This Journal is sometimes accused of being too belligerent. This adjective comes from two Latin words, bellum (war) and gero (to wage, or make).
The accusation therefore implies that the Journal is too apt to knock the chip from every opposing shoulder,—to pick up every gauntlet thrown down, even though it be but a tiny doll's mitten.
It may be that the charge is fair. "To err is human." Nevertheless, let us look deeper into the subject.
