The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1873-08-21

one Of them would know that we were telli ng an
untruth. But We certainly did not say we re-
ferred to Class-leaders or teachers in the Church
we said public teachers 1t seems that, in this
connection, We were also misunderrtood. We
thought We were speaking of Douiphan County,
and not Troy circuit alone. In mentioning things
that had been witnessed right here among us,
we surely did not intend to confne it to the
corporate limits Of Troy.
If our Rev. friend thinks IT necessary that We
should go back to the first establishment of Troy
Circuit, and disclam reference to all the Presch-
ers who have ever labored here, in detail, We may
as well go back to the foundation, and state dis
tinctly that we did not mean John Wesley, George
whitefeld, Bishop Asbury, Peter Cartwright, or
Barbara Heck.
We decline just now saying whom we meant,
that were weaving webs for the seduction OF
sisters, as that would necesSitsts the naming OF
all the parties. From the best information we
can obtain, they did not snake the rifle" aud
therefore the sisters are not guilty. But there
is more truth than poetry in il, and 1t may yet
make more fun than is dreamed Of
But we will name some parties We spoke Of
members of the church, "who have set themselves
up as publio teachers, permitting themselves
to be made the sbject tools of corrupt aud
dissipated men, doing their bidding. and Psnder-
ing to their iniquities; aud slanderiug their
nsighbors in both public and private circles"
Newpaper editors assume to be public teachers.
Beale and Sanborn have done what is charged
above. Their paper has teemed with lies and
ISLANDERS for months past, aud they have been
just as busy in retailing such things in private
circles No doubt you have heard the ISLANDERS
| from their lips. They are the tools, the very
property, of man who upholds and patronizes,
Yea. owns saloons and saloon keepers; who re-
lies upou whiskey and other corrupt influences
to carry all his ends; who surrounds himself
with rowdies and depraved creatures, and is
called liking" among them; who forces men
| who are at his mercy, to vote, not their sentl-
| msuts, but as he dictates-but our paper con
taips only tweuty-eight columns, and We must
cease the enumeration. They do the bidding
of this man, and dare not express sentiment
| contrary to his commands, under the penalty oi
being crushed out If he should command them
never to refer to Rev. Mr.. Mahan, OF to cast foul
slurs upon him, they would not dare to disobey
1t is because we are warning against this one
man tyranny, this bullying of the people of the
County. and this thwarng and crushing out Of
the will of the people If the whole County, by
means Of riff. raft ofscourings organized in every
locality of the County, and who have nothing
else to do, while honest men working for q
living-we say, it is because we are warning
against this imposition, that these men, Beale
and Sanborn, are commsnded to keep the sluices
of their filth constantly turned upon us, and
which command they obey as blindly and i'm
plicitly as the black ,unuchs carry out the
orders of the royal master of an Oriental harem
If they are not members Of the Church, and some
one will correct us, We viii cheerfully say, 81
am mistaken"
We have tried to answer or explain everything
that required it. If there are still any doubts
we are willing to try again. But whether We
have made everything plain or not, we are con
ident Mr.. Mahan will admit that we have moi
"abused and sIandered him beyond measure"
We are glad that we started this breeze, if fol
no other reason, than that it has agitated an evi
that has long been practiced, and will have I
tendency to arouse good men to investigate, ant
see whether they are acting according to tbei
sentiments or are being unconsciously used b!
designing men for their own selfish purposes.