Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1896-10-29

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Thdn Observation-Disclosures ,ha nI,y A
,o,.,,n ,n", 1T as IN -, tha sane
s svi'm ~. 80 80" ,rnn,n
In coIioou;aI mr. Informal way
49, ~, 81 ,,o,in,a, - =,
dssi,,nat. napar currency in contra
,i;s,i,,,.ti,,nf 81 ,.o;n
In si.,nr ar ,,,ly,r sapso ugraan-
backs" is sometimes used to mean
general wealth. A synonym is
"stuif."
You confuse colloquialism with
mere slang. There is distinction
and difference. The trick Is lost tn
you.
Let us paste in the backs of our
books:
"There is difference,
You plainly see,
TwlNt twcedle-dum
And tweedle-dee."
The technical lnaccuracy We eX-
planned was made in II hurried COM
m"nt on IA correspondent article
ana was not IN formal editorial.
Read with Its context 1t would not
likely be misunderstood. Garbled II
might seem to mean what 1t did not.
Garbilng Is iaNorite siiverite cam
paign trick. 1t Is reprehensible to
the highest degree, because 1t Is IN
tenueu 10 uecei'e'
But our using "greenbacks TO
mean paper currency can never JUS
thy your calling Hamilton patri-
arch Oh the democratic party. Yours
was fundamental error, ours mere
ly loose statement
BLOODY SHIRT.
IL is merely auibblinr to try to ere
ate the IMPRESSION that the attack on
Gen. PoImer's course while i'm mill
tary command i'm Kentucky lust n
short time after Lee and Johnston
surrendered does NOT belonp to the
bloody-shirt genus of politicuI acts.
Your "Open letter" was not specif-
icoIIy mentioned i'm any criticism of
the attacks on Gen. Paimer's record
but we have seen Courier-Journal
editorials. notably one of Sent oeth
Isg,;, expressing astonishment and
humiliation that Southern Democrats
after their wears of deuunciation of
| Northrrn fire-rotcrs for waving tho
ensanpuined garment sbould Them
selves re-roisr il over this order nf
don p,Imnr's The Courier- Iourn,l
said in the latter mart of III. aditori,,l
| Dt Sent. 18Th.
"SiireIy when the history of This
remarkable campaign COMES To he
written. nat the least sxtr.ordin,ry
feature of it will be the record of the
fact that when nj last tbe bloody
shirt had been disowned and dis.
carded by those who had 50 long ma.
raded il. when no longer was there .
Marty ar even n facti0n of marty
4
the muck of oLlivion into which i,
had been troddpn Inv the contemnt,,.
ous foot of all II was sn,trb.d m,
from the mire and waved aIoft bi
Democrats of the South,
For no sooner had those two DIR.
and stalwart Democrats of the hin,
and GRAY. Palmer and Ruckner. heer
nominated than n cry went nm from
Bryan's supporters in the Soutb tb.t
Palmer had been a Yankee Genera
who had despoticalIy abused m,
Southern.peopie; and a military or.
der of his was resurrected, mutilateo
and unfinished tn the world accom
panied with unscrupulous misrepre.
Sensations intended to excite apainst
him the resentment of Southern
voters,
1--WE shall not here stop to discus,
that order of Gen. Palmer's. TN,
Courier-Journal has already showr
that the charges against him ar,
false and malicious: that the order
mutilated MS IL was. was issued i,
strict conformity with his duty on1
with the civil law of Kentucky. tina
, il was issued to enforce the law an,
protect the peace, and that his con
duct as n Federal officer i'm this stat,
was i'm every. way creditable TO hin
as a soldier and as a citizen VIII,
knew and observed his responsibilit,
, | To the civil law as well ms to his mi;
tary superiors.
1.-The ATTEMPT to iniure Gen. Pal
mer nv sucb c,Iumnies has faiIad M
terly. The regret is NOT so much tina
il was soupbt to ass,iI tho tictat n
Palmer and Ruckner nv sucb tactics
but that such tactics sbould bnv,
been resorted To at this tima n,
American citizens anywhere. and es
, pecialfy by American citizens i'm Nh,
South y
"Sayoyard.n the well-known al,
2 reliable k antucky Damocrat;c mi, %
and WASHINGTON corresnondent 20
, the Conrier- journal vent to tha W.
/, Department and fonnd an ot,ic;a
conv of Gen PaImer,s instruct;ons
? "Sayovardn saws
{ ~ also found the order aSs;on;n,
Gen. Palmer IN the command ~ th'
department of Kentuckv Of dat
Fehrnarv g 1895 and cont.;nino D.;
instrnctions He was rann;rad !, re
oryanize the military force and nm
II In n state Of thoro1gb d;So;niin.p :,
n enlist negro soldiers and afford ami