The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-05-04


Ed HERALD With your fo-bcarance /
hasten 10 answer a communication purport-
ing to have been written at Berlin but by
the way was written at Somerset.
The writer under the nom dc pl,,,Re of
Truth charges me with having written
the "Beast-Butler communication which
appeared in your columns April 0. ! will
say right here and now that he lies and the
truth is not in him. The truth of my state
ment could be substantiated if Mr.. Scull and
Beast Butler would agree to show the
manuscript. | have no knowledge OF the
editors rules, but do not think that he
makes public exhition of all matters sent
for publication. Besides do not think that
time IS of 50 little value to him that he
could spend it in showing manuscripts to
every num-skull who might want to see
them in order 10 get up newspaper con-
troyersy, and detract from the character ofthe
author. However, this is matter in which
/ have no right to dictate Il allude to
showing the article or not showing it,
Now, If "r.u,lI' wanted 10 comment on
Beast-Butler's" article, he SHOULD have had
some knowledge who the Beast" as he is
pleased to term him, was, and not make a
pers sonal attack on an innocent man call
it personal, from the fact that L was the on
ly man who was prosecuted for selling H.
quor without license at the January Court.
Just as personal as If ! say it was the Com
Hissoner's clerk who wrote the article IN
der the assumed name of Truth" Let me
for a moment notice the motives by which
the party who made the information against
me was actuate1. lie WIS not working for
the interest of the government, neither was
il to have the LAWS Of our land enforced, be-
cause he is not lawa5iding citizen; but
it was for self-intcrcst. II was plan, plot
or scheme TO get Inc TO violate the law, and
then turn around aud return me, thinking
thereby to be released from paying a pretty
heavy judgment The whisky was not got
ten for them at all. II was gotten for par
ty of serenadcrs. When he found he
could not get me to release him on this ruse,
he run it through Court, and thus it amount
ed TO what il did. But it will be seen tina;
/ had the honesty to get NJ and acknowl-
edge my guilt like man, and am honest
enough to reiterate it again, more than
+" Truth might do if he were in the same
predicament.
Truth" were thosc proceedings not
published in our county papers? Why must
You herald and difluse it through the coun-
try once more? Is it because you try to
make people believe that you are so law
abiding or because you want to let people
know that you can write newspaper articles
and slander 4 young man? l think your
malice got the better of your judgment. /;
appears it is predominant and uncontrell- |
able passion of yours. You are aiming at
the destruction of an innocent mans char
acter, and making him the object of defama-
ton, calumny and reproach, just to appease |
your savage malignity. We might say
something that would not fall so pleasantly |
on your ears, but will not unless further
provoked.
As to being fuldled, we are sober, indus /
trious people, and mean to earn our bread
by the sweat of our brow, and not by living
on the spoils of the county. In my cstima-