The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1890-04-23
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the fact that it was both nonseusi>
cal and ridiculous in the extreme.
" bile it was pIrported TO be nd
dressed to us, and for our exclusive |
benefit, it was nothing less than an
ingenious scheme OF the editor Of
the Liberal to vent his spleen upon
another party. This so-callcd
"open letter" to the editor of this
paper was but a covert attack upon
a very popular and honorable ct
zen of this county who may. or may
not, have senatorial aspirs- tons.
This gentleman has never trained
with the editor of the Iii eral in
his political methods and
tricks, and tor that reason,
probably, has incurred the dis
pleasure Of this sipgle-barrellod
Gum who pops cap every time
the name Of this citizen Of Terrell
is mentioned for Office. The gen.
tleman in question is amply able to
take care OF himself, and it is not
our purpose to take up the cudgel
for him. I'VE only desire to remind
the Corporal that such warfare is
not manly. 1t he has fight to
make on any one he should do it
openly and honorably.
But to the point. The absurdest
break and yawp of the Corporal in
this "open letter" is his pretended
holy horror of independentlsm.
This he charges MS with in the leg
islative campaign OF 1888 in this
county. The Corporal, in this
matter, as usual, draw larr ely on
that fertile Imagination of bis that
serves him SO we'll when anything
will suit him better than either the
truth or the facts. 1t is a we'll.
known tact that there was no in.
dependent candidate for the legisla>
ture in this county in 1888, nCr
was there the least probability OF
one. This tact the editor of the
Liberal we'll knew when he made
the charge.
However, in 1888, not quite two
Years ago, Corporal Gum himself
made political record that does
not SAVIOR of democracy He de-
serted the democratic party and
supported with all the vigor and
enthusiasm possible an independ
ent candidate for the senate in this
district. This is the man who now
presumes to dictate to the democ-
racy of the district. He is always
on hand with advice, and goes into
the democratic nominations, but,
Judging the future by the past, that
is no guarantee that he is demo
crat.
AS the Corporal proceeds in his
"open letter he grows rasher and
handles the truth with a daredevil
rtck .essness. He charges that two
years ago the editor of the News,
f as the head ola mythical political
ring in Dawson, TRADED" the SEN
, atorship and promised TO deliver it
to a certain party this year, This
, charge we emphatically deny and
, call npon the editor CT the Liberal
/ to prove it or stand before the
public rs a hawker OF assertion:
that nave no foundations and that
cannot be sustained.
The ridiculous comes promi-
e neutly to the front throu .hout thi;
"open letter" The Corporal as
r sumes an amusing attitude and en-
l deavors to pose as the farmers only
! friend. On several occasions, re
t Gently, he has attempted to pleju-
: dice the farmers against us by
s taking particular pains to put his
own contraction upon and misap,
3 plying the meaning OF what we've
written in discussing men and
f measures. He seems to work his
puny brain in thinking up some
possible way in which to injure the
/ News with a large clasSof the peo-
pie.
We would ask the Corporal to
!, deal fairly with us hereafter, and
not misrepresent us,
, There Is only one bigger fool
than the man who questions the
> honesty and sincerity of another's
convictions and that is the man
h who gets mad and flies into a dis,
= graceful passion and makes charges
that cannot be sustained when his
position is antagonized. Truth
can best be developed by fairness.
4 Before dismlssing tbs matter we
desire to emphatically assert that