The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1868-10-05
Mutilated Extracts.
THR Age this morning SAYS

"The radicals no longer disguise their appre-
tensions of defeat in this city. In fact, tney
only scramblpg for some of the minor otnces
that are TO be voted for. On Thurday last LHE
pnbiished herea6onts said ISsre Is great danger
ndt he Republicans t0fH NOT cgrTY me Guy V
PhftadeLphfd on Tuesday neJt There IS at pre-:
sent strong probability thqt zoe UfB be defeated
This strong probability has now been re-
S 70 aders aa ras beieys bst tbey
the ghost Of a chance OF succeeding on the 18th
instant"
We do not object to the Age, or any other
of the Democratic journals, quoting from any
article we publish as freely as they please;
but we do object, both on the ground of truth
and gentlemanly honor, to have our mean
ing perverted by not quoting all that we say
in connection with a statement. The old
story is told of the atheist who fortified his
opinion by stating that the Bible said, "There
is no God," emitting the rather important
connection, "The fool hath said in his heart,
there is no God" With equal perversity
the Age quotes just enough of our articles to
convey meaning entirely distinct from that
intended.
"THE CITY IN DANGER, AND How To SAVE IT.
There is great danger that the Republicans
Taesdsy % SS' week. @ There The e Is az present. strong
possibility that we will be defeated IL may be
asrocous Gs ySa OF and Blair
mand the support OF q majority OF our peoplef
We answer Without hesitation. No! II me ne
at the polls, Philadelphia would give ten
thousand majority for Tyndale But unless
ONE measures of the most decisive kind are
taken, 1t will mstter little what may be the
real sentiments of the people. There have been
going on in Philadelphia frauds 80 unblush-
ingly outrageous and criminal. that we pause
In astQnishnent at the daring OF the attempts
matter one jot or one little in deciding the
result, unless measures OF great magnitude be
at once put into operation, and with q firmness
and vigilance without ceaslng the forgers and
perjurers be brought to justice"
Such is what we actually did say; and We
leave 1t to our readers if the impression con-
veyed in both cases is the same. We never
feared the loss Of the city to the Republicans
if the terrible frauds which were then
just being unearthed could be detected and
punished. II there are 10000 fraudulent
papers on the street, is it unreasonable that
We fear that an honest expression of public
opinion will not bs secured
We regret keenly to see our neighbor conds-
soending to pick flaws in what We say, and to
endesvor to wrong us by misquoting or peck
Ing at typographical errors. We will cite an
in5tanoo, euau III itsoii, pus "hioh uuePioJ D
what we mean. At the time of the earth
quake in South America we stated that
1000, 900 of people had perished. Ofcourse,
the error was typographical, and was shown
to be SO by the body of the article. The Age
selects the error, and comments on it. The more
recent case Of the infamous falsehood in regard
TO General Tyndale is one too fresh to need
l.. -
these things show that the spirit which is of
late actuating our contemporary is not Of that
tone nor even of that honest spirit which We
should expect Of the representative journal of a
political party. We desire to call the atten-
tion Of the Age to this matter, as in thus
acting it is appearing in manner detestable,
and which all right-minded citizens of every
party will repudiate.