The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1884-04-05
.LGW AND OR DEEs'' DEVOID
OF TRUTH.
His Article n Mere Campaign
TRADE. Which Honest Men

HIS Article n Mere Campaign
/ TRADE, which Honest 11er
/ Fl0ut.
To the Editor Of the NEW DOMINION:
A long, windy and transparent ar
ticle on"The Late Court'as discussed
in the Battle-A1e, appeared in YOU
last Issue, whose puny malice, insig
niiicant origin and evident purpose
would render it beneath contemp,
and unworthy the notice of a reply
were it not that many who read il
may be unaware of the spirit thai
instigated It and the tissue of abso
lutte falsehood from which it is woven
He asks why "the temperance PEG
pie organize and declare the present
administration a failure and at the
same time advocate a continuation
of the same for the next four years.
whereas they do neither declare it a
failure nor advocate its continuation
for they are not political organiza-
ton, or in any sense 'ring."
This is falsehood No. l.
The writer insinuates that the
Prosecuting Attorney never secures
any fines OH the indictments found,
forgetting that in thirteen cases, de
Tended by the said writer, the Prose
cutting Attorney beat him every time
and secured the fines.
This is falsehood No. 2.
Again he asserts. "The people well
know that the witnesses summoned
to indict those who robbed F. A.
Dering we're witnesses who had no
personal knowledge Of the robbery"
&C.; whereas, the two who knew most
about it, viz: the one who compelled
the return of the money and the one
who procured and returned it, were
summoned and their testimony.if any,
would have indicted had they been
properly questioned-and that they
were not is generally understood.
This is falsehood No. 3.
His assertion that there was no
more corruption than usual at the
February court and the insinuatiOn
that the Prosecuting Attorney was
the one lawyer who said there ioas,
are both without foundation.
This is falsehood No. A.
Four flat-footed falsehoods in one
article arc sufficient to indicate what
credence is due to any intimations
and insinuations conveyed therein.
Now Law and Order" pretends in
all this to be grieved at the wrong
done the ''honest people Of the coun-
ty," ''the bone and sinew of our peo-
ple," and ''those compelled to act as
grand jurors and witnesses" whereas
the whole paper is cowardly and
malicious attack upon a public officer
in order to arouse prejudice against
him and work up boom for himself;
which lie himself has acknowledged,
as can be proved.
1t is due, however, to the Prescott
ing Attorney to say that he never
saw or knew anything Of the article
on "The Late Court" until he saw it
in print in the Battle Are.
Law and Orders" other argu-
ments are so utterly pointless and
puerile as to be unworthy of notice.
Finally such malicious and I'M
provoked attack upon an official of
whose integrity he himself has no
doubt, proves the writer either pitt
fully deficient in mental capacity, or
alarmingly void of moral principle
and the spirit of true manhood; eth
er Of which, would, in the eyes of all
good citizens, prove him unfit for the
place he seeks by cowardly and I'M
manly insinuation and falsehoods.
Hence it appears that nothing but
selfishness induced Law and Order"
to indite his TRADE and that it is
merely campaign bombast of the APP
proved groggery type with not a
thought of curing any toes that may
have been pinched by the article on
The Late Court"
We enter into no defence of the
Prosecuting Attorney further than
to show that his interests were no
more consulted in the article in the
Battle Ace than were those of Law
and Order" himself We might say,
however, that there are some Law
and Order" men who are such in fact
and are willing to aid the cause by
contributing a "V," while others
want the credit without deserving it.
But it may be that the acriter is
not the author of the article, but
merely "cat's-paw" in the hands Of
others, in which case we would be
sorry to arouse any hut feelings of
pity for him in his position as puppet.
TRUE Law AND ORDER.
The April Century.