Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1874-07-17
THE REV: DR.. WILSON SCANDAL.

A MOST MYSTERIOUS CASE-REPLY OF
THE DANyILLE sTIMEs''-THE UN-
PUBLISHED CERTIFICATES RECEIVED
BUT NOT PRINTED BY THE RICHMOND
INVESTIGATING CLERGYMEN.
&c. &C., &c.
The Danyille "Timeso contains re-
ply to the card of Rev. DIR. N. w. Wilson,
and publishes certificates obtained by Rev.
Messrs. Burrows and Sands in Danville,
fish. 1t is one of the most remarkable
cases that ever occurred in Virginia, OF,
perhaps, in this country. We give the az
ticle below, hoping it will be the last of a
most painful subject.
[From the Danville Chimes, ''Ju ne1Sth.1
We had hoped THAI the object of Dr.
Burrows and Mr.. Sands in coming to DAN
vile was to ascertain if there was not
room to doubt that DR.. Wilson delivered
such an address as we charged that he did,
and it, moreover, there was anything OBJ
jectionable in his hummer of delivery; but
1T appears that their sole object was to as
certain the identity of the words used OH
the occasion. They state this to be their
sole object, and it is re ltered still more
palpable by the fact that they did not pub
lish the certificates which they obtained.
The whole result of their visit to DAN
vile, so FIR as we have been able to ascer-
tain, was the obtaining Of three certiti-
Gates, as follows:
The first
1--WE. the undersigned, certify that we
verify believe the foregoing address, read
in our hearing, is the language of the ad--
dress delivered by the Rev. DR.. Wils ssS,r7 De
fore the Roanoke Female College on the
10Th of June 1874"
l- The second .:-
ssWe believe this to be the language used
by Dr. Wilson, with the interlineations
added; but regret to feel it our duty to
add, that the tone, gestures, and grlmaces
| with which 1T was delivered, WERE such as
to render it offensive to any chaste and re-
fined audience"
The third:
Il hereby certify that the lecture as read
in my hearing by Dr. Burrows, contained
the same words as were used by Dr. Will
| son in his address before the young ladies
of Roanoke Female College; but [ will
further state that there was as much IN
peculiarstress which accompanied some
of the expressions used, the emphasis with
Whleh he 9WelI oA cei e..in Molu s.,, a,au
,'i o f. +ha sans;h;l;tias nf M;s andience
90 90 thora was in The words themselves. ),
GO ~ - ~ .;e.. ~ s;x =,
whom had stoned the certificate endorsing
our article, and not one of them retracted
an iota of what he had stated by his en-
dorsation. But some of them, AS the GER
tifcateS show, were unwilling to put thell
names to any paper in regard to the m t.
ter, without adding at the same time THAI
the manner was offensive.
1t thus appears That Dr. wilson dld nol
wish that the public Should be informed o.
all the facts. Hence he Kept back pof
ton OF the testimony,
1t appears, moreover, that there We're
interllneatlons; that Or. w llson USED some
words III delivering ms address Whlch were
not In the manuscript, why uid ne no
state that fact we THINK the lnIerllnea
tons were important; Du1 II Ne bnougn.
oIle, wlIG oo r j.. dne for
Inc PuollG might Juuse aoi o e,
nis 10 Ia sn +. nr,1ar tha
i,he public might decide as to whether tn,
Rapfist ministers were right or wrong il
andore;no r.
~, VIZ.
-. iiso'i '"ye
my preference would DC w peaf uiiStep
fesentatlon IN silence, &C.
We did not msrepresent him. INT
charge we brought against him was PROVED
by fifty-six credible witnesses.
Again:
..of tha;, ou,, ~, ,t;o, md aoa;nat M,
;,an,n , ,l,au itl,e n,;n;starsl nranarei
Juu NINA. ~ t ti,s %, \ nar1 npsit;vaI,
d dnu inn' tho ,hn,.aas y
10y lAe WV ..'. o.. ;,+ 40 por
| IL was against our 1uQyMeUU. LOO. Lei
maps ne WAS sdtlsiieo' peiore ne In Dali
vile, TN ne hau ouLtaseu publ y. sent
neiit anu Ias1e, anu C'iaU tlie iio' Iii1 1u ~
Ject WAS agiOalt', Ctle Wise ~ "o' sa ~
lof uiln: D''C, l.vihs sppleii to enuo. 90
lion VI .en oh'lsIian sei 81 - s'' ~
scholars, IL appears ne leiieu upoal !. =;
selsl1ln liilnse.i "sa,lL.e WIZ" d,l;,d n
~ VINO llefhiu ''le a'a;ii ee' ~ ,,i;,. 40
Ilf'I WIS ilot sulloitnU nc uu'',,o uo
mahaeo C'ie puoiicae'oh VI 'iie Hall
scflpI.
''These criticisms I? were sustained 0.
q certificate OF some OF the persons "h'
heard the address"
This remark suggests to us to state tina
other Signatures Could have been obtaine,
at the time, and have since been added t.
our list of professors but we though
fifty-six were sufficient If the gentleman
is not satisfied. we can furnish more testi
mony, And if he objects to our selectins
them all from Danville, we will refer hun
to two ntlenien IN Richmond, one Il
Lynchbarg, and others from different p3rt
OF this county, all OF whom heard lf.sW IL
son, an expressed their decided dlsappro
we hold f. ' at. the neo,e Of Dmvile are a.
GOOD indoes If matters Of taste and pro
n n as anv other reonlp no matte
where tiley may be found. We may alst
state that our four ministers of the
Baptist church were present when the ad
dress was delivered, and we have hearo
that every one of them condemn it.
The fact is, after all that has been said