The south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1879-1883, 1881-03-15

IAN OF Feb. 22ds exqnlsitcly lored
aud teeining with malicious slandcr,
intcrspersed with vulgar abuse OF
RaymDnd your correspondent eau not
reirsin from divulgiag (with your
permissiOn) some OF tile facts which
engender fuel 10 feed the scathing
iiaues OF this sell-constituted champ.
ion's %fAthflil furnace. The same
contemplate braegadocio, Whose It'll
tie sopl IL incapable OF honorable ut
icrances, has twice before, sssailed
my nom de plume but, kDD wing thatf
all must see him as'tfo iiisigiiiiicant
boor that he Is, his nelarious assaults
were considered as unworthy y stroke
Of pen, and their cadaverouss authsr
allowed TO pass. n.
And, had lie possessed a scintilla OF
|truc courage, tackled the cutting
qucsiioii, aud backed bis cause With
brain instead Of friends made lto
hand, he would have been lett to sink
quietly, and unnoticed into the yawu.
Ing scpulchre that hc has hewn. 80
inevitably lot himself. But he fears
to fathom the murky depths of.soI
turbulent a stream as the one which
continually augmeuts the boundless
torrent of his anoinaious malice but
rather casts about for some plausible
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES guise to-satiase
| liis own untrammeled passions, and
hide his mellow pNleswhile winging
tho poisonous shafts, thai he fondiyi
hopes uiay shattcr the shield and
armor ofFanri inoifensiye coteinpora-
Try. lit be not 70, why walt SO long
erc presopting bis chargef or, why
not launch his avalanche Of invective.
through the offending colnpn2 y
| In penniAg Jtho alleged offensive
item an object purely promoiive OF
domestic good was ailiei Jai and no
thought VI personal iifiwotthiness
amid our citizens, was entertHined
TOR an instant. All are fully aware OF
4 tho fhasctiiihe acquircnietits and fe-
male accomplishments OF this section,
land none better than rlnyself and, Y
no, other motive Is apparent, an abode
lin their ,uidst would ensure abund-
aut dciicroilce. But as no dcprccia-
tion was intended ut first, and acard
elsewhere explains the tenor OF the
Iabovc mentioned item, IL Is needless
10, dwell upon that subject here.
However, II will be we'll to notice the
lgsoss ii,cofsistcncy Of the synpathct-
lie Roy. For while hurliig execra.
tiops upon Raymond, be makes our
good eitizcns occupy o position par
silcl ID williams aud yneiis !ofthe iron
age, and alter expatia,ing SO liberally
upon the heroic patrlotisni ofthe fair
sex, winds up by terming the "prec,
ious jewels" ordinary TOW heads
AZ In the case Of .patched brceches :
he attributes his own method OF OBJ.
isining "grub" to ourselt.
! And BY fhis nblowing up" he SCI
cures his incnger praise, sells his besl
/ end, and obliterates his own pros.
/ poets. Nov \ our correspondent slia'
known the swsrthy Roy for some
time met him IN rolenrics seeuhiu
on tie lecture 1iipld acknowledged
Z his inonotonons nod, from the pc,ls'
sogue stool Of state WED with him
on items; heard him decant up0i
sbslruse legal lore observed7f hil
specious wiles while the Argu eye d
his experienced duIcihia, rested upon
his expressive visage; been snatchet
lfroin Morpheus soothing embracc U,
his lonesome yelp, as he scented soinl
jbeinted varinintl across the disula
heaths of iiaccoon Hollow, heart
4 him ''Mulhaliin" few,iaud seen hin
vote and, 1t has never been charge,
that he possessed a single generou
motive, or allowed Que uiiselfisl
move to pcrvade his checkered ca
ijreer. Always undermining ever!
FREUD taking every possible advant
lage friends no less than foes, and uni
inately coming 10 open rupture whel
lthe enor:nities Of bis tongue could b
!. no longer brooksdsa No rieaus ar
4 700 little for mis- PURPOSES, no fidasd
y Ship too sacred for his. sacrilegiou
tongue, 3 la nh his ivriuiigshe hu
J, never yet been known to do any thin
! gratuitousy. Theu, ifit proves con
yenient to fuse, and bona idei incl
nation runs In that channel, VIII,
kick up such o mus because q deine
; crat chances to know It? Every on
: esleelns and believes in Hiram, all
= Il looks very much like fOuipla
: upon the part OF Roy.
II The only mention made oi Roy
1.-The stivmutized letter, was In retei