The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1877-06-13
The Heather Rageth.

the editor says, "of the Murphy excite
ment, circus, and being extra much
visited during the week !" but by dint
of putting in full day Ono pun meant
on "full') at the case on Sunday, not
withstanding the statute against work
ing on Sunday, lie managed to con-
meet with the mail on Monday morn
ing, and to get the Tionesta 2. 0. pa.
pers in shortly after dinner.
In said issue of said paper, we, as
an individual, are held up rs an ex.
ample Of inconsistency. hypocrisy,
weak. kneed ness, uncharitability, and
an intimationis given that we are gull
ty Of plagiarism, having inadvertent-
'ly used an expression which the For
est Press says was once used by Beech
er. But we will endeavor to follow
him through his discourse, aud show
wherein he eris:
lie starts out by quoting our re-
marks on his Murphy article Of the
week before, and says, "The above
abuse, which is instigated by malice, is
unwarronted by facts" &c.
IfMr. Conver will pause to consid.
er, and tell the truth when he is con-
vinced, he must acknowledge that all
the malice existing between us is on
his side Of the house. We have suf-
fered him week after week to publish
insinuations and inuendoes in regard
to us, and only replied to them when
it seemed to us necessary to vindicate
ourself in the eyes Of our fiiencs and
subscribers. We have never taken
the offensive against him except when
he has misrepresented persons or bod.
les so that it seemed incumbent upon
us to correct his misstatements. Our
article in regard to the Press in last
weeks paper was called forth by two.
and.one. half.column article, the long
est original article ever published in
that paper, the letter and spirit Of all
which was against the Murphy move
ment, and which was undoubtedly in
stigated by desire to crush the move
ment in the start.
Further, saith the Forest Press ga
short time ago an item of ours called
forth by the Spectator, and which was
really friendly in its tone, and more
complimentary to Mr.. Dunn perhaps
than it should have been, called down
upon us and our patrons unstinted
abuse from the same pious source,
&c.
The complimentary item alluded to,
conveyed the impression that we were
here by his sufferance; that it was an
act of charity on his part, letting us
have the run of the job work here,
(which he could divide with us at any
time" and endeavoring to lead to the
conclusion, without saying it in 50
many words, that we contemplated the
discontinuance of the Forest RepubH.
can. The "unstinted abuse" which
we piously heaped upon him and his
patrons upon that occasion, consisted
in our reply that he might bring on a
job Office as soon as he pleased, and
that the Forest RepUbIiean would prob,
ably be issued regularly as long az the
Forest Press was issued occasionally.
More: winding up in the ensuing
issue by calling us a dog, and on the
same evening be lead in prayer at the
Presbyterian Church as under the
shadow of the AImighty,-that Church
in whose faith our mother (whose son
is called dog by this champion OF
Christianity died, and was laid in heI
peaceful grave before this person who
charged us with slandering the dead
was born"
We intimated that his action IN
picking quarrel with us, and then
whining and calling for sympathy
when he received his change, was
something after the manner of a dog
which snaps at mans heels, gets
kicked for its impudence and runs
bowling away. That he, from this
came to the conclusion that he aca8 6
dog, is not to be laid to our charge
and that lie without the slightest ex.
cuse brings his dead mother into the