Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1875-02-26

THE Supreme Ruler of the Universe has
not endowed every one of his creatures
with brains and common sense, but he has
mercifully vouchsafed to the greater num-
Der thus denied, an instinct, which deters
them from making exhibition of their i'm
becility in public. A notable exception
to this rule is found in the case of AZ. G.
B." correspondent of the Conservative.
This budding genius occasionally falls
prey to the delusion that he has something
to say to the public, and straightway
rushes into print, the result being ludi
crous mixture of muddy philosophy and
high-stilted rhetoric that excites the smiles
and good-naturcd ridicule of his readers
Sometimes these performances take the
shape of fiery tits at the BULLETIN; and
he caps the climax of high soaring fustian
and impotent invective in the Conservative
of this week. Like Dogberry, "E. c. b."
is anxious to be written down an ass, !"
and in default of another, undertakes the
grateful task tor himself, and does it well.
The red rag that excites this Pine Creek
Taurus is the circumstance that there ap-
pear ed in the BULLETIN, two weeks ago,
an article taken from the New York Sun,
"a paper from which "E. G. B." weekly
drinks in heavy draughts Of sensation and
scurrility suggesting, with a moderation
unusual for that paper, that the finances of
the National Grange are not managed with
the prudence and integrity betting the in
stitution, For publishing this article,
without comment, the hair-trigger cores
pendent of the Conservative, as usual
going off at half cock. charges the BULLE-
TIN with all sorts of designs against the
Grange, and in spread-eagle, hystericy
sort of style appeals to the Patrons to
"stamp with indignation" upon any paper
that will dare to suggest, in the remotest
manner, that the National Grange officers
are like other men, or that they arc not a
company of saints and angels, with harps
in their hands, waiting to be translated.
To show the utter Righteousness of this
assinine onslaught, it is only necessary to
remind the reader that this very subject
of the abuses Gin the National Grange
management has been the topic for much
public discussion among members of the
order and that language ten times as caus-
tic, and charges great deal more specific
than the Suns article, have been made by
Patrons high in station and confidence OF
the order. We need only mention Hon.
C. F GARRISON, delegate from the Iowa
State Grange to the National Grange, re-
Gently in session at Charleston, who, in
the State Register, of which he is the
agricultural editor, has repeatedly handled
the subject without gloves. OF the merits
of these charges we know nothing, but
we shall not apologize for publishing what
Il large share of the Patrons themselves
regard as abuses in the administration of
their order.
"E. G. b." says 81 would ask why
are not the Masons or Odd Fellows ar
raigned before the public as the BULLETIN
and other papers are wont to do by the
Patrons." The statement that the BULI.E-
TIN is wont to arraign the Patrons is a
malicisus falsehood. ana no one knows II
better than its INSCRIPTIONS author. In
regard to the Masons and Odd Fellows, it
is sufficient to say, that when one Of their
number shall make specific charges Of
misappropriation of funds, it will be time
enough to publish the fact In such case
we promise to at least copy an article from
another paper on the subject, and run the
risk of being kicked by some jackass of
the Masonic or Odd Fellows persuasion.