Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1888-03-22
the word 'stingy. Webster thus

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and covetous; msanly avaricious;
|niggardly; narrow hearted, as
stingy church (4) All right, Dr.,
I'll take il back. You sAid stingy,
thatis, you said sths heaviest club
with which the society men could
strike the anti-society men, was
the stinginess some Of them mAni~
tested towards contributing 70 the
spread of the gospel Good!
Yours forever and ever against
stinginess.n
Please notice: CD He says thxt
what he said I said, and what
said I said, was a distinction With
out a difference, thus reafiirming
his statement. CD He says, that
he made the statement from mem-
ory; but whom he made the state-
ment he said without any qualiH-
cation whatever, that 81 confessed
with alleged shame" There was
no question ofmemory about this.
He knew that / made no confess
sion, and that there was no alleged
shame. He knew it was not 20
when he wrote it. CO. He says
that he did not say that he said
that ! used those exact words. IL
the man fool9 He said that in
former article that he had used
those words, and that / confessed
with alleged shame the truth Of his
former article. IF he used those
very words in the article, and I
confessed. TO the truth Of that arti-,
Gle, did / not confess to those iden-
tical words? (4 I defined the
sense in which I used the word
stingy, and he gives it another
meaning, and tries TO fasten his
meaning on me. This is contrary
to all authority. 90 After saying
that my statement was q distinc-
tion without a difference, reafHrm-
ling that what he said was virtually
1trne, he says he will take It eli
back, confessing that what he said
was not truel Genss>--s use any
term that would be toe sffsssa 70
describe such conduct7
In the face of ,hi- condition or
things he had the q. rtefyto send
me an article for pubn.-.s. ae4s
Imanding that I make certain rs-
ltractionsl In answer TO that
cheeky performances, wrote the
acticle that you copied. II 10 not
considered the correct thing among
gentleman to publish private
conversation had in the social cir
Icle, but he did. Such things show
the instincts of the man.
AT this prayer meeting he said
that 1 seemed to have special
Ipique at Bro. Hoffman. What If /
did? What did that have to do
with this matter? Hoffman pub
lished accounts of two meetings
with which / was connected, and
both of the reports were false, and
think ! have SO published. III
have not, others have. That Ii my
lpique at Hoffman. He said / had
|, a pique at clerical titles, referring;
/ suppose to my published opposi-
tion to preachers assuming or nc
, 1cepting the title Of Rev." or
pastor He said that his breth-
rem were not guilty o. the practice,
and to prove his denial, he said
that Hoffman, at some convention,
, pulled out Of his pocket 80 letters
addressed to. him, and 10 were
: simply g. A. Hoffman! A con-
{ elusive proof truly How were the
others addressed2 I did not say
that they were using their titles in
. the address Of letters, but in the
|, newspapers and in the reports Of
their conventions. Our preachers
lin Philadelphia had a meeting, and
4 formally agreed to adopt the title
"Rev.n In the face Of these pub-
e lished facts. what do Hoffman's 10
f letters amount to3
He said the reason of his allus-
lion to me was that twas near the
time TO take up a missionary col
lection, and he was afraid the re-
publication of my article would
! lessen the amount given. SO he
: had TO make an attack upon me be-
! hind my back, to save his contri-
Ibutionl
The article you repubiishsd
stands, with every statement in Il,
: unretracted, and will stand until
he makes an absolute and unequivo-.
cal retraction. without any Quib-
! ! bic whatever, Of the statement he
! published concerning me in the
! Gospel Adcocats 81 June 20, 1887,
! and which is quoted in this article.
What ] have stated as said by
! him at thus prayer mcsting. il, oi
course not ofmy own knowledge; 4
" have Il is writing, given at my. ~
quest. BY persons who wsrc pressat
: at the meeting, represented 10 me
Las being his friehds. | have Inade
y the specific charge against him,
: and II course while that Charge
I. stsnds. | can have no controversy
{ with him. make this pablicatior.
reluctantly, but 4 thought undcr
= The circumstance that the people
I of Mexico were entitled D. know
: The facts. Respectfully,
p n IA AZ ~ IA !. ~ ta