Montgomery County sentinel., 1883-10-12
KIND PARTLNG ADYLCE

The article which we penned ia reply 10
the uncalled-for attack upon the Democratic
papers of this county by the so-called edi-
tor of the Radical organ at this place, in
which they were accused of being the re-
ceiyers of "swag" in the matter Of the coun-
ty printing, appears to have had quite Sc
rious effect upon the boss of that concern
and caused him some little trouble to secure
a rejoinder. After lengthy conferences with
the various birds who make that rookery a
temporary resting-place, including the old
silver-gray, black Spanish, imported blonde
Shanghai, and the quacking puddle-duck,
1t was resolved TO concentrate all their venom
and call the SENTINEL AN advertising sheet
To this charge we plead guilty, and are
proud TO say that, owing to our extended
circulation, we have the continuous adver-
tising of more first-class business houses in
the cities of Washington and Baltimore than
any other county paper in the State. This
call upon our columns by business men who
have for years tried them with advantage,
prevents us often from giving as large space
as we would desire to reading matter, but
at the same time we have no inclination to
have one-half of our paper printed in Bal
timore and then manage to get out the other
half by occasionally borrowing the reading
matter of forgiving neighbor whom we
have accused of receiving "swag."
He further says that our article was Sc
vpFalU apn1apn mad hu urr
crat, and was "a heap of personal abuse"
Will he kindly inform us whether he thinks
it more gentlemanly to call one receiver of
"swag" (stolen goods than to accuse him of
falsehood? Nodoubt the "prominent Dem
ocrat' is one of those so well-known in
this community, who often use his columns,
anonymously, TO vent their spite against all
those they fear to meet in an open, manly
way.
In another article we kindly advised him,
as newly -t1edged champion of the negro
race, to take Fred Douglass by the hand and
do all in his power to secure place for one
of that color in the next Cabinet or on the
ticket for Vice President, and to this he also
takes offence, and sptefully says he would
rather take Fred by the hand than the writer
of our article. To this we have no objec-
ton, except on Fred's account
He also accuses us of being destitute of
intelligence and gentlemanly bearing. Now
while we claim no superior intelligence, we
have not the adamantine cheek to place our
full name mot even parted in the middle) at
the head of column as editor without the
ability to write an account of a dog-fght.-
AS to gentlemanly conduct we do not be-
long to that school, of which he is so pro-
ficient pupil, which believes in the doc
trine that all that is necessary to constitute
an intelligent gentleman is a NICE fitting
coat, tlashy watch-chain, perfumed handker-
chief, button-hoe bouquet and sufficient
cheek TO represent member of Congress
on borrowed ticket at the Centennial
In bidding adieu to this subject, in which
we were not the aggressor, allow us to kind
ly suggest TO the above "editor" that in
future he pay more attention to the inside
OF his head than the outside, and he may
escape the modification of having ignorant
ly used words in regard to his neighbors
that will always be resented by those who
have the manhood TO defend an honest
name.