National Republican., 1878-10-15

the work of retrospection by attacking tho
editor Of THE REPUBLICAN as the Old
Government Printer, with charges as SIAN
derous as they were vile and malicious, and
which have deserved condgn punishment.
We concluded, however, that we would not
trouble the courts and the law to chastise
the wrong, but have done so in our own
way, until the adversary has shown signs Of
Voc and sounds truce. We were early ad-
vised that the slanderer In the PoSt-erior
had brought with him from st. Louis q
record not altogether fragrant, and as he has
been historic we have indulged the same
license The editor Of THE REPUBLICAN
has In no instance drawn upon
the past history of his assailant ex-
cept for such material of war as
he was assured is sustainable In proof This
kind Of warfare has been distasteful to us,
but we have accepted the gage Of battle as
rendered by the adversary. We have
stated only that which we have been led to
believe, and which we think is enshrined in
truth. However, we should deeply regret
to know that We had iwrongeddthe man in
the slightest degree. for We have no feeling
toward him that he has not inspired by his
own conduct since the'6th of last December.
We never knew him, nor had we even heard
Of him, until ho made his advent in this
city with magazine Of abuse for the editor
of THE REPUBLICAN,.
Now that he has opened this war. we can
assure him that we shrink from no conse.
quences that ii may entail. We will neither
preyaricate, evade, nor sneak out Of any
statement VIC may have made in this un-
pleasant and unsouSht-for controversy. Nor
are we to DO intimidated by any open or
covert threat from stripping the sheepskin
from the wolf whenever public or private
nothing to fear from the truth, and,
for that matter, we have been so
long the target of calumny that it has
lost all its terrors. The files of the
POst-erior show that IT commenced this fight
early in its history by slandering the editor
of THE REPUBLICAN, and when he pinned
the slanderer to the wall he made haste to
inform the public that he had no reference
in his allegation 10 him. Since then almost
daily assaults have been made upon US by
the Post-erior, all clothed in filth, which
have been met with IN occasional reminder
of the depravity that has been exhibited in
these attacks-not for the reason that we
felt that we needed any defense in this COM
munity against the assaults of this SLAM
dercr, but to show him that he could not
strike with impunity.
And here We will remark that the Post
much more favorable attitude among this
people if they had early connected them
selves with "the mind.your-own-business
society,"" instead of entering tho arena as
Ishmaelites, with their hands against their
neighbor, and under the vain idea that they
could write others down by writing against
them. The experiment, however, has been
tried, and has failed, and If our neighbor
finds himself damaged he can charge il. .tc
his own imprudcnce and folly.
We have sought no controversy with the
PoSt-erior and have only struck back undel
the severest provocation. When it learn:
to mind its own business and abandons tn,
VAN lue,i llut IL CHn NTltc ltS nelEnDOI'
down in its own columns when it discover,
that those who were hero long before il
made its advent nre not to be put down by
slanderOus assaults, or forced to abandon
, their business enterprises by mere dirt
throwing; when it clothes itself in th'
amenities of business fellowship and neigh
borly relation, it will have learned lesson,
of profit to itself as n new conner in thi.
, community, and will have less wounds tc
1 bind up that have been received in en-
counters that it has foOlshly sought, when
i they should have been senSibly avoided. Tho
+ Post-eror could have had many friends whcr
. it has made enemies by its silly attempts t.
blacken those who defy its assaults and tie
3 spise the nssailants When it becomes dc
Q cent it will receive corresponding treat
ment, but so long as it plays the role q
n calumniatOr, it must expect to be met a
| all dangerous characters deserve, with con
9 tempt and disgust, if there is any regard fo
r it beyond indifference. We hope our neigh
n Dor has learned lesson from which it vii
y draw profit If it would he regarded wit
r courtesy, it must wear it rs garment.
= it would be regarded rs respectable, it mus
+ deport itself with decency. If 1t would i
r. considered rs truthful, it must cease utte
If ing deliberate and palpable lalschoods. An
l. il it would have friends, it must cultiva'
3 them in a reciprocal spirit, and not atteml
h to win friendship with the culgel. If
II wants neither TO he decent nor truthful
y nor to have friends, il has only to keep 9
W in its beaten path. l.
! THE "BLOODY SHIRT" POLICY.
D, Ii Is now announced that the de fdctO Execl
ID tive ut Washington means to substitute Il