Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1877-08-30
" THE DOG RETURNED TO HIS
VHMIT..'

srat.r tie head Of Disrcputable .Jou
: nalism," the Times of last week attempt
a sort OF reply to an article which appearc
under the same caption in the COURIER til
week previos:s. The result is this:
admit, She truth Of the charges we shc
made. and attempts a most miserable sci
justification of its course. With regard +
its selt.ustitfcation we haee thing to sa.
1t has an tfhqtfestfJna,le right to fool itse
in that way if it so desires. but it must no
lay the flattcrirg nhction TO its soul that i
is thereby either aeceiving the public O
'shaming The devil
We readily admit that we have not spen
Il lifetime at journalism. aud never in TIN
past prOfessed to be a journalist; but W,
have all our life long belonged to that grea
family from when the journalist has de
rived his only support and Appreciation
namely: the great reading public of Amer
"A. and of whom the tyyc journalist is onl,
faithful servant and exponent. In thi;
position we were always compelled to ust
more or less sound judgment taste, refine
ment and knowledge to make proper choice
of our reading and in Dispensing the little
patronage we held worthily. And such
, experience as it has brought us. together
with the education that has prcriMrftiaNy
fale en- to our lot. we have errtlessorcd ia
give to this same public in the form and
Character Of the -AvANT COURIER.
In The future. as in the past, our efforts
shat be to educate. uplift and sustain char
actei. to advance the material interests Of
the community. and to condemn the
wrong. and Ill public abuses. whcrevc-
met. la doing so. we see no necessity for.
and shall not stoop to. blackguar!ism, yul-
ger vit,lpe.:ltiOn. and SANDER and abuse of
private character. Personalities are mean.
low, and ccHtemptiblc. But when any,
thing of pUblic nature presents itself. it is
always subje IT of honest criticism.
This is our idea of journalism. and we
leave it to a dis. erning public to Judge of
our motives and efforts.
But the editor of the Times does not
profess to belong to the great family we
have just alluded to. 1t is his boast that
he has been Journalist his life long; and
his life has been long one at that. 1t
fairly discounts that of the old Hebrew
Patriarch. whose 100 years were : few and
evil"
lie says we do not write grammatically
that we are not journalist. but lls,lrp-
er! This. We judge, was a proper subject
Tor criticism. Had he been wise enough to
point out our errors, We should have
thanked him. and profited thereby. But
his lifelong journalist adds: ..All the
trouble; all the rObberies. swindling and
'peculations-and the Indian wars that
aow prevail on our Eastern and Western
border, IS the result Of the policy Anderson.
md. in part the late Conference here rem
resent
There's grammar for you. We call on
Llbbic Wakefield to make the correction.
He spells anointed, .'a-l,-l,-o-i-n-t-e-l..'
Take one more sentence from this s.life-
ong Journalist" and self-constituted c,am-
marian: 1.-The fact is our article. thoupb
may not have been exactly accurate in
letali, on account Of a personal opportuuitu
0 report the proceedings, 1t was correct on
general principles and facts The school
louse building on the hill will have various
departments adapted to the various degrees
# pupils. We recommend the LIFELONG
dItor to start in at once with the prima-
y. by the lapse Of another generation.
dded to his already ''life-long' experience.
opes OF future promise will begin to
nd. We shall have journalist, indeed,
But what is our Offense? Why. We had
ne manliness-the moral courage to take
&c Times to task for an abusive, unjust
nd fatse report of the NJ L. Conference.
his was a public matter. The fact that
he Times disagrees with the Conference
pom the Indian Policy is not in point. A
'st and respectful presentation of its !
Jews would have been welcome and cnti- !
eel to consideration and respect.
But the fact that it cannot take issue l
pom any question without insulting its t
pponent and covering him with SANDER a
ID falsehood, stamps it as one of the I
west OF Billingsgate prints and vulgarist 5
pot-house journals. a
We have young and thriving COM a
unity; charming little village. that ex- v
les the admiration Of all visiting stran- c
rs this lifelong journalist cxceptedl. t
Il public institutions that can be foster,s}
nong US adds that much to our glory s
q prosperity. The coming amongst us
the members of the NJ. +. Conference n
the first time and establishing its first c,
cal organization was something calc..- il
led to give . certain amount Of promi. I:
nee and character to us-especially in the ii
es Of certain class Of good, law -abid- 3