Blue-grass blade., 1894-04-27
A Covington, Ky., Man on the Bias
phemy Racket
CovINGTON, KY, April 10.

CONVICTION, Ky, April 10.
Charles G. Moore, Esq,
Lexington, Ky.
DEAR SIR:-I learn with sorrow and
amazement of your incarceration in the
Lexington bastile, imprisoned on
charge of blaspheny. Great Caesar.
What is Kentucky coming to?
Has Christianity then so frail foun-
dation that she cannot withstand the at
tacks of a single individual. Is there
not in Lexington or elsewhere single
Theologian who is able to cope with you
and to effectually squelch you with your
own weapons
Why do these people attend theological
colleges for years? To what purpose is
all their learning? Is it only to fire off
a chestnuty sermon at a drowsy congre-
cation on Sunday? Or is religion a gi-
gantic money-making scheme for the
benefit of its ministry? A great combi-
nation, which from financial standpoint,
cannot afford to tolerate interference,
must they, coward like, skulk be-
hind the barriers of law and resort to the
old time method of persecution, in order
to defend themselves against the attack
of one lonely infidel. Your indictment
and Imprisonment will add another stain
to the fair name of our State. The name
Kentucky, in the opinion of our neigh
bors across the Ohio, and i'll other civil
lized parts of our country, has long been
and is synomious with ignorance and
crime. Our State is condemned by our
northern neighbor to be about hundred
years behind the times and your arraign-
ment, which promises to become pretty
generally known throughout the country
will not end to elevate us in estimation
of civilized people, but will, on the con-
trary' no doubt, lower us another notch
or two.
According to Cincinnati daily" the
reverend man, your accu sor, and who, ac-
eording to the same newspaper authority
is also lawyer, is reported to have said
that your crime was the sin against the
Holy Ghost Well this is simply awful
to be sure; nevertheless if this reverend
man and lawyer had a spark of humanity
i'll his soul or in his breath or in any
other part of his anatomy, he surely
ought to be content with the knowledge
that you will be eternally roasted.
Knowing this he could not we'll do less
than to permit you to paddle out the re-
naming time of your brief career in this
vale of tears, undisturbed. Seriously
though, Mr.. Moore, believe your expos
ure of his ridiculous action with refer
ence to his praying to God to break up
the Sunday St. Patrick's day festivities
with rain, and the Lord refused to listen
to any of his cheap advice; together with
another little incident to which you al
luded, have forgotten the particulars,
it was something about prohibitivn, how
ever, and he wept, l imagine, has
something to do with your persecution,
at least as much of it as concerns this rev.
erend man. The reverend man has, per-
haps, never learned that God loves the
Irish"
The reverend man also gives splen-
did practical illustration of "how to love
our enemies" and how to return good
for evil" etc. Mr.. Moore, / sincerely
trust that if you are not already at liberty
by the time this letter reaches you, that
the people of Lexington and the powers
that be are not entirely lost to all COM
mon sense and decency, and that you
may be speedily released from durance
vile Yours Respectfully
L. H. GROBER.