The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1868-04-30
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and all the rest of mankind" when he
penned the article which appeared in his
pa per OF last week, over the heading quoted
above. Like lively bull on the rampanage.
he cayorted, and jumped, and kicked up and
butted at an amusing rate-sca;tering his
froth on all sides, and making personal ex-
positions which would better hive been left
unexposed, but really injuring no one that
We have heard Of 70 any alarming extent,
unless il was himself.
Doutlc dealing" "stigmatize" aud
" malign," are words which he employs
with u perfect raciness, in making public
his impression that We are not pleased with
the course re sees " fit 10 pursue in the Mon
roe Democrat" But words mean nothing
unless they stand az the representatives of
ideas based upon matters Of fact; and as We
have no disposition 10 cavil with the course
which our neighbor sees fit to pursue, but.
on the contrary, are SO deeply III love with
il, that we would not have him alter 1t, q
single iot or title, on any account, these
particular words, in his employment Of them,
become but Yerricst nonsense. Again; he
tells US he has nothing against us. We en-
tertain the idea that he really loves US, and
have no doubt that if we should happen to
meet him in enthusiastic France, IN the ex-
ubeyance of that love, he would have his
arms about our neck before we were aware
Of il. Again: he tells us that he was in
the publishing business before he came to
Stroudsburg, and thinks he knows his busi-
ness. These are items of news for which
we feel under the most profound obli-
CATION The public hercabouts, and more
particularly his own co-partizans, have often
expressed themselves 20 Us as believing, from
The evidence furnished in his weekly heb
dominal, that lie was but now making his
first essay in the walks OF editorial and pub
fishing life; and, one of his most particular
Democratic friends, has often apoiogized 10
US for his short conings, aolely on the score
of his professional yerdapcy. Give him a
chance" has often said this friend "and he
will come out all right" Iie also tells Us
that he is % not the son Of Governor" ana
that he "neyer lived on the charity Of the
town" While, that he is not the one and
did not DO the other. detrdcts no'hing ffom.
neither would 4 contrary state of facts add
to. his manly reputation. In getting into
business here he certainly had the liberal
AID of friends, and for time al least, was,
il he is not now, thus sr, the recipient Of their
charity. He il get young man, and what
the latter end of i.e may hare in store for
him Lime alone can tell. His lie thus Tar
has not, II every thing, been q success-
Though he does rot tell us go in print, il is
4 mach cherished practice Of his TO descani
largely upon his travels in Europ,. and whg
he saw and did there. 1t IS certain that
his efforts in the acqT'sition Of Theological
lore, which was ere Of the objects of his trip,
was 4 taiure; while his general cxpos.tous
Of himself and what come OF his travels, but
furnishes further and more convincing evi-
dencc OF the truth Of the coUp!et-
How many Ounce, Who, sent abroad to roam,
Has IeturaeJ To 1--we, Sigser Ounce az home"
ole charges Us with stealing editorials,
We cha!lange him TO prove H." says our
neighbor. Come 10 the stand then ne ighbor
and kiss the Book. 4 recent act OF the I.e-
grslature permits the swearing Of the defend
ant n certain cases, and this Is one Of them.
On your oath can you say that you did rot.
without credit, FL your columns with lead
ing articles from the Harrisburg Patriot and
Union, The New York World, and pa pers OF
that kidney. We have repeatedly seen ar
tices i!om these papers published iii your
democratic cutemporarles, and duly accred-
Ited, which we afterwards saw in the Mon.
roc Democrat, bearing the loaded evidences
Of having originated with you. Democrat
Ically and theologicaly speaking, we do no,
know what you would call this; hut Re-
publ.canly speaking, drawing it down 10 a
fine point, we would call it editorial piracy
OF the meanest kind. 1t is fraud praticed
upon your cotemporaTies, and a cheat upon
your readers. But, our neighbnr brings as
an Offset 10 this, that we have frequentlv
s olen local items from his columns without
giving him credit. Notnriously in this COM
munity, and Tor this cause alone we have
many Democratic Names on our subscription
list, The Jefersonian has been the first 10
inrnist items of local interest to its readers.
These v gather ofCur own mot ion, and being
ardenily in love neither with the styIe nor
Grammar Of our neiglIbor, nor bis pencha nj
Tor extortions of tie truth, or cxhbon of his
oyergrown wisdom, we have never vet had
occasion to draw from his columns in this
respect, HIS stems contain too much Of the
purely marvellous TO suit the sober, truth
loving tastes oi our readers. From what he
says about having ''upon more than one oc-
casioa," supplied "us with proof sheets of
manuscript copy, which (we) ho would not
have been able to get into his (ouT dirty lit
tie sheet without such help from u.s." (him,)
the public may iner that he is now claiming
TO be the good na,ured goose'-the "non-
descript"-m mentioned by him few weeks
ago, as being paid by US for editing the .Jejc
|cTsontdn. Such is not the fact, however
lie is only grasping at straw. Occasion
ally friend, or a collection of friends, de-
sires an article or advertisement to appear
IN both papers, and furnish copy 10 but one
of them. The article thus becomes the prop
erty Of both, and the manuscript when set up.
or proof sheet, is furnished by The original
possessor to the other. This methud of ex-