The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1879-11-13

| from Mother Roommei Ii from the
las, You are responsible for giving il
prb Ice notice.
What time was IN your city | wa.
= euO,criber for you paper-dnd tryed
to como uct myselfe as a worthey-and
respectable citiZn.
And | am now of the opinion that
never Said, word against yOur Pub
lice or private character-Gnd that
never give reason, for you to ssy aught
| against mine.
Will you hace the Kindness to Elk
plane to me personally?
Respectfully
w. E. MCCARTY
Lock box No
Princeton
Indiana.
October Goth 1870.
When the good man would he ex-
ceediDgly kind, he spells "gents" with
an 'e," msking the word exceedingly
soft and effeninste. He spells ''fud''
with an ''e" after the style of the oil
Puritan, who also used "y" instead of
ST." making it "fynde" and brother
McCartv should stick to the original
text. When he uses the word explain,
he Omits the 81" and adds an ''e, -
indicative of Mss sharpness. We
have read of "Some Rumor," but
never of her as Mother Roommer."
Bro. Nc. may be one of her believed
offsprings but he himself is of an en-
lnently matronly aspect, and of soft,
sweet, sanctimonIous voice and man
ner that covereth, as with petticoat, a
multitude of sins. We heard the story,
and not from Bro. Biush, as Rev.
McCarty supposes, and aucept any
responsibility incident to its publica-
ton. But Bro. Nc. missionary sent
out to enlIghten the benighted South
should not spell responsible" with
an "a" chucked into the middle of It,
or add an sep to the English word
"public," making it a L9tln adverb.
But then, Bro. Nc. seeks to show his
Infinite learning through these col
umns. Instead of saying "what time
| was in your city," etc., he should
have said ''when," or ''duriDg the
period OF my residence in
Austin, and no preacher who as
cends the pulpit to instruct Others
should spell ''tried" Vitha "y," and
while we do not doubt that it was a
''tr''y"al" for Nc, as he insists, to
conduct himself''e"-he always adds
the sc" to his effeminste self-as a re-
spect "c"able ''citizIn." We cannot
laud his success until he has shown
fitness for the task he undertook and
office he filled.
But it is quite needless to advert
to singular and countless beauties of
the Rev. gentleman's letter. 1t shows
what sort of pious broadLorn. barbar-
Gus cattle are sent as missionaries into
these Southern abodes of ignorance to
reform and reconstruct and then go
back and villify and abuse the people
of the South. They are honest. of
course, and will not steal red-hot
stoves, but will steal church if left
lying around loose by the fortunes of
war. They come here and beg money
to build negro churches, and when we
have given and have never refused,
they go North, as did Bro. Brush, to
that Gomorrah, Chicago. and, telling
the immaculate saints that we thwart
rather than promote negro christisnizs-
ton, they levy tribute upon the sec
tIonal and political prejudices of the
North excited to fever heat by these
pious MISSIONARIES of Christ's gospel.
Oil it makes an honest Christians
heart sick to contemplate the knave-
ries to which party spirit and section
al hates drive even Christ's followers.
nd yhsk foil
and hate is this which impels Northern
intelligence to send into the South as
teacher and reformer such an imper-
sonation of stupidity and ignorance as
the author of this letter signed w. E.
McCarty.
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