Year: 1878

Mr.. EDrToR:-h If you will permit us, through your
columns, We would most respectfully inform C. G., Of
the Bulletin, that in his article of Seventeen to
Eighteen" last week, he has made most egregious
mistake in the man that "struek Billy Patterson
And We object: We have sins and follies enough to
answer for ourselves without taking upon our shou
ders the burdens of others. We not "Candidate,
nor are we a candidate; neither are we "Sorrel
Horse" to honeyfuggle around and slobber the
editor of the Chief week, and under the cloak of
friendship, practice upon the ereduty Of c. G. the
nsxt


Seventeen to eighteen-just the vote, precisely
We were candidate in that convention; and, by
the way, C. g. was a delegate, and supported and
worked for u.s. and that was favor, and the only
one received at his hands, We presume we
expressed our Acknowledgements with proper thanks
We have distinct recollection of having shed any
tears upon that occasion, however. But who dares
nsnuate there a fraud practiced in that conven-
toni Why, let US see-yes, We do now remember
very distinctly, that directly after the adjournment
he sought out and with that pompous vanity which
is peculiar to him, endeavored to impress upon our
mind the important fact that we owed that nomina-
tion to him-that his influence and his individual ef
fort secured for u.s. in spite of the terrible oppos
ton against us. So we Indignantly repel the insin-
uatiOn. 1t is base aspersion


We for the second time find ourself under obliga-
tions to our friend His advice is good. But bless
him We had been following such advice long before
it was "courteously" and considerably given in
last weeks Bulletin. We have had desire to 'mix
in with his quarrcls neither have We q penchant for
crushing into print But selfdefence is the first
law and did We sit tamely down and submit to such
unkind unjust attacks made upon us in the
Bulletin, last week, should certainly sink lower,
if it were possible, in the estimation of the worthy
editor of that concern and would deserve to be called
a coward and an 'ungratefnl wretch" and would dc
serve to forfeit the very exalted" idea that the Chief
man has of us.


'.Nemo me imyaae Iacessif- is our motto and when
driven to defend Ourself-tlrough the columns
newspaper-we shall not attempt to secretly sting
our enemy to death by insinuations poison him
with inuenios.


But the richest of all is that .book- marked with
the initials of Col. Cobb, in which he has our name
inscribed for future reference. Now, if c. G. has
such "book," we'll wager new hat that ours is not
the only name in it. Wen wager another that every


man in this County who serves not C. G. has his
also inscribed therein. But seriously, now, he must
be joking about that ''book" 1t must be fiction of
are treasured up in eartheu vessel with handle
to it, and that it has been repeatedly sitting in
the editorial chair of the Bulletin.


Speaking of books with cabalistie letters, under
stand the Chief man has marked with the initials
of the editor of the Bnein, and the preennent dis
tinction of heading all the therein written is
awarded to the c. G. of the Bulletin.


This chasm is not very broad yet, Brother-I have
disposition to widen it. You have been duped into
making unjust attack upon the wrong man, and
that who has never, by word deed injured you
Have the manhood to acknowledge it, and let stop
this war Il Is.