National Republican., 1878-06-26
"wEsTERN ENTERPRISE"

IDemocratic party responsible for AcKLEN's
cOncupiscence. This Is hard but then The
GNAsHIoNAL is supported out Of the fund par
TALLY created by assessing the female employ
ees OF the Government, and must either earn
its money or submit to have the supply cut of
Washington IOSt.
This character of journalism is not strictly
in accord with our taste. We have avoided
personal controversy with the Post for the
reason that the public, for whom we pub
lish THE NATIONAL REPUBLICAN, have no
interest. the opinions that are held be-
other. We have refrained, under the Sc
verest provocation, from resort to this
gauge of controversy until our reticenee
seems to have been interpreted into q
shrinking from the encounter, and has en-
boldened those who, when they are not per-
sonal and uncouth in speech or manner, are
not anything.
Inasmuch as our Democratic contemporary
seems impressed with the idea that 1t is its
duty to discuss the business affairs of THE
NATIONAL REPUBLICAN, and TO indicate in
its peculiar way the ways and means by
which it is sustained, we propose, for the
moment, to reciprocate its politeness and
make return in kind. 1t is no secret that
the Post was established and is being con-
Quoted by STILsoN IIUTCHINs, who had been
formerly connected with the St. Louis Dis
patch and Times, and that he left the Dis
pdtch TO enter the Times for reasons best
known to himself and his partners in bus-
ness In other words, to use his own ornate
phrase, he was bounced"
Prompted by his Missouri success in
crookedness he came to the National Capi
tai, and encamped in our midst to ply hi,
vocation under the inspirations f"Westcrr
enterprise" lie has run his tilt in hi:
own way. He has introduced to the public
taste of Washington a daily issue laden
with the productions Of the most grovelling
if not the brightest intellects-thus giving
| the people of Washington daily, instead
of weekly dose of scurrility, mendaciy
| and silly assumption. All this could have
been tolerated If the Democratic organ
would have contented itself with its own
| affairs, without intrcnching Extensively up0r
! those OF lts ntlSnDOfS. IL mas Deen Oten'
/ sively insolcnt, vulgar, and quarrelsome, un
/ til it has become intOlerable, and for thai
reason We are disposed, now that an insult
ferable session Of Congress has expired, t
commend to its lips a little of its own med
! iCinc, gathered from the medical labOratO
/ ties of POmerOy's DcmOcTG one of like kid
ney with itself, and the st. Louis Globe Dem
ocrdt, both of which seem to have diagnosed
the case with good deal of intelligenc,
and skill Some time since the Post CAV,
oilense TO POmCrOy'S Democrat, and it retort
ed upon it in the following peculiar
style, which is so much like its own, that
it must be exceedingly unctious to bOtl
paper and proprietor:
Another angcworm finds its tail under thC
heel of justice.
Another Democratic editor is In the sale
ratus water Of sadness.
This time II Is STILsON HUTCHINs, editor o.
that honest! brilliant high.toned reliable
party lash OF apaper known rs the Washington
DmIy IUyt-a beggar's patch on tho breeChcs O
AUGUST BELMONT, and one Of the things
Democrat must kiss before he can enter Para,
disc or be considered perfect iu his political
| discipline.
STILsoN has not married a wife this yeaI
that we know Of, but he stands before the
world a charged thief and swindler, and OF
such are the hell-bound headlights of She
Democratic party, from BELMONT the bullion
! bagger; TILDEN, the trickster; RANDALL aud