Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1852-11-23
For the Telegraph.
Letter from Judge LedIie.
LocUsT GROVE FARM,
SALEM, Nov. 18th 1859.

MEssRs. BRADING & THoMsoN,--In your
nolice Of our democratic rally" Of Ocs.
26.h. which appeared in the Telegraph Of
The ed inst, find The following remarks on
DR.. Olds' speech: "Dr. Olds spoke the great
or part Of the afternoon, in his usual man.
ner. We did no, hear him. We felt no
dosire 10 hear him. We have no relish for
basphemy. vulgari,y, and abusive epi.he.s;
and knowing the Doctors reputation as a
blackguard, we remained al home. Those
who heard him inform US tha, for (alsehood
b|asphcmy, and filthy abuse The speech vas
without a parallel. Yet we are told thai
professors Of religion who were presen. man.
iGesied peculiar satisfaction and delight al
his ridicue Of sacred things. We leave
such persons 10 their own reflections. Should
political excitement. ever temp. US 70 com.
mi, similar indiscrelions, we should be in
ciined to abandon either our religion or our
politics altogether, FOR the sake Of conss.
tency. OF DR.. Olds and his speech, we
have bu. few words to say. We believe him
10 be, morally ts we'll as politically, dishon.
est-none more SO outside Of The Peni'en,
.iary."
This paragraph, gentlemen, contains some
bold and sweeping declarations, and, in my
opinion, glaring incongrui.y. For an in1i.
vidual TO sny that he has no "relsh for bias
phemy, yulgaliiy, and abusive epi,hcts,
and in the same respiration 10 call gentle
man "backguard," and TO say lha, he il
"morally and politically dishonest nont
more SO outside Of the penileniiary" is, il
my view, 10 say the least Of it, depanur,
from the known and established rules Of Ell
quet,e, decency, and the courIesies of life
and gluring inconsistency, "wiIhout par
alIel." Attacks of this kind have been s,
very common, on the characters and repu
iution Of the prominent Democrats Of III,
country, for the las, few years, thar | hav,
generally treated them with silent con,emp,
but coming as this does from q quarter ,ha
consider respectable. and knowing ,hei
inaccuracy, | will take the liberty of making
and suggesting some remarks in reply II
your sweeping denunciaIions, and noIic,
somewhat, the conducl of our opponents OF
the night Of our democratic rally" lti
true, there is nothing dislike so much a
newspaper controversy ESPECIALLY with younl
men thal had formed favorable opinion
Of, at the time Of my Introduction 10 Them
and had set them down as honorable oppo
nents and gentlemen; and | know ihaI lhi
odds as far as education and the facilities 70
wiring and replying are agains, me. You
gentlemen, for aught | know, are proies
Sional men; at all OVENS, you have q pres
nj your command, and you are the conduc
wes Of public journal. On The other hand
am farmer, and, however repugnant
may be TO my feelings TO admit ii, ! am, t
some extent, an uneducaied one. But
Rusl il will not he considered egoism o
vanity in me TO say that am not in fault
Emigrniing 10 Ibis country as early as tn
yeur 1916, when BuI small boy, and SCI
ding Silhn dense and unbroken wilder
ness. remote from any thing like settle
Ineni; in fine,
when all around was drear and DARK
| was deprived Of the means Of receiving
common English education. Instead o
studying tho rules Of prosody. Syn,ax, ian,
punctuation, | have been increasingly an
unremmingly engaged in the clearing off o
lhe forest, and the cultivation oi the soil
Truth, honor. and Justice, however, are jew
oils ,ha. require no furnishing rpolish iron
the hand Of establishment. They ere
Wio, | trust, shat will have their weight. bear
ing. and influence, even should they be foun
inside possession Of iarmer; and whe
found 10 company with their iwin.sis'et'
Fcp.piay and Deesney. ihOy will, J lrus'