West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1884-04-11
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one o! the poets, we believe, said
Consistency, tbou art jsTe.. To,s
was the list thing W. thought Of iasi
week when We Rad tho polished
and sol, (Oeditorisl wh,ch as.uiro
editor OF the Journal dedicated 10
TaE ARGUS aud it's 'yetdin, editor.
Our ego is'ical ue' GLbyr was certain
ly in lret l.ri state Of mind wno.
he wrote bis tragic article, for Iu-
stead of ccoiiy explaining he ma ter
az issue, be makes, THE ARGUS a
target at which he sings "a double
barrelled vo!ley Of unjust aud I'M
warranted crIt.sism aad abuse.
His entire effort was put forth to
show that We have not right to
question the actions 0! the RepuLli-
can party in this county, and that
when We ATTEMPT anything of the
sort, we commit gross outrage aud
our paper should at once be ostracis-
ed by the Democrats. This is the
lulI text and meaning, ct our pujs-
SAINT contemporary editorial, stated
briefly. Now, to show our readers
the fu'some Inconsistency of our
statesmal (Oiriend, let US call their
attention to his paper almost any
week. Tue vile, ma icious and Sian.
deIous attacks upon our State ad-
ministration, therein 10 be found
have no paratel-no, even in The
ARGUS which our sardouc neiehbor
is wont to characterize as having no
character. Because The State is m
the hands Of the Democratic party
our ruerile hiend's 1ocak}y TRADES
OF abuse Of its Ulcers are all right.
and must not DE questioned. HIS
course IN this direction is manly.
Just, chnstian-like, patriotic; because
Preston. county is Republican, we
must not question lis affairs but
must remain silent. II We ask a civil
question or make just criticism
we commit an awful, despicable and
damnabIe outrage upon human soci-
ety. ard place our PAPER beyond The
pale of an, honeat mans recognition,
Such is the belief o! our irascibie
contemporary, ald although we are
'verdapt raw Ct celere, we arrive at
this truth after glance at the ar
tcle written by tie scholarly iogi-
ciaI COwho condescends to presid Is
over the desliuies Of the Preston
county Journal
But further, it is certainly false
modesty that prompts our coutem
porary te set himself and his paper
up as models q morality and chrs-
tan piety and virtue, while TIE
ARGUS is dubbed outrageous and
characterleEs, We have never vet
lied about Republican candidate.
and refused hiA space IN the paper
tomake reiutation unless he would
agree TO pay Us advertising rates fer
the space. We have rever.yet mad 9
viiiiyipg charges against candidates
OF our own party, and then refused
them the use Of our cO.umns.to deny
the charges. Il ls said that our OBJ
tuse neiahbor is guilty ii these
tbirga bat We can not cay that it is
susceptible Of proof. II tits, how
ever, We brsnd him the psrsoli Gca
ton Of downright dsceitiu.uess and
claim that bio paper bas lost ITS
moral AID decent identity.
But, in re!ereuc to the Democratic
ostrec.sm Of TIE ARGUS which our
ststesm4r(Dir would be pleased
to see, Jet Us remark that our sub-
tciPt.on Iist lie every week growing
larger, and It 10 only a triumph Of
modesty over egol.su that prevents
us from giving complimentary notes
cent TIE ARGUS BY prominent Dem
ocrats in every part Of Tie county
We are giving tasm paper they
ike, and this iss.i vs labor for. And
right here it might not be out o.
place TO add that we have been urg-
el BY our l.ieud5 10 show OPP TO toe
people The high la1ss Of th.s county
as compared with the State tsz-.
about which or cooteuYorary ha.
published 70 much sa1g and Dirt