The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-12-03
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Addressed to E. A. Slack Of the cheyenl
Sun.

Addressed to E. A. Slack Of the Cheyenne
Sun.
Sm:-In this evenings issue Of your
paper you take occasion to make a per-
sonal attack upon me which, perhaps.
it would be better to pass unnoticed.
Those who know you best will at once
concede that you are in the midst Of
one Of your periodical spells" At
such times you are less responsible than
usual for what you say or write. In
your attack upon me you say:
The frequent censure that one Poul-
ton received for his unreliability, while
on this paper, still rankles in his breast.
The public enjoy reading reports Of
transactions which bear some resem-
blance to the facts, and are annoyed by
Misrepresentation, whether arising
from Incidence, inability, or q vicious
taste. In Poulton's case all Of these
qualities abound to a large degree, and
his notions Of honor are at such a low
ebb that he needed frequent corrections.
You seek by inuendo to convey to
the public the impression that my
labors upon the Sun, lduring the two
years I was connected with 1t, were un-
satisfactory to you; that was request
ed to seek employment elsewhere, and
that you were in a remarkably happy
frame Of mind because 1 left your en-
ploy.
A lie implied is not less vicious than
one told outright. Your lies by insin-
uation betoken a species Of cowardlce
Of which, allow me to remark, you
alone are capable.
You know very well why / left the
San. The public shall also know the
facts:
I severed my connection with your
paper because your overbearing. abus-
i've, dictatorial and egotistical disposi-
ton became intolerable. Upon the
slightest pretext you were accustomed
to fret and foam like a mailman.
1 bore with your unhappy and unfor-
tunate disposition until ~forbearance
ceased to be a virtue. With n ex-
ception only-and that was after 1 sig
nifed my intention Of leaving the Sun
did you ever exhibit the manliness
to confess your faults
You seem to possess and exceedingly
treacherous memory, for you forget
how you pleaded with me to remain
upon the Sun, and how severely you
commented upon certain parties whom
you said were persuadins me to leave
you. ~ &H F
You also say:
He turns upon the hand that fed
him, and, either for malice or for pay,
gives utterance to that which is false.
In response to this fling I will state,
as you well know, that I never
sought a position at your hands;
neither did 1 ever ask an increase OF
salary. You asked nae to work for you
and / consented. You increased my
salary several times because you said
my services deserved such recognition.
And this without request, or the sem.
blance Of q request, upon my part. ]
consider that 1 richly earned every
dollar received at your hands, and am
therefore under no more obligation to
you than you are to me.
Your allusion to my being u poor
man. - will be regarded by those who
know you best as a cowardly slur.
With some money, q small amount Of
book education, and still less culture,
you attempt to move in a sphere for
which neither nature, teaching, nor
experience has fitted you.
A personal controversy is unpleasant
and cannot possibly interest the general
reader, but you have driven me into a
self defence. H~enceforth I shall treat
your personal attacks with that silent
contempt to which they are entitled.
J. P. c. PoULToN.
CHEYENNE, Dec. 2, '7s.