The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1876-10-25
False and Foolish.

0sSS SAss~ S~SsSs's
Mr.. Erickson. Of Red Wing, has gricv-
| ance. He wrote 4 letter to TIE Dispatch on
the Wilder business. 1t threw no light on
the subject, but to give the accused the ben
eft Of an endorsement, we corrected its spell
| lug and grammar, cut out some Of its self
pufery and righteousness in order to make
it fit the space reserved for it. and inflicted
it ON cur readers. And now Mr.. Erickson
| rashes into all the papers, and berates us
for "suprressing important parts" Of his
great epist]e. If anybody will find any,
thing important in the whole letter we will
suffer the censure. Had We published the
letter, as received, it would have given MT.
E. all the fame he pants for.-Dispatch.
In writing the above the editor of
the Dispatch becomes guilty Of both
falsehood and folly. We read over
the same copy of Mr.. Erickson's
letter that was sent to the Dispatch,
and know that its faults Of "spelling
and grammar do not deserve the
ill-natured comments INDUCED in.
above. They were fewer than what
are usual in communications of SIM
liar length from average American
correspondents, and had the letter
been published as written, MIR. Erick-
son would have no occasion to blush
because of erroneous spelling" or
grammar. Again, in the parts Of
the letter cut out by the Dispatch
not one word Of "selfpuffery" &C.
ours nor is it true that the omitted
portions are not essential to what
Mr.. Erickson desired to say. So
much for the untruthfulness of the
above extract.
Now as to its folly. 1t is an un-
called for insult to Mr.. Erickson and
to his friends. AS he declared in
one of the omitted paragraphs of his
letter, he is a republican. He might
have voted for Mr.. Wilder in any case
though we very much doubt whether
he would have done so, certainly he
would not have used any effort to
weaken Major Straits prospects, had
not these charges about bounty tax
been made against Judge Wilder;
and even after they were inadver-
tently made, had the Dispatch con-
Quoted the controversy fairly, Mr..
Erickson and his friends would have
had no occasion to complain. But
the editor of the Dispatch ought to
have known that to insult and abuse
those who differ with us is not the
way to win them back, nor even to
gain their cooperation in future con-
tests. The effect Of the contempt
bic paragraph above quoted is to
compel Mr.. Erickson, out of self
respect, to avoid association with its
author and those who side with him
and accept the companionship Of
such as condemn the insulting con-
duct of the Dispatch. OF course,
this measurably repels him from re-
publican and drives to democratic
companionship, and his friends, who
are numerous and who esteem him
highly, sympathize with him.
During the past few days we have
been almost forced to regard the
Dispatch as an enemy in disguise
Pretending to work for the promo
ton Of Major Straits election, it i:
actually doing more to raise uE
friends and advocates and make
votes for Judge Wilder than all the
democratic papers in the State pu
together. We are more than eve
sorry that Hall sold out, for thougf
an enemy he was less hurtfulE en-
envy that his successor, who claim:
to be q friend u. .< &. :z- n =
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