Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1865-1872, 1867-07-19
LAUREL, kNp., July is. 1867.

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Mr. EpIToR,--bedr Sir: The fame or
i'll fame Of Laurel must certainly be spread
far and wide by this time, when it called
forth no less than three articles in last
weeks American, TO wit one editorial,
one letter, and one lecture from visitor
AS to the matter contained in the editorial,
it was mixed with good feeling and plenty
Of soft soap to wash all that was objection
able us clean and bright as bran new
Mexican mill dollar.
But the letter Of Prof. G. j. p. certainly
did injustice in two ways, by omission
and commission. First, in emitting to
name another firm Of respectable Mer-
chants in town. with whom the gentleman
was very intimate and exceedingly friend
ly when he first came to Laurel, aud con.
tinued to be so with his company, favors
and patronage, as long as the firm was
useful to him. But, in the course Of hu-
man events, it became palpable to the gen.
tleman il would be TO his interest to be
near the Trustee aud Treasury Of the
School Fund consequently he transferred
himself in that direction, and there re-
NAMED, until another Nhange took place,
and you can now fad him at any time
out of school hours loafng at the store of
Trustee (No. p Secondly, in commit.
ting himself so far as to charge some of the
Christians of Laure! with being narrow
minded bigots. | have known the people
of Laurel for nearly twenty years, and
this is the first time we have learned they
were narrow minded bigots. The truth
is the very reverse of what the gentleman
charges. | don't believe there is a single
member Of any Christian church in the
place that would say one word or raise
straw in the way of establishing another
church in the place. If there is, have
the first word to hear in opposition thereto.
1t is not now, nor never has been any
fault Of those the gentleman chooses to call
bigots, that no other church but the Meiho.
dist has succeeded here. Within my
recollection not less than three or four
Presbyterian ministers have been called
to the work here, but from the very fact
Of the want Of bare support they have
been compelled to leave, and that, too, at
q titnS hhSu 'hOg hdN eOiuS wealthy anu
influential members here. But if the
gentleman charges some Christians with
bigotry because they don't withdraw their
support from the church of their choice
and transfer themselves aud support to the
church or denomination of his choice,
then | suppose they will have to plead
guilty to the charge. ] learned when a
boy that people who live in glass houses
should be very careful about throwing
stones at their neighbors n l do think,
to say the least Of it, that comes with
very bad grace from genl nau and al
most stranger, possessed O much pure
and undulterated ChristiaI \, to charge
others with bigotry, who ne enters the
church himself. All have 81 say in con-
clusion is, that if we never get to heaven
by any other way than through a hole
made by the leadership Of Prof c. j. p,
1 fear we will stand bad chance of ever
getting in-rery, rery.
In relation to the lecture Of ."Visitor,"
some of it is too true We are cursed
with those worse than pestilential dens.
But it is untrue that the good people took
them in. There is a majority, and think
q large majority Of the citizens too, that
would vote to consign them all to Hell,
where they belong, il they had tho