The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1873-09-25

some back alley of Cleveland, and which,
we believe. can pack more dirt to the
square inch than any other paper in the
State But fortunately the army reputa-
tion of General Noyes is not at the
mercy of any such instrument of abuse, or
of those who use it as the weapon of
their petty spites and revenges. II it was
there is no soldier in Ohio, no matter
how brave or self sacrificing whose good
name would not be in jeopardy"
A few days afterwards the Journal con-
tanned the following:
The Prohibition Era revived and re-
published with sensation headlines ex-
ploded charges againsta crippled soldier,
revengefully designed to rob him of his
good name We placed upon this act, in
terms emphatic but not too severe, the
seal of its own infamy, and now the Era
whines that it has been abused! All it
wanted, evidently. was to be let alone,
and do its dirty work of slander without
molestation. There was nothing abusive,
in its opinion, in trying to defame
brave man who risked life and gave limb
for his country while the editor of the
Era was probably enjoying the comforts
OF his hreslde at safe distance from
rebel bullets. The Era also makes profert
OF o certificate to its respectability.
Well it mayl A journal that will throw
mud at an empty sleeve had better be
looking around for its credentials, if it
wants to keep in good society Ii is true
the Era is published in the name of a
good cause, but that is no excuse for re-
Wiling soldiers, and more especially Grip
pied soldiers"
And subsequently the journal contained
the following, which cuts this pretender
and slanderer to the quick:
"The Prohibition Era excuses itself for
charging a crippled soldier with coward
ice, and sober. blameless gentleman
with intemperance, because the accused
is candidate for official position, and
the accuser a professedly temperance
paper We had not before known that
the temperance cause could be profted
by calling the wounded veterans of the
war towards. or by disseminating scandal
Gus inventions, conveniently dated back
seven or eight years, to blacken their
reputation. Neither had we supposed
there was paper in Ohio mean enough
to engage in that business, much less to
do it in the name of virtue, morality and
temperance. The idea that because a
man is candidate for Office, it is proper
and right to open upon him the flood
thing novel as coming from an advocate
of temperance. Equally novel is the doc
trine of this teacher of propriety, the
Era, that soldier whose leg was shot
away in the thick of battle is bound to
rush into print and defend his reputation
for courage whenever any hummer, ma
llnger, or apron-string knight of the
home guards chooses to impeach it. If
anything could add to the shabbiness of
such pretexts it is that their inventor,
after making them, has the effrontery to
interrogate US to the veracity of his
informers and the truthfulness of his
charges. 1t is rather late in the day to
make such inquiries, and when the pub
lie sees scandal-monger. after accusing
others, going about asking people whether
his accusations are true, it will have no
difficulty in fixing proper estimate upon
their truthfulness, as well as the charac-
ter of their author"