The Russellville Democrat., 1885-12-10
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IN his apology to Mr. Shinn in re

IN his apology to Mir. Shinn in re gard to the matter of an appropria- tion for the river at Dardanelle the Post has this remark: This section is not noted for it's appropriations and tue merest trifie of an objection is sufficient to defeat one" If this is true, it is certainly strange that one with speck of sense would take the very course of all others to stir up controversy and opposition to one he was trying to get. Another thing equally as unaccountable is, that he, In public utterance, would give out the impression that an appropriation which he wanted was of such na ture and so devoid of merit as to hang by as brittle a thread as is in dicated in the quotation above. In all candor, we do think the Post ought to desIst from the discussion of a qustion in which he founders from personal inslnuations to be apolo- gized for on one side to the most un fortunate implications concerning his subject on the other. We may be permitted to remark, that if the appropriation which the Post talk B about, is backed up by single soli- tary reason, and we think it IS, it cer- tainly deserves better treatment and a better advocate than one who would hold it up to public view as Of such nature and so little "merit as to be liable to defeat by the mer- est trifle of an objection" But here we wish to note the fact that we have not lodged even that merest trifie of nn objection, and to define what we did do, we clip the item that seemed to put the Post in such frenzy, in which 1t will be seen that not word is said against an appropriation, and that it alludes simply to the difficult ty of knowing how to improve if the means were in hand: s.The people of Dardanelle are in somewhat of a straight. They are about to be cut of from the river by sand bar. They are anxious to 6btafn an ap preparation. But they hardly know whether to ask it or not, for if they had 1t, they scarcely know whether it would be blessing or not. If it should be used to turn the current of the river back towards the town it would go to cutting and caving the bank and endangering the town, and if it should not be so used, why the cutting off process would contin- ue of course. So that if Dardanelle had the money in hand she would hardly know whether to use it or not In order to show the matter more clearly and that we are not alone in referring to the difficulty as we saw it in that item, we only add that Senator J. K. Jones on the rail way platform at Russellville on his way home from his visit to Dardan- ellie, stated in the presence of mum Der Of our citizens the very trouble covered Tn that item, and he did so from the sentiment he had heard on the subject in Dardanelle. We men tion Senator Jones' name with the knowledge however, that he is in Washington city, and perhaps far enough away to be out of reach of the Posts discharges, otherwise we might apologize for an allusion that would put hIm Tn position to be as- saulted with as much reason and
  justice as was Mir. Shinn or this writer, and we may have it to do yet, for the Post has clearly revealed a disposition to go as far as the next one out of his way to make thrust. If the Post is blind of course il will not be expected even to sec point here. If not-but It IS useless to state this part Of the proposition, for it has baubled into blunders and in, sidious personal allusions sufficient to show beyond doubt that he was interested not in straight forward statement of facts, butIn covert back thrusts to vent spite. In thus view of the case, if the Post is not a eolos- sal specimen of stupidity, it must be that of general depravity and gra- tuitous bile.
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 WE take this from the New York World winch is strong pointer to.