The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1872-10-31

ne publishes aH lHSOouSC III WHICH
/ physician was called to see a poo
woman on his premises and went
but refused to do anything for he
relief until his fee was secured hl
the Captain. Now, every respecta
able physician will condemn. th,
!. meanness of the doctor, but no on,
among them who knows the Cap
tain is eredulous enough to believt
that he lost anything by his quas
liberality. We incline to the opin
ion that the Captain collected every
cent advanced for the suffering we
man with interest). Come, now
Captain, own ups did yop-no make
her husband "fork. over on settle
rAent2 So much. for his boasted
humanityi ag
The Captain was certainly in 9
bad humor when he wrote that re
/ joinder. He must have been hun.
cry. I Isuspect he "wrote it before
breakfast" 'i .i-- a5 @
After teaching me some lessons
touching the ''irrevocable law" OF
supply and demand, he volunteers
the advice that had better go to
school and learn the elements Of po-
litical economy. 'sUEpon what meat
doth this, our Cesar, feed, that he
hath grown so great2"
Iadmit my want of knowledge of
many of the principles of this i'm
poftant science, and viii cheerfully
learn Of any orthodox teacher, but
he must excuse me from becoming
a pupil of one who, though be as
sumes to be master of the science,
is So, ,pAlpably ignorant of its prima-
ry principles. / learned, when a
school boy, that "competltioa is the
life of trade.' He thinks that mo-
nopolies subserve the greatest
amount of public good. He would
have us believe that four merchants
and two lawyers can transact all the
mercantile and legal business OF, the
county at much cheaper rates than
are now charged for merchandise
and legal advice, The question is
not, can they do it, but a0Ould they
do itP I viii not stuItify myself
by, discussing the question. An
history teaches the contrary, and
vet this modern Solon gives ex-
preston to this absurd idea. with a
degree of sang frOid that is really
amazing. With what unparalleled
complacency the Captain issues his
wise saws upon matters Of science!
With what child-like credulity he
cherishes the idea that the ''intell-
igent and influential men" of the
county endorse his heresies! It
grieves me to disabuse his mind up
on this point, but duty to an en-
lighteAed public compels me to as
sure him that having heard the
merits of his Address discussed by
the influential and intelligent
men, of the county, am prepared
to take issue with him upon its gen
eraI endorsement. ar sr...g q -asrL
I heard a gentleman who signed
that document say, a fewsGays ago,
in public, that he did not endorse a
sentiment in it, and did it as a mat
ter of compliment; and you should
know that compliments are like CO
logne water, more to smell OF, but
not to take. You gulped it down,
though, and it has produced a case
of mental hypertrophy, for the cure
of which 1 Idesign this prescription.
Now, Captain, I care nothing about |
your in-natured personalities. They |
fall as harmless as snow flakes npon |
a sunbeam; but I have not much to |
do, as you intimate, and writing |
these little newspaper articles will |
serve to beguile a tedious hours so
ifyoI are not satisfied with this,
Just mount your Pegasus, and 1 will
run you from the tap of the drum
to the crack Of doom. You must
not think you can demolish the
whole medical fraternity with no
other weapon than that with which
Sampson slew the PhilistiDes.
He complains that the physiciap
often charges the "poor laborer" for
one hours service a sum which the
latter cannot make in a week.
Grant that he is correct. Can be
not with equal justice complain that
the architect who, by patient toll
for years, was enabled to devise our
State capitol, amassed more money
ii year than the stone cutter who
wrought upon it by the day lid in
4 lifetime?' Away with such sense
less appeals to the ignorant and
vulgar! F
He fills three columns of the CT
zen in answer to my article, which,
he finally concludes, is Of ''such
weak, insipid and watery consisten
cy'' as no one but a hydropathist
can prepare. Whenever I heed
Iessly outrage the feelings or qpps-
'its of any one, L am ever ready to
make the amende honorable. It is
due myself no less than the Cap /
yain to say that I prepared the
aforesaid article for a temperate /
public who place a proper estimate |
upon pure wster. Had been ad
him solely I should have
spiced it with something a little
stronger. satisfied that the scintilla-
5ions OF sparkling wit and the
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