Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1893-09-25
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1t ia an awful thing to die. But 1t Ii
both awful and humiliating to be kicked to
death by q jackass, or be dubbed to death
by a savage warrior fantastically mas
quersding in the splendid uniform of 6
real war lord. AS at least one of these fstes
seems to bs staring us in the face 1t be
hooves us to make some kind of dying de-
clsrstion, not with any hope of appessing
the jackass or modifying the savage war
rior, but because 1t is the proper thing to
do, and has been done by many respectable
and thoughtful people.
Therefore, esteemed, courteous and un-
commonly virtuous Register, we will call
your attention to the fact that you have
been shsmefully and wickedly slandering
us for several days. If you will take an
honest look at your file of the JOURNAL
AND COURIER you will fud that there is
not one word there which can in any way
be construed ss charging the memhsxs of
the Board of Education with the corrupt
use of money in connection with the Nor
NAL school. The words we have used in
chsracterizing the use of public
money by them for ''services" at
Hartford are "illegal," and "unlaw-
full" As we can find no legal war
rant for such nee of the public money as
they did make We have felt entirely justi-
fed in calling it 'fllegal' and unlawful" )"
We have left it for the too-sens!tive Regis
ter to do its best to make people think, by
its frantic protests and appeals, that there
was corruption. We have not yet said
thsre was. And if the Register Will turn
to It's own first psge of yesterday morning
it will there find ample justification for
whatever has been said aboutlobbyists and
lobbying. If 1t can't find 1t there 1t very
well knows where 1t Can find 1t. Having
been notified to die we do not think 1t
right to go without leaving this parting
"innusndo."
The Register will have discovered, by
this time, that We haven't taken its
friendly advice" There are slways two
things which need to be carefully coneid-
cred when the Register offers friendly ad-
vice." These are whether the advice is
really friendly and whether it is ssgacious.
People who go about with clubs Offering
friendly advice can usually get hearing,
but those to whom they offer It csn well
afford to think it oyer If they are allowed
time to do 80.
We do not call for an apology from the
Register, although if it ever owed any body
one 1t owes us one. 1: has slandered US
without regard for the facts, and without
regard for our kindly appreciation Of its
own awkward and uncomfortable position
in the present controversy. But that Is
sll right. There is, however, one favor we
think we have a right to ask. And We
hope that after the Register has kicked or
dubbed US to death In pursuance of its po-
lite notification 1t will sometime, when
looking on our gre, n and lonely grave, fes'
softsned enough to do what We now ask it
to do. In the course Of its declaration Of
its intention to kick or club Us to death II
said: "The man or paper who underhand-
edly attacks the moral character of his fell
lows" etc. We can perish if We must
without being apologized to, but we wish
to leave on record our strong conviction
that 1t is the duty of the Register to make
an apology to the noble English Language
which it has in it's frenzy SO murderous
ly kicked and dubbed.