Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1878-03-14
That 0ksccuc Letter in Last Weeks
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E# Tho editor OF the BoZcman "Cuspadore,' y
1&hayins repeatedly reiterated his entire
stock of vile cpithcts and slang. until this
$commanity became SO thoroughly disgust
ed that they gave him to understand lie
must either stop it or leave the town. last
week took a new departure. and came ont
u IN the role of 4 malicious and fanatical old
woman. We were MT at all surprised ut
#tl,e new role the old man had assumed. al
Though we acknowledge we were 10th to
#lelieye he was SO utterly devoid Of every
4 sense of deccncy. especially to that uni
sEyersal feeling OF Difference and respect
(which is accorded to female character. as
ID ervwherc pervades the purportcd letter
from -. highly respectable lady of Boze-
man and member Of the Methodist
church." That statement is a libel on
&wry respectable lady Of Bozeman, and in
3us,ce to them We deny cmphatically that
he people Of this town would be guilty.
br one moment. of thinking that any re-
3pectable woman could be guilty Of writ
/. anything SO obscene and vulgar.
aN ), custom prevails among the Indian
ribcs of degrading those men among them
fho are by common consent. on good evil
encc, declared sneaking co,oards. This is
1Onc BY stripping them (the cOwards) OF
heir male attire and dressing them in the
pars-st and mcanest garb of a squaw, af
II which they are always treated with the
utnWst contempt and II gartled rs the slaves
4 r., al Of t1c
# Tic 'uncouth savage of the Times,
ponWehending, apparently, the apprOpri-
3tntss of this law. has. at least in spirit,
eomasied with its provisions; and for want
81 anything decent to furnish his patrons.
be ~ivertises his own degradation.
We do not say. positively. that the letter
in question was not received or that it was
not written by some female character, for
we arr aware that birds of a feather will
flock tie gether." but we are warranted in
saving that the letter is a vile forgery, in
a,nvcll as ii was never written by the lady
wi cse name has been SO outrageOusly as
sociated with its authorship; and il the
L odd yiliticr had reflected on the contents of
1.-THE tstcr for one moment. or had he pos
&sesssi the least sense OF decency or pro-
In question, or a'.y lady, for that matter,
was Incapable of writing such a letter.
The palm inference is that he did know it.
zand published it knowing that it was vile
Forgery. and bold and disgraceful insult
20 this entire community. So far as the
Elements in the article are concerned.
they amount to nothing. The letter starts
but with lie in the first sentence and is
consistent to the end.
We have long thought that the old vii
liin would tie himself up somewhere if we
6gaye him rope enough and he has done it.
1 For years he has slandered some Of the best
men Of the Territory because he knew he
was perfectly safe in so doing. lie knew
! no one wanted to ''sue bcggar and get a
lOuse," but now nc will have the pleasure
/ of answering to the charge of forgery be-
fore the next grand jury, and he may find
then that being poor and dishonest will
not be sufficient excuse to free him from the
just penalty Of the law.
In the meantime, should he again Use the
names of any Of the respectable ladies of
Bozcman in any Of his disreputable articles
we can assure him. the people will not hold
themselves back from rescnting the insult.
They have become so accustomed to his
abuse of prominent men Of the Territory
that they tolerate it, but they do not in
4 tend to see their wives. their mothers, their
I daughters, or lady friends abused if they
can help it, and if the author of such abuse
desires to continue it. he can do SO with
the prospect of himself and his office being
trcatedas bad or even worse than they were
in Leavenworth, by the indignant people
Of that city, a number of years ago.
Since the above was in type we have re-
oeived letter from a lady of Bozeman
that has opened correspondence which
may result in some lisn, being thrown on
abe subject. or in an apology being pub
Esihad in this or next weeks Times.