Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1854-04-12


was not on account of the inability of the
preachers Of the old Church to meet and
refute them, but on account of their love
of peace. And tell them when they did
come down upon you, it was like the
mountain avalanche, that brushes every
thing before it.
And do not forget to call the attention.
of your masters to the fact, that the peo-
pie have discovered that the Southern
preachers are men of one work also and
that this-atleasti in Western Yirginia-is
to SANDER and revile the best men of the
~: E. Church. both among the living and
the dead. And that the only bond: of I'M
ion between them and their people. is ha-
tired to the old Church. And when this
fails them-and fail it must in the course
of time-they will show the fate of the
two panthers the Irishman saw sighting.
which he, said. ''swalleed each other
all but the two tails"
Tell your masters that they must get you
out Of this dificulty--that it is pity you
should suffer. as you are only their hum
BILE tool, working for pay. And do not for
get to say-or perhaps they will not pay
you at all-that you are not sorry you pub
lished those SANDERS, but, like the negro
when he was logged for stealing the
meat, who said he was not sorry he had
stolen it, '.but." said he ''me berry sor-
~ me found out" | have no doubt this
is precisely your case. And you must
certainly have an uncommon share Of im
pudence, or n very small amount of brains,
it YOU can meet those MethodisLs in
ClarkSburg and look them in the face
It seems to nae, unless shame and you
have parted foveyer. that you must feel
rs Cain did, when he found that whomso-
ever would meet him would slay him.
Poor fellow =! you are an object of pity af-
ter all. You must have had very defrc-
tive training. There are some persons
Just about AS good AS the Lord can make
them out of the material.
Now. Mr.. Cooper. you know what you
have got TO do. Yuu must get your mas
ters to furnish you With unaeceptiona6le
evidence Of the truth of the sIanderous
allegations contained insthe article of Jus.
lice and published by you in your paper
Of the 8;lI Of March, or you stand before
the people Of CIarksburg. and Harrison
county, and Western Va, as a public
slanderer and defamer of the ministers
and members and friends of the MeLho-
will be Stunned rs che affected with
moral leprosy. by every decent man and
woman in the community.
Now. sir, have taken no advantage Of
you. You have bitterly and wantonly.
and without any provOcaiion. assaulted our
church publicly, through the press.
have arraigncd you at the bar Of an in
suited and outraged public through the
same medium, and call upon you to de-
fend yourself. Aud wish you to under
stand that you shall not be allowed to en-
ter plea on the ground OF money con-
sidcration, or your ignorance. You may
have been paid for sIanderng Us. and |
have no d. ubt you are VIGOROUSLY tgnO-
rant but this shall not save you. Ii.
when you were requested to publish that
article. you had C 'n5ulted any member OF
our church in ClarkSburg. male or female,
they could have told you that it was tissue
Of falSehUohs from beginning to end. Ell
ther your masters can furnish you with
the evidence of the truth ofth allegations
contained in the article alluded to, or they
cannot. II they can. the whole public,
friend and foe demand that they shall do it.
Ifthey fail. your d"om is sealed. We
ask for no sympathy invoke only
strict justice.
A WESTERN YIRGINIAN.
Notwithstanding the complete failure Of
the above in the object for which it was
written. it is somewhat remarkable for two
things--ils arrogance and its impicty.-
We have yet denied that the min
listers aud members Of the NJ E. Church
were as good christians as those of any
other church but the articles written by
Rev. Wesley Smith over the signature of
" A Western Virginian,' prove that there
is one preacher Of the old church" who
is not n talented. pious. God fearing
man. whose laborS make the world bet
ter" and who is man "of one work.
and that is to save sinners and build up
believers in the faith and hope of the gos-
pei" How the author of such an article
can assume the many virtues enumerated,
We cannot conceive. With ELL the sins
upon our head and they are many, being
still an unregenerated man-we have no.
thing so heinous to answer for. as the
blasphemous expression -"1Nere are some
persons Just about as good as the Lord can
mike them ont oftAe mrterinl" We would.
indeed. hang our head" with shame.
were We the author Of such articles and
such expressions.
How supremely ridiculous and culpable
is the hypocrite who g steals the livery of
heaven TO serve the devil in"-who. wear
ing the sanctimonious garb of minister
Of the pospel. is guilty of that which would