Year: 1866

him. He ought to forgive them. They
cannot help it. The small always look
with envy at the great. confesS that I
envy him. 1t may be wrong, but il Is one
of ms frailtics which cannot rid myself
of. he is the most extraordinary genius
on this earth. Some Of his achievements
have no parallel. BE can make present
alton speech at concert, and characterize
the same in his own editorial columns as
a. short, manly, and sensible address"
fIe can lend certain pictures for the pur-
pose of decorating concert hall, and then
afterwards publish In print an account OF
the honorable deed. He can actually al.
low the declaration to creep into his local
reports that he is young gentleman OF
4" sterling qualities" He can do the neat
thing of announcing that somebody made
motion at Chesterfield Court, and ne Sc
conded it. A few days ago he greatly as
tonished this community by stating that
he had been made an ornamental member
| OF picnic committee. He has rendered
valuable assistance to the Board Of Health
by giving, on several occasions, minute ac-
counts of his health.


Remarkable! The like of him this
world never has produced. He would be
prodigy in Paris. Envy him Certainly
do. Ny soul is green with envy. can't
help it. | reckon everybody envies him.
pity the Richmond reporters. Unless they
can drive fray with some one, their names
and deeds are never known. Not SO with
our reporter. He is his own item. He
has only to look in the glass to find a sub
ject. Enviable reporter! He informs me
incidentally of my unpopularity. People
do not like me. don't care. like to be
unpopular. enjoy hatred. The fact is,
can afford to be independent. have no
axe to be sharpened on the Manchester
grindstone. am candidate for nothing.
If anybody likes me, it is their own fault.
| They may hate me as soon as they choose.
NY conscience is not coupled, like that of
our reporter, with the "approving smiles"
of those am seeking to serve. do not
deny that am aiming to benefit Manches-
ter by my letters. 1t would be pleasant
to have my labors understood. At the same
time, well know that my most unpopular
letters are best calculated to do the most
good. Let people hate me. 1t will not
stop my pen. If were q candidate for
the Legislature or anything else, the case
would be different. Then would smirk,
and smile, and fawn, and hatter. Not so.
The honor crave is not in the treasury OF
the democracy" of Manchester. bid a
scornful defiance to those who hate me be-
cause tell the plain truth.


1t may be proper to say that large
number Of persons-some OF whom our re-
porter little suspccts-have written to me,
endorsing my letters, and urging me to
continue. appreciate such things enough,
but don't ask favor of any. Let all un-
dcrstand that am out on strictly inde-
pendent ticket. and do not object to
unpopularity.
Our reporter gravely avows that he does
not intend to return To this pleasant little
warfare again. "Ilc is done" We are
different, am not done. | have yet
much to say. | have made arrangements
to get both Of the papers for which ne
reports. My purpose is to file them, and
at the expiration oi each month | will
gather from his columns every allusion to
himself which they contain, and publish
them. This, consider, will be valuable
labor, and mankind will thank me for it.
Apart from the interest these monthly
reports will possess at this time, they Will
be highly useful to the future historian
who may record the glory Of our then de-
parted reporter.


Our considcrate reporter promises to
engage some one to write for him in our
interesting contest. That is right. He
proposes to quit the war and put in sub.
stitute. Elegant plan! Bring him on, l
shall be exceedingly happy to form the
individuals acquaintance. admire our
reporters discretion. He deals me a
sprawling blow, and before can return
the compliment, he afiectionatcly exclaims,
81 am DONE"


| "He that fights and runs away
| May live 10 light another day.
STRUGGLE.


p. ST. should have sent this letter
over last Monday but for the fact that on
that day the Dispatch announced that our
reporter was in circumstances Of personal
and domestic atiliction. A simple sense OF
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