Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1870-09-15
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| Our contemporary, at Edinburg. seems dis
posed to treat us very unkindly, and as he
wishes us to speak to him through the col
umas of QUE paper, we will do so.
As to your remarks about the time you will
] sustain the Tanner, it is certainly none Of our
business, and we care very little about it,
But fyou wish us to make no comments you
should say nothing to US about it. Your
friends should say nothing to us. A bout
your rates of advertising, We knew nothing
but what you told US. If you don't wish us to
speak about it, don't tell us or if you say it
is confidential, we will try to keep your Sc
crlts better lhan you do yourself
If you ihiak ii adds interest or spice to
your paper. publish every thing we say to,
or about you. We don't think so. People
tell that you msrepresent us, that you
say very hard things about US. We believed
them, but did not attach sufficient import ance
to them, to make them part OF our paper.
They sometimes say very hard things about
you, which would injure your reputation if
publish them. We would not treat you so
unkinLly. While you correct errors, would it
Lot be well to correct q slanderous little
article you Published about us several mon tbs
ago ? you came to us privately and ackn,wl-
edged that you believed it untrue when you
published it, and afterwards found that it was
untrue, yet you never corrected it. Your
readers do not know til it was untru.. If
they believe you, you deceive them. You
should not do this they may lose confidence
in you, and you would thus injure your paper,
more than any remarks made by the Shen-
andoah Herald could possibly do.
Your statement that the Herald wrote
letter recomm ending Hon Geo. Rye as the
choice of the people Of Shenandoah Co., for
State Treasurer, was also untrue. Such a
letter was never written by the Herald or
either of its L litors. This statement might
injure us, ana your Co.ning 10 US privately
and acknowledging that you did not believe
it was true. when you published it, will not
satisfy US. We shall expect yon to do so
through your paper. Tell your readers why
You publish things about us which are not
true. B. l)lesi about it, and don't try
to make your readers bel:e,e what you do not
believe Yourself. If you were deceived and
believed it true. tell your readers So Tell
them who told you. If any one deceived you
and caused you to publish what was not t rue.
let your readers know who it was, and he
will have to share with you the responsibility
of thus trying 20 injure us by circulating false
an slanderous statements Let him produce
the letter, state when ana to whom it was
written. AMI when you are again approach
ed with ruch statements, kindly refer Your
informants to the first part of Acts. v.
which may obvise very novel repetition o f
history. We hope this is the last time you
will give us .son to speak to you through
the columns of our paper. We ask our
readers pardon for thus encroach ing upon
space which should be devoted to more impor-
tant subjects, n: assure them We only did
it this time because we Beloved vindcation
against slanderous statements necessary. In
future we will endeavor TO take no more no
tice of these petty things than We have in the