The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1876-01-20
VERA PRO GRATIIS.

Bro. Hume of the Chiffon Times has
vaulted up on the rim of his ear and
''goes for" the editor of the Wisconsin
Democrat in a manner the latter must
truly despise. The editor of the Demo
crat has seen fit to charge party by the
name of Ross (Which James is his given
name, and whose business it is to bush
whack the state in the cause of temper
ance) with having slid out from hotel
in Chiffon without complying with the
rules of honest men i. e. paying his ho-
tel bill. Whether there is any truth in
the charge preferred we are not prepar-
ed TO say, but this much We dare assert
without fear of doing the great luminary
OF temperance an injury, lce k7l0tc jas.
I1Oss, and are satisfied in our Utmost
heart that this self-same James Ross is
the worst misrepresented man in Wis
consin. We have had him under our
observation day after day for over two
years and half; We have seen him drunk
liil zinc seritas) and sober, have seen
and i'll his family. Show us man under
The influence of liquor, show him to US
at home III his intercourse with his fam
lily; let lis see how he treats the wife of
lis bosom and his children, and we will
tell You who and what he Is The art
ful, bilnd and child-like James is the
sgorst misrepreSented man in Wisconsin.
We are about sick of all we have heard
IN praise OF this fraud upon human ma
Inre, and venture the assertion that if
James didn't slide out as charged, he is
none too serupu!ous for anything Of the
kind. OF all embodied egotism, greed
for money, heartless selfshness wearing
the artificial maskof ingenious honesty,
James Ross Is the peer CT all men that
aver came nnder our observation. We
have made the man, his moral and intel
iecsual makeup, a study and know him
to the very core OF all ruins wrought
by whisaey, Shanghai Chandler is
perhaps the most unfortunate among the
editorial fraternity of this state; but
Shanghai far gone as he is, has more
honor and self-respect in his little finger
than James Ross eyer possessed IN his
whole body. Shanghai can't be induced
by any amount OF money to mount the
rostrum to Yecite his own history as a
warning example. For fifteen dollars
and expenses James will come before
any audience willing to listen to his tir-
AIDES, take himself by the collar and drag
himself through all the mire, slush and
degradation that morbid imagination
can create to show up his OWL debauch-
cries of the past. There is no such word
rs shame in James dictionary, no word
like truth or anything Ike a definition
of manhood. James is not temperance
III IL for love of virtue, il is for the gain
of filthy lucre, and he would Just as
readily return to the mire of his past
life as continue In his present if he could
fIsten his grip TO an equal remuneration
by 50 doing. James loves to be petted
by inst such illusions as Hume makes TO
MS ''noble nature, and carefully keeps
these outbursts OF enthusiasm posted up
IN his pass book to deceive others into
tie same error of Judgment. Hume, are
know James and yoa don't. He has
sp0,ged more cigars from our desk than
he ever paid for in his life. 1t is the
price we PAID for the boon of studying
the character of a man who among men
Is the most consnmate hunlbug we have
ever come across,