THE " GHOST."
To the Editor of the Nelson Evening Mail. Sic—Your correspondent, the "Ghost," says I have thrown no light upon him, yet can he contradict one statement contained in my former letter, and give his reasons for so doing? Alluding to the railwayscheme he asserts, but without proof, that the province will lose so and so. I assert and prove that it will iose nothing. I think the Ghost should pause ere he makes a statement against others that is so peculiarly adapted to himself* viz., innocence of argument. It is very evident to me that the first principle of his school.is.to reject all statements which incline in the slightest degree to reason, substantiality, and truth. He has well named himself the Ghost, for, like all ethereal spirits, he dreads the contact of everything real, especially wheu it comes before him iv the shape of common sense. His style of writing gives him ample excuse to avoid auytf.iug of the kind, and I will give him the credit of having succeeded to a miracle. Alas, poor Ghost ! Yours, &c, Community. July 7th, 1867.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume II, Issue 158, 9 July 1867, Page 2
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