Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1863-11-18
BRAcEYILLE. Nov. 6. 1863

/ rare OllA stL one Oh
> kissing most frightfully, if there is an
: thing frightful in the expiring hiss of Ii
reptile whose head has been SO terrib
: mangled by the heel of the Union-lovin
: voters OF our land.
The statements of this copperheaC
which appeared IN Warren Constitution,
November Sd. areso notoriously false, tha
We deem it but simple justice to reply
, Why Mr.. Neritas feels himself so vii
fed and outraged" by that notice, W
cannot discover, as he admits the trut
of the only statement that refers TO til
"pesce-lOving" citizens of Lordstown.-
His charges against US and our ministe
are numerous, and not only SO, but false
To these we would now call attention.
BE first charges US with forgetfulness
which charge is most assuredly false; 70
surely, We could not forget what We nev
erknew. Who may have commanded us t.
beat our spears into pruning-hooks, anC
our swords into pillow shares, We know not
but we do know, that He who has a righ
to command His creatures, never laid am
such command upon them. Read your Bi
bic Mr.. v, (ifyou have one, and see if yoJ
can discover any difference between g
prophecy, and a command. Read youl
Bible, and learn how God dealt with 6
proud monarch, who refused when lie
said, Let my people 60" Read your
! Bible, and see If you can learn what God
commanded His people, in reference 10
the inhabitants OF Cannan. As TO minis
tiers dipping their fingers in the troubled
pool OF party politics. we have yet to
learn that man ignores his citizenship
by becoming minister of Christ.
AT last, NeritaS comes TO the only state
ment in my article, which refers to the
peace loving" citizens OF Lordstown, who
love it so well, that they are ready to
purchase it by basely submitting to traitor
rule, viz, the depriving OF Rev. Mr. Gro
yer of his dues. OF this ne says, I'VE ac-
knowledge Mr.. Grover did not receive his
just dues" If the charge be true, as here
acknowledged, why such horrible cry
about being ''Yiiited and outraged?'-
And why such tremendous effort to
produce such week defence, and that
to sustain by Measurements and false
hoods. In our statements we referred 10
the charge by the name of the place
where the minister lived, with no refer
ence TO any particular class. How Mr..
V. could understand 1t in any other sense,
we cannot understand, unless it be on the
maxim, that guilty conscience needs no
accusers. But Us he has undertaken to
show their superiority over other parts OF
the circuit, We will give tue truth Of the
matter, as we have the means OF ofknoWing
correctly. jackson, with one half the
paid some SIX dollars more
than LordstOwn, and would have paid
more, If two copperhead families had not
TO pay their quota. Milton, with
a little over half the membership, paid
nearly as much, and the deficiency there.
IS almost all in the HANDS of copperheads.
Hence, it is plain to be seen, that Veritas
is ignorant OF what he writes, or else will
fully talsities his statements
Now let US glance at Veritas statistics.
We think 1t Is a great pity his mother did
not teach him to count while Dung; and
also, read the almanac, that lie need not
make such ludicrous blunders in his dates. |
Hear hlm. In 1851, said Rev. j B. Gro |
yer, was appointed on the Burton charge" /
In 1867 he was sent again 10 Ihat |
charge" In 1868, he was IN BracevilIe |
with US; now when was he in Lordstown? /
his statement, however, comes Is near
he truth as any he has made He ar
'ays his statistics, trying 10 make out that |
here must be something wrong in the
man." Now We happen to know some
hing how Mr.. Grover was received and sus-
aimed on the Burton charge. The charge
vas weak in members and in wealth, as
much as that at the close of Mr.. Growers
erm of service, it was cut up and attach
d TO two other charges, the conference
Ieeming it unsafe TO send man where
Ie must depend so much on outside in
uence for a support. Mr.. Growers re-
option was such on this charge that he
Ias enabled 10 increase his missionary
objections more than four fold that raised
y his predecessor. His regular quarter
sc was, the first year, over sixty dol
lrs, the second, over eighty, more than
IS predecessors, besides donations and
resents almost lnnumerable, by the aid
which, he was enabled to provide boun-
fully for his afflicted family; and have
from his own lips, that the second year
e served that charge, he laid up one
undred dollars, one of the six that went
Ito the tax list, over which there was so
luch feeling in Lordstown; as if it was
n objectionable, for q minister to pos
,ss few dollars. I'm this peace loving
Lace" says V, ''he was to receive S425;"
mother false assertion. His claim prop
:, was S344, adding house rent and moV-
lg expenses, items not included in the
urton report making 1889, an amount
50 less than V. states. In this claim he
latter deducting house rent and !
loving expenses, which must be done to !
axe the two reports correspond, S2SS
Iaking one excess of only S8 dollars, in
cad OF over S65. 1t must be remember
1 that the living expenses were at least /.
Ity per cent. more the year he was in
than while in BraceVille. Be-
des this, Mr.. Grover received by dona-
ons, presents, &C., at least one hundred 4.
Id fifty dollars more. If faman's getting !
IS pay, or not getting il, is an evidence
his being right or wrong, surely every !.
an appointed to the charge upon which ! !
ordstown Is the most prominent point,
Gst have ''somethingwrong" about him. q
r. Growers predecessor, an honored,
ed member OF the conference, received,
ter oeductlng house rent and moving Z
,penses, scarce $500. The man there y
fore him, popular young member of =,
inference, makes no report, but TO my \
rtain knowledge, got nothing near his 81
y, and earned the money TO discharge "
c debts which he was necessitated to =
ntract in order to live by performing Q,
e soldiers duties; and returned after p
ing discharged on account of filling in Ssy
alth, and paid these debts contracted, H le
cause his pay was withheld. Surely u u
ere must be something wrong" about se e1
, men or charge. ~ ~
But let US glance at the record of the ~
n who is literally so white. In 1861, 81 81
". S. S. &ye, was appointed to the :,