The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-01-13
MIR. STRONG ON SEATTLE.

hshed an extract from an article by the Rev.
J. G. stroag, which appeared in the Paramount,
MINI, SeSs. Severe reflections upon Seattle In
this extract called forth en- editorial, which ap-
peared on the following day. Mr.. Strong, feel
ing that the extract in question did not fairly
represent the spirit or tone of bis letters. CON-
ments upon the matter II a recent number OF
the Essrs in the following language:
Another item of interest Is the editor of our
daily paper inserting portion OF your Wash
ington correspondents article Of August in his
issue OF November q. In doing this the editor
took about equal parts OF two OF the seven dis
tinct divisions as published in the NeEgs, put
these parts together in an inverted order
with three asterisks in one OF the parts,
indicative oil the omission OF original matter
as found in the Setss, and in this garbled, Jos
tied and mixed manner, in accordance with mis-
skill and editorial wisdom, published IL IN his
daily issue. as ssatet above. ii IL was the Ell
tire article OF the EetEs, without any comment
other than The heading, San Infamous Attack
on seattle" But the next days Issue contained
an editorial with the caption The Boy Lied"
In this editorial be gave your correspondent
vehement scathIng for desaIning Seattle, IS ii be
had committed an awful crime, worthy, one
would judge. OF the penitentiary TO atone for
the ofense against Seattle, and he cited several
other persons who had il similar manner
done tee same thing against Minneapolis. At
lanta and other places: de commences this
contributes TO the Fa:rmont Meas q very
gross libel upon the social and civic
morality OF Seattle. If Mr. Strong were a
man OF the world. Is would be just 70 assume
that he was either knavs or fool, but he II q
clergyman, who in the ingenuousness OF his
heart has been credulous enough TO believe
dulity is characteristic of some OF the cloth"
Then the editor proceeds TO show that the New
York EvesiHo Pest had shown up this class OF
"creduious clergymen." He further ventilates
himself n illustration Of his point, and says:
"a few months ago two clergymen in Mime
apolis, named Morrill, and Alien, publicly al
tributed to that city condition OF gross immor-
atty that made 1t the wickedest place in the
United States" And further the editor says:
sThe Rev. J. C. Strong, wno has so grossly
hbeled the good name OF Seattle, 10
probably q clergyman OF the sam Jones and Sam
Small school OF reckless pulpit takers Jones
and small recently denounced the city OF At
lanta, its civic and judicial morality, publicly,
very muen as the Rev. Mr. Strong has Seattle"
Still further the persistent editor illustrates his
point and says: "a still more remarkable in.
stance OF clerical credniity was furnished by
when he denounced the spoils system Why
did Bishop Potter do this? Probably because be
vas subject To the same credulity which led the
Rev. Mr.. Strong to libel Seattle, without making
any searching investigation of the truth of his
charges" To cap the climax, the gifted editor
says as follows: ''The late James Russell
Lowell, the poet. displayed in q marked degree a
tendency TO outrage the truth, wantonly depre-
c;atng the social and political virtue of his own
time. Then he quotes the poet as saying:
The public servant who has stolen or lied,
H.
As unjust favor put him in, why doubt
Distayor, as unjust, has turned him out;
Even II indicted what is that but fudge;
White-washed ne quits the politicians strife;
Al ease IN mind, with pocket filed ror life
"ar. Lowell, like Rev. Mr.. Strong, was both a
creduious man and by natural and moral con-
stitu;ion. in his last days, literary pessimist"
Upon reading this editorial. your correspond
ent was mucn pleased that the editor graciously
had classified his name with 50 many Others
''ot the cloth, that were in the sane predica-
Inent as he now is, those, that were widely
known in the world for those characteristics
the editors zeal seems abundant TO beiittle as
characteristics OF "knsve or fool" And further
feeling now, so good and still confident we had
not told half OF the whole truth, which could
be substan.lated from the editors own paper
even IN his own editorials, thin the past two
years, yea more clearly than was affirmed in the
article com 81 aimed of and that he could corrob-
crate by information given by other sources
that clearly illustrated the truthfulness OF the
original article in the Nesss, so upon the whole,
your CORES pondeut did not feel angry, scared,
grleved or hurt by the weight OF his ponderous
editorial, for it seemed TO us Ike thunder with
out accompanying lightning, which is never
known 10 hurt anybody. But, rather, we
exercised pity for the self-conceited editor,
confident the more he stopped 70 stir
up the matter, the more ana more he
instance, that certain little, white ana black
striped animal is the master of, the more il is
stirred the rauker and more nauseating the
efiuvia VIII be, till IL becomes an uncomfortable
me1ts made by your correspondent applied es-
pecially TO the vicious, dissolute classes IN the
slums OF Seattle, while the editor does not dis
eliminate between these classes and those
that are the salt of the earth, as il was clearly
demonstrated by the six divisions previous 70
tue seventh division, which the editor beliities
himself 10 use as his text TO berate Us, in Ian
glage we were accustomed to hear used
against clergymen in slavery times, who
dared unfold the unrighteousness OF slavery,
and we now still hear in the Brewers Journal
aud hosts OF other popular magazines and news
papers, all over the country, in the interests OF
strong drink and the high licensed saloons pop
ular, lucrative business 20 now upon the
whole, when the editor gets over his seemingly
special inspiration and comes again TO himself
your humble correspondent thinks, as he is not
low scared, be will not be seriously hurt more
than the men "of the cloth among whom the
editor graci0usly assigned our rank, all accus-
toned TO be advised, yes instructed BY wise,
seIi-coAce. ted. gErFulouS editors: 1T would be
better 70 attend 70 your business, preach tie
gospel and let politics alone"