Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1881-03-25
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/ Ur. Editor. were very mucl
surprised to see the little paper bul
let which We threw in Il friendly joe
ular manner at st. Daniel few week.
ago, has had u, tendency to irritate BIZ
mind and excite his feelings in regar,
to the writings of the Newport cor
respondent. Our intention III writing
that brief epislle vas to find out the
author of the Newport Items" who
had assumed our name, and knowing
st. Daniel better than any one else in
that locality, for We have known him
from his infancy, and in all our,social
intercourse he llas never failed to leave
a favorable impression upon us. We
therefore, thought that we conld take
that privilege with friend, and ex-
pected in return friendly rejoindeI
in refutation of the charge, which
might tend to give US some idea in
reference to the guilty party. 1t was
for this, and this alone, which was the
only reason by which We were actu-
uted, and it was the sole end that We
had in view. But alas, for human ex-
pectations. Instead of obtaining bis
friendship, We have unintentionally
aroused his ire. SO We Will now say,
., st Daniel, We some unto thee III
humble penllenoe, and bow before thy
Saintliness and implore thee to be-
stow upon US thy forgiveness, for We
are conscious Of having committed a
grave error. We did accuse Of the
theft our good name when 10, and be-
hold IL was Richard.
so now, Mr.. Editor, you see that We
have acknowledged orr error, and
have clearly exonerated st. Daniel OF
theft. whether it be ..literary theft or
waste paper" theft. SO having done
this. II now remains for US to refute
the charges which he has alleged
against us. But we think it would
puzzle you, Mr.. Editor, or any one
else 10 follow the daft VI his pen, and
form a correct conclusion In regard to
the point ne is trying to make. We
claim to be the author of the commu-
nicaiion which he prettnds TO reply
10, while ct the same time he has US
connected With the. author of the
Newport Items" aad has .got things
so mixed mp that its very difficult for
any one to comprehend his meaning
lndsed, ANY person might infer from
his writing that this author of the
Newport Items" like Belshazzar had
seen The handwriting on the wall,
aaeRs, meme 7ssel apAarsia, aud that
he, St Daniel, revealed tue interpre-
t.ltion thereof.
In the first place in referauce to the
loss of our good name, he says: Nv nat
then must be tbs feelings of his neigh,
hors whom he vilities, and falsely and
.maaeiousiy accuses Of things which
ouss es'srsu tine vivrd imxgfnatlon o,
"Now and Then" We positively de.
ny this charge Mr.. Editor, and can
prove by yoa that We have ueysr been
guilty OF the above accusation since
We have been = correspondent. to your
valuable paper, nor have We said any
ihing that would tend TO give IA of
fence to any reasonable mind. for We
havc always tried 10 adhere TO the
golden rule, aud have eudeayored
meyer To lct our passlons and preju-
diees overcome our judgement And
again lie says, .'ro our own knowledge
'ta.s soreIy aggrieYsd Now aud Then 5
srItIngs have caused animosity to ex-
ist among our neigh bors towards one
another, aud in one case they fel! tit
tie short OF coming 10 blows aud this
on Sunday IN IA church yard" 10
this We will also plead not guilty,
from the fact that. We live nearly
twenty miles from ewport, and have
no knuwied 10 of ever having been m
tnat vicinity, therefore, II is not re,ls-
.onable TO suppose that We have ever
caused anImosity 10 exist aauIoIig the
people oi that sectfon oil our county.
We are in favor OF tie cultivation ol
peace and harmony among all -men,
aud would not knowingly SAY, or do
anything that would have tendency
to mar or disturb the happiness oi
any one. -..r.
And again he says, THAT he does
not blame yon, Mr.. Editor, TOR pub,
fishing the Newport Items &c. p
Why, sir, you have never published
any Newport Items previous to the
publishing of his production. The
author of said items being CORES.
pondent Of the Mlepe".ent as II mat
ter of course, publlsnsd his squios In
that paper. Inns CLEARLY demons, rates
the tact that 81. Dauisl did not Keep
posted IN regard 10 tue publication.
IN the different papers.
In order that he may understand
what we. said concerning the ''initlal
history, Ne We will state that We did
not mean that he had ITO begin again,
but our assertion was based upon the
manner ui arItIna IN WHICH Tue al
Thor ol the Newport Items sponv Of
the people of his nelsn oornood for III
stanre, where ne might say that A. b.,
{. F., j. E. or ". j. did so and so.
This is what we meant 10y tue Initial
history of his nelghborhuod. So lar
as our ability TO write cUinmunlca-
ton We viii leave mat decision Mr.
Editor, 10 You aud your reauers, ANA
at the same time Notwithstanding the
superior Intelligence winch lie ias
over lis aS Il writer, We do nsre Ass III
that 1t is clearly evident To any intel
llgent reader, who may nave pei useu
his article, that his mind was So
aroused aud excited at the uule oi his
writing, that lie was III no condiIlon
to write u communication. Giving
vent to passion is usually followed by
the remorse OF conscience i. e., if a per-
son has any conscisnce at All, Enough
we do not place 81. Daniel in this cat
egory, for if we did We would again
say in the language of Shakespeare:
NO more be grieved at that which thou hast
Roses have thorns, and silver of fountains
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