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Show DISPASSIONATE DEBATE. "There is one thing," said Mr. i LeatLerby, as he was walking downj towu yesttirdny morning, "that dis-' RiisU mo wiih politics, and that is tho violent . nud bbimive tone in which our daily papers conduct tho discua-l aion of very issue and question which they touch upon." , "hidcLd, you may well hedirtfiusted at it, replied old Mr. Bartholomew, who bud just joined him. ."It i as much as a man can do lu lift a newspaper news-paper oil" his door step with a Dair of tougs. Time and again X throw the paper down half read, and I have seriously thought of stopping it altogether, al-together, for I consider its presence in my family a contamination." "It in, in truth," replied Mr. Leatherby. "It is worse than a contamination. con-tamination. It is corrupting; it .hag a degrading, brutalizing iullueuce that ie, 1 am convinced, undermining tho foundations of our moral structure. The daily press of to-day is one great engine of abuse, defamation, bad grammer, worse lauguuge, and worse morals. "I cannot see, lor my part," said Mr. Bartholomew, "why men cannot discuss politics an freely, aa earnWly, and as entirely free from abusive language lan-guage of any kind, from any heat and anger, in fact, as they could discuss dis-cuss the grado of a street or the style of a coat." "And eo thiuk I," said Mr. Leatherby, "I cannot, for my part, conceive of an intellect eo warped and narrow, a mind so shallow, that it cannot carry on a discutwion upon any question in politics without railing rail-ing into asperities, vulgarity, abusive detraction, and shamelul slander that is the reproach and distraco of tin newspaper press." "It is a form of idiocy, I bolieve," replied old Mr. Barlholoniow; "it it an indication of a feeble mind thai looks on abuse as an argument and bullying us logic. I am and alway, Ini'K 1..,.,., n ,n,-,l.i;..., l,..t I repress my disapproval of many democratic measures in a gentlemanly manner, and if I had not mind enough to keep my temper I would consider that I had no right to talk politics." "You aro perfectly correct," replied re-plied Mr. Leatherby, earnestly; "and wnilc we dirMgreo on some points in political controversy, I being a lile-long lile-long democrat, yet we can freely and viiih mutual pleasure and, 1 trust, profit, meet and discuss our diflerenco in a ft it-mi ly way, without giving way to lilt- insane anil detestable exhibition exhibi-tion of temper, ignorance, and pre judico which mark the tone of the morning paper." "I had not noticed it so much in the ,tii',t K'jt," replied Mr. Hartho-biiicw, Hartho-biiicw, with a show of awakening interest in the conversation, "but when thai trashy democratic sheet that pollutes tho evening air is brought to me by my neighbor, an ignorant doit thai can neither read ur write, but luks the paper as a party duly, to r-ad fur huu, lam amazed tiiul the gols of truth and decency do nut unnibiltf the in-fat in-fat nous, pour lie slice t with their thunderbolts." " i v.u must bear in mind, however," how-ever," respondevi Mr. Leallicroy, speaking a trills louder than wi nice.iry in addrcistiig a companion whr(j band wad ruling on bis arm, "Ihe (j'lz-'t; h.n Hiieh a tide of corruption, cor-ruption, such an avi.I.uielio ol political politi-cal bigotry an 1 iiijiny to r-Luke, that it voice iiitt-t bo raised in order t" be hear.l, and 1: mint rp.-ak Utldly, (bliantiy, ai d in ihe thunder turn uf rii;!itco-i indii..it;r,u m startle the pct.p'c inlu a rt-ai.z ng acme uf the p. r.l whu ii li.rt.iir-i.s trie country I Ir.iin n pui ;;..o miBriiie i,.l ty- , ran;. v. " ; , ;f;y "' ylt. iT- ti;(.'..,:i:t w, "lin1 r piisin'.m p irty L-tiie L-tiie u:ul 0::''y bolwark b. tw.-pn tin? r. j !: ar.ii denial run. 1 tvii V"'t, f r, U-i ti;.- .it-n-,. ..-r.ttu- p.irly uh: ;n r. .niru! ul t " u u. rrtm-ut. on-. Ii t ti...t in!.i!iv-in ur.; iiiiiitiMii uf pol il,.-.i; t;n.-. ki:-i. k-, i.;i:..i.v, and rno'.iw.iyn lake cLare ol i.ur p. I, Ileal ina I. li. 1 ry , a nl w i !; ;i ! :r-v'. vr m itl the ban. 'a uf horde o! hi(t l.4r. !'.m-l prull .iti tiie in t nl-t nl-t :: uiiprsi.i -pi'd, tm- m--l ;nu, d. mura.ii.-d, tim-nn., u, ,j, ,1,,;,. , f il K l o! .. .--itl ln 1. tiiat f Vrr t Oe.lt'it tin- iliow."' "Hv tiie I..i; 1. .rii. d roucl Mr. I-4i:.Mby, j. T-ng ni .ir':i n.v fr m Mr. Jlul. rmw'a 1 1 at, d. "if liio d.it-un." 11 nd in!, rnai pi.itM o( l':u repul'lnan ptrty rmr earned cut . itli a I :t,-ir alt, u-litit knaf-iv ai.d ib Ii4iirlii-rv, Hut i;uveru 1111-', l nr.:ti' 1 1... r,,'.. ..I I.. ....).-1 mli !ni tor.- un. I c.mi. I, a govi-fn-ni-'i.t id ( 11-. a p. n 0 cl.my Uj wh:cb Ih'i ho-:,,,Iv irrn'un a1'!1. U. viil.inn iVo.,h Ndniiil liter the Ur. h ,wl f.utl, ot lie republican pirly, uh ii'nouiininin r.-cnnl, ilfl vi .,,. lend, , .,, )txu. ki-d ti.-t riiri '.iaii world an-l " "You're a 1; u "' j, , Mr, IE ir t!.rt!'.Tnew. "aud o-i ar- jti,l hktc llir re-t nl y,,t;r hr h ,,-.v liv.d, i;nor ant elu-- -a luar, m.-an. pihlul, 'l.. i: '!. OP n;; i,ni ,i,., tfe.H hrfoi: -l. vii lini'il-lei,,- 1 1 1 nkili,' for !i- Wei of i....r..b;.- ,. n o:,iy p-l'i in .! hy your rapacii.in and 1111- Hi l p-iecl t,ir uflicf, V"'ir " "V..'i are an old fo.,i!" I .-vl. c Mr, r-enrn!i u-, foi-(,int,'iied o'd rep r. ,l..il e, at.d I ih-rar. . my 11 mi" when I tak to yotl Oil (he nl reel. You 1111-I iltr vilupi-nitinii mid al.iHe for iirguniont. i;d you reply to mip!i, pU,',, Mih,' ment 01 f.ieu with inaligiian: and damnatory tlau.b-r and ca'ioniiy, bi'-c.ium bi'-c.ium you cannot ntmv. r." "HI, ut up' " shriek. d Mr. llailho-lo'iiew. llailho-lo'iiew. "Don't yon iy .up, (her word to me or I'll nhip your m;lv innulli! Jly tJro,,., I'll kick your bend oil I" "Yon can't do it!" roued Mr. Lealhrrhy, piilluiL' nil cunt and1 dancing around Mr. H irl holomr w, "I can lick the whole rcpuldicm paily, from tho lug whtnky thief and ring maMcr down lo tint mie.ik-thiel thai pu'ka pot'k'dfl at tho mceliii(;-, 1 can " "You'ro a liglititig li,ir, nnd yon darn'l Uk it up," liuwled Mr. 1'tar-tholnmew, 1'tar-tholnmew, pulling oil hm coat, 'J'hi'n Mr. Jjptttherhy mu up itnd kicked him twico while ho war M niggling nig-gling in thn armn of hU coal, but Ho old geiillonmn got loose in n flanli and hit Mr. J.ralhcrby n re-uundi ng thwack on tho none wilb hn ;ane, mid when Mr. Leatherby ptoppo I tu hold a handkerchief over bin bleed-ing bleed-ing ptobo-icirt, Mr. Hailhulomew goi in a coup'n morn real good umA with bin cane; (hen Mr. Lealbcrby went fur (he rocki in the macadaini.t il street. He broke two windows in a grueeiy Ix fuie he lul Mr. Hartho lomew, when he caiiglil llin old Mcn llcman on thr. hpIm u U,n head nnd dropped him. Then Mr. Haithol-omew Haithol-omew tnnk to (hp nlono pile mid a young linly on thr other Hide of (be street, nnd Mr. hnniherhy Ivuled a treineniloiiH lig rin-lt, which iiiif-d tho fib I gentlcmnn nnd blmkeil Ihn pyo of a p iliepiinm who wan coming lo peparato Ihi'lii, and they were rneii lined ? Ml and for (i);hting in the Hlreet, Ami they both liimly believe that the uubiiHieit bulled and no reanonable ri'cri 111 i nut ions and nhine of Iho daily pupnr" in iniiiiitnufMn ita inlb'.eucn at (l Hbould (m rii pp rem il for tho gi o I of rinciely, Hui lingtoii .o--,.yr. |