The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1873-04-25
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Look ont for yOur Glass House.
The Ledger of this city contained
an article last week, under the head
of "Our Neighbor on Bonds" which
we feel called upon to notice, be-
cause it contains so many bare-faced
is SO malicious, SO un-
fair, and ungenerous. We had ex-
pected better things at the hands of
the present editor of that paper.
We have tried to treat him fairly
and neighborly. We defended
him personally from charges made
against his motives in the late bond
contest. Considering these and our
past relations-and we think we
have proven our friendship on more
than one occasion-wc were sur
prised that he should stoop to per-
sonal abuse-to perverting our ar
ticle and putting upon its sentences
constructions which were both I'M
fair and dishonest-to low -fung in
nuendoes, and to peddling matters of
information which are of no conse-
quence to the public, and which
were gained while he was in our
employ, and while he was enjoying
our confidence. If the editor of the
Ledger thinks this manly or legit-
mate business we confess we had
placed q wrong estimate upon his
charter. We may be compelled to
acknowledge that we have made
another mistake"
Had the editor of the Ledger seen
fit to criticise our article in q fair
and manly way we should have had
nothing to say. But this he does
not do. For instance, take the fol-
lowing sentence:
sit was we'll known to many OF
our citizens that he at sundry times
declared that he was in favor of the
proposition, but in consideration of the
fact that very strong opposition &c
1t was demonstrated in some of the
townships, 1t would not have been sur.
prising If he had kept "mum" ON the
question, as il was believed and ex-
pected by many that he would so do"
We are not aware that we ever
expressed ourselves unquslifiedly
in favor of the bonds, because our
judgement was all the time against
the measure. We confess we hest
tated long before deciding the
course we took. We think we
weighed the matter well aud can
didly, and then did what we thought
best for all concerned. Now the
Ledger can believe that it was the
"strong opposition in some of the
townships" that decided our course
If it chooses to. We believe,
though, that its editor knows us well
enough to know that he was utter
ing falsehOod when he wrote that
part of the sentence. We knew, OF
course, that there was much opposi-
ton to the bonds in some portions
of the county, but we will say that
not single man, woman or child
ever solicited us to come out against
the bonds. We chose our course
without reference to which side
would beat. Now suppose the mean
and cowardly insinuntion that we
were shaping our course TO gain pop.
ularity were true, has not even the
editor of tie Ledger sense enough
TO see that we took the worst side
for that? Does he not well know
that we receive more patron
age in tho city, twice over, than we
do In the country, and that conse-
quently if our course affected our
business at all it would do so to our
detriment. That story is too thin,
Mr.. Ledger, and was dictated 10y
motives wide from those OF
truth and fairness. We take
it the llberal-minded people OF
Emporia are willing paper
should express its honest con-
victions, and the evident design OF
the Ledger to injure our business
will hardly accomplish much in its
favor.
But the editor sneers at our can
dor. He puts the word in quota
ton marks and intimates that we
were on both sides, and expressed g
fear that we would change, the next
Qast) week. Here is q low-lived
attempt to weaken any influence we
might have. No one knew better
that there would be no such change,
and that none would be centem-
plated, than the editor oil
the Ledger. Then why seek to
make such an impression. Will the
new editor make anything by viii.
full misrepresentation of his neigh
bors? When he gets through with
this sort of dishonesty ana dema'
goguery we hope he will let US know
how much he has added TO his man.
hood, to his pocket-book and to his
own Self-respect. We know well
that self-conceit is one of the most
prominent traits In the character OF
the present editor of the Ledger,
and it may possibly be that he il
one of those liberal-mindcd( p crea-
lures who think an honest opinion
impossible to others than them
selves. But while on this question
of candor and honesty, we will take
the liberty of propounding . ques-
ton to the immaculate editor OF the
Ledger. How did it happen that
his wonderful intellect was pierced
by a new light so suddenly, on be-
ing indicted into his new position
It Is . well known fact that he went
about the streets for some weeks
electioneering against the bonds
vehemently, previous to the date OF
his purchasing that paper. Now
this is something, perhaps, that did
not occur to the astute editor OF the
Ledger when he was impugniug our