Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1878-06-06
SIMPLE JUSTICE.

: spleen on tnOSe VINO laNOr lis cOtemp0ral
| with contributions.
!. Envy. malice and jealousy always sho
themselves, and having no contributors +:
. its columns, the Times must abuse thos
| who are kind enough to contribute to I'll
, COURIER. We are not surprised ut thi
however. much rs we may despi>e I'll
coward who attacks man when he know
he has no means of defence at his con
nland. Since our connection with til
COURIER we have never seen q word in til
Times encouraging home talent, or aspir:
lions after a higher or nobler lite. but. o
the contrary, we cannot call to mind
breach of the peace. an outrage or Il vii
iany committed in this community that i,
editor has not endeayorud TO palate o
justify. either in private conversation o
through, the columns of bis paper.
The Times at first got angry over some
thing appearin" in a letter to us from Viz
ron, de plume OF the author. Not bein:
able to single out the author of the letter
the Times accused. and abused, the Madi
soainn tor it. and, lis 4 matter of course
found itself yairly attempting to beard thu
wrong lion.
The ! INES must next abuse our friend
j. w. Allen. because. in letter of his to
prominent Democratic friend in BoZeman
Mr.. Allen had said that he thought Custer
county would go Republican at the next
el,,
with the request that we make extracts
from it. We did so. and the Times has
made it the occasion OF attacks on no less
than three different persons, and we will
guarantee they are not over bein" mad
about it yet, just as though it made any
difference whether the county goes Repub-
lican or Democratic so long as they Get
honest and capable men 10 fill the offices.
But Il short time since the Times abused
J. V. Bogert, giving as lis reason therefor
that in a contribution to the COURIER Mr.
Bogert had related an incident that had
previously appeared in volume issued by
the Historical Society of Montana, which
i.cident was necessary to complete the
sketches Mr. Bogcrt was writing for the
COURIER.
We made no reply at tie time. on :c-
count OF the peculiar affecting circumstan-
ces under which the Wilkinson family was
suffering. although we realized the motive
that actuated the writer in making his I'M
called for assault. And this will be made
the more apparent to our readers when we
state that previous and up to the very time
Mr.. Bo"ert rendered his sketches TO us the
Times editor had been erdcavorinw. thro'
other parties. TO secure contributions from
Mr.. Bogcrt's pen.
The last attack of this nature appeared
in the Times Of last week. and was made
against w. J. Davies. a highly respected
citizen of Bozeman. and for no other rc;,-
son on earth than that he was a contribu
tor to the COURIER. and. rs is usual when
old Sank insults the entire community.
nc started out the next day on Il canvass
ng tour. lie will be gone perhaps about
hrec weeks, or until he thinks the indig-
lant feelings Of the community have calm
I'd down.
We ask, when was W. J. Davies guilty |
If writing doggerel verses? Was it when
he wrote,
We excel every nation in everything grand:
Dur mountains and lakes, our rivers and !an,i,
)ur grand spoulnS gcvserS, our famous hot |
springs
hat life and strong health to .hc invalid brings:
he long Mississippi, the pride of the West,
hat carries the wealth of the land on lis breast:
md the grand "Cld Muddy all turbid and
hat drains the rich mountains of silver and
gold;
he miner and farmer arc blessed by its smiles,
IS il starts for The sea, distant three thou and
miles,
Dr. was it when. after speaking of the many
dvantagcs and blessings we as Il nation
njoy, he said,
But, Pm sorry TO say, that at tbi, very day,
cross in the East they are fighting away
million of men. in martial array,
Ike bull dogs at bay, each other do STAY;
I'D this, too, is done by people who pray.
is monstrous 10 know that people are So
o make of religion a curse and woe, .
nd to make of their friend an inveierate foe. ;
he Srandest emotions that men can conceive
re made an excuse 20 murder and tkieyc.'
r was it when he paid the following de-
rived tribute to Eastern Montana:
With every advantage Of civilization
ozeman can't help but I,e proud of her station I
ncircled by scenery grand and sublime, e
ith mountains whose snow caps are hoary with i
fines ::
ne great Wonderland lying close to its door,
here Nature has worked as she ne 'er worked !
before;
nd the Galiain valley all waving with grain, b
i;h abundance of roots, and of milk, if not :;
wine, >.
it'll myriads Of fish in its rivers and rils,
I'd cattle and sheep on its one thousand hills -
as he writing doggercl when, in speak
g of ''true love-" he said: =
Through ii all our faults will be parloncd
With loving embrace and kiss; Il
\ smile and Il look thai is charming
Transforms every discord 10 bliss -
Is there one line of mean and undignilicd W
etiy, one verse Irregular in measure or v
v-styled, in all that Mr.. Davies has ever Y
to our columns? On the con- Il
ny, are not the thoughts expressed, III
ose of which any pc son might well be o.
oud? Few poets cyereXcelled in beauty a
sentiment or expression the poem of \
:. Davies on ''Ilidden Love-" we care Oh
in what age of the world the poet lived; OF
/ if Hidden Love" had appeared to the dt
rid as coming from the pen of Long OF
ow. Bryant, Holland, Holmes, Lowell.
other distinguished poets Of the present
' it would have been Landed TO the skies. u
t because it was written in Bozeman pt
! by a man who is engaged in manual 'e
or every day to earn an honest living "a
himself and iamily, people pass it by III
n hardly passing thought. There is Va
sentence in Longtellow's Hiawatha ~
t equals several sentences we could III
mt out in "Hidden Love-" and there OF
not a sentence in the latter poem III
what contains gem of thought. Read 81. gu
nd crilicise it who can: NJ
lis said tina. there are mountains capped with