The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-07-10
AGAIN.
It Is well known to this community
that Slack, since he moved to Cheyenne

from Laramie City, has been afflicted
with worms occasionally. They at
tackled him badly last Saturday, and,
together with the heat and dull times,
affected his temper in such a degree
that he had to seek relief in a general
onslaught upon THE LEADER. In
this instance, however, lie did not con-
fine himself to THE LEADER proper,
nor to its proprietor, as he should have
done; but he must vent his spleen by
assaulting with his malicious, lying
pen, a gentleman who has been con-
nected with this Office for some time,
who has honestly, faithfully and eff
GENTLY worked for THE LEADER and
the community it represents; whose in
defatigable efforts in behalf of Chey-
enne and the development of its re-
sources, were known to these people
long before Slack ceased his labors in
the opposite direction while a resident
of Laramie.
Now we don't find fault with Slack's
attacks upon THE LEADER or its pro-
prietor, for we are used to it and rather
like it, as it benefits us to the extent
any advertising in his sheet benefits
any man, and it costs us nothing. In
this respect we are in the same boat
with those numerous firms whose cards
Slack continues to insert in his paper,
after the advertisements are ordered
out. 1t may be said that these favors,
thus given away, benefit no one; but
we leave that matter for his patrons to
digest, who once in a while have to pay
for his advertising.
His cowardly attack upon Mr.. WALTZ
han, who, as he knows, is by the rules
of this office debarred from replying in
these columns, is beneath the dignity
of a hod carrier, and only In keeping
with the boorishness he displays on all
occasions when he comes in contact
with gentlemen, which peculiar dispo-
sition brought him to the verge of
bankruptcy in Laramie and has earned
for him the contempt and ridicule of
all decent men and ONE in this COM
munity. Big boy as he is, he is old
enough and big enough to know
that employees of a newspaper Office
simply carry out the wishes and
the general policy of the proprietor,
who pays them for their services. To
him only are they responsible for the
faithful performance of the work
allotted to them. The public has moth
ing whatever to do with them; it looks
to the man, whose name appears at the
head as the owner or editor, for any
redress of wrongs or corrections of
errors. 1t is unfair to abuse his en-
ployes for simply doing what they are
told to do, and no fair-minded and de-
cent person would do it.
We again invite Slack to let loose the
dogs of war at us; We have broad
shoulders and can stand it. We have
borne the abuse of himself and his CO.
adjutors in Laramie for nine years
past, and we have p%rospered under it.
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by himself and his predecessors in this
city, some of whom were warned out
of town by committees of our citizens,
while others have gone to the peniten-
tiary. They have called US thief, abb
sconder, defaulter, c%ut-throat, grave
digger, ETC., etc. and Slack knows that
he does not run the risk Of punishment
for these little compliments, for his pre-
decessors, a year or two ago, were pro-
nounced irresponsible by a jury of
twelve men, for these very acts. Slack
may therefore 'sail in," for a jury of
his countrymen will hold him as limo
cent of guile as a newborn babe or a
sack-full of saw dust, that can offend
nobody; and then it may get the worms
started, and while it may be death to
the worms, it will be fun for the boys.
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