Connecticut western news., 1880-02-11
.That .sOther Side."

ED. NEws:-I have not infrequently known letter writers to indulge in bit of irony al the expense of delinquent correspondent, in this wise 'I now seat myself to answer your letter which I never received"-but new. CT have known:a personto gravely reply to an argument never put forth. An article in your last issue captioned "The Other Side, ' strikes me, as well as other dsinterested per sons, as being simply a 'reply" to nothing, and altogether worthy of it's precedent. "X.'' says: "YoI have heard great deal on one side of the. question" If the article was in- tended as an open letter to an interested in- divldual, it should have been. so designated, but the absence of such designation would imply that it was for the editication of the NEWS readers in general and I, for one have not heard or seen the "great deal" on the lone side" in your columns nor is it my ob
 ject to present at this time, the ''one side'' spoken of, although I fully appreciate the value of your journal as an impartial medium for the discussion of such questions.
 "X." starts off with the announcement that he is about to explode "a few of the many ] facts upon the other side;" then losses a lump of taffy 10 "the many friends of MT Reid,' and soothes their trembling fears with the paregorica1 assurance that "there is no desire to ihjure Mr. Reid" Oh, mol we are just bubbling oyer With good will and hearty sym pathy for hhm, and manifest our cordial spirit in raking up these flew of the many facts up- on the other side" for the purpose of :Preiudcing candid public; far from it! but simply to express our unutterable good will =, The fist thunderbolt is the 'fact' that "ten or twelve families in the church and, SO, ciety feel that they are not receiving any good from the present ministration." This statement would carry more weight if X would locate, or even express 8 willingness to enumetate the ten or twelve families in question, but he wisely refrains from commit ting himself to that extent; and doubts have been expressed if he can enumerate more than ten or twelve individuals of the class i'm piled SO affected, unless he counts those re. te-red to in a recent correspondence from his vicinity which said there are IS families Tn a certain district who do not attend any church. ..
 s'Outside work" comes handy to "fll inn'' with the t'facts upon the other side," but to those acquainted with the" circumstances. it only serves to strengthen their faith in Ks deep seated desire not to injure MT. Reid.
 -;Ie attempts to make point of the fact, that Mr. Reid said at one time that he would consider it providence if his people would release him ;" and that later he announc- ed his willingness to remain as pastor. and accept of a less sum than the agreed amount of his salary. As understand the circum- stances, they are these: MT. Reid, after his resignation had been rendered, remarked in conversation with friend, that if it was the desire of a majority of his people, that he should rema with them he would do so, and if they felt they were unable to pay his pres- ent salary, would take, less. To my mind. this is the very essence of fairness and practi-