The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1868-06-13 00:00:00

CORRESPONDENCE.

Ire Irish it to be distinctly understood that by inserting
letters in this colmaii, tre dO not thereby identify ourseleee
icith the opinions of our Correspondents.

STOURBRIDGE PROTESTANT ALLIANCE.
To the Editor of the " Ohaerrer."

Sic,—The Birmingham Daily R.I. with that charming
impartiality which distinguishes it on all Protestant sub-
jects, has allowed an aspiring mite of humanity (whose
ceaseless wrigglings to worm himself into notice hss lail
as to compare him to the fly on the coach-wheel, or the
frog that burst), maliciously, and without provocation, to
slander me most grossly, and at the foot of the slander
has added '` We cannot publish any further correspon-
dence on this subject.—En. If. P," lam therefore
compelled to appeal to your sense of justice and love of
Protestantism for insertion of this letter in the corres-
pondence column of your next Saturday'. issue. Those
who wish to understand the matter more fully are referred
to the Daily Rat correspondence of May 22, and June 1,
2, and 6.

The slander I complain of is contained in the issue of
Saturday. the 6th in .t. tdo rein the mit, limier the head•
ing of " Stoarbridge has ventured to lay to my charge
what no other person ever did. Both friends and
enemies have always accused me of being too much in-
clhed to outapeaking fearlessly, but none ever before
dar.-1 to impute to me either suppression of truth or
quiLLiing. Cen the mite say as much for himself?

Now. in answer to that slander. T sun diatinctly that T
was informed that oo I, of tbu malcontents present at
the meeting teferred tn had paid up their sobsetiptin,
and that 1 di,l know that any of the enatents vote
dificient in that reaped. So moth for the hasp farm,.
ton of the mite, who measnred my mind and prineiples
by his own tinny dimensions. Since the app of
his slander T have again enquired, and find that one and
It one of his party had paid. and that two of th•
friends of Protestantism had not paid. What then does
he gain by this diselnsnre of " the whole truth r" Let
tie see. At the meeting we ootroted him and his by
twelve to sic. Strike out the non•payers on both Riders
and we shall have :en to one. . _

..... .
As to the " legality" of the meeting repeat whet I
said in my letter in the Dolly hit of June Ist. whioh
needed no reply. as it was not •n attack on Any one but.
simple vindication of myself to the public, and which
ought to have satisfied any man possessed of • mind
conscious of its own integrity, that 1 had nothing
whatever to do with calling the Meetillft. nor 1•11,11 I 1,01
present when directions were given to call it. The mite
was present end took part in the directions, and it wash.
; 'bay RI the then Secretary to see to the meeting being
properly called!
I have only to aid that happily for himself Ink has
quitted our association, and so saved us the trouble of re 4
moving him...

no.; bid him adir,f.f, t,er. K. I shall take no further
notice of him or of the effusions of his impotent
malice.

I ern, sirs, yours most obediently.
A. ROGERB, B A.
Longlands, Sturbridge, 1(411 duns, Wei.