The Arizona sentinel., 1874-08-22
HARDY's CARD IN THE MINER

which we published in the SEN.
 TINEL of the 1st instant. Now we know H. A. B., and know him to be a gentleman and scholar, while Hardy is just the reverse,
 and it would take more than liar.
 dy's word to make us believe
 what he says about H. A. B.'s
 drunkenness in Mohave county.
 Hardy has great deal to say about men drinking whisky, but according to the testimony of his
 neigh bOrs, no man is more fond of it than this same Hardy. True, no man ever accuses him of 6uy- i'eg whisky, but it is notorious that he can drink any given quan- tity.
 As to Hardy characterizing the SENTINEL as ''dirty unpopular sheet," nobody will'be surprised when they consider the source it comes from. The only dirty thing ever admitted into the col umns of the SENTINEL since it has been under our charge, is this same Hardy. We admit that it is dirty subject, and our only excuse for ever naming the crea. ture is that last fall he committed an unprovoked and lying assault upon the people of the Southern counties of the Territory through the columns of the Miner. He was even then figuring upon his chances for the Delegacy, and knowing his unpopuIarity, parti- cularly in the Southern counties, he grossly insulted the people of those counties in the following words: "As to our next Delegate to Congress, it is useless to try to elect a man from the Northern part of the Territory, as there is material in and about Tucson and Yuma, that a fraudulent vote would be cast to defeat any other but their own choice" Thus characterizing the voters of these counties as set of political scoun. drels. We therefore considered it our duty to show up this pusil luminous individual in his true Highland we did it. That is our excuse for ever befouling our columns with any reference to him. AS to what Hardy says about the SENTINEL being an unpopular sheet" we cannot see it. If it is an evidence of un- popularity that our paper is stead fly increasing in circulation, that it is sought for and read with avidity by the best of people everywhere, then indeed it is un- popular. One thing is certain Hardy's criterion of popularity, or of right and truth, is not ours.
 Hardy at different times has had much to say about our drink ing whisky. Now, we do not de- ny that we drink whenever we feel that it is proper for us to do SO. A long life of observation has taught us that there are few men who are of any account in the world, who do not use stimu- lating drink of some kind, either openly or cOvertly. But we have always held that true temperance is moderation, not total abstinence. We have never converted the means of refreshment into intem- perance or excess. We have a pretty large acquaintance in Ari- zona, and all along the Pacific Slope and we challenge any man to say that they ever saw us so under the influence of liquor that we lost our propriety, or behaved in an ungentlemanly or rowdy manner, or used ungentlemanly language or were incapable of at- tending to cur business. Who ever asserts or thinks to the con- trary, is a liar and a scoundrel.
 Hardy may as we'll hang up the fiddle about going to Congress. All his vituperation and slang