Lewistown gazette. [volume] (Lewistown, Pa.) 1843-1944, 1865-01-04

! HessrS Editors Il have no desire 70
trespass upon your patience and time or of
1 your readers, but my attention since nv
return from the army has been called TO an
article in the True Democrat, of October
18th, signed by A Citizen of Armagh" :"
under the caption of :" Abolition Meeting
in Milroy," in which he uses the following
words: We confess we wondered why he
was not in trcnt in these days when sol.
diers are being hurried to the scenes Of
war-we had some misgiyings that the
Lieutenant was not where he should be. if
his lighting propensities were as strono as
he tried forcibiy to impress" Now, Mr..
Editor, in self defence at least, YOU will
! permit me to say to you and your readers
that L Mth6 the occasion demanded that
citizens at home ard in the field should
raise their voices in favor of our nation and
It's interests, and thus stem the reasonable
and perhdlous influence exerted by these
men, who adhere to the theories of Ben.
edlct Arnold, but unlike his followers are
too cowardly to risk life in their defence.
| boast not now and never have boasted of
my "hghtlng propensities," but from infan
cy was taught to love my country and re
spect the old flag, and have perhaps done
as much Tor her as most persons in nv cir.
cumstances, having two sons in the service
at present before Petersburg, and four out
OF five brothers. The bones of one of
these brothers now moulder on the bloody
held OF Gettysburg, another is in York
hospital, crippled for life. So much to the
war, prosecuted for the salvation of our
country, the maintenance Of the Constitu
ton and laws, the punishment of traitors
and to secure the objects of all good gov
ernments; but inaugurated almost exclu,
slvely by men calling themselves democrats
then and claiming the same appellation
now. But | must return This is a per
sonal and cowardly attack, made by man
or thing, in the shape of moral assassin,
who dare not come out under his ocn sig
nature but stabs his imaginary enemy in
the dark, for it is we'll known that at the
time this unwarranted and disgraceful blow
was aimed, was absent in my country's
service, surrounded by guerriIlas almost as
treacherous and snaky as the author of the
article to which we refer "It would be
folly" he states, "for US to say that the
Lieut.. even approximated to a speech"
Whether we did or did not was not within
the province of him or US TO say, but of
the audience. So egotiStical and illiterate
it would seem is the (A) Citizen of Ar
magh, that he speaks as though the intel
llgence OF the entire assembly was to be
measured by the contracted limits of his
own Uranium. 1t will be seen by reference
to the paragraph from which we have quo
ted that he hesitates not to wallow in the
mire and filth of bigotry and infdelity in
his efforts to wipe off the foul excrescence
by lahored effort to soil the character and
tarnish the good name of branch of
Christ's church. We see the man. person
or thing is somewhat displeased at our ne.
gIect to be particular in the use Of proper
words In our effort at extempOraneous
speaking, and like some simple school boy
sits down to criticse, and in the very act .
shows both his ignorance and incom petency |
to complete the task. There is a time !
honored maxim to which we would rerpect. |
fully call the attention Of the Citizen of .
Armagh, and which "will frae monv a .
blunder free him and botheration," viz :
'those who live in glass houses must not
throw stones " Witness the following from
the article quoted: "but either they or US
were disappointed d"-"but promised he had
the documents in his great coat pocket
''let Lewistown send him out more on these
All these, Mr. Editor, in a
.oritten article! Poor little soul After
all this great effort of his, he ought to feel
and suppose did feel little easy Should
he not be commiserated Hoping we shall
hear from him over his own signature we
close this, we fear, too lengthy article
j. +. MCKINLEY.