The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1875-12-24
BISHOP HAvEN's BLUNDER.
lie Gives AN Account or his Bos-
Ton Spcech--GraDt Not Kenoni-
mated. bat the Brethren Asked
To Pray for Him.

To Pray for Him.
Prom the New rork Tribune lsih.
To INV Enron: The Portland fire,
caused by lad with match ia sur
passed by the newspaper comnagrltion
caused 10y the slight event that occurred
Ia Boston rcrcnilv. Having read this
afternoon the quotations in YOUR issue
uf Yesterday from the Philadelphia Item.
wa highly graIifed with the dramatic
giii or the reporter What a Shakes
prare j. lost ia fhi- unknown iiemizer
dislike io mar So pretty tale. bni the
truth Of history compcl- ne To break
he hrauiiful bubble
. That paper satS | spoke "iwu hours. =
md ihru "ihe speaker raised l.lnscif
upon his ieoi - ii 10 look around about
and above tie Na-i audience beipFg. him =
and in loud. sirniorinn ionc-" male
ihs dreadful announcement Il i'.rc-
with, in tho naln- uf ilis- American pco-
ole and true thri~iianiis. noti.. fe
lNs-r> =. Grant. oui present wtr'iiy
PRECEDENT. 10 u third ierh in ihe afN Nre
iui ilse President Of The tnigc1 Siaic-
Ihi- l. :" far frpM i'lr iiufu f.iat weFc
not The lace II tie Tribune ~ painfully
-"l' nan over IL one could hardly refia %
from laughter. Mn,r lAr.iiaDle still Is
li- rop"rirh action oi ihc meeting.
Nearly every toire in that vat audience
lnf pru."nud .'-iIoiars aud venerable
ministers replied. n IL wiia oLc breath.
second iii- nominaiiuI.-
/. Need tell YOU thai ihi- - ne complete
IL fancy Skcicii - sn, gariet poncil-ar,isi
ever drew : 4 hc nanrri of the >peakc..
amd The con,lu'i ~ hi-. hrsrrrs rould not
hivc been nIurr unlrulN put. A. Won
save iakru 90 fiImrh interest In the litiir
Event. aliuw mr ln .iye ilr very few
fart from which Ih. gorgeous picture
- painted.
( u J. the custom - onr prrarlrr-
nir"iing~ ." invite Ils-ir yi-iiors to max :,
"n'c remarks "n fhr -uhirrts Will,
Which those vi~l'rr~ are familiar. 4
wrs thus requested 10 .pcsk upon the
south. Tic invii~iinu WAS several
w'-ck> old. Nv "u ga.' m~nt- had pre-
'cnirh my hcmg prc>eutsi any previous
meeting after the invitation hal been
N-rad''i. did nOt Expect 10 speak
ha' mnrnin.. Professor Wcll>. by
>i'rrial arrangement. had the floor. 4,
VA thr announcement at his speech.
made lhc vsrnlii. before fo a crowded
'isdIenrc at Mn~T i'nl.. that drew the
multitude. Nj lii, person. In the
h"u.c knew that i,-d ba,.n invited. AMI
haihiN one ci ih''>r expected me to
-i"ak. ! eHlne o. iii, church pear the.
"t"-' oi the aiidi'>~. Win 40 intention
90 speaking. Ailrr i.c Professor was
through. ihr audience, it.--,n in a li>pcr>c.
he President called ne omt. The
pieac'i-r-. -oine iiiis nr 80 Two il.n-l
ir'd 90 hiatt that t'nnhrr vrrc prr..ut
a. any iimr.j snd n hundred or Two of,
The p"oplr nj down I stepped io the
honi. di'i moi s>rcnd The ptipii platform
aud net taking oh ~, avcrrofi. smoke A
few morl>s IL was Two or threc min
u'es pasi Twelve " lea I began. and
twenty minutes pa>t whcm | sat down.
nniiccsl Tie clock both times. The
1--WE hours thus dw indies 10 eighteen
minutes. 30 dwimdi'-s ,hc whole affair.
! poke 90 The loyali, "T men OF color
:" cur nation. OF III. large membership
10 our hnrrh in the south: of cur,
.'uty "a Church TO bc true 10 these. our
brethren. ~ they would be to u.
quoted Mr.. WILSON, dvin. remark. that
the next political battle would be fought.
hut "n The same questions as beiOre--i
liberty and union.
then added: 1T we throw over
our present ruler. " ho las saved us once.
We shall rue IL. 1t.i quotation i cor
rrcily made 10y The Item reporter. and
j. The only correct item in his " hole. ac-
rount 30 Tar ~ II rrlniTs To my acts or
words. never said or dreamed vi saw
INK that siiltcd speech with stretched m
iurm and rolling eye~--"I herewith" Sr
whirh lac puts into my mouth. I did
add. however. which lac chooses 10 for
get aud What was The only peculiar
word That J uttered: PRAY. br, tbr.u.
Tor the denomination of President
'rrani. That wss AZ I snid. ! never
him. a lie papers had IL.
The Traveller. thHuk. quoted me cor
rccily. asked the brethren 10 prav
for The denomination. This I had
perfect right To do; right as a citizen.
~ Christian. ~ a minister. ~ man. 4
The brethren made no such stillrd re-
spouse a. u Represented. Some re-
Spon'lrd. Methodist fashion, bv ancns;
some by the Ie,s Methodist fashion OF
aud clappiug. How many re-
,pondcd know mol Afterward they
approved, by n rising vote. NV words
How much that vote included | don't
know.
This is the whole Of the scene. II
wa. not, as you sug 1esi. "a put up Job
expected IL. did not EXPECT
To say IL when | arose. | did intend 10
IA nj IN nj sssls A., A.. n