The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-06-20
SATURDAY. JUNE 20, 1885.

ago with regard to the appointment
of Bailiff. That small journal of
small circulation, says we "de-
liberately perverted the truth in
regard to certain facts attending
the election of town bailiff." Now
the assertions of the REPUBLICAN or
Democrat are not proof upon the ques-
ton at issue, but we beg to remind
the Democrat that the proof can be
had from the records and from the
officials who were present when the
election referred to took place. We
stand ready to prove our assertions.
We dare the Democrat to try to prove
its assertions. The proof will convict
either the REPUBLICAN or the Dem
Ocrat of being deliberate perverter
of the truth. We dare the Democrat
to the proof on this point.
In our editorial of week before last,
In defence of the business interest of
our town, we made no offensive per-
sonal attack upon the Democrat or
its editor, on the contrary, we made
an open, Straightforward, truthful
and manly defence of class of bust
ness men who had been attacked by
an unknown Individual, (who had
not the manhood or courage to sign
his name to his article backed by
the influence of the Democrat. In
making this defence we knew full
well that the merchants we were de-
Tending were small minority in this
community, and we knew just as
well that the attack was prompted by
the idea that the correspondent had
the majority on his side. With the
large majority las he supposed at his
back, he saw proper to make the at
tack through an anonymous commu-
nication. which is regarded by all
decent people as the most cowardly
and detestable mode of attack known
to modern journalism. Then the Dem
ocrut undertakes to gull the people
into believing that this unWarantable
attack, made in such an illegitimate
manner, was prompted by desire
on its part to subserve the public in
terest. Seeing his blunder too late to
remedy it the editor tries to divert
attention from his conspicuous fail
ure, by making his attack upon us,
and whining about personalities. 1t
is the old story of the thief crying
"stop thief" Weare perfectly willing
to leave to the public to decide wheth-
er the course of the REPUBLICAN or
Democrat has been commendable in
this particular piece of business.
The Democrat pretends that it does
not care for the "opinions or express
sions of the REPUBLICAN" because,
it says, "they are entitled to no re-
spectacle weight" If the Democrat
is honest in this, why does it whine
and yelp like whipped hound every
time the REPUBLICAN applies the
lash, even mildly?
Again, we beg to inform the Demo-
crdt, and all others concerned, that
the editor whose name "illuminates
the editorial page' of this paper, is
alone responsible for its editorial SEN
timents and utterances. Whatever
we have to say we say editorially so
there may be no doubt as to who is
responsible for our utteranceS. We
do not attack our readers and SUBJ
scribers or Others over fictitious sig
nature, nor do we call upon others to |
do so through our columns. We en-
deavor to discharge our duty to the
public and to our patrons at all times,
but we do so in our own way. and |
according to our own judgement, and
not according to the wishes or desires
of any self-constituted regulator of
other mems affairs. In this course we
shall continue, although, the whole
pack "Tray, Blanche and Sweet
heart" included, should continue to
yelp at our heels.
We feel that, perhaps, we owe our
readers an apology for taking up so
much of our space with a reply TO
some untruthtuI assertions and in
situations contained in the Democrat |
of last week, There are two grave
objections to making a reply of this
kind. One is, that it takes up great
deal of our space, with matter which !
in the main does not interest the pub
lie. The other and greater is, that it
gives paper of small circulation,
like the Democrat, an amount of ad-
vertising which it would not be likely
to get in any other way.
In future, unless we have reason to
change our present intention, we Will |
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