Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1877-11-15
PEACE--ON CONDITIONS.

i The Herald of 9th inst. came to us wit
- an appeal in large letters, LET US HAVl
PEACE" The writer in his agony als'
makes an urgent appeal to a man over fou
hundred miles away to choke us Oft. w
;, might have entertained charity enough t.
. ward the Herald to accede to its reques
did it not in the same article continue it
malignant and villianous attacks upon al
innocent party. The Herald's appeal re
minds us Of story recited in the hack par,
I of the old Webster spelling book, headed
> The Unjust Judge" The judge was ca
ger to receive what was his just dues, but
when justice demanded aught of him, that
changed the matter. So it is with the Her
aid. When their bull is gored they are
quick to demand what they deem their
dues. but are the last persons in the world
to grant to Others what they demand
for themselves.
Ii may be fortunate as is the Herald to
respond to all demands upon its purse"
but we would rather struggle with poverty
all our life long, than be guilty of making
assessments on our friends, Of placing our
property out of our hands and taking the
benefit Of the statute of limitation, or of
''swindling the friends assisting us and hay
ing confidence in our honor" 1t is the old
cry Of ''stOp thief" raised to divert atten-
ton from themselves. Behind the protect
ing shadow Of the law of limitation they |
crow Of their ill-gottcn gains and refuse to ,
pay their honest debts.
As to the REPETITION of the SANDERS
against the proprietor OF this paper we
have nothing to say. They have been
harped over SO long that people know
there is nothing in them. Why. if there
was any truth in your statements. would
not his enemies have been only too glad to |
AIRY the matter before grand jury and i,
nave him convicted? Did we not courte-
'usiy call upon your nfrcre and other l
i1D!ans of his ilk to offer some proof of '
heir statements. and have they not failed a
o bring forward one iota of evidence? a
an you. or any other person, truthfillly j
ny that VIM. w. Anderson was ever guilty e
# refusing to pay his debts-tl,at he ever
or swindled. or turned traitor "
0. and abused his friends? No you can NJ
OF; but it would he absolutely impossible st
'r him to say as much for you. Such O
aper as the Herald accusing others of hy- in
ocrisy! Why, if the files of the Herald if,
D not show hypocrisy in its worst form. &c
zen DIR. Noah Webster was entirely isno- All
mt of the meaning of the word. fir
Nnn So
y" art very Tree iii your ADVICE to de
hers. and in requiring them to treat you W:
ell. but can you expect more from 9TH hu
than you are willing to accord them? m,
e clip from an article headed '.Amateur ~,
in your issue of May p. 1877. On
z following sentences-the entire article ho,
full of sound advice which you so kind Sp,
q and considerably (?) dished up for the I'm
idance Of the COURIER; suppose YOU he,
ID it and profit by some of its valuable w,.
ygestiOns: - ,
a newspaper ought to he able to main Ma,
an impersOnal character and its ex-
ssiOns be attributed to it. lis editor 'ie
eed.~ is responsible for its editorial cx- no
ssiOn. but with this responsibility. whe
lcIi nothing but an accident will avoid, to Il
1ers and contemporaries ought to be lead
SIZED. Whose pen has written. what ,s;..1
III has composed given article. is a CIV
stlon wholly aside from any legitimate alho
'llry, and the habit of speculation as to and
of this or that article is a Cart
e OF lmpertinence Of which no expert and
g my wish
''' ''=' se'o'''o ieie's ~ your accus- matt
country parson of writing our edito- will
does it not: 1,od
f.". t' -! t'ltofiaI expression Is Other
VIII be properly attributed to it, '
st place the word COURIER where the 'to";
Idnow ic .nd ,.o,, who'll
+lv and whom wa .ro ,ot .t.o. fore t
TO stand vour abuso = will ho .;.,o their
to call in assistance; and YOU can i've =,
zone your abuse Of others until that A'
comes. In tbo me,nt;no e ,-o,, ,,.;,, presel
the article to which we refer you, and ~ we're
by the lessons it endeavors to irle,,l- Ui"'e
you will never be guilty of writing ..oue
a piece of .Amatcur Jo,,rn,,;sn,,, - piece
red in vour ;ssuo ofc,h ~. and e,
us Have Peace" ihodel
5 said that ''children and fools fell the WHERE
:" On read;nr tho t;,.rt - -" restOr
eralds article. LET lis Have Peace: "o'el
pasonino from ettact 70 .anso intelli,
he reason they call us '.silly child.r ','a'
NATURE IDIOT, &c. is because they CTS VII
Tor once at least heard TRUTH. Eve