The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1879-09-12
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PES AND RAZOR

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been on very unfriendly terms for sew
eral months. During Kinsella's alb
sence from Brooklyn one day, the Eagle
printed an article in which considerable
testimony was adduced to prove that
Rev. Mr.. Peters, before appearing in
the role Of clergyman, was known as
q hrst-class barber. In the face Of the
strong case made out against him, Mr..
Peters did not deny that he had for
considerable time welded razor, but
with great bitterness Of feeling attacked
Mr.. Kinsella's social character. Mr.
Peters next printed in his paper col
umn article, setting forth the righteous
works be had accomplished after for.
saking the barber shop for the pulpit.
To this Mr.. Kinsella made the reply
that Mr. Peters appeared to better adj
vantage as a barber than as clergyman
or editor. Tbereupon, Peters cut Kin
sella-not with bis razor, but socially.
When the Sprague- Conkling affair
was made public Mr.. Peters thought he
saw an opportunity for getting even
with his old-time enemy, Kinsella, so
he caused to be written an article en-
titled "What is the Injured Husband
to dot" The query he answered in this
way:
The injured husband, TO right his
wrongs, If be be man Of war and
blood, will follow the examples of Sick
les or Cole and shoot the debaucher
down on the spot where he first accosts
him. But If he be man Of peace and
believes in peaceful methods he viii go
to the courts and exact by law the
penalty In dollars $1,000 strong, and
then he will take the price Of his ruin
ed peace Of home to the betrayed and
say to her: "This is the price Of your
soul. This the law grants for the
wrong inflicted upon me, but l viii beg
or stzrve before viii touch one farth-
| ing Of this sad gain. You have made
yourself, by your infdelity to me, an
outcast Of society; here, take it, and
make the best of the good you may get
out Of it, in your dishonored seclusion
from the world"
/ When it is remembered that Kin
selIa once paid SIS, 900 for an indiscre-
ton, Mr.. Peters editorial will be un-
derstood.
| Mr.. Kinsella, in reply to his adver-
saryis attack, wrote the following exas-
perating paragraph:
/ What is the injured husband to do
Ifhe Is barber he viii apply for the
custom Of the destroyer of his home, or
sue for damages.
| At this stage of the quarrel the rev
erend editor of the Times, forgetting
the holy calling he once hOnCred, fell
70 calling names: Referring to Kin.
sella, he said:
An Indian who should tomahawk
his victim, who should next scalp him.
and who should then tie his body to &
trce and kindle a fve under it, would
} not betray more barbarous degree Of
J inhumanity than does the Big headed
C0maache who controls our Western
District contemporary.
But even this Sledge-hammer blow
failed to put quietus on the big-head
ed Comanche of the Eagle, and the wit
less barbarian again opened on the rev
} erend editor of the Times in an articl
: headed 'The Chivalry of the Barber
Shop Applied to a Delicate Subject,
he says:
D If our cotemporary met with a simi
!, lar misfortune to that which confront
! Sprague, in his own opinion, at al
: events, we make no doubt but that b
would instantly institute a suit agains
the senior Senator from New York 70
. ever so many thousand dollars, and b
might be quite fattered by the size {
) his case, After he had got the scands
well under way, we have no doubt on
r cotemporary would then begin to thin
= that he placed an unreasonable none
value on his s'honor," and he would il
cline to the belief that he might tai
less and still make profitable advel
ture out Of it.
This argument 0d hOmissent seems
A. have completely upset Rev. Mr.. Peter
,e equilibrium. Epithets failing him,
i sat down, interviewed himself for Il
q. Times, and with recklessness born
p outraged sensibility launched out in'
!" profanity.
n. Assured by himself that the "publ
mind is greatly excited, no doubt" ov
the fght between himself and Kinsell
y the reverend editor declared: 'sT
: contest shall be prolonged so long as
: have health and strength, and that pC
:. ton Of talent with which am gifte
" From that contest, sir. although it m
unsettle mems minds and excite th'
feelings, and render them incapable I
,e the discharge of the everyday duties
le ordinary life; from that contest, sir,
f. will never rest until / have set my he
rs on the big-headed Ccmanche of t
h. Eagle. I wish the people of Brcokly
te and the people of this cOuntry,to kno
sir, that they may rely upon NE; that
will not desert them;that 1 am resolv
II. Il.