My self-respect revolted under this editor's malicious goading.

I happened to see him in his front office, and on a sudden impulse, I went in, took hold of his collar, and gave him a good licking.
The next day he bawled me out worse than ever.

He said I was not only a wild Welshman and a blockhead, but what is more deadly still, I was a gorilla and an assassin.
And the next day I was elected..