The Waynesburg Republican. [volume] (Waynesburg, Pa.) 1867-18??, 1868-05-20
For the REPUBLICAN

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Messenger has a column of its paper
devoted to the abuse of the Cambsr-
land Presbyterian OF this place, or its
editor, A. B. Miller, who is the Pres
ident of our College, for what it or he
said respecting the conduct of our
Judges in licensing taverns here to sell
Intoxicating liquors. The article does
not purport to be written BY the editor
of the Messenger, although printed
without comment. And it indulges in
such choice epithcts towards Mr.. Mil
Ter, as "false light" "wolf in sleeps
clothing;;" "blind leader" "false wit
ness" &C., &c. Although the editor
makes no comment, yet from his early
piety and christian walk and conver-
sation, we are led to believe that the
article is veritable production of an
other hand, who has not the well-be-
ing Of our community much at heart.
The article he animadverts upon so
luminously, charges-"7Aat the judges
Of our Court inc!ining to the liquor side,
,cere brought to a stand still, and in
order to saus the sinking cause, and as
an apology for putting their HANDS un-
der il in broad daylight, ,chsn they
could just as ,oell put their FEET upon
ii, declared the disposal Of the case
laid oUer for a ,ossk, and hat the Peti-
TONERS might go out and procure sigma
turss anywhere in the County," &c.
The article further asserts that re-
monssrances were signed by myori-
ty of the voting population and by
ninetcen-twentieths of the remaining
portion of the community. This the
writer in the Messenger chargesas false,
and says that there were only sixty
five voters in all. Be this as it may,
we do not believe it. But to give a
specimen Of his mathematics, he says
there were
Voting population. n....................260
Number signed remonstrance.... 65
Did not sign remonstrance. ce.........l95
Now from these figures pray let
some school boy cipher it out who
comes nearest the truth-Mr. Miller in
his guess ofthe majority, or the writer
of the article by his figures. This
writer, who calls himself "a friend to
TRUTH" makes out by his figures that
there is one hundred and ninety-fve
Of majority in favor of a license
when the figures properly arranged
shows it false.
But whether these figures were made
to deceive the readers of the Messen-
ger or not, we leave to be judged; but
that was not the gist of Mr.. Miller's
statement. What he said respecting
numbers was no doubt represented to
him, and the majority on the remon-
STRANGE in point of respectability was
indeed so great in the opinion of the
Court, as to cause the refusing of every
license, had they acted upon them
promptly, as they ought.
But instead of doing so, as they
ought under the law, they paused and
at last without any application of the
kind from the applicants, they post
poned their decision for one week, and
told the applicants they might get all
persons to sign they could, and in
gettingsigners they we're not trestricted
to the citizens Of their respective town.
ships.
There was the pinch of the matter
which showed the inclination of the
Court which amounts to a clear viola
ton of duty.
And not satisfied with making such
decision as they did, the President
argued in favor ofthelicense law to sell
liquor, and spoke of his own expert
ence::that instead of a Temperance hotel
having one Barroom as in licensed
houses, they were Barrooms from eel
lar to garrett" And the remark, al
though well received by his associates
from appearances, was considered by
men Of as large experience as his
Honor as altogether gratuitous.
These comments, Mr.. Editor, are
made in no spirit of levity, malevo-
lence or bad feeling toward our Court
but in sorrow for a community that
is suffering every day for the want of
good Judiciary and pure and good
minded men to govern our affairs.
Since Court, what has been our expert
ence but one continued scene of drunk
enness on the street, and brawling
midnight revels ? "God, save the
Commonwealth and the Honorable
Court"
Now what can such correspondent
think of himself, knowing these things
to be true? Can he be man of
family, lover of truth, as he styles
himself, or does he belong to the
"whiskey ring" as the character Of
his writing denotes?
/ would advise him the next
time he attacks man let it not be
one who has done more to promote
the interest Of our town, elevate and
correct the errors Of society here, than
any other man. TpaA VrprTAa