Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-01-19
MEpWAY.

MIDWAY, Jan. 10. I've nave no knOWt-
edge whatever Of grammar and even our I'M
agination Of It is very limited. Although
while walking along our village street after
the arrival OF the GLOBE-REPrBLIc, We
were reminded Of our unfortunately few
school days, when we heard some of the
scholars repeat black, blaeker, blacklist, and
mad, nader madest oh, dear. We mo-
ticed some of the faces turned the opposite
side of the street from us, while we imag-
ined others had, from some cause or for
some reason or other, grown crUsseyed. and
that we had from some unaccountable
freak of nature been-accidentally, too
dropped i:ss..e Africa II was evident here
that the object of their wrath to come had
now been found. We have heard OF place
where there would he weeping and wailing
and gnashing Of teeth. and for the time be-
ing our imagination tried to persuade us
that this was the place. We have never be
lieved for some time that this was q place
Of that kind of earth. Oh! the names; no
person should have any desire 10 have 50
many names almost spontaneously thrust
upon him. Nice names, too. for coming
from nice men they were but a natural con-
sequence. Such name a. --. But
here ourcOnseienee tells out Of respect for
our mother, don't repeat them; nor do we
want to mOnOpolize whole newspaper
Our parents were poor folks. and cOnse-
quently could AFFORD to give us but one
name. Now. try to imagine our situation
when we were called upon to carry such q
load of conglomerated yituperation from
persons who dare not ask an intelligent
public 10 justify these actions. We tried to
be discouraged and not write sny more: but
the happy thought and pleasant recollection
of our martyr president, Garfield, who said
II there is any one man who we should love
more than another II Is that man who can
stand up before the devil and call him the
devil We here took courage and thought
Of Bull Run. Antietam. Fredericksburg,
ChancellOrsville, Gettysburg and other
places Of unpleasantness and that
We had been for the last
twenty years been attempting to vote
refused. There we took courage again and
concluded we were still citizen and that
We owed duty 10 our God. our country
and our family.
The first accusation We will answer Is
that we are induced through personal ami
mostly to pursue the course we are purs,i-
ing. This we fatty and most emphaticaily
deay. We are acting In good faith and
from the standpoint Of . citizen who con-
siders II his duty 10 assist in building UP
rather than tearing down the best interests
Of the community In which he Sses. We
are accused Of misrepreseRting the number
Of stores that are opened and In which bus
iness las they call III II done on Sunday.
We intended that only those persons should
wear the shoe whose foot the shoe would fit
and We are obliged. under the circumstances,
to use our utmost endeavors to make the
shoe pinch the sore spots on the foot. They
next tell us that II our churches and Sunday
schools were made more attractive than
other paaces our people would he more like
ly to attend them. We are not Sunday
school superintendent nor Q member Of any
church, but we believe that il to make
preaching and Sunday schools more attract
i've it Is necessary 10 set up bar or pool ta-
BILE and . beer keg then the time Is not yet
We are under the painful obligation Of hear
ing that our preachers and churches are do
ing more harm than our saloons. and that
our saloons here are iu,t Is decent as any
other. We would simply ask. Who ever
saw decent saloon? And Is to the harm
our preachers and churches are doing. we
viii simply appeal 10 the Judgment Of all
good citizens Of this or any other cOmmu-
nifty o. 10 the assertion, and even 10 the |
parties themselves, u thy have not lost all
respect for themselvs and their mothers re-
ligiOn. They tell us. too. that there is moth |
ing done nor said while they are In caucus
that Is detrimental to ouFpublic schools. We
are told. however, that some poor. deludcd
souls are made TO believe that the greater
portion Of eur tax Is caused by the super |
vision OF our schools, of which we will
write more ct length in the future. They |
tell US We were cewardly for not signing |
our right name. In our opinion that would
show bad raising, and We hope that before
we get through with this job, they will see |
how much Of our anatomy Is backbone and |
nand. We are hot doing this for mere |
pleasure, but consider 1t the duty Of all |
pod citizens TO stand, elbows touching |
md united, In crushing, peaceable, II we
can. and lawfully. II we must, 80 nefarious |
md irrespective cenditiOn Of things
among US. As ever,
KARI