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SUMMERHILL, December 29th, 1S4t

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~SUMMERHILL, December 29th, 1916.
G. W. SMITH, Esq.
Ed. of the Sentinel,
DEAR SIR-"We regret 10
know that any citizen of our county should
have played the exceedingly unbecoming
of giving publicity to the contempt
bly, scurrilous article from the Louisiana
{ Mo-. Banner, published in the Sentinel of
the 18th inst.-And especially, do we re-
greet, that an editor of so respectable a
Journal as the Sentinel, should be the will
ing instrument of calling down such unpro-
voked and unmerited obloquy upon any
citizen, ever so unworthy, especially, in the
absence of all pretended proof to sustain
the ridiculous charge.
The above is an extract of a letter ad-
dressed by Lyman Scott to the Editor OF
the Sentinel, a paper published at Pittsfeld,
Pike county, Illinois. In this letter Mr..
Scott not only snccrs at lis, for what lie uH-
justly terms our "scurrility," but takes tie
liberty of lampooning tie editor of the Sen-
,tinel, for being, as he says, "afiicted with
a bump of credulity unbeccming the editor
of u public Journal" The ed;toI Of tho
Sentinel after giving publicity 10 the above
serious charge against himself, feels con-
strained to give his reasons for the republi-
cation of our Article together with the ed
itorial remarks which it called forth. From
the reply of tie Sentinel, We make the fol-
lowing extracts
The -.tontcmrtihly sc'irrilora article th"t SO
s~ensiuly affects Air. SCOTT was found by Us i'll
cno t.. our irregular exchanges. : paper Published
IN LUuisi4iiJ. Mo, aI,i edited by ). +. AiuTI&y,
~E.sq.-lIad ii reached Us casually had its source
ueen Ii! any llay diSrcpulable, our giving it great-
'cr publicity might have been ''unbecoming.'
though even then surrounding circumstance
.couli have so cOrrobUrated It's statements, or hare
thrown 50 probable d light around them as 10
.accrCdit them-but the character Of Mr.. Murray
ana the Responsibility ofhis paper were and are
IN oar estimation sufficient guarantees against
IalSeIooi and maiice-we have thus lar repostd
confidence III the Banner, and We shall continue
80 To do until ii is more clearly proved in the
wrorg than by MIR, Scott.
Mr.. Scott says that the tracts were ''peace
tracts, that they did hot contain a sentence Of
denuncilt:on against slavery or shareholders. nor
= word Of mpatiy tor the slave or the Cypress
ei.
We hgv, i'll OR possession Ncs. s d
Ei!iiu BTrTitts Bend u; Universal brCthtrECCC.'
received from Mr.. Scott hi sell and stated by
him TO lee Il part, CT all oi Ike III els III question.
These Nos. OF tie "2onl" are Ireiaccd ",
pledge ircm which We make TIE :ul.uniI" E
.trt;--
And 10 hereby associate m,>c!I miln IL!
persons, oi wh'crer country condition, III coi.r.
who hare si4nsi, Of shall hereafter sign. III,
pledge, i'll u "LEicrEor t:ivEnssA. BkGrl5E@-
noop;" whose @" ic>: >!"ii tc 10 cIIi!o, u! iggi-
tiTnatG and moral mc1Ii> iuI H. allviil!uII o! IL MAI.
and all the spirit, and al the manifestations
Ut var, throughout the World; frr the abu-
lition Of all institutions: and customs which
10 rot recognize and respect the image Of
God and Il human brother in every man,
OF whatever climate, color, cr condition Of
humanity"
Alter reading this extract will Mr.. Scott
say tIathiS tracts contained neither denun-
ofthc shareholder nor sympathy for
the slave? he cannot, but he may say that
4: leaS: 1t contains no abolition-c&nh he say
i. much for tie following article taken from
last page If No. >.
There are thousands on both sides u
the Atlantic who have formed a vast home
with all the attributes Of God, IA
turc and humanity, 10 restore the millions OF
human beings who have been expatliatcd
from TIE great motherhood of mankind.-
The light of the gospel has revealed All
Archimcdcan point of rest, and they have
got 4 level under the SLAvE-a lever whose
arm reaches into heaven and is now
descending beneath the weight Of the Eter-
nal Throne and all the angels of flight. Oh,
hey will raise him! they will raise him.
asking the aid or consent of human
legislation. f.. B.
w think we have now shown first. that
We gave greater publicity to the article OF
Mr.. Scott complains upon sufficient
authority, and that therefore our s'bump of
,rrdnlity is not unbecoming the editor of
l public journal, "-secondly, thai the act
charged upon Mr.. Scat was of such a
character as TO require instant disavowal on
he part of our community, and that there
Inre wo uoro not tho xuiU;pr ;nstkuuontD