Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1871-06-01
e. s. CLARK,S NDLANAGENCY
To VIM. TIDBALL:


| r. s. CLARK'S NDLANAGENCK.
To VIM. TIDBALL:
M Dear Bro.-Have you everseen
the text of the Hard Shell Baptist,
''For they shall knaw a file, and fee
into the Mountains Of Hepsidam, where
the Lion roareth and the Whangdoodle
mourneth fer his first born?" 4 was
forcibly reminded of it on reading your
article about Sample Clark in the
CHRONICLE of April 4. suppose Sir,
the grave inquiries who Struck Billy
Patterson" and who hit Sample Clark,
must remain forever enshrouded in
mystery. What a pity, that two
such important events, affecting alike
the interests of all the world, as well
as'the balance of mankind, should not
be fully emblazoned IN history. as is
the tragic death oflaCock Robin!lpL
And then you seem so anxious to know,
thatI think you really ought to hnd
out, Ny Arst impulse on reading yeur,
article was to reply at once, but then 1
concluded if we gave you arIttle rope
you would hang yourselves, which L
think you will agree with me you did,
through your representatives. At the last
meeting of Presbytery. a0hl what a
fall Yss Hiers my coantrynen!o and
thai too id the house af your fsisadsl
And they sisll zliap Afiie, and Rec
into the Mountains of Hepsidane,
where the Lion roareth and the Whang-.
doodle monuHti for b $ first born.
Then hdi,es ~ ar 1ringle 4 fes
we're denied the poor privilege OF bnsr
ting things genefa11y at the last meet
| ing OFF RFeshgtery, perhaps as a. ''faref
| %eH shot Der the grave where your
hero you buried'' YOU might favor j ys yft
with another Pronunciemento. But
having waited in vain, I essay a reply.
cannot askspace to notice. many of
the points raised, but will takea few of
| the more. prominent. Do, you believe
lin the Pope's ihfallabilfty? Iwish you
| had told us. You seem toso think of
VIM. Tidbail and Sample Clark. But
Of Mr.. Cartiss Clark 8 successor, not as
agent, for Clark YOU knoN, was not
agent, be. aud YOU only wanted him, to
be. Wen seu think M Cur friends
win likely 10. stand s. hin as sysq
would have stood BY Clark. 10 you
suppose President Grant knows this?
Curtiss may need st0snach iafaentiat
friends, but it seems he had enough TO
secure him a ready confirmation By the
q. s. Senate. You start off by saying,
'tIwish to correct a mistake many
have made, viz: that the. Senate re-
jected Gark,s appointmentto an Ipdi-
an Agency. This is not a fact, the
name of Mr.. Clark never went to that
body for its actien, &C." Sample Gark's
aaaae did g6E5o The Senate and it aeds
achS1e his name stas e65fore. that 6odg.'s n
he was strangled. The Senate in con-
formity to requests, emanating from
high political as well as church func-,
tionaries refused to confirm Finland
refuse still. This is the fact. You say
| further "Those engaged in victimising
Clark knewif hisname went before the
Senate he would have been confirmed B,
Why bless your oldsoul, Sample ClarE's
name ldas before the Senate be5ore any
Of his vietimisers knew that he stood e
shadow of chance of an appoint
n1ent even. For as yeu say you were
hisehampion and l heard you assure
Presbytery ssThere was not slaasiows
of chance of ICark's appointments z
and when we found we had been sold,
we went fog hir1and found him bsfors
sde Ssaate Comm nee low is that for
high,n :, old man2 really am sorry the
Secretary did not know how stso,e'' it
would have made Bro. Tidball to have
Clark defeated, he and others surely
would not "gone done" what they..did.
Again you say, eve might as well
as Presbyterians, acknowledge the
Church has been trucking to party
politics. alb, indeed. What a streak
of tenderloih Tidball, Pringle, Clark &
Co.; have running through them some-
where when politiesI and ehiirch. ase
are Associated to their diseonft tire, but
then 4 sse # what they do do bot hot, tight up66nd
TIE 4heek of their tieleftf fam ntatid On
over ssThe desola Ions StI 5sragl, 4 Il hen
they appear uRap the floor of Presky-
terry with m6pgrel mixture on paper,
30 fullSofea eadyck and Politics and
Clark's and@Rringie's own political
friends kicked it to death right then
and there sbecause they would not
have the church mix in politics.o Did
you hear Of this Mr.. 7? 's0h! consis-
tency thou art ajewell'' s
You say again, You thought and
stin think CIark's appointment one
eminentlys TO be made,n We don't
object to this, but We doand did object
to thesplan adopted to secure his ap-
pointment. When you do these things
''be sure your sins win find you out
Yon say again, Mr.. Clark. did re
ceive the unanimous vote Of Presby.
terry" say he did not.do any such
thing, for I voted against him myself,
and OF ga full Presbytery, only 5 or al
the most, voted with you. Don't you
kzao'0 this is t'1ses Presbytery does
The dreaded minority" you speak of
I think, was yourself and four Others
that in ''a full Presbytery" unanimous
lyvoted for Clark. Then again you
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