Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1860-11-03
COM M UNIcATED.

Mr.. Editor, Sn;--In looking over tho
Dr.'s paper, printed some time since the
Democratic Mass Meeting in Benton was
held, saw an article over the signature of
Vsritas, which l know to be false, and
1 think it beneath my notice to describe
the falsehoods and the low Billingsgatc
that was used in that article. l do not
deem it necessary to do SO, as the very face
Of the article proves it to be false, and
more, that any honest man who knows the
inhabitants of Old Benton and the sur
rounding ncighborhood that composed that
congregation, knows it to be false. shall
only refer to few of the false accusations
that were laid to our respective Speakers.
First, Vs,itas stated that Mr.. BRocKwAY
had blackguarded them and used indecent
language, which is not so. He said moth.
ing vulgar or unbecoming and I have
heard old men say that he made very
able speech, and I know that to be so, for
l was present. He very ably told them of
their intrigues and cheatcry and it is
natural for n wounded bird to futter, and
that is why these false charges have been
laid to him. They in like manner laid
false charges to the rest Of our Speakers
which are not worthy of any decent mans
notice, and which are well known to be
false.
There is one thing I cannot forbear to
mention however. They thought very hard
of our Speakers for calling them Black
Republicans and Abolitionists. And are
they not such Look at the facts and see.
1t has not been long since one of the lead
ing Black Republicans of Benton, brought
black woman-Miss Ii. Z. Watkins
from Greenwood, in his pleasure carriage,
and escorted her to and from church to
deliver an Abolition lecture, and the whole
Black Republican party present fairly wor-
shipped her. After that very intimate
friend of hers introduced her to the con-
gregation. The black runaway plead for
free niggers, and had the impudence to
say "that it would be better to let the Con-
stitution and the Union slide than to have
slavery" That must be the reason why
they think so very hard of Mr.. Brock
WAY, because he did not plead for free
niggers, and was not in favor of their hav-
ing black women to go pleasure riding
with, for they took great fancy to Miss
II, e. Watkins; and they did not like to
part with her for they followed her from
Benton to Cambria, to hear her preach
Aboltionism. If that is not Black Repub.
licanism and Abolitionism, and as well
worthy the name they have received as the
son is of parents, then l am sold.
TeritaS states that we were drunk on
poor whiskey and Democracy. He must
have been taking some of the "drops" or
he vvula not have told whether 1t was
good or poor.
peritaS thought, that when writing his
article that he would not stocp SO low as
to use the bombast and billingsgate that
was used at the Mass Meeting at Benton,
but he took much higher position when
he had penned the long catalogue of lies.
If he had been man of good common
sense, he would not have stopped so low as
to pen what he did if it had been true, and
he stopped much lower by its not being
true. think he will learn the old sa ying
that close mouth keeps wise head.
SPECTATOR.
Ootobor 1ScO