The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1878-05-09
Our DucktOWp Letter.

land Banner of the Sd inst. an edito,
rial headed a "BilliOus Correspond.
ent from Ducktown,' which stated
that it sometimes becomes the duty
of an editor to clean up a nasty Job.
He had better take new lessons, for
with the ability exhibited in this arti-
Gle, he will have harder work to clean
up his own nasty job than he is aware
of, before he gets through, and his
eifectual and approved style of doing
it, some others will be the Judge be-
side himself. 1t is really disgusting
TO see such an attempt of an editor to
become a general white washing ma
chine, ana deliberately step out of his
line to defend all the dirty work that
has been done for several years past
in this community, as well as to de-
fend all the enemies of the company
in their nefarious schemes to destroy
its success against facts we'll known
to thousands of our best citizens in
habiting Ducktown, as we'll as sever
al Counties of various States sur
rounding and well known to the edi-
itor of the Banner himself. A num-
Der of these witnesses to that eondi-
ton are patrons of the Banner, and
they are not only surprised but really
pity the lame effort of the editor, by
a single assertion TO try to bolster up
the regulations of such people by IN
Guiding them all as gentlemen Of the
highest type. This is ridiculous. /
advise the editor to 60 slow, very
slow, indeed, as this effort is to stul-
tifv truthlwith one broad assertion of
SANDER is too well understood by his
defense of radicals while the radical
print" is disdainfully introduced who
published the article he refers too.
Occasionally it has been noticed that
some editors as we'll as lawyers take
any kind of o Job from liberal client,
nasty or clean. But with lawyers it is
honorable as their profession lustiies
it. But an editor of a paper on bis
own responsibility and especially a
profesSed member Of the church Of
Christ who writes on his own account
and for the masses, should know that
he complies with the commandments
TO speak the truth only, and teach
the truth, and come out from among
the wicked and not Witty others who
does speak the truth out boldly. A
Christian editor should touch not,
taste not, and handle not, an unclean
thing. Nc matter what the tempta-
ton is, this wide departure of the ed
itor looks very suspicious, notwith-
standing he dwells upon the superior
ity of his class and Others referred to
compared with the writer Of that ar
ticle which writer does not claim to
be superior to any Of his fellows, and
equally as truthful and correct in
what he says or writes. But he does
feel himself superior to any man who
writes and publishes for effect what
he does not know to be the truth.
1t is feared hat the editor Of the
Banner is governed by a worse prin
ciple thar either a Pharisee or Judas
and he has given full evidence that he
needs to be converted again, as well
as reconstructed and when this is
done a guardian should be appointed
to prevent his falling from grace by
his avaricious APPETITE.
| notice another editorial in the
Banner which is creditable and Just,
but the editor must understand that
he can not serve too masters, God
and mammon both at the same time,
and he must also understand that it
is easy to spoil a good cup of coffee
with sour milk, and that the inhabi
tants of Ducktown don't believe in
the sincerity OF any who tries to carry
water on both shoulders at the same
time. He further states that he
thinks he knows who "A Methodist
is, | wonder if he ever knew him
straddled across a fence rail between
TWO Yankee soldiers, with a column
Of fixed bayonets Immediately in his
rear and was marched out of his ma
tive town to the tune of rouges march
as others have been done.
Now if the editor still perseveres in
this attack we have other facts in our
possession that we will still give to
the people.
A. METHODIST.