The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1882-09-02
To the Public.

We publishcd the following editorial on
Saturday last
The JThiq may exhaust It's vocabulary OF
expletiyes In the malicious and vulgar
.b,,se OF those who have shown up the
bideous political character Of its master
Malone. but IL will not divert the attcn-
tion Of the people from the real questions
AT issue. Acting upon advice once given
by Vol,aire 10 "kcep on throwing dirt,
some Of IL viii stick after awhile" it Is UNI
ceasing in its election Of low epithcts, OF
which II appears 10 have so copious sup
ply.
In is issue OF yesterday the Wig, after
quoting the final paragraph OF our We'd
nesday's article cul0gistic oil senator WI
llams, says:
Nonsense He also asks - tie people Of Vir-
pfnis " TO support Dawson for the same position
snd nothing could more fully denonslrsse me
characterize This whole Massey movement ana Inc
methods Of all who are engaged in promoting IT,
wis 81 Massey and an s crew in he Dspach Is
one Of the gang hi,asclf-a traitor dSi.nuine ahS
sppisuding himself and his fellows inc e ,nt Gn o
day he Here's ftcr may he able % dlsciaim aia M.
part in the c,dogy which TREASON ana i Ia,
fORS are so generously besiowng upon them,
selves through The columns Of tie prostituted
Dispatch.
TO much of the senseless abuse that daily
ornoars in the VIII we pay little attention,
even when aimed directly or indirectly al
lis. On This occasion, however. we make a
brief rcjoindcr--not that We esteem in any
degree or care one jot or title about the
s1,sD;c,0ns or expressions OF that journal,
but simply for the information OF the pub
lie: we pronounce the above insinua'loh
ms false as il is malicious. This 10 the pup
lie. o,i.,
ming. we hereby inform the Wing that The
DiSpafch is responsible and accountable for
erery ,rord and for every line uWtterS; and
il the fact be doubted. the Dispatch can be
found and reSponSitlV perSonifed at any
time.
Mr.. WILLIAM c. ELAN, editor OF the
WHO, returns to the city after Gan alb
sence OF a week" to find himself insulted
by the above, and takes the following
method OF acknowledging the insult, and
OF avenging himself for the "iniurious
allusion =:
RICHMOND. VA. September lst 1882
To tte RicbmOal Dispatch:
After an absence OF a week l find on my return
that the Dispdtch Of last saturday contained
very abusive and injurious aliusion 70 me-.
Therefore beg you to publih the following. Which
will also appear In the Wig Of tomorrow; am
q friend II illiam +. Drinkard. editor OF the
Richmond Dispatch, and no such insulting article
could have apIcareG In Lbat paper. by lis consent
witch did appear on last Saturday, and say mere
aud row that The author Of that article Is liar
and ScOuncrel Yours very truly,
We give place to the above, not on ac-
count of the request OF Mr.. ELAN. but to
show to the public exactly what position
he takes. With his choice biiingsgate,
"iar and scoundrol," he would wipe out
the insult he acknowledges we laced upon
him in our article OF Saturday. We therein
told him his suspicion was Gas false as
malicious" and announced ourselves in
every way responsible for the same. To
put his position in plain language, he con-
siders himself called liar. and thoreupon
ayengcs himself by saying you are another.
ii this manner of obtaining redress for an
Insult be satisfactory to him, we certainly
have no right to object.
c. OBJ. COwARDIN, Editor.