The Hartford herald., 1879-08-13

HISTORY or THE HERALD. - Wallace
Gruelle edited the HERALD until the
name of JNO. Z. BARRETT was nail
ed Ia themast-head asEDlHORl?) while
\. III. Cunmins wrote the leading edi-
torials until after the August election of
lS7T.-Og,io C0usty NelcS.
Now, for the truth We took charge
as editor, September 10th, 1873, and
have 80 continued ever since, and have
written nearly all the editorial matter
appearing i'm its columns. y. ii. Cum
minis, from the date we be
came chief editor, up to March l6, 1876,
worked just s. days, along at different
times, sometimes of for week or 50
at time. March Ii, 1876, he quit
work entirely, and never wrote "A local
or set type from that time 10 the DIST
day OF February, 1877. He was then
employed and continued up 10 March
1879. Now, these are facts that are
shown hv the settlements for work
made by Cummins himself, and are
known 10y every compassion connected
with this office at the time, and known
by the whole neighborhood out in Bart
let's precinct, where he lived and
where he raised a crop in 1876, and ran
saw-Iogs &c, &c, and i'm the face OF
all this. he has the effrontcTy and cheek
to claim that he wrote the leading edi-
editorials until after the August elec-
ton i'm 1877. IL his sale of political
principles for a little cheap notori-
ETY. had not 50 hardened his heart
and scared his conscience he would
blush for shame and hide his head for
uttering and publishing statement so
void of truth. But when a man sells
his soul, his political principles, which
should he, and are his patriotic princi-
pies, if he has any patriotism, he is
ready TO do almost anything, and hence
we are not surprised to see him publish
ing statement claiming the credit of
the editorials appearing inthe HERALD,
when in reality, he was 10 miles in the
country at work on a farm, or in the
flats sawlogging, and never saw the
manuscript or a line of the matter until
he saw it in print. What number will
the Ne,cs give to this lie Of its editor?
Guess they had better call it the Boss
Lie" for it is the boss. 1t cannot possi-
BILE be a mistake, for man could not
quit the Office and have no connection
with it for about n year and forget il.
So we take il that he willfully and de-
liberately wrote and published the above
clipping. knowing in his heart at the
time, that il was false, and such we un-
hesitatingIy pronounce it to be.
A. III. CUMMINs never wrote leading
editorial for the HERALD since its incep-
ton, except while the editor was a can
didate in 1877 for few weeks, and he
has, this summer, quoted those editorials
against Mr.. Hooker, and claimed them
as the writings of the editor. a. III.
Cummins did write a few locals now
and then, and also wrote a few thoughts
or suggestions over the signatures Of
"Alexiner and "Uncle Alex but an
editorial, never. Farther, we state it TO
be our positive belief that he cannot
write what would be termed a leading
editorial, a logical argument, one inn
bued with pith, point and reason. Every
reader knows that the political editorials
of the NeIcs have been written by T..
c. Hubbard, although Cummins gets
thecreditof il. Judge w. III. Cummins,
after his removal TO town, wrote some
articles for the HERALD, and We desired
TO give him credit for il, but he declined,
saying he did not wish TO be known as
the writer. He, by no means, wrote
all, or even half of the editorial matter.
We, in turn'for his kindness, returned
favors to him, and the honors are easy.
Judge Townsend has never written an
editorial for the HERALD. He and
several other gentlemen have written
communications, for which, due credit
was given. The editorial matter
appearing in the HERALD since the
commencement of the publication
of the Netcs- every single item