The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1840-08-20
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When ne remarked 10 sur lsss upon
The easy ereduliIy which could Be made
70 believe that in any assemhlsge Of men
in This country. lhe vile profanity could
BE permitted. Of administering . mock
sacrament. We had no idea thai We should
so soon be enabled 10 expose the inia-
nous fabrication 10 The seofn u The CON-
mnniiy.
The story was copied by the Hunts
vile Democrat. among other papers -
whsSeupoa gentleman Of thai place took
the necessary steps 10 confirm or refule
il. The following Is The correspondence
on The subject:
uaa;syille. July 20. 1910.
M-. Editor: When the scand.lous
report that Sacrament had been admin
isIered BY the Wings 81 Ohio. was 90
basily circulated BY some Of lllr very Of
irious democrats Of this place. had no
faith in II. for could not conceive Of any
SET OF men so debased as 10 offer such
an insult 10 him who Instituted and first
administered that holy ordinance. Con.
vinceh that il Was utterly untrue. and
wicked IN its inception. | wrote TO The
Postmaster Of New Holland. 10 obtain
IRON him the truth. His answer. here
by enclose 10 you. Belonging To The
Van Buren, party. his testimony sill not.
| suppose, be objected 10 BY Van Buren,
men.
A wish 10 eounieract The effects Of
false and wicked report, will constitute
my apology Tor addressing you ibis note.
Very respectfully yours.
j. n. l.. WEAVER.
New Holland, July .. 1910.
M. y H Il. WeaUer-.Sir Yours
Of The 26.h of June last is new before
me, 10 which you wish me 10 give you
full detail Of the Sacrament reported 10
have been administered in this village
Owing to the hundreds Of letters address.
ed 10 me on this subject, and not being
able 10 answer all. viii only give you
short sketch Of The report. On the day
the Sacrament was said 10 be administer
ed. there was log cabin raised in illis
place. There being a majority Of Wings
IN this county, there was about 1900
persons present, and in thai number a.
bout 400 democrats. There was good
deal Of excitement os--b~st~. Sides -
which both parties published The pro-
ceedings OF the day. The Wings had
parchcd corn aud hard cider al The rails.
ing, and there was one of our party, a
strong democrat. said il looked like wor.
shipping Gen. Harrison, and that he in !.
tended TO have u published in the form
Of a sacrament--il would be good Joke
on the Whigs-and. accordingly. on the
following week had il published in the
Circleville Waterman. would just say
the charge is altogether false, ID my own
certain knowledge. You may il you
choose haze il refu,pd in some &c your
public papers. ! 90 for having the ruth
told on both sides. We need no, make
use Of any unfair means to elect Mr.. Van
Buren,. There is nothing more certain
than his being our next President-lop
cabins and hard cider go 10 strengthen
nur cause. Ohio will mol give General
Harrison more ihaa 5000 majority, one
OF the strongest Wing states in the
Union. Very truly yours.
". II. FERGUSON.
The Huntsville Democrat. with a
prompt candor, which, though demand.
ed by the faintest regard for truth and
justice. is su!I so remarkable as 10 de
serve compliment in these times. pub
lished Mr.. Fsrguson's letter with an ex-
preston 81 ils pleasure that the story
iurGed out 10 be untrue. Hpw II could
ever have been believed, toear,ng as ii
does upon its face the aspect OF fslse-
hood, is most astonishing -,liough even
had few drunken madmen been guilty
of the foolish blasphemv, we cannot
perceive the justice Of holding the Wing
party responsible Tor it--any more than.
a gang Of twenty Wings had robbed a
hen'roosi, IL should thence have been IN
ferred that the Wing party was made up
OF petty chicken stealers.