The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1880-11-24
4. VI. WHETsToNE.
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Committee.

MR. EpIToR.-We propose % turn Yam
kee for little season and answer part oi
"G's" article in the last issue of the Demo
cra, BY asking him q few questions after
which we shall give his letter such general
attention as time and circumstance may "a
Sor.
We uttered nothing but the truth in our
article Of October s. as every right minded
citizen of Berlin knows, and as We are
abundantly able TO prove. Then what was
your motive in replying through the col
umns Of the Democrat Who appointed you
spokesman Of the Rebel Democracy Of Ber-
lin ? Did you see another decline in the al
ready rapidly waning cause of Hancock and
Cofroth, and feel impelled 10 try 10 bolster
it up by telling the people Of this county
that it was all lie, and that the RepubIi-
cans themselves pinned the notice on the
door OF DR.. Brollier's business block or did
you own iDordiuant desire to see yourself in
print induce you to reply Did you sup
pose that your lying and missrepresenIa-
tons would stand the test of reason and
common sense? That was not the first time
nor has it been the last that you made an
ass OF yourself by lying through your favor
tic medium. Did you want to convince the
people that you, together with all the Ber-
lin Democrats, have strong attachment
for the Union; that you condemned the
disfiguring our houses II so, why didn't
you say so? There are A. good and true
Democrats in this town az elsewhere; and
if you say that in either of our articles we
included all, you lie in whole cloth, and all
who have read them know.it. Thus you
stand convicted as Il public liar BY your own
words Again. have you, together with the
Ku-KluY and rebel portion of Berlin Demo
Gratis, who felt themselves aggri eyed by our
first article, Like Wade Hampton, down
and far reaching for the Union ?" II you
have, are you quite sure that, like him, over
and above, underneath, and all around that
down and far reaching, SO As TO complete
Is smother it lie the principles for which
Lee and Jackson Fought Answer these
questions in plain words. and then perhaps
some people may believe tina; you were, in
measure al least sincere. None but those
whom the shoe fits were at all oifended'by
our first article. If it fit you. wear it Mr.
&C" What DO all your pretensions Of 10y
atty amount TO 50 long as you Try 10 excise
every dastardlY, yillianous act of the South
ern traitors and Northern sympaihizers.
. Though you utter high sounding words,
and your pen indites long sentences in IA
vor OF the Union, We believe that, at heart
some of you are rebels, and would rather
see the South triumph than the Republican
party.
Nov you have All opinion in plain, une-
quiyocal Language. Do you know what we
mean now 2 Whenever you come out bold
ly, frankly and fully, and denounce the in
famous crimes committed by the Southern
traitors, and the attempts Of Northern SYM
pathizers TO ape them whenever you show
by your words and deeds that you desire the
boys in blue to have the preference in places
Of honor and trust in short, whenever you
prove TO the loyal Republicans that you &C
cord them the honor of saving the Republic
from dissolution, and that they alone de-
serve TO be retained in power until every
necessary war measure has been forever set
tied, then, and only then may you expct
people TO believe you. REPupLIcAs.