The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1872-04-26
For the Ddily Record,

For the Daily Record.
Mr.. EDIToR:-A copy Of your last Fri
days issue, containing communication
from A Member, came to hand on Monday,
but circumstances have prevented an ear
lier notice oft. There is 90 little in 1t wor-
thy OF attention that will try to be brief.
/ should not notice It at all, but that it gives
me an opportunity to make an explanation.
There is 10 1t no direct denial OF the truth of
the statement made in former article
l fail TO see, 10 it, nor, for that matter, 10
anything have otherwise heard, any good
reason to change the opinion therein ex-
pressed. He himself says that the cards Of
invitation were injudiciously wcrded. 1 in.
fer from that he admits the fact that said
cards Gid not convey upon their face cor
rect Impression regarding the members in
tention or tie real object Of the donation
party. II hope, Mr.. Az Member, that in
saying this, I have not put an "injust con-
struction" upon your words, nor 'paraded'
them "prominently and mslicioasly" in q
''false light.") II am right In this infer
ence, have nothing 10 retract. II the
statement made was false, or, it being a
true one, committed beinous offe nee
iu making IL, repeat, fail to see it,
But may say here, that if il can be shown
that have given publicity to statement,
which is false, stand ready to make any
admission or acknow ledgment of error in nv
power to make; and, further, will use
every exertion TO have such acknow ledge
ment published 10 every newspaper which
can be found to have published my article
or part Of it. am opea to conviction. r
shall be glad to be convinced that was
wrong, and will labor earnestly to repair
the injury. But may alec add, on the
other hand, that my article was not written
unadvisedly. One Of the members of the
N. E. Church of Petroleum Centre, when
asked in plain terms, whether the money
raised at that donation was applied to the
payment Of the PASTORS salary, plainly
promptly, and unequivocally answered,
YEA" A Member will probably find
enough to do 10 settling the question at
home. (By the way, the name A Member
is evidently an alias. Why don't be come
out, like o man, over bis real namely He
says the money was handed to Mr.. Schofeld
without single word as TO how it should be
applied. Was there, or was there not, any.
thing said about 1t beforehand?
There is one other matter not mentioned
10 A Members article, to which wish to
refer. Ever since my article appeared it
has been constantly alleged that that
article emanated from the Petroleum Cen
srs Lodge Of Odd Fellows, and they seem to
he held responsible for It, individually and
collectively. l wish to correct that impres.
sion. l deny it, emphs stically and entirely
Because happen 10 belong to that body IL
90 evidence that am cstspaw for 1t.
here distinctly affirm that no Odd Fellow,
body Of ODD Fellows, nor any other fellow,
had any thing whatever 10 do with instigst-
ing me to write 1t. I did not write it as an
Odd Fellow, nor 10 the interest OF Odd Eel
lows; because they contributed their funds
ct the donation, or did not do so. wrote
1t as q member OF the community at large,
considering 1t my right and my duty, as it
is that OF every man, 10 expose and con-
denim the wrong, even though be find 1t 10
the church; and those who know me best,
know whether would be likely to be actu-
atsd, by malicious motives In so doing. Ii
was wrong, let those who consider them
selves sggrieved hurl their anathemas at me,
for aloue would bear the blame, but, in
lbe name Of humanity, let them spare those
who were entirely innocent OF even the
knowledge OF my act, until it had been fully
committed.
For what he doubtless considers the bitter
pills, 10 the shape Of hard names, harsh
epithets, &C., &C., which A Member has
prescribed for me, and not in homeopat thic
doses, either, have no use. They don't
suit my case, aud therefore 1 decline them
with many thanks, hoping, however, that
! II be likes them, and they agree with bim,
be may swallow them himself, for good
things won't hurt him.
was absent from here at the time the
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