The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1871-01-07
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NEGRO LAMPE ILLUMINATION. ~ n
der this head to- days number OF the
Arbiter Eeund has an article in reply
to the attack made upon it, and u.s. oy
Rev. Mr.. Lampe, from which We trans
late the following After referring to
the original item published in that pa
per and the one published in the REG
lsrER, the editorssys; s..-.
We used the term Low Dutch in a
humorous sense and without the slight
eat intention Of offending anybody.
MANY of our readers are Low Ger
mans,'-we are one ourself, and could
not therefore have intended to offend
those Of like nationality with ourself.
The rumor in regard to the negro
baby was known to us some days
before il was mentioned in the REGISTER,
as it was the common talk Of the city;
but as we believed it would be better
for the girls reputation, we were silent
in regard to it, until we became satisfied
that the best thing to be done was to
call the attention Of her friends to the
widely circulated rumors, that they
might compel the proofs to be produc-
ed. If the reputation OF the girl is not
better established now than it would
have been had the rumors been per-
mitted to 90 uncontradicted, the fault
is not ours. We believe her entirely
innocent OF the charges made against
her. ..
But now for Pastor Lampe. Under
the title of pastor" we look for man
who is a model of charity, goodness and
piety, one who teaches forgiveness Of
offences, but we find that Mr. Lampe is
only pastor in this case by bearing tes-
timony Of the good character Of men,
Der of his church. We could do as
much for all the Germans in Wheeling
and thus be Pastor" Of the city.
II Mr.. Lampe, the Pastor, had call
ed upon us he could have done a great
deal better for the cause heis champion
of, than by pursuing the course he dit.
We would have explained ourself to
him and apologized when satisfied that
we were wrong. Itwas not the teacher
of Christian charity who last Sunday
attempted to excite his hearers in the
speech against us from the pulpit. His
animosity against us is not Of the
Christian kind. 1t originated in our re-
fusal to publish his articles. lleis one
OF the kind Of men who never torgets
and never forgives; he is precocious
keen, calculating ana egotistical, anc
an intimate friend Of the Intelhgsnccr
a ID must see bis name in print from
time to time to be happy.
We would not so lar wron: the in
telligence Of Mr.. Lampe As TO think
that he for one moment thought W.
had any desire to ipjure this girl, bu
his idea was to make something ont o
it; to aid the Intslligencer in building
political capital ont Of it. How NEAR
sound the words Low Dutch " Mr.
Lampe knows that the words "Platt
deusch' mean Low German, and tina
the Low bulCu are liOiidhuSio aHN
the peers OF Mr.. Lampe. How terrible
was the anal gamation Of races! Ie
to one so intimate with the Intelligence
the fact should be very natural. How
brave is heas the shepherd Of his flock
especially as the Ritchietown congrega
ton seceeded from his care and nigh
thus be brought back
Whence came the article in the In
tsligencer? From the pastor, the poll
tician or intriguer? Mr.. Lampe say
he has letters in his possession proving
the innocence OF the girl. Why wer,
they not published, if he wishes to show
her spotless to the world ?
But, we ask, is the man who attempt
ed to injure our business, our reputa
ton and our good name. under pre-
tence of defending another, practicinl
the ennobliHg virtues OF Christian
charity?