The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1886-02-18

giving utterance to public statement that
you did not mean, and you can take either
horn OF the dilemma, DOCTOR thatyou please,
without asking permission of the organized
or the JOURNAL" If you consider it mis-
representation" to be called an Organized
Democrat, then your editorial msled us,
and We feel that we owe the organized"
Democratic party an apology for chasing
such political chameleon as one Of. them,
and if the Democratic party win forgive us
this time we will promise not to do so any
more. And as for holding our friends,
while attacking our foes" it would take the
grip ola Hercules to hold you, for you are
like the Irishman's flea, faith and be jabers"
when We think we We got you in the organ
lied party you are not there, but have
hoped off.
But, Doctor ifyon still adhere to the SEN
timents Of your editorial as an honest CON
viction, then it is your bounden duty not to
let yourself OUT Of the organized party,
which must prop and sustain President
Cleveland, but fight under the organized
dag, the spoils of Office" and political cor
ruption," because it is best now and here
after" to do so.
And as to your insinuation about our pa
per being masked battery" we deny the
soft impeachment. Not once has our bat
terry ever been masked" in politics, riding
two horses at once, or masked" against you,
but on the contrary our battery" has been
out in the open field, and we are presumptuous
enough to think that many shot fred from
our battery" punctured your coalition"
cuticle when you were fighting the organized
Democracy of this Congressional District,
aided and abetted by lack Hargroves
But Doctor, you misjudge US. We long
ago grounded our arms against you, after
you were twice defeated by the young
mountain colt" whom you failed to wean
You doubtless remember him And in con-
clusion, doctor, we wish to say, it is mat
ter of supreme Indifference to us whether
you have committed yourself to the organ
lied democracy or not, and your actions in
the Legislature neither provoked us then
Or now to make an attack on you or pleased
us to endorse you. Our allusion to you in
the Objectionable paragraph was not based
on motive of ill-wil or malice. We
were simply scanning the gubernatorial
field, with our political microscope, locating
the chances and prospects of the gentlemen
whose names had been frequently mention
ed in the public prints for Governor, whether
they were active candidates or merely "pri-
vate citizens, and in all candor Doctor, we
think you have kicked before you were
spurred,' which shows that as private
citizen land by the way member of the
Legislature is public officer as well as a pri-
vate citizen that the same combative spir-
1t that characterized you in the Legislature
seems to ruleyOur nature" near Gainesville, "
and you can see more "bugaboos," where
none exists, than any man in Georgia Curb
your imagination, Doctor, and don't fly of
so often in tangent. People suffer more
from imagined evils than real ones and you
appear not to be an exception.
We have answered your letter, doctor, as
requested. Now, let us shake hands and be
friends. How blessed it is for brethren tC
dwell together in unity" Any time yol
see any thing in the JOURNAL you want ex
planned, drop us line