Orangeburg news and times. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1875-1877, 1876-10-07
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A CARD.

HAVING Teau an artlclc I'LL Inc
last issue of the "Frec Ctizc,t Of
Orahgcbtirg s. e., that was intended
to Cast fidicble upon respected
c.cfgyfHan, I felt it a duty to call
upon Mr. 2. A. Webster of that
paper, and cnquired if q certain
gentleman (whom 1 named,) was the
the party to whom the item Of ridi.
cule referred, and demanding reply
in writing, l have received it fro nj
Mr.. Webster as follows:
ORANGEBURo, S. G..
Oct, 4th 1876.
j. Hermann Hidh'ttrs:
SIR
Your note says, "In your iseue Of
Saturday last, | observed m allusion
to minister of the Gospel which it is
generally believed had refererce to
the Rev. -- pastor of the
church.
desire to know whether said i'm
preston is correct or not. An ans
wer will oblige."
I'm reply would state that am
in no way responsible for ',aid i'm
preston" It might be we'll to ask
those that assert that "said impress
ion is correct" for their authority. I
for one am quite ready to stand by
my assertion that I have made in
reference to the matter in question.
AS no personal allusion was made to
Mr. in the last issue Of the
Citizen l do not now propose to make
it personal by stating to you that I
was informed that the Rev.
wa9 the minister Of the Gospel that
had the conversation with colored
man to which reference was made in
tho last issue of the Citizen, nor that
he was not the minister in question rs
reported to me, nor whether knew
who that minister wns."
He claims thas he is MT rcspon-
siblc for the impression made BY the
article, and that he is ready .ostand
by any assertion he made. caiin
that as public journalist he is re-
sponsiblc for impressions, when they
are printed even ever SO nmbiguously
rs to assail member of the clergy,
who is powerlcss by reason Of his
vows to resent ridicule Again
he claims that he neither will
or will not say that he referred to tho.
gentleman in question. IIers-,fle
uses the s,phffihstry ,phffihstry Of the special
fPfcadcr to cover up under the
guise of independence the slur he at.
tempted to cast.
II he were gentleman. lie would
not.liave lodged the issue in this
manner 1snt kns wing nothing of the
convcntionnltics o. Southern society
and less offs virtues, he seems con
tent to occupy the position Of slandcr.
er and coward combined. This is moi
the first time that T.. a.. Webster has
lnsulted the respected clergy ofthis
County: nor is it Tie one lu,rlre,lth
time that he has ri'iculcd its white
people. To make him oscillate bc-
tween the boot and the cowhidc
would probably result in o trial be-
fore his august Court rs Trial JUS
tice. 10 bruise his body would give
him chance to raise the bloody
shirt. So l have come to the con
clusion to pronounce him and his
villninous crew arrant cowards and
beneath the uttermost contempt of
honorable men the world over. But
for this fact | should persue differ
ent course.
I regard his reply as n shuffling 6
evasion of my demand. believe
that the article was printed with the
writer's Usual partizan zeal, to defame
this community, and even if possible
to stain the fair names Of our clergy.
l believe the author of it capable of
traducing the most blameless citi-
zens, and his course recently as
seen by his sheet shows that
even the pulpit is maligned by him.
When men cannot press POLITICAL
claims without stopping so low
as this, they earn that supreme
contempt that attaches to willing
slanderers, and which sinks them to a