Smyrna times., 1865-03-30
For the "Smyrna Times"
pHILADA., March q. 1861.


Mr.. EDITOR:
We beg leave to call to your atten-
ton letter published in the DeIa,tarean of
March 1lth commenting upon the musical en-
tertaiament lately given at the NJ. T.. Church
in Camden, for the benefit Of our sick and
wounded soldiers. The writer compliments
the ladies who assisted at the exhibition; no
doubt assuming that if he keeps on the right
side OF the fair sex he may with impunity de-
lame and misrepresent every other person and .
every thing, even to the cause in which these .
Um0n loving citizens Of Camden have exerted .
themselves. This however, we trust he finds a
mistaken idea, and is aware probably by this /
time that the lady participants in the exhbi- |
ton are justly offended at the advantage he has
taken OF their conSentlng to his admissions be-
lieving as they do his connection with the ont
RACES committed i'll the town since the com
mcncement Of the war, and his generally aue3-
tiOnable character In private to s'gn himself in
| his letter "Truth and Justice; wisely iudp-
ing perhaps, that he would be the last person
the enauiring public would think of as entitled
to such --; but afterwards dccciyinS
himself into the idea that the stir which the
letter occasoned was due to some merit in its
composition, he now knowingly gazes at ques-
| TONERS, and without denying the authorship Of
the letter, rather claims it by tell-tale silence
and divers mysterious mods; thus showing him
self true scion of the snaky tribe to which he
belongs; being as he is, a member of family
of rampant, disorderly copperheads, the young
or male representatives Of which have made it
their business since the beginning Of the war to
annoy the quiet Union residents OF Camden and
its surroundings with all the open malice they
dare show, and such midnight schemes as their
internal brains could suggest. We might in
stance the cutting up and attempted destruction
of the harness of several loyal gentlemen, in
which cOWardly proceeding our hero assisted,
together with pharmaceutical contemporary Of
his it is sad-''a bird Of the same feather >
who can boast of having blood relations among
that race which he affects To despisc
And yet Mr. Editor, this person who OBJ
tanned admission to decent asscmhlage of
people, by going IN company with Il lady who
relying perhaps on some promise Oi good be-
hayiOr and being without other escort, took
him under her protection, has presumed t.
question the integrity OF those to whom he as
oribes political partisan feeling" and whom
he calls the abolition heads of the affair
t0ling as they are to abolish the slavery of that
race with which he has more than once held
discreditablc association; incidents verifying
which assertion will be recalled to the memory
Of the good people Of Camden, by our remind
ing them Of Il certain ''t"t'Hg Cf dpIJic Scctts,
during which Il lady Of color was named as Tie
fair absentee.
Hard is it that we must suffer such charac
ters as this to be present among us: to appear
, at our public entertainments: even at thQ-prct
of fifty cents a head, at which small sum in
good cause our degenerate Camdcnitr growlS
y though it has leaked ont since that his lady
: presented him with his ticket: his own fund.-
9 being cconomycd 1--WE hope) for the purpose o
q displaying some lDerality in taking the youn:
n ladies' to the Bay during the summer season
:. The continual whining of our author on tn,
subject Of the high admission charged, and hi
anxiety to be freed from any imputation o
a meannesS, concealed though it he beneath al
= apparently noble motive would seem to impl
|. that he labOrs under reputation for cloScnes
l. or poverty which he is ashamed to own. an
1t which would account for his failing to rrocur
4 tickets for himself and lady; and though poy
d crty would certainly be no degradation, W
should say the other quality was disgracetul f
4 man aspiring to move i'll Il circle OF ladies :
N cultivated and high toned as those of Camden
r Not wishing to encrOach on the space in you
he columns, we do not revert to the ignorance Z
h good English phraseology, and the unrcfnc
D. choice of long words displayed by the lctte
a. writer, believing these pcculiaritics to be 5
of glaring that the cpistlc will not fail to meet tn
re contempt it deserves, on the part of all educi
ID ted readers. Truly yours,