Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1874-07-17
issue of the 4th instant he fails to make

It,
We did not commit ourselves in any way
to the gentlemen who came here TO lnyes-
tigate this matter. 1t is true that DIR.
Wilson seems to have read to the ministe-
rial conference the words he used, with the
exception Of some interlineations, but he
has failed to show that he read the address
to them with the "tone, gestures, and
grimaces" that were employed in his de-
livery in Danville. The certificates will
show what he has acquitted himself OF ana
what he has failed to acquit himself OF.
mo copy of tie Danville Chimes" has
been sent direct to me"
We have it from good authority that
several were mailed to him. Why he did
not receive them we cannot conceive.
sis the Danvile Times the authorized
organ of the Baptist church i'll Danvile ~
It is not the authorized organ Of til,
| Baptist church in Danville, or of any ot,t
| church.
.sDoes its editor seek through me to j
| jure those witt W.iOn am &c ;.csl..s1ici
connected ?"
| This claus, more han amy 9th Ill
| whole address, bttra y :; Sp,:lt tn. al ! +,
| coming III one wnoi VIKING b., res !
case before an impartial TIL ,llal Il ont
law and testimony. In ply W. "a.
seek to inilrr 10 one; but AL ss;iia
our duty. regardless OF consequences.
| He states. moreover. that
s.Dr. Burrows offered to read inv mann
| script to the editor the 'Tinles on To
allow him to read it. !, t he de lined J"
He is welcome to what he can pnYsslKe OF
this when all the facts are known. They
are as follows
We were pot notified of the time APP
! r.oit OeT <.f h0
lJNhen we found out what WAS going on,
we applied for admission, but were inform
ed that. us the reading had commenced,
no more persons would be admitted
whereupon we retired. We went again to
the hotel BY this time the reading was
over, and we were admitted. Some eight
or ten gentlemen were present with DIR.
Burrows and Mr.. Sands. The latter gen.
tleman remarked that he came in tho in.
terest of peace. He gave US to understand
that he wanted this matter ended. We re-
piled that we had no objection, but that
/ we did not intend to compromise ourself
or the people of Danvlle. 1t was about
that time that DR.. Burrows offered to let
us read the manuscript. We replied that
if their object was to allay the excitement
we had better not read it, for from what
we had heard of it. if we should read it
we would criticise it more severely than
we had ever done before. We moreover
informed him that we should have to he
born and bred over before we could endorse
it and cited him to one single paragraph
which, III our opinion, was sufficient t.
condemn the whole lecture. IT DIR. Will
son desires our further opinion Of the ad
dress, and will publish it, we promise to
give it to him in full, and the 'sspecifica
lions" will be as "clear" as he will re-
quire.
Nothing that has been said or done, tends
in the slightest degree to acquit DR.. Will
son of the only direct charge we eve'
brought against him. The identity of the
does not couch the main question. We
have proved by overwhelming testimony
that the address as deliueretl was improper
and indicate and from all the facts ii
the case, an impartial public will infer tina
even the manuscript is unchaste and 10
fit for publication
STRANGE CARD FROM DIR. WILSON.
The Milton IN. o. s'Chronicle'' havin.
suggested that the lecture might have beel
delivered under the influence Of John Bar
leycorn'' or opium taken incidentally to-
freely, received the following postal carr
which it prints:
"All right I! We II take water in future
We like it. We took it in Danville. w
have paid our respects to the noble Jeems
to-day Death tie John Barleycorn' an,
opium We do not fellowship them. Blu
they ought not to be slandered. Our heat
was level-it is still level We want it lai,
level when we die. Read card in Rich
| mond papers OF 7th inst. Respectfully,
! N. w. WILSON,"
Richmond, July 9th, 1874.