Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1907-09-27

Journal. is only equaled by the inso-
leRce of your assuring me in your last
letter that you gladly accept in good
faith your statement that the feelings
referred TO in the editorial above quot
ed and in nv letter were not those IF
yourself and the other officers of your
feet most forcibly point out to you
that l made no such statement 10 you
as no thought of making any explapa-
ton in regard to anything TO person
in your subordinate position ever en-
tered my mind.
''As you acknowledge the authorship
of the letter published IN the Journal
and accept the responsibility for the
statements made therein. l shall now
take such steps in regard to your i'll
advised and incomprehensible rushing
into print with an absolutely unbound
ed charge against me and the officers
under my command as may seem TO be
the hest suited to the circumstances. y
On delivering this thirteen inch hot
air bubble be must have opened the
breech lock too soon, for the following
flare back" met him in reply from
Mr.. myers VINO SaIu
"ln my letter, in dignified manner,
gave you the explanation You asked
for, because l felt that such was due
by one G. ntleman to another. 1t is now
perfectly lmmaterial to me what you
think of my letter or what you do WITH
it. Vituperatian and iDnueDdo are not
arguments; l do not care to lower my
self to a discussion on such plane. L
shall therefore consider my correspond
ence with you closed "
Mr.. Myers saw at once that he would
have to get mighty low down to reach
the level of his naval correspondent,
so he abandoned the attempt and
closed the correspondence. Thus has
ended, as far as letter writing lie con-
cerned, very interesting incident.
Thus the country can draw it's con-
illusions as to whether we have not
now about as much of the real Evans.
and the Evans type. Of parasite. as we
can stand, and whether our most dread
ed enemy is not OF this swashbuckler
variety, instead of some imaginary for
eign foe. One other question remains
to be answered. What is Admiral
Evans now going to do about it Z? He
cannot write any more letters. But 1t
does not follow that because he can
not shoot off his mouth at Myers, be
cannot shoot off bis pistol at him. HI
can cleave him with his sword, or slice
him into steaks with cutlass. though
the dignity OF the navy might estoF
him from making jelly OF him with
belabOring pin. Or d cannon ranmer
1t is plain to be seen that on accoun
of their "impsrtinence" the Myer
family will be exterminated root ant
branch, even If Admiral Evans shoul
have no other weapon handy than tn
kind used by Sampson on the Phllis
tines.
There are some scoffers and doubt
ing Thomases who think the Admire
will treat the whole matter after wha
we know here in Stanton as III
Friiis Treatment. Now Frilis Is
little penny flee which lives around
livery stable in our town on The boul
ty of the community When any bod
, kicks Frilis be goes off. sits down, ilcl
the kicked place, and lets it get we
But we, ourselves, have no idea tn
an Admiral in 'our navy" the hero
t Fort Fisher, the hero of the conii
t tower, and the gentleman abnut who
Q to write in daily paper is impert
/, nent. could adopt the "Frills Tree
!, ment,'' OF do anything SO complace
or SO wise We therefore await wi
e interest the day when the ''bufcheri'
: of the Myers family is to begin.