The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1882-04-08
Rev. Vaughan Smith Explains.
WHY HE WOULD NOT ACCEPT TiiEhProIN
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WHY HE WOULD NOT ACCEPT THEArroIST-
MESr TO DEALS ISLAND.
! A great deal having been said il relation
| to the declination of the Rev Vaughan
! Smith, to take the appointment at Deal $
I Island, to which he was assigned by the
/ late Wilmington Conference, of the NJ. T..
/ Church, we give space to The following let
ter addressed hy that gentleman to the
| Wilmington NcorS, which carries its rXpla-
nation with ii.
To nc Editor al the Ncrniar Nctr&-Sr ::
/ 1t is true, Your Salisbury correspondent
asserts. that he Rev. Vaughan Smith ''re
fused 10 go t" Deals l>a:ld, and il is also
true that | said certain things in Il letter 10
a man named Levin Anderson which seems
to have l,rudJced quite Il stir among The
good people of Salisbury distuct.
refused to 90 to Deals Island because Of
the Inconvenience of the move and because
| had already Travelled the circuit for four
years TWO years as junior preacher, two
years rs preacher in charge and was ap
pointed to I he district as Presiding Elder for
four years. | had during the war & WIS
then residing near Salisbury the great sat
iSf.;ction of sending IL certain NJ ID. to the
fort for sending quinne TO the rebel" over
the bay, and my whole course during the
war called down and still calls down the
ohlurga1lonS ri rhe people of that conmun-
ity. so that brother preacher remarked 10
me So You have Il number of warm friends
i'll Princess Anne circuit, but YOU are the
best hated man | ever knew
Now, while there. are men Oh Deal Island
whose kindness and love shall cherish in
my memory until death, was indiSp"Sed
to subject myself to The storm that knew
had beat upon me growing out of the i'm
piacable hatred OF those men. So when the
conference adiorrn-a informed I'r. Mat
lack, the Presiding Elder of Wilmington
District, that would not go 20 Deals Is
land.
\ day or Two after ! arrived home re-
ccired u letter from man whom did NOT
know or had forgotten, stating in substance
that | would be met with Il great deal OF
rtiutiice: that | had many enemies. etc
and Il great deal that the chirography 1or-
babe the understanding, and winding up
with Jnrei1ul cItortnftoa to PM my trust
in the Lord, etc. | wrote back 10 him that
| had some ,lear friends there whom loved
and respected but for the - rebels and trail
tors" whom | supposed We're the prtiudc
ed ones | neither cared nor feared, and that
ii they had had their deserts they should
have been hung. Now all This " fuss has
grown out of The ohiiGuify and ignorance OF
u poor creature who had not the sense of
proprieEy to withhold the contents of II pr!-
yate and confidential letter from the public
This is the " head and tront' Of my offend
ing.
In conclusion allow me to say that have
no apologies, to make, and simply make
this statement that the whole thing may be
stopped, and no matter what may he written
or said ON the subject, ut least shall ba 81
lent. Respectfully,
VAUGHAN SMITH.
L. S-Had known or suspected that this
little spark would have kinded :" great Il fire
l should have preserved Levin Anderson ;
very edifying epi>tie, the first Of which at.
Ter reading went into the lire, the second
Went in the same direction, and Yet remains
unread.
Corner Seventh and Pine streets, Whining
ton, April t. 1882.