The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1871-04-27
EVIDENCES THAT THE AUTHOR
OF "EWEN'S DEFENSE IN THE
TRIBUNE. AND OF s.EOfLING
OVER IN THE PILOT is
ONE AND THE SAME
PERSON

OVER IN THE PILOT is
| ONE AND THE SAME
| PERSON.
The two eonte nporaneeus articles men
| toned above, contain so many co-nci-
dences Ct, bad Orthography, bad Gram
mar, bad Rhetoric and bad morals, that
1t may be interesting to some to see the
analogies. The Plot contains the ex-
pression-''fell to calling names; The
| TRIBUNE, fall to calling vile names.
The difference is only adherence Of tense
and intensity, dictated by the time
of speaking and the amount of Scotch
whiskey used as a source Of inspiration
The inaccuracies OF grammar and flow
ers of rhetoric culled from the Plot may
be arranged in to the following bouquet
''waxed terrible wrath, "-"u nctously
pays, odd granny's 1--WE mean the
TRIBUNE of course) brain, - incorrect
with, =" surveying chain, upon his
knees to get a job accomplished. From
| IHC hibCNE tHIS diIHOSG IuCIGeittd-
bic, -uumitigated lie, '-men who ha,
right to know, acishes,' &C., The two
collections exhaust the gems of Billings
gate and may well disturb the dust of
| Murray urn.
The besotted morality Of the TRIBUNE
| article that creeps in the guise of p!ausi
bilities and pleas of conscience THAT in.
fallible guide of politicians,l when en-
ployed in Boiling Over" with the loose
restraints of licentious press. naturally
fell into profanity and appalling bias.
phemy. The morality in both is the
same, presented ia different garbs
Some minor trademarks in common
are noticeable: Such as the lameness
of his participates, the color Of his adjec-
tives and the arrangement Of his temper
al clauses. There is the same general
spread of commas and scarcity of semico-
Ions. And further let the reader note
that nearly every sentence in each article
begins with capital and ends with a
period. A feeling Of spite marks both
pieces. From each separate paragraph
flows a uniform bitterness. There is an
evident intent to deal with old scores
rather than with the main question.
Neither ofthese articles could have re-
suited from the vitality of youth but
must have come from the spasmodic ac
ton of body somewhat impaired by age
and whiskey.
The wheedling, lisping fiuency of the
closing paragraph of Ewen's defense be-
trays previous practice in excusing pc
litical treason.
So, to sum up, we see that peculiaritiei
of expression, because unnoticed by, and
unknown to the writer himself, dropped
from his pen into both articles. His Or
biography and Grammar betray man o
| pedantic professions-of shallow attain
ments. No doubt he will attribute thes,
leprous spots Of his composition to th'
"devil. - To a literal Interpretation O
such an apology we make no objection
His Dliable views of fright and duty
are limited at in one article-disclosed il
the other His use of capital letters anC
of punctuation in both articles point tt
an ignorance that indicates identity. Ii
| snort the analogies give conclusive cyl
| dence that the author is man beyonc
middle life, that he has been a politica
traitor, that he lacks education, but i.
not aware Of his illiteracy, that he j.
irascible and vindictive, that he is pro
fame and sacrilegious and that he possess
es sagacity in no way commensurate with
the execution of his intrigues. Such
accumulated evidence staggers incre.
| dulity and, before our eyes, fixes a mark
on the forehead Of one man.