The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1870-11-17
Silencing a POp.Gnn Battery.
To TIE Editor Of the Ptiot.

HSeii Is strong evidence OF has discontinue,
and becoming inflated with anger and AFRO
gance he substitutes senselcss rodomontade
for argument, and personal vituperation for
candid discussion. His lofty flourish of
trumPets in the FIRST paragraph is the swag-
gering buster and empty bravado Of Jack
Falstaf, rather than the genuine Come on,
Mac-iuft" defiance. The towering passion
into which he works himself leaves his weak
points unguarded and exposed, and instead Of
wounding his adversary he but draws down
upon himself the ridicule of the community.
1t was said of Suwarrow that like a drum he
made no noise until he was beaten: o. like
hollow vessel, whose sides arc brass pro-
duces cavernous reyerberation, and bra.
zen dissonance when soundly drubted.
! lie claims credit for ma agnanimity and dig
nifty in controversy, and complains that his
antagonists violate al the law. of literary war
fare, and assail hir in an unbecoming man
ner. Here he de*iates from the truth my
criticism was strictly confined 10 a review Of
his writings, without any coarse personal
filings. Now mark his consistency He i'm
mediately proceeds to substantiate his claims
to generosity and decorum by pronouncing
"Amicusr to be ''fool' an 'ass,r SC. and
airs his imaginative faculties by representing
/ him in a very elegant posture, viz: 'stand-
/ ing on his head" Having ''O's'' temporal
welfare at heart / would advise him never to
emulate me in attitudinal perfection: the
softncss If his head would render this invert-
ed position jcopardous, and his Uranium
would collapse as suddenly q. perforated
balloon.
| "O's'' mental forces were so dcmoralized
that he was unable to attack in column, and
SO without any definite base of operations he
opens putrile fusilladc along the whole
line He regrets that was not supported by
several of my friends that he might have
drawn his entire battalioDs into action; and
| yet Insignificant as he affects to consider the
| force opposed to him, he deyotes two columns
of the Tribune to an Intellectual bombardment
! of my isolated position without making the
slightest impression on the works.
| As child would contrast his toys, "O''
compares our pscudonyms, and with
chuckle Of satisfactie decides in favor of his
own; arguing that it may be learned by chill
drcn. AT this point he is victorious; urchins
hare a remarkable yenchant for bawlint his
cognomen in preference to any other and |
! do not envy him the distinction which ''ittle
children thus confer upon him. He affects
lofty proficiency in the field of literature that
is in striking contrast with his orthography,
and the syntactical construction Of his SEN
tences. In these cases it is very convenient to
make the Tribune's devil responsible for the
solecisns. Hi. weakness for goose ol'i and
Mother Gooses Mclodiesr indicate affinity
between himself and the genus 4nser; and he
can doubtless repeat Bryants Lines to a
Water Fowl" in which the wild goose is so
pathetically apostrophized
&c has the candor to admit that my criti-
cism possessed some merit but modestIy adds
that its worth is embodied in its quotations
from his articles. That this effort may not
be wholly devoid Of interest | shall suote
from his rnror of Nov 3rd He indignantly
repels my insinuation that his etfusions are
rcpletc with cxccptionable phrases and obscene
conceptions; and yet in his hyperb)lc Of the
above date we find him lamcnting that he is
obliged ito lay aside four columns of het-bHs
for future USE In Il vision h sees IA mixed
mess of bruised champions from whose mushed
bowels bubbles, aud grnds through the mind
like the music Of thousand rasps-B-a-c-h;
bloody Bohemans exposing teeth all glitter
ing and savage, between which is quivering
hair &c. What philanthropic spirit is
here displayed. and what strong proof is given
of that innate purity which '.O'' unostenta-
tiou.ly procaims is the basis of his character.
How well this spenctic cbullition of bitterness,
and t'ese satanic fances of diseased ina
gination accord with the precepts of the Bible
for which he is ready to fight. The unsophis-
ticated reader might be disposed to regard
these passages as concentration of daboh-
cal hatred, narrow minded intolerance and
foul misrepresentation; but ''On would meet
him with the positive assurance that it was
only fancy of his own profane mind
Our essayist is SO essentially free from
moral contamination, so inGisputably guileless,
that iudccencv can be attributed to his
writings without psrverting or misconstrung
the sense. We're it not for implicit faith in
his purity we might do him the injustice to
/ fear that he was swayed by amorous emotions
when he described ''the temporary pallor of
exhausted passion;' but his self-avowed inno-
cence shields him from suspicion. On read
/ ing his squib headed "Bollmeycr VS.. Batzn
many citizens have expressed themselves dis
gustcd with the condensed scurrlity and i'm
n.odesty Of the paragraph, and avowed their
contemp, for the individual who could write
such depraved trash; but they were not aware
of his purity and cleanliness" and the
indelicacy which they attributed to him ex-
listed only in their own impure i'm ,ginations
In denying my allegations, ''O's'' quibbling
and evasion attracts attention, and he struc-
giles to maintain an untenable position In
alluding to the obnoxious passages in his pro-
ductions he at first strcnuously contends that
the sentiment is chaste and unobjectionable:
but afterward tries to escape the odium of vul-
garity by squirting apology; and declares