Blue-grass blade., 1890-09-20
TIE BLADE
Versus the IIOnOrables Charles
j. BrOnstOn, James III.
Mulligan, ct al.

In thus announcing the oppo
lSition of The Blade to the gentle
men above mentioned, who hav,
been honored by high official posi-
tions in the community, / vii
say that | have against them nc
personal grievance other than
such as | have suffered in com.
mon with other citizens of this
community as the result of their
private and official derelictions
| They have been personally y
kind to me, and have been, one
or both, patrons of The Blade.
Of course | regret the necessity
for such opposition, as it is much
more congenial to my taste, and
is accompanied with less wear
and tear on my brain and emo
tional nature, to write pleasantly
rather than consciously, of any
one, if the facts will allow me.
But l should feel myself rec
reant to my trust if | did not
use every honorable and just
means at my command to break
the spell which these officers of
the law exercise over the people
of this country, and which, like
the song of the syren, is wooing
them on to moral and financial
ruin.
In assuming this attitude to-
ward these gentlemen / believe
that | am refccting the senti-
ments of the gentlemen who
have contributed of their means
to the support of The Blade.
Though | do not want to pose
as a Putnam or Cincinnatus, or
any of that notable list of de-
filnct heroes of their ilk, it is a
fact that l was literally following
in the furrow of the plow when
there came to me, at the same
time, two messages from different
parties asking me to come to
fhexington-tO to take part in ajjour-
nalism that was to oppose the
political corruption of this city
and county, and from them the
whole State of Kentucky, in
which corruption the parties
above named were regarded as
the "head and front of the Of
fending;' not that they were ne
cessarily and inherently worse
men than others engaged with
them, but that they furnished
the brains which pulled the
strings which made the others
act as the puppets of their bid ..
ding.
An expression of indignation
against these parties has come to
me from gentlemen representing
the finest, the most intelligent
and moral society of this COM
munity. Their language has ex-
pressed the most unqualified in
dignation.
To the career of my foreta-
thers, who have lived in this
community such lives as l am
proud of, | have attempted to
add reputation which is blame
less, and which no man, so far,
has successfully assailed, and 1
have reared my children into a
proud emulation of their virtues.
1t is said that the blood of the
Argyles and of Robert McGregor
courses in my veins, and as he
stood on his "native heath" so
L am here "to the manor born"
and this is "my own, my native
land"
In the seclusion of my country
home | have tried, us far as in
me lieth, to live peaceably with
all men. But even this remote
seclusion has been invaded by
the unjust Vaccinations of these
men, and the blood of McGregor,
mixed with that of Barton w. 4.
Stone, boils in my veins with
righteous Indignation, at the
thought that interlopers are thus
to rob me of my birthright, and,
for it, leave me less than the
mess of boarding house hash that
Esau got.
Mr.. Bronston is Justly regard
ell AS one of the brightest intel
lects of this community, and as
II Commonwealth prosecuting
attorney, if he had II moral quail
| ity commensurate with his ge-
MUS, he would stand almost peer
less; but his magnificent intel
lectual endowment is but an
edged tool in the hands of a mad
man.
Judge Mulligan is II bright
man. His humorous oratory has
often swept the cobwebs from the
brains of court attendants, and in
journalism he is the only man in
this town who has ever put any
good wit into print, and he has
(COntiaued o. fourth Ddge.)