Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1863-04-01
"a Crushing Rebuke."

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peared in our columns about the conf
mencemcnt of this year; and after con-
siderable prating about eopperheads, trea-
son, Sergt. Davis loyalty, &c. 1t winds
up with most scurr-ilous letter from This
same Davis aL.as Scribbler. dated AT F:ll-
mouth, March :, 1868, in which lac in
dulges in epithcts and ugly names and
publicly charges US with having added TO
his letters treasonable slang" We
have not room TO copy this letter in full,
bu; transfer the following extract TO our
columns:
If you have the eprinciple of a gentleman.
you will r"puiLisli that. aud the OtErr letters.
or that part which you added To- them ia your
confemptunus language against the President
If the United States II vou do uoi viii
have them eorrec;ed.''
We have letters 50 late a the 20th OF
February, from this man Davis in which
he SAYS the DEMOCRAT AND SENTINEL.
came 10 him regularly and was a most
,ceicoaie rls5tor What could have induced
the silly hound TO turn about and through
the -AHcgiaaiaa print such a letter. we arc
at n loss TO know Perhaps lie was lily
advised by those who wished 10 siuliitv
him before the public, or perhaps the
pressure of Aholiiionism was b-ongl,; TO
bear upon him 50 hard HAT he was Obliged
To yic,d la their demands. In either CON
! jrcturr. it l. evident that the poor diivei-
ing creature. thou, ht thar his own hand
wiring had been destroyed and that h
would be safe in making any assertions
he pleased Eut we happened To have ali
the disputed letters carefully l:sil away.
and can produce the original at any time,
i in DtrTS' o,rH haad,y7.tag.
The truth of the matter l. this, that
This Davis atsas Scribb!cr, expressed de-
sire to us personally, upon several occa-
| sions- 10 become a correspondent, stating
that he could do pretty well If we would
. brush Lis letters up" before ticy would
be made public. We consented 70 lis
! proposition, but when we received iis lvi-
tcrs we discovered that they needed con-
siderable " JIus;iag .p,' before they
would b. fit tu 20 into the hands of the
! composi;or. Our irs; ;hou-ht was 10
throw item tn ono sid. bI; remembering
| our promise. we did ..brrish them M"
adopting t!c syn:imc:.:s OF their ar:ho-.
as nearly IS we could.
/ We have m particular fault TO find with
! Mr.. Barker. who 10 doubt ihir.ks. that h.
E has not only succeeded in ,lannins a.. hut
! that he has also made a fine acquisition
TO his columns, by securin- for l.is readers,
| the future productions uf = Scribh'er =
ard if he is disposed 20 doubt that he
'.came in for passing lick, = we will
clieerfuliy show him the original manu-
script Of his now welcome correspondent.
/ From the fierce demands of Davis, and
the taunting gibes of the iHcgtanida, how
ever, we reproduce few of these gems.
| re115atm' 1t 6tTrs'a. as specimens of the
literary genius of this Daris who wishes
10 set himself right generally on the
! record" We think that their contents
, will bear evidence, although we changed
. the orthograrhy and syniax thereof, that
the sentiments con;ainel therein, were no;
materially altered at least we will be
( responsible for the changes or alterations
that really have been made We have
copies of these letters, in Davis own hand
writing which can be seen at our Office,
a; any time by persons not disposed - be-
I lieyc our statement.
| We have already devoted to much
space TO this ;rifiing fellow, bur if we had
space sufficient, we would repub.i>h ali of
these communications. in their original
style and beauty. The following three.
however, printed in order, rs they came,
will suffice. Our intelligent readers will
be unable, perhaps, 10 see how we could
have '.ssstitiotcd ticse ItseIrs 10 suci aa er-
tent Us 10 c.n,Se tie 0r7,Faa ,STYf.r TO dsSOlrn
taen,' bat the AAegidaam will point it
out, ard fully define the difference between
the "ioyal" sentiments of Da,is a64s
Scribbier, and the tneasonable :. asaesd-
"'eHis and iste'IoIsa.oss" of the :" copper
head " editor of the DEMoCRAT AND SENT
MEL:
TRUE C"ry.l
Camp near Falmouth Va Dccem 229th Is6a
Friend Todd