White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1869-09-16

A few days ago. we received the fol-
lowing epistle through the mail -

GLEHW00D, MILLS w., io"h.s
Sept. 9th. 1863.
Mn. EprToR-Sn:-I saw and read, in the
"Glenwood Opinion," an article purporting to
be selected from your paper, the White
Cloud Chief" entitled Anti Masonry" in
which you say preacher over in Mills Co.,
Iowa, writes himself Mason of the 32d de
gree: yos also say, you remember reading a
report Of one Lodge, from which preacher
had been expelled for having sexual inter-
course with his own daughter.
now wish to know, if in these remarks you
mean the same personi Also, if am the
person alluded tot If / am not the person re-
ered to in the last remark, who is itl Inas-
much as own to the first, viz: Of the 32d
degree, it is generally thought that l am the
person alluded to in the secondi and eonse-
quently it becomes necessary that I should
know scks you refer to in the second
l will patiently wait reasonable time for
reply. lam yours, &C.,
i'm. DosH.
Mr.. Dosh appears to be so desirous q
being made unhappy, that he goes to
an immense sight Of trouble to put him
self in the way Of it. His grandmother
dreamed that somebody read an article
in o paper that professed to have copied
il from the White Cloud Chief, and
his blind aunt thinks it may have meant
him-thereupon be writes us 9 letter.
making demands in a regular shower. ss
if we were compelled to make full con-
fesslon of all he desires to know.
In the first place. we do not exchanges
with the Glsnwood Opinion; and any
of our articles that it does copy. must
come to it second-handed, and are then.
it seems. sometimes altered. to givsthem
a local application. But we will try ia
satisfy Dosh. and not tax his patiencs
too heavily. for he has frightened us.
We never published an article refer
ring to preacher in Mills County. Iowa,
Of any degree or denomination whatever
We never before heard of Dosh.
We do not know whether be has {
daughter or not.
If he has, we do not know Whist BIZ
practices have been toward her, ss W.
have not had her testimony.
Having explained the matter IS far al
he is personally concerned. we nigh
properly conclude by saying that it il
mons of his business who we meant, NJ
matter how necessary it is that he should
know but we have further observation
to make.
We did speak Of preacher over il
Missouri, who claimed to be Mason o.
the 32i degree. and we spoke of severa
other preachers in the same article.
We also spoke of once hearing of The
expulsion of preacher from q secret or.
der, for the crime of incest; but we did
not say it was the Masonic order, for il
was not.
We cannot see how this can be con.
struet to infer that Dosh was the man SO
expelled, even If he had been the rene.
gade Mason alluded to. If we had
meant any Of the preachers referred to,
why should Dosh appropriate it all te
himself?
Is Dosh the only man 10 existence who
has attained the 32d degree in Masonry
that he takes all reference to such an in
dividual as personal to himself
We have forgotten the name Of th'
preacher expelled, and therefore csnno
say whether it was Dosh or not.
We are unable to conceive why it il
generally thought that Dosh is the maj
whom we referred to, unless it is because
his neighbors know him better than W.
do.
If Dosh's principal object was to LEI
us know that be was a Mason of the 32d
degree. be has accomplished his object
so far as bis word goes. Blu. be has no,
enlightened us as to the cause of his ex.
pulsion. .
We are qnscqusinted with the myste'
ries Of Masonry. and do not know how
high up the 32d degree is. For sugh'
we know, when they kick an unworthy
member ont. they may term it conferring
the 80 degree. But we have had some
acquaintance with Damphools. and think
he must have attained at least the Goth
degree in that ancient snd honorable or.
der. Dosh is the person alluded to il
this last remark.
We may add. that Harriet Beechel
Stowe has recently accused . famous in.
dividual of the crime Of incest but We
can assure Dosh that she did not allude
to him.
II Dosh is not satisfied with our ex.
plsnstion, and will continue to wait ps.
tiently, we will do our best to make ths
matter clear to. the comprehension Of ont
even so high as the 32d degree.
The NATIONAL DEBr-Msy not prove
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