The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1863-09-19

EMIOhIA, hANSAo- OOS
J. w. acknowledgements HonOrabIe.',
Mr. EpIToR: In The News of September 5th,
1853 see statements made by j. W Stewart and
A. Gillett, ir in reference to the signing of my
name to the subscription Of the Nj Z Church,
and branding it ''Repudiated." l would say in
reply:
do not wish to do injustice to any one. and
/ believe in the doctrine that even 1.-THE devil
ought to have his due" therefore make the
amende honorable.
2 1t appears from the statement referred to
above, that was mistaken as to the subscription
being made in the handwriting of j. W.
Stewart: but he was accessory to it-that Is,
he " advised " it, stated in the following
language By Mr.. Gillett "By the common con-
sent or advice of the President, ]. W. Stewart. t."
1t also appears from his own stat 'ment IN refer
ence 10 the signing of my name to the subscrlp-
tiOn-''with the advice or consent of all present.
NV. Stewart present; therefore, J. w. Stew
art advised the signing OF my name to the sub
seription
g. J.W. Stewart, after stating how the sub
scription was made. uses the following language
-"Hepine and believing that he {Weaver) would
by his own act assume to pay the 500 and jus.
tify the act. We were disappointed" Disap'
roint..d in whatf Yon never told me that my
name was signed to the subscription paper for
800 or any other sum. You never asked me to
'.iu stifv the act - never knew that there was
such a suhscrirt on made for me. for more than
one wear after it was made, and not until it had
been branded "Repudated." If you hoped and
believed that l would paw the subscription and
Justify the act" why did you not inform me
that there was such n subscription ? You could
not have supposed that l would have paid the
subscri ption without knowing anything of it.
No; YOU intended t. mislead the public mind, as
appears from the following evasive language-''I
presented the subject of subscribing to him (Wea-
ver) on several occasions, and pre- sed it upon
him that he ought to pay and help to complete
the church building" If you wanted to tell the
! truth, why did you not tell the public that you
never informed me that there was such sub
script n made for me. But YOU say you pre-
sented the subject of subscribing to several
ocea 4ions" Why present the subject of sub
seribing" to me, when you knew that there was
a subscription already made, and when it was
| the express understanding that the subscription
should at once be presented to Mr.. Weaver by
| the President q W Stewart) on his return from
the East, for his sanction rejection, in part or
| in whole You have not only tried to mislead
the public mind, but you have acted in bad faith
| with the parties with whom you had this express
J understanding
| 4. You say you did write "Repudated' on the
sub cripton. If you did not wish to do me in
justice, why did you write Regulated" when
! you knew that had not repudated the subscrip-
| ton You had never informed me that there
was such a subscription did not know there
had been such subscrp ton made for me, and
yet you would go away and brand the subscrip-
ton ''Repudiated" when you knew it was false
I call upon you to prove that repudiated that
subscription, or lay under the charge of writing
| that which is false. JOHN WEAVER.
| Emporia, Sept. IA, 1863. -.