The south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1879-1883, 1881-09-20
Ess REPUBLICAN On The TAssAyEl.
HOLD Hill, SOMEBODY.

NHS ONAtOA VI s"o 1tcV1VteSVN toON
occasion TO say some very funny
things about US, i'm his issue of Sept.
Sth, on the subject of Jefferson Davis
The article was so humorous that we
had to read 1t in "broken doses" to
keep from going into Mysteries. low
ever, as there wa5sne argument in the
article, we did not think il worth
while 10 notice it, but passed. it by in
silence. We expected the editor
would take it for granted that he had
"sguelcher' us and let the matter rest,
afief that powerful effort, but we
were mistaken. Ho worked off emily
a small portion of his bio and humor
in that Issue. Ito sat himself to the
task OF reading up on poetry, porting
over Law Glossaries aud reviewing
Blackstone, and in his last Issue, after
two weeks OF brain work and careful
researches into Latin and other dead
languages, he "roars upon his hiAd
legs. and makes Rome howl" j,
After reading through two columns
Of silly nonsense, vainly searching
for the ideas which arc supposed 10
BIO in the article, we disc0veretktwo
assertions which were founded upon
statements in our article Of two weeks
ago. He takes the sentence, "a man
sometimes sees fit to whip his wife,"
and in column Of puerile sophistry,
unworthy of even 4 schoolboy, makes
himself ridiculous by declaring that
we favor wifc-wbipping. He further
says we compare Mr.. Davis with
Guiteau, whom we advise him to turn
bis attention TO his own party pets
aud let Democratic statesmen alone.
The editor Of the Republican perverts
tho facts when he says we stated that
Democratic papers had right 10 "de-
nounce" Mr.. Davis. We said and
still say that they have right to crit-
else any member of the party. 1t Is
not our intention 10 defend the Iaa,
guage used. There was not one word
or syllable that We would retract.
Wc do say, however, that the coll.
struclion the editor VI the Republi-
can attempts to put'upen il is entirely
foreign to the meaning. The editor
is the only person OF whom we have
heard who failed to understand the
meaning Of the language used. Our
readers belong TO that class who can
understand the plain English Ian.
guago which we always try to use.
They can tell the picture Of a man
when ti,ey see 1t without its being
labeled this is man." and in this
they seem TO have the advantage over
our friend of The Republican. We
endeavOr TO make what we writo SO
plain that oven that class that oonsii-
tutes large part of the Republicans
patronage can tell what we mean if
they are SO fortunate as to hear it read.
We have no space to waste replying
TO such bosll as nine tentbs of the Re.
publican's article was. 1t is true
there was poetry and eioquence in
the conclusion of the article, but this
did not make amends for the absence
of facts in the first part. Inthe words
Of Sheridan, "the gentleman drew
upon his memory tor his eloquence
and upon his imagination for his
facts" We have none but the kindesl
feelings towards the present editor OF
the Republican. We appreciate the
peculiar position in which he is placed.
We state. by way of apology tor our
friend, that he is administrators dc
bonis non," oflbo defunct firm of Geo.
NJ. Cote & Co., and that to abuse Mr..
Davis is one of the liabilities he as
sumed. One can tell from the pres
ent editors articles that there is soft
place in his heart for Mr.. Davis, in
spite Of the deep-dyed, double-dis-
TILED, all-wool, warranted.not. to-rip-
or-ravel stalw art fanaticisn that gush-
es out OF tho Republican from week
to week. II he had been the founder
of the Republican its politics would
have been as mild as the subdued
murmur of lovers wooings, but he Is
bound by virtue of bis Office to dis.
pose OF the "blood and thunder" stock
on hand, however dlslasteful it may
te to him.