Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1875-07-31

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Editors of The ";Frss Press in its last issue
Il was most singular that | should have 50 ~
Scneu'ey presented 'IA' "'.',g ~ '.,s Io-"I
=, .ui5 80. "a ,r,ys;sI somsvbat togetber
through Hfe-j should no, have wondered at
the coiucideuce,-when as he suPPoses I was
on aunt Tor things lraScai''yI nov H"'' To
auu. Il virtue "'Ho.'eSS '',e 7e"''S''''" i'7
$50 .u 's'y --,i.,', ', ,-,;,,, 20 be
sonisj by our comfy papers. now that it Is
repub.ishel. AMI can be read, leave it TO the
Intelligence aud sound Judgment oil 'ne arm
''' ~ nj 1 - H., L;-S ,r,bo,i,y 10 me
i.,nrre an tbi8ys ara impure. Al,bo the il-
NOR seems to be somewhat obdvious to the
Ast, that be was requested 10 copy t1e arr
' Di a.' ~ ''' =, - - he 30 s1rrro
5ro1 whence il ORIGINATED.
The blmbastic AK OF the Cd Free Press ~ arti-
Gle, wonderfully disturbed our rest aud shoes ca,
Gu our nerves. oIou't We s.1s' 'u5 80 40
80 al ,,tir, care If Inv orr farmer
friends. JONI II. SrRIpER.
Our tenderness. last week. which touched
tle ss7sibiities of Nj. Striler. I'VE are glad he
has nerves. was pr5vokel by his uumanly and
cover, ATTEMPT for basely selfish purposes, TO
ipurs Us with the hrmin, community; aud
vet in his n,iva.e note requesting us to publish
,bs f,rsgsiDr very fs,,ering pen-pictnre Of
ourseIf he allu5es to our paragraph as an .'uu-
called for attack 90 We repeat what we said
last week. that there was no significance in
our omission .caU it refusal it you please. to
republish tle article above incorporated into
his card. It was pcuuci by an avoweJ enc
my of the railroad. by an aspiring politician 10
q rural community. The statements contain
el therein NAV. or nav not be. facts, but il d,
hardly reasonable TO expect ;lat we should
take I'D the quarrel Of Mcssrs. Kazcy IL Mil
Ier.or fan in With the TASTES Of Capt. Riddle
harger. Opposition 20 railroads. outspokeu
ana fair. OF otherwise. may be a convenient
hobby upon which senatorial aspirant may
riie intoplace. If we published an the spite
fol things said ofroilroad companies, banking
OPP manufacturing corporations. farmers. mer-
chants or huckstcrs, We should have little room
for the curreat news Of tbs day. ]. ~e under
toos ts.ec;:s al, the petty acts Of individuals,
we would De booted at as retailer Of scandal
We lou'trr7r-se 90 DO either al aquseJ1g, but,
# at al, a7lJitag. We publish paper Of
our own a. o stipulated price. and propose TO
advocate in our way those thing, which win
rebound 10 the interests ol the entire commu-
nitv. Ours IS not class plper-ezcept that
we try TO make it trst-class country paper.
Everybody is at liberty 20 subscribe, and we
eadcavor TO give an equivalent for the money
paid. We are not controlled by corporations
or rings, nor intend to be. Any man who
thinks he cannot get the worth Of bis Two
Dollars and FIFTY Cents in f.ty-two numbers
oftbe FREa Press is ot liberty TO spend his
money for horse-cakcs or otherwise as he may
determine for himself Surely, those who
read but DO not pay, have uo risbtto condemn
cur position upon any policy. We would
have all bear in mind that Two Dollars aad
Eifty cents year does not entitle the payer
90 the control Of the payee columns some
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