The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1876-06-22

OF 1876.
For some time past we have been enjoy
ing little badinage with the Stroudsburg
JeferSonian, whose editor, although on the
wrong side of the house politically, we
thought had breathed the pure air of Mon
roe county long enough to have freed HIM
self of the bitterness that marks so many OF
his kind. 1t seems we were mistaken. lie
is full of gall He cannot hide it, and so he
advertises the shame Of his party by referring
to the time when Democratic newspapers
were mobbed by loyal ruffians, and Demo
cratic editors were bounded and pursued.
He seems even to glory in the disgrace which
for all time must attach itself to the men
who engaged in the ignoble work, and the
worse than towards who urged them on with
out daring to become open participants in
the outrages And these mobs the editor of
! the Stroudsburg JeftrSoRian calls an ''out-
ragged community" We must decline any
further controversy with journal whose
highest regard for free press is It's destruc-
ton at the hands of brutal mob, that with
murder in its heart and the incendiary' s
brand in its hand, would spread destruction
and wreak vengeance regardless of law and
insensible of order. God forbid that that
day may ever come when a Democratic
journal will justify mob law, or prate of the
loyalty that calls the Union league with
the devil, and the Constitution of our
fathers a covenant with hell. p" Let the
JefeTS0nidn what misnomer J enjoy the
nOtoriety it covetS, we'll have none OF 1t. y
EdSton Argus.
Remarks ks-What terrible hubbabaloo
our neighbor has worked himself into, and
Ill f,r no+b;nr Tboco ,rbn ba1a wool our
squibs drawn forth by his attempted hits at
us will have 10 hesitancy in discovering the
thin skinnedness Of our friend, who evident
ly intended to have all his fun to himself
We should certainly had nothing to say if he
had only notified us in his first article that
reply was not desired, especially such an one
as merely tit for tat. Why, we claim to be
utterly free from gall, and feel hurt to think
that our amiable friend has even suspected
us of such possession. But tuta, neigh
Dor, since you intended the matter to assume
the proportions Of controversy, and yet cry
pec-cdUi at the first semblance of hit, which
by the by was a simple rejoinder Of fact
tossed against an unwarrantable peryersion
of truth we do not believe that it would Ell
ther be profitable or funny for you to coutln
ue your efforts longer. When we begin a
We generally continue to the end
giving and taking hits with great good hu
NOR, aud even when attacked we seldom cry
quits until the subject is exhausted Our
reference to the search for currant bushes,
was but the first grain of spice that We had
thrown from the heap We had gathered for
service in the playing on between US and We
really regret that We have so much good ma
terial gathered to hand only to be wasted by
your drawback. But, again tu-ta, dear
friend, and better luck to you next time
The questions as to the brutal mob, and
whether a portion Of the crowd were not
good citizens goaded on by your disloyal ut
terances we leave for settlement between you
and your fellow citizens. One thing, how
ever, remains that those who you charged
with being corrupt Republicans and insinu-
ated, were shuffled off by the Democracy, |
and 10 its regret did leave the par
ty just about the time when disloyal Demo |
cratic Editors were endangeriUg the safety Of
the Union by playing into the hands of its
rebel enemies. We viii make no further
reference to NOCTURNAL crawling under cur
rant bushes, as that seems to be the sensitive
point. This questioning friend, sometimes
leads to serious results.