Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1880-02-07
Corrections Corrected.

for January Gath seems to have
served purposes for which 1t was
was not intended, viz: to afford a
promising young lawyer a chance
to "rig" the editor Of the Mercury
and at the same time advertise
himself quite adroitly In the spirit
If not In the words or his brother
chip, Marks, in "Uncle Toms
Cabin" who was in the habit Of
saying, "l'm a ld,cyer, you know
For an intelligent young barris-
ter, basking in the professional
rays of the Nestor of the Berkeley
Bar, the light Of that always care
full otter of authority, / fear he Is
not making good use of his oppor-
tunities. If he ia he could hardly
seize upon the sentence in my crit
icism of the Mercury's silence as to
what my critic himself described,
In effect, as dreadful stage
risk, (which reads, II understand
the editor to claim that the INDIE
PENDENT's account, which is set
down to Mr.. Duckwall, was over
drawn and sensational and
thereupon charges this correspon-
dent with having, for slack of the
spirit of charity. given to the pub
tic the impression that my critic
was twas responsible for an over
drawn and sensational account
&C To use very expressive
slang phrase, that was "too thin,"
my young professional brother, to
deceive readers who had seen my
letter! Finally, / do not think
the editor of the Mercury needs
your interference as to what you
misrepresentingly style my Gin
situations" because abundantly
able to fight his own battles with
out your unretained aid.
Now as to the other correction.
He has seized upon my letter as
pretext for a similar end to that
of his legal colleague whom, by
the way, he has so completely dis
tanced in the line of misrepresen-
tations-of lanGuaGe and snpplies OF
Imaginary motives on my part, as
to suggest that the world lost a
capital lawyer, las the people esti-
mate their too common qualities)
when my clerical critic was au-
thorized to represent the cause of
one whose respect for the profess
sion In his time was not very pro-
.ound, Let US see If / am war.
ranted In saying this?
Fist of all, with my letter before
his eyes Ia copy Of which he knew
| sent to him, though he sup.
presses the fact because, perhaps,
It would have contradicted the un-
friendly animus he wished to as
sign me) he charges me with "try-
ing to make the church of the
United Brethren In Christ and the |
Evangelical Association look very
Insignificant. while he (I) passed |
eulOgies on some OF the other |
Let o. see what language he has |
perverted to make out, lawyer
like, the charge he set down. ap-
to establish against me,
of being inlmical to his denomi-
Here Is the gist OF my
article, which he makes IL neces-
sary for me to reproduce:
'sThe two organization last named do
not dider essentially with the Methodists.
And yet while weak In numbers and fee
Bile (here) each holds q campmeeting every
year, the same ~ the Methodists. II has
been suggested that these similarly be-
lieving and similarly operating bodies
join teams, to use q stiking farm me "a
phor, and hold one grand conjoint camp
meeting, lasting, say two weeks, with
the agreement that the converts shall be
left free to join whichever church they
feel most attracted to-"
Is there anything lnvidious, or
any "euIogy OF other churches III
that? It seems to me, to quote q
common fling at the profession, IL
would take q Philadelphia lawyer
TO make 1t so appear. 1t certainly
Is not In my notice OF the Berke-
ley-born Sunday-school teachers
and Of the church ediflce wherein
. congregation or my own denona-
inati0n, the Presbyterians. wor-
ship. / add that ] do not regret
having automatically given thIs
worthy young minister II will
venture to say this spite OF bis
strange perversion of my language
and misrepresentation Of my feel
lngs towards n denomination b
large ndmber Of whose members I
am happy TO class among my per-
sonal friends) an opportunity to
show the strength OF his denOmi-
nation In Morgan and set forth his
own work in begetting it-for I