He ought to know, however, that we
have not time to transcribe the com
munications sent the Journal for
publication ; hence, we have on sev
eral occasions requested contributors
to write legibly and upon alternate
lines to facilitate revision and prepar
ation for print. Besides this to trans
scribe would tend in great measure
to destroy the writer's individu
ality and infuse our own in his
productions. The diversity of opin
ion thus brought ont is a responsibil
ity we do not covet. In the particu
lar ease referred to we have not al
ways had time to note and correct
his phraseology. We may say for
him that he does not pretend scholar
ship ; his enthusiasm for his hobby is
a guide chosen above the punctilious
requisitions of rhetoric, and be insists
we shall let him “have his way” un
til he gets through.
Both parties seem hard to please.
They are fishing up all sorts of bad
stories about the candidate of the op
position. The next suspicious cir
cumstance will be taken from the fact
that nobody named Garfield signed
the Declaration of Independence.
This will be followed by a damning
criticism of the “coarse hand” of the
man, Hancock, who did sign it.
The stalwart fellows of each party
going around vociferating an inten
tion to vote for Hancock or Garfield
"first, last and all the time,” will ev
idently vote very numerously this
fall. If they carry out their threats
there will be a good many people
guilty of repeating in the first degree.
