Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1885-05-23
THE TRUTH BEST In THE END.

from men gong around town blow
ing about The HERALD breaking
up its type and, presses, than from
the Statesman proper. Let US say Of
such, that they have never paid TIL
HERALD one cent, yet they read
the paper and are always ready
and loud with their criticisms. Lei
us say further that they are as dumt
as mules, and as little, narrow-mind
ed and bitter, personally and polit
ically, as bourbonized fieas.
The communication was writer
by bright and sensible Martinsbure
boy and with the exception of hav
ing been a little flowery and over
drawn, their was nothing in it cast
ing any reflection or calculated to
do any injury to Berkeley interests
We know all about Fits, Janney's
Parks, the Hannis, B. IL o., and
many others equally creditable, but
that is not the whole truth. Blind.
ing misrepresentation has done us
more injury than the truth ever did.
Men have been induced to come
here with the expectation of finding
great paying business, rich farms
for nothing, and everything that
could be desired. Some of these
same men have left here skinned
ont OF house and home, and will
curse the very place as long as they
live. The truth is there are advan.
tages here for men with capital, and
there is business here, but every
thing is not as fair as bright sum.
mer day.
1t might be so, and the very reas-
on that it is not is the influence and
evil effects of this old-time element
that has no enterprise or capital it,
self and can not make living by
fair competition at honest labor, but
like vampires must be supported by
the life-blood of real energy and
progress.
They are clannish and cliquish in
business and in politics. If they
cannot run every enterprise that is
started and get the lions share out
of it, then it is ordered to take up
its grip sack and depart. Take our
own business as a fair example.
Take the corporation management
as another example of this help-to-
support element, a few years ago.
BY hard fighting we got enough to
pay our taxes, while others got their
hundreds. Take the Fair institution
from its inception. The moment the
greedy failed to get the patronage
on account of competition, he pulled
out, and anything with which he
has something to do again is doom
ed to failure. Take several enter
prlses whose names there is no need
to mention, but where every effort
was made, fair and foul, to deprive
us of patronage. Legal printing has
been ordered in The HERALD by
republican clients, but it never got
there on account of this narrow and
illiberal element. The people as a
body do not approve Of such course,
or instead of having 100 subscrib.
ers and a good business, THE HER
AID would have been "busted as
was predicted nearly five years ago.
by this class. Great changes have
taken place since then, for the bet
ter, too; and when this narrow
selfish and Liberal element that
barely manages to keep Oh top now
once dies out, Berkeley County will
see the success and prosperity that
she is destined for by reason of hen
many advantages.
One point more we cannot keeI
silence on, and which carries out
our line of argument. When there
is any Office to be filed Or appoint
ment to be made, what herculean eff
forts this element of clanship makes
for itself or friends. There ia a
scramble equal to that at a swine
trough. Good and liberal men care
not to risk their character and hap
plness. The warfare is carried on
by bitter personal attacks in public
and private. We get papers from
Virginia, Maryland, and Pennsyl
vania, and find at election times
more personal attacks in the Martins
burg papers alone, than in all the
others combined. The papers them
selves for years have carried on that
business here, and encouraged such
a selfish and illiberal spirit.
Martlnsburg wants more unity
and harmony in all her actions, and
more liberality in business. The
few should not be supported at
the expense of the many.
As for us meddling with the States.
mans politics, or any other body's,
there is no fear; we have enough to
attend to our own work and bus.
mess; and we have confidence in
Mr.. Cleveland, that he will not force
upon an intelligent and conservative
community any hittar nartizan