San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1883-07-26
Somewhat Personal,

A fow weeks since, as our readers will
recollect, we had occasion to notice the
course of tho Kyle Nutshell In stigmatizing
us rs foreigner" and as welding bad
and unfriendly influence in this commu-
nily. We should have said then, what we
Cav now, that we noticed that paper and its
publisher mainly as the mouth pieces OF a
few personal malignants who have wagod
way on us ever since we began publishing
rnper in this county. 1t is only in this
point of view that the Nutshell Or its mana
ror was ever entitled to any notice from us,
and it is only as representing the little squad
of unreasoning hos.ilos to the FREE Press
nna it's editor, that we tahe the following
from the last notice of the Nutshell. Speak
ing of the editor of the FREE PRESS it says:
1--WE have nevor yet Haunted the bloody
shirt in the face of 4 hapless people. We
have never had to throw up our principles
ana people and seek shelter among those
whom we had worked SO assiduously to
crush: neither have we cast ourselves among
people and clandestinely advocated princi-
pies which we knew were antagonistlc to
their interest and feelings"
As to the above intimation that we have
done dry of the things stated we have to
say most emphatically that the charge is TT
terry false. Here in San Marcos the charge
was long since met and exploded. 1t was
made in the spring and summer of 1875 du-
ring the effort which was avowedly made to
run us out by starting another paper for that
purpose. We met the charge i'll all its forms,
and to the entire satisfaction of our patrons
in this part of the equity. The result was
that the parties most active in getting up the
opposition to us, came under general public
condemnation, and were glad to drop the
subject But The above paragraph proves,
what we had heard, that in the mountains
and other remote parts of the county, the
idea is carefully disseminated by represen-
tatives of the political influence which was
defeated here that we are playing double
or doubtful pdrt, and in short ''are not sound
on the goose" We are told that the idea
has thus become somewhat prevalent in re-
mote points in the county that we are "a
wolf in sleeps clothing" and are here for
the purpose of accommodating fortune of of
II people with whom We have no political
sympathy. What an idea! that, even if We
had had 10 more principle, we should have
come to Hays county, Texas, to engage in
the newspaper business, and remained in 1t
nearly ten years, IN Oyier 10 acquire a for
tune Heaven save the mark! Where is
the fool-kiiierH
Now We will confess that after this length
of time We are becoming rather tired of
this sort of thing, and are resolved that If
it shall continue to he kept up, it shall not
iial shelter behind the plea of ignorance, or
any reasonable excuse whatever. We have
never had any concealments as 70 our politi-
ell antecedents, and no one need ever have
l., en- in the dark on that subject. And be-
sides we published a newspaper some four
teen years before We came here, and our
course was vel known. But to make every
thing doubly clear, We VIII state that while
sc were educated in the Wing party. and on
attaining our majority were a most ardent
supporter of Henry Clay, yet lying back and
forward Of that, and from our earliest years
ii reflection, we were thOroughgoing dis
riple Of ;he old revolutionary style Of Dem
CCrscy Of Paine AID Jefferson, IS We ere TO-
lay. Names are nO;hing-prineip!es every
thing snd unchaueeshle. Very Ekclv, ve
think, our style Ct Democracy may no; suit
sc-so Of or trsl7crrs, but Il sits the graf
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