Show A THING TO BE DESPISED WHEN the question of the necessity lor for taki taking g the test oath provided lor for in the new law was sprung upon the incumbents cum bents of offices in this territory terr atory the organ of the leaguers called upon the federal authorities to force all present office officeholders holders to take the oath we quoted the act of congress and proved by its wording that this wu was unnecessary and also that on settled principles les of law it could not be required of incumbents the organ then flew fiew into a rage and heaped all kinds of abuse apol us ns for taking this position flinging at us vile epithets in its usual style when worsted in argument and accusing us of wilful will ua lying and other dreadful things on appeal by government officials hereto the attorney general that functionary issued an official opinion which exactly sustained our position tion and which we have presented position rosi in in f full ull to the public the aforesaid has not published mr garlands opinion which is accepted ted here as the definite construction of the law in the case but contents itself with a bare announcement of the fact and a covert sneer at the attorney general it does not acknowledge its error or apologize for its blackguardism nor afford its readers an opportunity to see how great reat was its blunder it is without bonor honor without consistency and without common decency |