[Letter] Nov.4,1890,Smith College [to F.H. Giddings]

Nov. 4, 1890, Smith College.

Dear Friend,
 I am in a bigger
row than ever in my life.
Such a tempest has not
lately been seen in this
particular teapot. It is
over the speech noticed
in the clipping. It was at
a Democratic rally, and
mad is no word for the
state some Republicans
are in. If tar and feathers
were not protected I should
expect a crate. I have had
a furious anonymous
letter, the writer of which
quotes a lot of Ågleading
men in the town and in
the First Church,Åh as
wishing to turn me out
of College and Church
and, in fact, out of
town. And still I am
happy. I had the
alternative of doing my
duty of shirking it, and
I chose to do it. Voilá
the consequences. One of the
things that cut them was
my saying that a man who would
follow his party under bad leaders and
into evil courses, a man whose motto
was Ågmy party, right or wrong,Åh might
be a good man religiously, intellectually
and socially, but that he could not be
a good citizen. We shall see what we
shall see. I wish we might see a
Democratic victory.

        Yours Very Truly,
             J. B. Clark