The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1888-06-27

any one, but stated facts, and left 1t for the
public TO draw Its own conclusions.
The Squire wishes to know II IL isn't signif-
cent that the court made no order concerning
this extraordinary presentm To this we
would answer, certainly not. How could the
Court take any action when the grand jury
Squire winds up his article with what he
doubtless considers "sock dolager," In these
words Gas It's, the mountain has labored-the
result a mouse, valued ut Sl2."
| To this we would say that though the re-
| suit may be mouse 1t Will be found to be a
mighty frisky muse; in fact an ubiquitous
mouse; mouse that will bo able TO make 1t.
self seen and felt by each and every one OF
the Court House officials ut one and the same
Time for years to come. Such mouse Is rich.
| Iy worth four times the amount he has cost
the county, in the good 1t has already done-a
conclusion to which we are satisfied large
majority of the people OF Abbeville county
| have already come.
After pondering for O while over what he
had written the Squire seems TO have come 10
| the conclusion all at once that perhaps he
fellow, In an attacking the eighteen men con.
stituting the grand jury; for in o postscript
he virtually apologies, to the grand jury and
disclaims any Intention to impute any wrong
to them, but says In substance that 1t was the
expert to whom he had allusion and not to
the grand jury at all.
Well as the Squire has seen proper to read
me lecture on proprtety, and to criticize my
|
his judgment respecting the grand jury and
no longer holds them responsible, but the ex-
pert, and therefore all that he said Is to be
construed as having been said to me-. feel
that am authorized to retaliate In kind. AS
the Squire has asked several questions In his
article, I shall proceed by propounding few TO
him.
l should like to know Of the Squire If he
thinks it matters lone straw to me, TO the
grand jury or to the public, what his opinion
| is upon this, that or the other question? or II
he does not think 1t presumption In him to
grand jury as to the "tone and manner 10
which they should have written their report
| It i'll becomes him after his action In refer
ence to the official conduct Of Trial Justice
Tarrant, which said action 1t Is generally be.
leve was prompted by desire TO obtain his
ceeded in importuning the Governor to ap.
point him, to charge the grand jury or any
one else with casting ian imputations upon
the moral and official character OF every Of
f1cer in the county save those who somehow
or other have escaped their anathemas."
How Is 1t that your virtuous Indignation did
not find vent in the next issue OF your paper
after the presentment Of the grand jury was
made Why did this remarkable editorial
not come out in your issue OF the 10Th instead
of the end? Did the fact that the SUMMONS
lot, was published In your paper and dat
ed 18th instant, and which doesn't appear IN
| the AbbeviIle paper, where one would natur.
ally have expected to find it, have any thing
| to do with inspiring that editorial? or does II
take you ten days to write an editorial OF
that length? AS the weather Is warm :. ana NJ az az
I don't wish the Squire to over exert himself
he can take his time about answering the
THAT EXPERT.