Milford chronicle., 1883-06-22

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@ cmplain you would have been ush'
er, into the light Of truth.
2. Your spOndent Of last week,
whoever he may be, and we challenge
him 10 give his name, saws, THE let
: ter In the Moraing Nsa5s it is generally
believed was written by our school
teacher and Mr.. Wilson, in the latter's
study on Saturday night"
This statement while more amusing
than insulting to the parties concerned
is calculated to create a very false inn
preston abroad. He says, 1T is the
general beliefn 1t may be among the
few that are believed TO be his partners
IN the matter. But by no means is il
the general belief Of the community,
for many had never thought nf it be-
fore the issue of your paper But even
if il were ,that would not make it true.
no more so than the belief that day is
night would produce darkness. 1t is
simply false, and is the product of a
MOI bid mind with whOsOeveT it Origi-
mated. We don't know that IL is uee-
essary for US to ''swear" it is untrue,
/ tut if it were, we would both do il feel
1 ing assured that God would willingly
/ reciprOcate the kiss bestowed upon His
\ Word so far from debating to the
writer of that article we did not even
| know the contents of his letter, nor
was he in our study until after he had
written and had mailed it, He asked
US on the street If we objected to his
writing and we gave him the permis-
sion. But not even then did we in
| form him of single point we would
have mentioned. This, Sir, is a fair
sample of the information you have
received and published.
8. After kindly referring to those
whom you had consulted and who had
spoken in our favor, you then say,
son the other hand, one of the parties
who gave us the original information
Saws; that he is perfectly willing to
swear that the points as stated in our
editorial were made by Mr.. Wilson in
his sermon, and that the speaker said
much more of a similar import with
reference to demagOgues who stirred
up civil strife; that Mr.. Wilson
said that General Grant would never
have been heard of, referring to presi-
Dental demagOgues who rehped the
benefit of the war, had ii not been for
certain battle. Fort Donaldson he
thinks J
So far as the willingness of this in
former and parties here. TO swear to
all or part your editorial contained,
must be remembered that there are
others Just as willing to swear TO the
opposite. So that it is simply q differ
ence of Oaths, of few and many
And now to test their prOfessed will
lingness to swear, we propose that they
appear before a squire aud make their
solemn afiidaVits, and we will appear
before a squire and make ours, and
that their affidavits appear in one is
sue of your paper.and our affidaVits APP
pear in the next, or both in one. But
before these afIidavils are taken per-
nit me to caution the one above quoted
as to how he swears with reference
this renewed information, for we are
now on solid ground. No less per-
son than VIM. Townsend ESQ.,, than
whom we can cite no better, informs
us that he remembers distinctly the
connection in which General Grant
was mentioned and only mentioned.
1t was under the first historical cause
Of the rebellion, viz: THE different
constructions placed upon the national
constitution"
In the discussion of this we re-
marked that all great men were born
of great crises. That there would have
been no WELLINGTON without a Water
loo; no Washington without q York
town no Grant without a Petersburg
and no Webster aud Hayne aud no
Clay, Randolph or Calhoun, without
this question which called forth their
powers.
The name, much less the matter of
demsgOgues, was not mentioned until
the last point under historical causes. |
There were no less than three dis
tinct and separate points that inter
vened between these two, and each one
was discussed at length. How any
man "uf sound Judgment and educa-
ton" as in another klace you claim he
is, can thus confuse things in his
mind, con he accounted fOrOn no other
ground than that; unlike Mr.. Ander-
son. he not only slept, but dreamed
and Therefore, instead of being relied |
upon, while Mr.. A AndersOn is set aside, |
he is less competent and more dam
gerOus witness. For we have not only |
to suffer for what be misses, but for
what, in time OF dream, he fabricates. |
A further confirmation that he |
dreamed lies in the fact that he speaks |
of the battle OfFOrt Donaldson, q battle |
that we can prove we did not mention /
We do not doubt his integrity, which /
is also affirmed, for a man may have
this and little else, but that he was
awake and at the same time man of
sound Judgment and edueatiOn," we
doubt.
A. You say: "Tn reply to our let
ter asking for information concerning
the sermon, prominent citizen OF
Frederica wrote us, &c.
Hntry a ra we the rlV1lnIin IN Lnnuy
he is prominent? Some persons have
the power of impressing strangers, or
persons whom they meet occasionally
with their Importance, while those at
hOme, who know them best, have no
such exaggerated notions Of thei
standing We know some people Ofl
this character. If he will give bis
name then we may judge. Aud is it
not prjma .facie evidence when he with
holds his name that he is not prOmi-
nent? Would a prominent man, made {
such by worthy apd noble acts, en-
gage in such low work, withhold i
his name and lurking IN the dark, 6
worse than the Phoenix Park assas-
Iins, run 10 risk of being caught?
Nay, never But you say it was not c
necessary then. He IL too cOWardly '
o give it now. He knows too we'll q
nat the ban and curse Of an incensed O
would rest upon his guilty ii
oul Out from the darkness demon.
f there be left in your veins enough '
Dure blood to animate your beingl
S. You play upon the testimony of !
he respectable men whose names and !,
words appear in the CHRONICLE and .
or a slight or great difference in the Il
of two, set all aside. You Il
play on the fact of their h
Won cav they are all d