The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1871-11-17
A Few REESE. vat;ou.

IL Will not DO Tor our friends to presume fo0
much on our unconditional surrcnder.n-
Falsehood is not by any means one of the
sins to which we have owned. Is it Hon. y.
o. ]. Smith that writes thus in the course OF
closely-printed two-column article in the
argus? 4..-
To misrepresent deliberately NAV be a
merit in the esteem OF some men aiming only
at sensationals But to misrepresent foolish
y,against the common knowledge of all
around,ls the vilest and basest of all repre-
sensations, and most devoid of all excuse.
what else was il, and which was it, when
the same editorial says: 81 l
The old man, who has complained bitter
~ IN his later years of the pebbles and snow
balls OF mischieyous urchins, &c"
Who ever beard OF, or saw such depravity as
IL SO charged upon the urchins of Portland
1t will be difficult to make any citizen OF
Portland believe in such sIanderous state
ment respecting both the dead and living
thousands can recall their own observations
OF the perfect and marked security, devoid of
all lear and suspicion of harm, with which
Mr.. Morgan bore his aged limbs and person
through our streets from early dawn to the
long hours OF night, at all seasons of The year
and for many successive years. There is
scarcely citizen OF any grade of character or
~.
who,on witnessing an offence committed upon
Mr.. Morgan, OF the character charged, would
not nave pursued the offender with condign
punishment, and with the first impulse of
hanging him to the nearest lamp post!
"Misrepresent foolishlyp What does the
man mean 9-has he taken leave of his senses !?
Does not be, as well as everybody else, re-
member distinctly Mr.. Morgan's own letters
written to the papers not long ago in which
he complained pitaously of the annoyances
to which we have referred? One may easily
satisfy himself on this point by visiting Mr..
Morgan's late abode, and counting the num-
Der OF unbrokeD panes. 1t was not long since
that an inroad was made on the very room
where Mr. Morgan lived, a window broken,
and sticks, stones and dirt thrown into the
Old mans bed. II, therefore, any special g-
nomlny attaches to foolish misrepresenta
tion," the correspondent of the Arqus must
be in most .unenviabe position, especially
as he speaks as follows in the course of the
same article from which we have quoted:
am, however, yet to learn, qphu it a,as
maj our AGED and impoverished fellow citizen
waa not in his life time visited by anv of tho
the fruits OF the (Masonic) Fraternity. and
most especially, arhy it acaS, that at his death.
ne was not bonored by any of the funeral re-
spects of the Order?
Was it because he had for years been seen
to be treated with neglect by the mutual ad
mardtson classes Of good society in This city,
10 whom his own nobility, derived from ma
lures God alone, would never permit him to
pay obsequious homage from any motive OF
lear, favor, or affection?
Such conclusion would be at war with the
acknowledged attributes of the Masonic in.
sttution. And hence this neglect of a truly
historic man in his poverty by such plobted |
associates needs explanation, and the nnoIic
nave right to expect it from some source |
authorized to speak. >
The very last time we ever had anv con-
versation with Jonathan Morgan. he volun.
tarily bore emphatic testimony to the eener.
osity with which he had been treated by his
brethren ofthe Masonic fraternity. Embitter-
ed as he was against all the world beside, and |
acknowledging on that occasion his |
Indebtedness to no one else. he |
expressed himself warmly on tbc |
subject of Masonic benevolence. Mr. |
omlth, Of all men in the world. has the |
ieast reason to reproach himself on account |
OF anything that Mr.. Morgan wanted or sue
Tered. he, at least, exercised practical beney.
olence toward him. Why need he "looshly.u
1t seems to us-misrepresent others?
The Herald not to be beaten by the World |
as political MuIchausen goes one better
and says Senator Schurz, Speaker Blaine
and Gen. Butler are supposed to be con-
Goctlng some political conspiracy at the
run Avenue Hotel where they are all So
Journing and lit is rumored" says the Herald
.nat senator Conkllng is expected to ioin
them soon." II" continues the Hearld atbe
consultation means anything at all-and II ia
hard ifthree such men cannot happen under
the same roof without exciting apprehension
Of dire conspiracy among our patriotic PEG.
pe-it means that the friends of General
Grant are taking the most reasonable and
likely means of binding up the wounds that