The south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1879-1883, 1881-06-14
unaeservsd Notice.


but will at the same time be courteous.
We had an object in view when we
wrote that article. 1t has been re-
peatediy asserted that Northern
man could not locate South and freely
express his views OH the political IS
sues OF the day without social ostra.
cism aud loss OF business patronage.
7 Were VIC to deal with tho so-called
reply of the IIopkinsviilc Republican
to our article of last week, in defense
of Mr. Davis, according to its merits,
we woull pass il by as unworthy the
notice Of a gentleman. Until his last
issue we acted upon the superstition
that we were dealing with n gentle.
man, fnd in the controversy, which
was conducted in the kiDdest OF feel
ings oil our part, we treated our adj
versary with journalistic courtesy /;
but when we see him abandon the
question at issue, throw aside the
false colors under which he has been
sailing and turn with TRADE of in.
sulting language upon us, per-
sonally, we are thoroughly convinced
that our opinion of him was formed
without proper deliberaiion. What
ought to be thought Of man who
will meet another OH the street with n
smirk and a Smile and with protesta-
tons of friendship and disavowals Of
unkind feellngs,and alen show in the
columns of his paper shat malice is
lurking in bis heart rs black as the
boliomless pits of perdilion? lie
calls us "bantliug," We presume he
means by the term 10 sheer at our
youth aud thereby imply infcriority,
and proclaim himself THE cock of the
walk, " a. he flaps his wings and crows
upon the tlunglill OF his eonccit. We
care not for the term of infant which
he chooses 10 apply. There Is not so
much in the term as in the aninuS that
prompted 1t and the person who ap.
| plies it. Like the man who was
killed by a donkey, it is not death VIC
mind, but the thoughts of being
kicked to death by a jackass, II is
not the term VIC mind. but the idea
OF being called a "bantling" by .
Pennsylvania carpclbagger aud ad.
venlurer! The editor of ihc,Re1ub.
itcaa, further on, -insinuites that the
article to which he is attempting te
reply was not written by the editor
of this paper, though lie hes not III,
manliness TO come out and say so
lie prefers 10 deal in insinualions and
innucndoes, and his course is con-
templiblc in the eyes of n gentleman
Down here in Kentucky we do moi
hesitate to call things by their right
names, and tell man what VIC think
without limiting around and we tel
him 10 his face and do not snap like a
i cur OF his heels. Ifihe editor of th,
RepuJticani'ueans TO say that our ar
ticle was written or dictated, either il
whole or IN part, by any other thar
the editor Of this paper, he si;npl,
lies, and he need not 60 around tow
hunting an author for this statement
We consider it beneath the dignity O
G gentleman 10 reply 10 such charge
other than TO denounco its author al
liar. No matter what the object Of
the Republican was in pitching into
Mr. DAYS., he is evidently sick of hi!
experiment. 1.-The has not lost pat.
ronago he has lost the respect OF moi
only Democrats but of many of the
better class of his own party. lie has
refused to esk forgiveness Of the poo
! pie he has insulted, by slauderine
their gray haired and beloved chief.
tain. He has added defiance to insult
and like yenomous serpent has stuns
the hand that would have nourishct
him. We arc done with him. We
will pollute our columns 10 more by
noticing him. lie has mado this n
personal matter, and If ho has any
thing further to say on the subject
let him say 1t TO us personally. VIZ
regret the necessity that compels Us
to administer this casiigation, but VIZ
want to let tho people know what
kind Of a "hairpin" this sweet scented
rosebud is. We now drop the un,
clean subject and leave him to the
tender mercies OF an insulicd people
and the scorpion lashings Of his own
guilty conscience. 8 r