The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1872-08-15
THE GAZETTE.


"published by Elk Co., r. r. and min
ing Gazette Co."
Now one would suppose from the title
or name Of the paper, and the frm name
of its proprietors that it was devoted to
the developement of the natural sources
of wealth in Elk county, by means OF
artificial facilities for transporting its
products to the most remunerative
markets OF the county.
Such however Is not the case this
paper is a Democratic political sheet OF
the baser sort. It does not aspire to the
discussion OF political issues from logi-
CAL or truthful stand point.
The conductor of this delectable
sh eot contents himself in udulgng in
unscrdpulous falsehood /; falsehood Of
the very lowest order even in politics.
lie eaters to the Democracy of Elk
county BY making out Of whole cloth
falsehoods utterly disbelieved by every
sensible and respectable Democrat in
the county.
This unmauly line of conduct may be
the effect of one OF two causes viz; that
he is familiar With the people with whom
he lives, and doles out to them such
political food as their disorlered condi-
ton demands, or else actuated by ma
tive sordidness he belittlbs his manhood
b. resorting.
''ro ways that are dark
And tricks that are vain"
Men may, indeed it is their right to
discuss The political issues Of the day, as
well as the personal fitness of candidates,
they may call up the anteeedents of
candidates and compare them, yet moth
ing beneath the dignity of personal
honor trauspires. But the very mo-
ment man passes the boundery of
truth he aisgr!sts the honorable of his
own party, who wholly disavow his
course, and absolutely refuse to stand
responsible for his meauness
That the conductor Of the GazeHc
has, to al human appearance marked
out for himself line of conduct calcu-
lated to degrade political discussion, we
think is quite MANIFEST from the scuri-
lous ihatter so 'euutlngly paraded in his
issue of the lst inst.
We cali attention in the first place to
an article headed Grant to be sued"
This ARTICLE is not credited to any pa
per, and must as Ulatter of course be,
il genuine, an original communicated
for the Gazette, or copied from some
other source without credit, Il course
most jdstly CONDEMNED W journalists Of
every grade.
The communication purports to &c
letter from one Sayles j. Bowman dated |
july 18th 1872, and addressed to one /
&c. l.. Watkins Ksq," and is so low
and vulgar in lone and styla, that i:
genuine, clearly proves its author to be a
routed plunderer, now shouting for Gree
ley, as is Tweed, C0unely, and Connellys
"kioked" son-in-law and others Of the
Tammany persuation are now doing, in
the hope of speedy return to positions
where stealing may be carria6 or, or a
larger scale than ever heretofore.
We very much doubt however its
geru;Eeness. IF it were genuine {hc
Gazette would not be the first paper to
bring Il to the light, and hold it up TO I
the nations gaze. Indeed if anything
of the kind had ever been written, the
'Lib-Rep-Dcm" candidate would have
published it in his no party organ as a
fdr square report of all things what
soe7er, that had ever been written wheth-
er true or false, especially the latter
We dismiss the contemplate letter re-
ferred to by remarking once for all, that
the other article or rather paragraph
in the Gazette in so low, so
beneath the deceucy of even the most
vulgar blackguard, that we exceedingly
doubt whether any but a keeper of a
house where the lowest of the low resort
could or would give it inference.
We now take leave of the Gazette
promising our readers that we will never
trespass upon their time and patience,
never again soil the columns of the Id
yocGte with even passing notice of the
Gazette until such times as its conduc-
Tor may conclude 10 come out of the
of political blackguardism and
take his place among the many dispu-
.ants or political issues now dividing the
national mind.
What Jewel Of Man.
1t is somewhat amusing now that the
Weather is on the upward shoot to hear