The Washington bee., 1892-05-28
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been more or less for nearly twenty
years a knight of the quill, and
during all these years l glory in
saying that l have been a follower
of Christ.
What few talents the Creator
has bestowed upon me, 1 have used
10 the endeavor rather to lift men
TO the skies than to drag angels
down. When l remember that
Paul, the apostle of our Savior, was
prosecuted, lied against, and mar
tyred on account of his allegiance
to the doctrine of the father hood
of God and the brotherhood Of man,
do not vince as the CALLED jade
because [ am called upon to answer
an avalanche OF billingsgate too
filthy for the writer, though small
as "waSp" to sign. This Con-
temptible stuff was dumped through
your columns. You style yourself
the Pilot. l think you should
change your name to Scandal Mon
ger. The duty of pilot Is to guide
and steer clear of mud banks, but
as your role is the reverse of this,
you should either change your
name or occupation.
In the outset, my article was
written cursorily, l did not spend
an hour in its composition. Sena-
tor Bruce never requested me to
reply to the attacks being made
upon him but Sprague, publisher
of the paper in question, did. He
repeatedly did so. Hence it seems
to have been a concocted scheme
to have the shadow of a shade of
excuse for attempting TO nalIgn,
traiuce and injure me in the COM
munity. But the shelter under
which | stand protects me from the
intended fleets of all lying tongues.
Sprague held the article in ques
ton about two weeks before he
Published it, in order, as he stated,
to give "wasp" chance to see it.
The truth is, he gave it to the
calumiator and allowed him to re
tain it all that time to see if he could
logically reply to the argument
contained therein. Unable to an-
swer its logic, he resOrted to the
libel and lies that are
ever the weapons of braiDless pol
troons. He says he has more of
this. Then out with it. Let him
discharge his loaded cannon. He
has already shown himself to be
liar, knave and a coward. There
fore, unless be signs his name his
will hencefOrth be treat
ed with silent contempt.
You called my attention to certain
Tsa1lacks of your and nv friends ip
dGL nit :! 'r- ~-.I l-nr hn" r6 LuOIdnf
your paper, and requested me to
reply to the same. You repeatedly
invited, solicited and urged me to
wIite something for your paper,
and you required me TO hew to the
line, let the chips fall where they
may.
Reply ing to your libel, l do not
want to believe that you wish to
Insinuate that 1 could wear the
epithet that you would imply.
Every line Of your base insinua
tiOns are absolutely false and Wei
Ously calumnious, and l fling them
back in your face with the con-
tempt that all would be assassins
of character and reputation de-
serve. In this part as in your en-
tire incOherent and pOintless arti-
Gle, you display the bravery of the
midnight assassin who lies in am
bush and takes the life of his un
suSpectlDg and unwarned victim.
There was nothing in my article tc
call out such fOul-mOuth slander of
your artful calumny. Under the
the name Of the brave little insect
which always warns before 1t ill.,
1lcts pain, you show yourself pos
sessed of the characteristics
of cur when from behind
a non de plume you insinuate
the most abhorent and forbidden
things against me. Had you shown
yourself manly enough to have
appended J our name to your libel
Gus article you would have been
entitled to the respect due one who
Is moved by high and honest mo-
tives. But by Withholding your
name from the public you declare
that you either do not believe your
false allegations or you had not the
manhood to identify your vapor-
ings by signing your name thereto.
As / replied to an assault upon
one of our leaders, which was
written under a non de plume, |
had no ohjec ion to the rejoinder
under a nomenclature, provided all
libellous and scandalous matter
was rigidly excluded.
HE who steals my purse steals
trash. Twas mine, tits his /; it has
been slave of thousands.
But he who filches from me my
good name takes that which en-
riches him not, but leaves me poor
indeed"
Bat can a man from his dark
hiding place throw the poisoned
javelin of lOw>browed malice to the
injury of a respectable cltizen? 10
the name of Him who is above every
name l answer, no, tor sin is re
Droach to individuals as 1t is to na>