The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1866-08-21
CUMBERLAND, Md,
Sent. III. 1866.

>. seemed very much 20 ENJOY.
The article to which ! am about to
advert, would have escaped my notice
las no one having any pretensions TO
respcctahiiity in tbi- community would
suffer 50 vile and Filthy sheet as thc
.-"BedI0rd inquirer 70 be received in
their family1 had not this conImunic;t-
| ton been seat 10 Nr !IeXt, one of uT
boarders, expecting thereby that it
would reach my eye The writer Of
the letter aiIixes the signature Of Jus
| tiae, most inappropriate foran ardclc
so devoid Of truth and cmbodying 50
much malignity and venom; indeed
| the malice Of the writer is only equal
/ ed By his aFrant cowardice.
+ Some short time since addressed 10
your paper a communication detailing
/ the proceedings Of the DisuniOn A50-
! lition Convention held here, which ey-
cry citizen knew was ridiculous fail
ure, indeed the fidelity Of the account
and the extreme sensitiveness Of the
correspondent Of the"Inquirer," " attest
the truth of my narrative. No read
er of my former letter to your paper
Will be deceived by the denial Of this
correspondent, who fears TO commit his
name to his own production. | am
| authorized, then, in inferring that this
nameless correspondent, conscious of
the many falseho0ds contained in his
communication, was unwilling to COM
NIT even his cowardly name to the It's
/ sue Of lies, with which it abounds, and
| therefore contented himself with a
reckless and general denial Of my ac-
count of the Di5uniOn meeting held in
this place. This scurriIOus and cow
! ardly writer makes a personal attack
Oh me. lie felt the sting Of the article
/ and feared the effect, or else ne would
have attempted to show its falsity and
not have resorted to scurrility and a
busc and then sheltered his coWardly
carcass under so inappropriate name
~ that Of Justice
As the Bedford Inquirer" has 10
circulation in this city, the letter from
/ Cumberland would have fallen still
born; but it owes its currency and cir
culation solely TO disappointed Alb
olitiou otiice-seeker who is sojourning
in our midst. But to the letter signed
"just;ce." This nameless knight of
the quill INDUCES nchoice and elegant
phrases; he says that / am "an igno-
ramu5 and could not write a single SEN
tence correctly if it were to save my
neck" As to the truth Of this | leave
the public to Judge. He says further,
that am 'bcssad with just about as
much brains as is necessary to make a
good Copperhead Rebel sympathizer." "
! Adopting his peculiar and gentleman
| ~ styleof expression, ! could retort by
saying that he has brains sufficient to
make "uiggerhead," =" but certainly
has neither the brains or honesty to
/ make a "copperhe9J,' y or a gentleman
was induced by curiosity, As I sta
ted in my former letter, to be present
at tne Dtsuniou meeting gand gave what
/ Iba.ievcd then, and still 80 believe, to
be "a faithful version Of its proceedings
/ Idid not shelter nay responsibility an,
dar the signature Of ''JUst,cc, " rs the
CORRESPONDENT Ot the "bed.orl Inqui.
rer'' has done, hG; appended my name
prepared .Or any Kind of responsibility
which it might evoke. ! ROW assert
md would 0e willing to wager any
thing in reason, thatif the name O
the correspondent Of the Bedford In
/ uuirer'' here. could beasccrtained, thai
he would turn out to have been an Ab
olition office-holder, vino was, doubt
less, removed by the Government be
cause of his Abolition and Dismior
procIiyijies.
With reference to the gentleman tt
whom the authorship Of my letter II
you has been ascribcd, and who ha:
been so ruthlcssly and indignantly as
sailed by the "Inquirer's" correspond
ent, | have only this to say, that have
known him for twenty years, and tha
he would disCIain to assail any man un
dcru fictitious signature. 1t was FOL
the fearless expression Of his opinions
and for the bold avoWaI Of his princi
pies, that he was arrested and held FOL
months by the preceding Administra
, ton. and am sure that echo the sen
!, timcnts Of every man in this conlmu
nifty, whose opinions are worth rcgar
ding, that the fidelity with which thai
, gentleman chung to opinions which hC
deemed to be right, would receive
their appreciation, not their censuTe
| would add, too, that the gentleman t
whom this slander0us correspondent
alluded, was not present ut the Disun
t ion meeting; indeed, since he has re
turned to this community, where IN
once before resided, he has not inter
fered, or engaged, in the politics OF thC
day, notwithstanding the wishes of hi
+ friends that he would do SO. WA
present at the DisuniOnmeeting in thi
place, and for the letter and its con
tents addressed to your paper, | ctoR
ug2L responsible. As the former impris
onment of this gentleman has been al
lnded 0-Query-Wouid not the Pres