The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1875-08-04
THE uposTMAsTER. QUESTION.

line HerdM 1S auVlSeu Dy one vi its du-
mirers that, under circumstances probably
never to be realized, there will be no "ne-
I" cessity of STOPPING to throw dirt because
" others throw dirt at you Did anyone
ever know that paper to withhold the
throwing of dirt until "others threw dirt"
at it? We trow not. Our readers will
bear us witness that we, or our associates,
never opened an attack OF the throwing
dirt kind upon that paper, that we hardly
ever replied to such attacks until we were
almost overwhelmed with dirt and until
some of our good friends had almost con-
cluded that we were buried too deep for
resurrection. Our readers will, also, bear
Us testimony that we never INDUCED our
self in a personal attack, no matter how
great the provocation, on any one OF the
numerous editors of the Herald. If they
have been in the habit of reading that sheet
they know in what manner we and our as
sociates have been attacked by the Herald,
what VILE personal epithets have been ap-
piled to each one of us, epithets not having
the rcmotest connection with any matter
then or at any time 10 dispute between the
two papers, but dragged in for the purpose
of being personally offensive. We have
before us Herald which contains no less
than thirteen personalities to the editors and
one of the proprietors of THE GLOBE having
no connection with any dispute between the
papers, but having their origin solely in bu-
siness jealousy or personal malice. We have
not replied in kind, nor even lost our tenn
per nor shall we do 80 now, when the
same newspaper suffers an anonymous cor
respondent to characterize the editors OF
The GLOBE as worse than thieves. We
all know how low and contemplate anony-
nous thrusts are considered, and so willing
are we to let his contemplate aspersions,
and the journalistic courtesy which allow
ed of its publication, pass without further
answer, that had we that same kind of
"marked enterprise and ability" of which
he speaks, we would not use that enter
prise and ability in hunting up and pub
fishing some old newspaper editorial to
show what we thought of anonymous CON-
munications. We are aware that we can
not handle pitch without being defiled, and
will, therefore, dismiss the subject, prom
Using our readers, some day, specimens of
choice reading and journalistic courtesy in
the shape of elegant epithets applied by the
Herald to the editor of THE GLOBE.
One word as to the original article.
Knowing the honesty and efficiency with
which the postal service is and has been
managed, and the dsrepute in which it
was generally held, we alluded to Nasby's
satire on the X roads postoflice, the ambi,
ton of small, curbstone politicians to be.
come postmasters, and stated that it was
these causes, as we'll as the existence Of
black sheep, that brought disrepute on thu
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reported to us as having recently been com
mitted by Vermont postmaster We thel
believed the alleged facts as stated by us t
be true, and we still believe them so. w,
have no personal interest in the matter
only the same as every other good citizen
We are not to be forced or drawn into {
newspaper controversy over the matter OIL
as to the particular postmaster referred to-
We understand that the matter is to be in
vestigated by the postoffice authorities as
it certainly should be. IT 30, although we
personally know nothing of the facts,
we shall not shelter ourself behind our pre-
sumed editorial shield, but shall freely give
them all the aid in our power, pointing Out
the sources of our information, and the
persons whom we honestly believe to
possess the evidence to substantiate the
statement just as we made and published
it-not as anyone elseha thought or talked
it. This is all we can do in the prem
Uses, and, until called upon by parties
having authority to act, here the matter
must rest so far as we are concerned.