The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1871-08-03

The Herald, in Saturdays Issue, broke loose
| from the orders Of its masters to treat The
JouRxAL with silent contempt and styles s. the
statements and insinuation Of TIE last issue Of
TIE JoURxAL " lin the county treasHer " i'm
brogiIo" matter) IS grossly false and Outrage
ously abusive Of some Of the best and most re-
spectacle citizens ofSaline county," % The best
and most respectable citizen - that-(wc hope
We have not committed q grammatical error in
using I" that " as a relative personal rronoun)-
copsiderS himself specially abused Is the editor
,dsthe Herald himseh-he feels abused that we
have had the temerity to establish another news
pa per in this city-that. in publishing credit
able paper, we have shown to the good people
of Saline county that the Herald was puny
concern, without spirit or right to be classed
among the respectable newspapers Of the wide
awake fraternity ofthe progressive State of Kan
sas. Eight months ago the Herald was dis
grace to the community in which it was pub
lished, and its late brightenings up have been,
in most, the work Of others brains than the as
sumed EDITORS own. The coming of The Jour-
NAL was welcomed by all as . relief from old
fogy notions and a want Of enterprise. and only
l0OsS WuO HAVE sttCA " uaC AxCIahu " It's evil
ways and always had an apology for its delin-
quencies and inconsistencies have been those
who rely alone to its influence to be hoisted into
some fat official position. The Herald has
gained some notoriety and been given prolific
and extended subject in taking The JOURNAL
to task on divers and numerous occasions in
fact, for issue after issue The JOURNAL has been
the subject of the leading and only editorial in
the Herald. While ii has originated and repeat
ed sharp thing or two about - a tempest in a
tea pot, 80 80 whom the gods wish to destroy they
first make mad.'' &c.-(he would be an arrant
fool who conld not perpetrate witticism ut
some time or another Dit has failed. as it has
in this instance, to answer, in honorable. manly,
outspOken language, our assertions. but has
attempted to shield itself ON the high, moral
ground that 1--WE could not be guilty Of COM
mencing so small a thing" that We CHE jour-
NALL had dreadfullS outraged I" some OF our best
citizens" &c. Attempting to be fistidious, it
has given out that for the future it would pass
us by unnoticed, but in the very next issue. per-
haps, it would give us another Overi,aulIng for
some indiscretlOn. In no instance have we
made drive " at the Herald except in reply to
some of its unjust accusations. The one and
great desire Of the Herald. in wilfully misrep-
resenting us has been to place us in the light OF
seeking to abuse good citizens without cause
and as the enemies of morality and religion
Having accomplished that it knows full well it
has gained a formidable point that would re-
suit materially to our disadvantage. In using,
ut times. some harsh words we have aimed ut a
reform that would work salutary effect upon
some Of our institutions and to head of, in their
unwise cour:e. men who sought by their willy
Vaccinations to fasten themselves. NJ leeches,
upon the people to theirinjury. We are not the
great falsifiers, or the great traduccrs Of the
people, or the foes Of morality or religion that
the Herald would be pleased to prove us. We
have entered into u labor in which We propose
to continue. notwithstanding the Herald may
hope to brighten us from it by misrepresenta-
tons and OblOquy. We are the subservers Of a
principle. In the future we ask the Herald to
calmly use argument and facts in its exceptions
to our articles and deal less in gcncnllties and
assertions alone. Assertions are easy. but ar
gumcnts, based upon truth. are effective.