The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-10-08
MR- RRoFHxgs REpLY.
 R3dgeGead. Conn,

Sexseeu1oer 30. 1914-
 Secretary Guard1ars of Liberty,
 Vigd1ant Cozwt No 1. Ridge
 nezd, Conn,
 Dear Sir.-Par7Un me for the hon or I confer upon you In addressing to you this open IettcF for sincere Iv hope for the good of the connun- 1ty, you are intelligent enough to ap- prec1ahe the fact that I am only using you as you are being used by others, only for dlrenen4 purpose
 would use you only as the occa- 2 ly and with malicious intent whatsoever Of casting reflections on your mental cond1tfon- Others are using you with malice aforethought and 1t is to be regretted that there are men in this community who, lacking Ghe courage of their convic- lions, would be- so coward1y and ma ucious as to select and make use of any individual simply because he may. be so irresponsible as to be deserving more of pity than of being used as a. tool
 If overstep the bounds of legid mate pfeasautry, you will am sure not take any offence, intend none, and no doubt you will readily see that am replying in the same amusing cordiaiity as you write me in your letter just at hand. appre- ciate your sense of hurnor and it will please you know when T tell you I thoroughly enjoyed 1t. Never mind if you were only used as a. harmless tool The humor is there just the same, and it was only my own dull sense of appreciatdng joke which made me wonder at first reading what 1t all meant will admit right now that fail to grasp in your letter who are meant by WE, and what Sectar- ian Institution you refer to. and if you will send mo your Cipher Code Inaye be able to understand what w E, using you. tried to say.
 My duI1ness in apprecfating your joke is due no doubt to the fact that and havfng as a consequence of the cath I took, a deep interest in every thing that stands for true citizenship D and the welfare of our country, and being an attentive reader of the daily ne1vspapeEs sit ise only now and through your letter that learn this great country of ours is in danger. That am sore1y surprised at this in- formation goes without saying and I would tmpIore you to use your tn7u- ence for the postponement of tl1is de- struction of our country until your German Kaiser and our beloved King George, the Recognized Guardians of Liberty in Europe, have finished the job they have on their hands just now of slaughtering innocent men,
 
 that same so-caI1ed Liberty. so val tantH proclaimed by the Guardians of Liberty of America
 Your information of the destruc- ton so near at home quite distressed me, but when read 8 little farther on that you wanted to know my po- sit1on on the real and basic prin- cipIes of true Americanisn. my first impression was that you had gone en- tire1y crazy and it was only on sec
 
 and realized you were only trying to have a little fun at nay expense.
 It is quite impossible to take your letter seriously for to do so is to run the risk of placing myself in the class Of the harmlessly Insane, but for the sake of supplying information which may be useful for you and the others who are using you. will say that my position relative to the basic prfn- cipIes of true Americanism as you put 1t, is founded on the Constitution on of this country which guar antees the right to Hfes liberty and the psrs1ztt