West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1889-07-18
A FEW FACTS.


week, and came back at the ARGUS
in the following "dignified" way
The letter which Mr. Wilson wrote declining
| TO come To Kingwood when he learnt that some
soldiers objected TO his speaking, Is In digniiod
| contrast with the demogogic rant Of the Free
trade ANGUS. The objection 10 Mr. Wilson was
not because he is a Democrat. nor because he Is
AN ex Confederate, but because Gt is alleged he
voted against certain pension legislation and
failed TO get certain special pension bills acted
upon.
We slugged grandma a little
harder than we intended, and her
seconds, the Deputy Harmonizers,
were not able to revive her for the
second round, and like the old wo-
man with the scissors, grandma, al
though insensible, yells "demo-
gogue" and ''freetrader" at us.
Well, we take delight in showing up
cant and hypocrisy, and the Jour
nal is such an excellent subject to
dissect that we are not to blame
when we hold it up for public de-
testation.
But what is the use to parley !;
what is the use to write that which
you know to be bold-faced untruth {?
The writers of the articles IN the
JoWrnal and Era objected to Mr..
Wilson because he was All ex-Con-
federate, and not of any alleged
pension legislation, as you say.
Finding the soldiers and citizens
unanimously condemned the insult
offered Mr.. Wilson, and the ungen-
tlemanly language in which it was
written, you seek hole to crawl
out of. This is the tactics of the
coward. You have not the courage
of your convictions. We don't be-
heye the Journal letter was ever
written by an ex-soldier, for it bears
the ear marks of one who has an
abiding faith in the political meth
DDS employed by the Journal. 1t
may be possible an ex-soldIer sug-
gested to this Half Breed n letter
should be written, but the wording
and language is that of the Half
Breed. Nothing is said about Mr..
Wilson ''voting against certain PEN
sion legislation and failed TO get
certain special pension bills acted
upon'' i'll said letters. 1t is an easy
matter to discern the Journals mo-
tive in Directing to Mr.. Wilson
coming. 1t was purely and simply
politics. But when the ex-soldiers
by word and resolution, sat down
on you so completely, and disfgured
You beyond recognition, you try to
crawfsh.
But we quote further from this
"digniiied" article:
The letter published in the Journal was from
an old soldier, and an honorable and brave one
and we desire to assure the ANGUS that we
never have refused the use Of our columns TO
the soldiers to state their grievances as such,
and never will. Our columns are open to them
and we are wholly indifferent whether this
pleasos this Freetrade sheet or not.
That is to say your columns are
always open to ex-soldiers who are
willing to abuse the Democratic
party, but when they write commu-
nications to boom their comrades
for Office, your columns are closed
unless said soldier is a special friend
of yours, and willing to accept your
dictatorship. There it is for you in
a nutshell.
We suppose when you said that
Frank Huffman and Lee Shaw
should never hold Office in Preston
county so long as you could WELD a
pen, they were invited to state their
grievances" through the columns
of the JOwHal? If that is what
you call friendship for the soldier
ostracising him from public Office
we thank God we are no friend of
the soldier. You show your love
and friendship again last week in
speaking of Hon. Henry W. Glover,
chairman Of the Republican execu-
tive committee.
We could write columns about
your love for the soldier IL we had
the time and space, and if necessity,
which knows no law, require it, we
viii enlarge and take the time.
If that be "demogogic rant" you
know the alternative.
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