The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1870-09-01
Card from Mr.. Aleshire.
Mr.. D. MACKLkY.

MIR. ~. MACKLkY.
SiE--In reply to your
cards in the Standard of August the 26,
/ have to say that will not bring 9th
er parties into public print, by giving
you their names. You had no right to
demand it, Our quarrel or controversy
is between ourselves, and it is calling
which confess has no merit. i'll would
condescend to name out men, and have
their misgiviDgs made public by plac-
ing their names and private acts before
"three thousand readers" l would he
guilty of doing that very thing for
which l censured you. As for standing
before the community as "sneaking cO,c-
ardly liar," / leave it to the people to de.
termine who the sneaking cOwardy har is
In your paper of August the II, will be
found the following: ga FORGERY.
Some scamp up at Berlin sent on Mon
day, a most sCandalOus, false, dirty,
blackguard mess of nonsense with the
name of Rev d. Mann signed to it, and
had the impudSnce to ask that we pub
lish it. As no gentleman would have
such thoughts" &c. Now, it was your
intention to make the public believe that
some outside person had written this,
and forged the name of Rev. d. Mann
to it; when you must have known it
was his own handwriting. Who Is the
sneaking cOpardg har' In your paper
ofthis week, you say; "The following,
which we take from the Marietta Regis
ter, is our answer to the combined at
tack upon US last week, by sundry Dam
phOols.'" Isthere not consistency here
A man who sets himself up as mora
teacher, and who crticises the private
, acts of other men; and who makes thei
+ short -comings public TO "three thOus
and readers;" exposes himself by call
ing respectable men damn fools. Ycl
may squirm and plead that your word
!, "Damphools," means nothing-tha
there is no such word: but did you no
t place the quotation marks around il
: just like you did around "malis 7
: Shakespeare certainly describes you
y when he says:
n "This fellows wise enough to play the fool (;
~ - And to do that well, Graves kind of wit:
> But wise men, foly-fallen, quite taints the
wit"
y = When wise men depreciate then
; selves, and fall from what they kno
= to be their duty, and attempt to d
Ie what, at best, they cannot expect
y gain anything, and that for which,
n they did succeed they would, or shoul
= despise themselves; when the pride I
|, mems hearts makes them so over vall
= their own conceptions, and be so col
: : tident that they are always right, as
N find fault Of all others, who do not agr,
IN with them; and be so censorious as
u condemn all that differ from them
y their idea; we may expect enVyiu
~ ~ and strife in their hearts.
en- If you be of this impatient spiritLy
st will never be quieti for we are all fault
n and cannot live together without wron
D, ing one another. Until we take dOv
~ y this proud, selfish conceit, our pea
in aud welfare will be marred.
is If you think you do right by MAXI
In these personal attacks If you think Il
. ee the venom, which you are so contiu
ID ally sending broadcast over the la
u about the little misgiviugs Of yC
ga neighbors, is making better citizens
no them, or if you think that it create
A. A. better feeling in the community q
nis wise you to continue. But, you thi
'as that it engenders hatred, and has te
gn dency TO drive men further into erin
then you had better desist. Do y
an not, by your artful pretenseS, go to I
y utmost length Of your chain, to won
the feelings, aud injure the reputat