Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1879-07-17
THE oKoLoNA STATES.
Its Ownership and HIanagement-Tn
tervieE with the Sub.EditOr.


It's Ownership and Ianagement-Tn-
terVieW with the SubsEditOr.
okOlOna Correspondence of wapakonetta Beef
While in okolona your correspondent
lad the following interview with Will H.
Herman, Esq:
Correspondent-Do you think, Mr..
Herman, that the Okolona (AIiss.) States
represents the views of the Southern
people?
nine out of ten of the white people.
Cor.-Why do few of the Democratic
papers in Mississippi refuse to support
the State, Mr.. Herman?
Mr.. K.-The papers that refuse to sup
port the States are Insignificant both in
numbers and influence. The brain and
weight of the Mississippi press are with
us.
Cor.-Why is it, Mr.. Herman, that so
many Democratic papers of the North are
hnding fault with the course of the
States?
Mr.. K.-You are mistaken! No Dem
| ocratic papers have found fault with the
course of the States. Half breed sheets.
edited by the towards and camp follow
| ers, liars and forgers in our party have
condemned our policy and our principles,
The sound, substantial Democratic edi-
tors, North and South, who understand
| the principles and purposes of our party.
/
! slider bastard Democrat and a recon-
| structed rebel the meanest thing that
| craWls. L can respect radical VINO is
| sincere in his convictions. no matter how
much may hate and loathe his teachings
but spit upon, [ trample under my very
feet with scorn and contempt, the sneak
ing, pitiful, whining spaniel who profess
ses to be Democrat, and who at the same
time faWns on the radicals and barks,a
snarls, and yelps at Democrats like Col.
Harper and myself, who are bearing the
heat and burden of the day.
COr.-How about that forged letter,
Mr.. Herman?
Mr.. K.-I think l have said through
the States all that is necessary to be said
on that point.
Cor.-Yes, but lie viii travel farther
than its correction, and falsehood can
not be corrected too often.
Mr.. K.-That's true. You can say for
me that the vagabond who had charge of
the Columbus [OhiO) Democrat at the
time the forged letter appeared in the
columns of that paper has been kicked
out of his position. The fact shows that
the proprietors of that sheet have little
remaining sense of decency. You may
say further for me that it is my opinion
and the opinion of my Ohio friends that
the letter was written by fellow in Ken
ton, Ohio-a fellow that is so far beneath
IiIC nObiCC vi ISSDSCbdBlC DOODlE BIldB /
cannot afford to have my name and his
linked together by holding him person.
ally responsible. Heis an obscene wretch,
sprung from the lowest scum of society,
and whose record, both public and pri-
vate, is rOttOn to the core. He playes at
editing, and by stealing the jokes and
paragraphs of other men, he manages to
produce thing that he calls Demo
cratic newspaper.
Cor.-How long have YOU been with
Col. Harper?
Mr.. K.-Since August, 1876.
COr.-What kind Of a man is the Col
Onel?
morally, socially, or politically he is one
of the best men living. His bitterest
enemy will coneede him a phenomenal
purity of character. Intellectually I
think he has no superior in the State; as
a lawyer he stands at the head of the
Mississippi Bar; as an orator he has more
force, fire and logic than Senator Lamar.
He would not yield one jOt or little of his
Democratic principles for the wealth of
Vanderbilt or the Presidency of the Uni
ted States. He is precisely what he ap-
pears to be in the States.
COr.-What is his record as a soldier?
Mr.. K.-He is one of the bravest men
who did battle for the Southern Confed-
eraey. He headed his regiment at Shiloh,
where the whole of his force was nearly
shot to pieces. He was publicly compli-
mented after that battle for his bravery
by General Beauregard.
COr.-How long did he serve?
Mr.. K.-From the first to the last of the
war, and sacrificed his last cent to the
cause.
COr.-What about the circulation oft
States, haYe you more Northern or South
ern subscribers?
Mr.. K.-We have more subscribers in
Okolona and Huston (this county, than
we have in all the Northern States put to-
gether.
Cor.-How many Southern subscribers
have you lost since your paper became so
famous?
Mr.. K.-Eight or ten, and the number
has been made up three or four times
over by new Southern subscriptions.
COr.-How many Republican exchanges
have you?
Mr.. K.-Twenty-two.
Cor.-How many Democratic?
Mr.. K.-Sixty, and seven Greenback
papers,
Cor.-How many Republican Senators
and Congressman take the States?
Mr.. K.-None. We have only three
Congressman that take the States; they
are all Democrats and all Mississippians.
Cor.-How many Republican State
Central Committees take your paper?
Mr.. K.-None.
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