of our lodes from
publication, but while believe that there Is
a thorough organization among the quartz
operators IN the Territory TO keep down any
excitement in favor of this locality, In fact
know IL TO be so, yet cannot, will not be-
lieve that the PosT is journal that can be
suborned under any circumstances, and 50 I
tell our boys. But this combination, thorough
as it may be, will not, cannot succeed, for
tell you, gentlemen, that We have the richest
belt of lodes on the continent
The communication from which the
above is an extract is dated January Sd,
and comes from what is truly one of the
best quartz districts in the Territory,
and in regard to which we have fre~
quently and recently published lengthy
communications We received the let
eel. referred To-, and declined to publish
it as stated. Since that, this is the
second letter, of the tenor of the above.
received from the writer, informing us
that we were joined to conspiracy of
capitalists to freeze out the original own.
ers of lodes, and that our heretofore
friends were incensed at our conduct and
that the consequences threatened to be
of most terrible character. Whether
the feeling is as represented or not, we
do not propose to discuss, but we say
this regarding the imputstions that this
paper is in combination with any opera
tors, miners, mill men, or others assist
ing one to the disadvantage of any of the
Others, it is utterly false. Neither do
we believe that any paper in the Terri.
tory belongs to any such " combination"
In this connection it is proper to give
the reasons why the letter referred TO,
as well as many others received at this
Office containing Objectionable features,
have not been published It. was, from
first to last, writer in a spirit of spite
fuluess against gentlemengo not one of
whom we were personally acquainted
with, wko. il is said. had visited the dis
trict referred to aud gone away without
purchasing quartz, something we did not
know was sin OF misdemeanor. They
were called by nearly every name of re
proach the vocabulary contains, branded
as swindlers,. rogues, adventures or
blockheads, either 10y name or illusions,
which we were assured would be under
stood by the parties to whom il applied
Not doubt of it. The persons referred
10 may have been as represented or
worse, but any one who has mixed much
in the world will concede that if we pub
lished the description of every man in
class under either of those heads, we
would have little space left for other
matter. Not desiring to show partiality,
and unable to accommodate all, we have
endeavored as nearly as possible to avoid
denouhcing exceptional instances of un-
popularity. No paper in the mining re
gions has thrown open its columns more
freely TO those who write of the mineral
resources of their neighborhoods than
the PosT, and it has been without pre-
judice or partiality. This we still pro-
pose to do, but in doing that, shall ever
exercise unrestrictedly the right to de-
eide what is proper for the columns of
this paper and what is not The right
r exercised with regular correspondents
paid for their letters, and it will be with
voluntary contributors. A description
of property is one thing, abuse of the
man who didn't buy it, another; and al
though we may be willing to advance
the interests Of the Territory or indfyidu-
ais by publishing the former. we do not
propose to participate in every personal