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They might then even fortify the isthmus, preparatory
to pushing forward ; for it will be understood, that I con-
sider it would be by no hurried coup-de-main, but only
by a period of steady and continued warfare, that we could
effect the subjugation of the Crimea. As a most important
preliminary step, it appears to me that Anapa, on the
nearest part of the Circassian coast, should be taken. and
garrisoned, and in order fairly to liberate the tribes of
that country, that any forts on the coast, which may still
be in Russian possession, should be forthwith reduced.
The Circassians, who are very efficient irregular horse,
and all other tribes of the Caucasus who could co-operate,
should be invited to hasten to Anapa, and as the strait
leading into the Sea of Azof is there narrow and shallow,
the men and their horses could be passed over by means
of rafts or lighters, of which there are many at Yeni-
Kallah and other adjacent places, and the native horses
could even be swum across a distance of several miles
astern of the boats, so as to pour into the Crimea a counter-
vailing force to the Cossack and other cavalry of the
Russians. Much the same course might be adopted for
the introduction of supplies of cattle and sheep from the
Caucasian shores, for the use of the army. As to a plan
of campaign, although such suggestions as are matter of
study at a distance are too often liable to objection, yet
from what I have seen of these countries, I think I may,
without risking the imputation of very great presumption,
venture to point out the advantages of commencing and
completing operations in the strongest part of the country,
before risking a final advance.
If this plan of operation were acted on, the
general thinks the capture of Sebastopol from the
land side would not be a very difficult undertaking.
To carry out the plan fully, he says numerous
ships and many troops would be requisite ; but
without an ample supply of all these, all idea of
permanently disturbing the Crimea must, he con-
siders,
be abandoned. The cautious method of
proceeding in this undertaking, suggested by the
experienced veteran, contrasts strangely with the
impetuous zeal of those platform orators and tavern
spouters who, reversing Csar's modus operandi,
would " conquer, come, and then " see."

The Peril>. and-Adventures of Priscilla Eaton.
London : John F. Shaw.
This is an historical tale forming one of the
volumes of " Shaw's Family Library." The
scenery of the varied adventures is chiefly confined
to the New England States of America, and the

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e is less or more illustrative of the state

of manners among the Puritan portion of the com-
munity of Boston. These, together with a dash
of Indian customs and usages, form a volume pos-
sessed of great attractions for youthful readers,
among whom we have no doubt it will be a decided
favourite.

Healthy Homes, arid how to make them. By
William Bardwell, Architect. London : Dean
and Son.

This treatise is one of the thousand and one
efforts made by intelligence, prompted by philan-
thropy, for improving the condition of the humbler
classes of society. The object of Mr. Bardwell is
to suggest physical remedies for the great physical
defects by which the dwellings of the poor are
beset, chiefly, although not altogether in large
towns. The volume is appropriately dedicated to
the Right Honourable Lord Viscount Palmerston,
who, since his occupancy of the home secretaryship,
has devoted much and energetic attention to the
subject -

of sanitary improvement. In Mr. Bard-
well the improvement of humble dwellings, and
the advantages to be derived from increased domes-
tic comforts, have met with an attentive student
and an able expositor. His suggestions are sen-
sible, and, to all appearance, eminently practical.

A Treatise on the Cure of Stammerinq. By

James Hunt, M.R.C.S.L. London : Lon-gmani
Incorporated with this treatise is a memoir of
its author's father's life and experience in curing
the defect now treated by the son. The treatise is
well written, though not distinguished by great
originality of views ; the art of making a progeni-
tor's fame a stepping-stone to his successor's for-
tune being one which has been followed with much
perseverance and no small success since an early
period of the world's history.

The Roving Englishman. London ; George
Routledge and Co.
The " Roving Englishman" is an old familiar,
and a welcome friend to those who have perused
Dickens' " Household Words," from which it is

reprinted. The scenes depicted, and the observa-
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terised by shrewdness and ability united to indus-
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matter picquant.

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Edinburgh : 'Moodie. Liverpool : Thomson.

PURITAN SCHOLARSHIP

TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD,

DAILY SERVICE

The fourteenth and fifteenth numbers of this
periodical are before us, and sustain the character
for ability and erudition which has hitherto dis-
tinguished the magazine. The fifteenth number
(that for July) contains an ably written paper on
" Modern Science and Revelation."

The Home Companion, Part VI., in addition to
its usual attractions, has a cleverly written descrip-
tion of the Crystal Palace at Sydenham, and its
marvellous contents. This paper, like others in
the book, is profusely illustrated by tasteful and
well-executed wood engravings.—Home Thoughts,
for July, appear before us in the first number of a
new series ; this old friend has lost none of its
attractions from being associated with a " nevr face,"
it is still varied and attractive.—Our Friend, in
his July visitation, is as welcome as ever. His
display of kind feeling, wholesome advice and happy
variety, still endear him to the family circle.—The
Christian Family Advocate still labours to do
honour to the taste and judgment of Mrs. Pon-
sonby and her able coadjutors.—Punch continues
to wage uncompromising warfare with the follies
and impertinences of the day ; in the part for June
our old acquaintance of " gloves, hat, and waist-
coat" notoriety, is properly and causticly rebuked
for a tee-total and " Butterbosh" assault upon the
memory of Campbell, the illustrious " bard of
Hope." The Russo-Turkish war, its curious inci-
dents and slow progress, constitute unfailing
targets for the sharp wit of Punch.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD

" THE FIRST ASSAILANTS."

THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, AND GENERAL COMMERCIAL ADVERTISER.

SIB,—I was certainly surprised that any " Churchman
of Liverpool" should take exception to " Vincentius" for
changing the word "communion" in our translation into
" communication," as a more accurate rendering of the
passage ; and this is the more astounding, as he has ac-
tually quoted the Greek word in the text cited. If he
will refer to the German- lexicographer, Schleusner, he
will- find that its meaning is communicatio, speciatim,
i.e., especially ; and that S. Chrysostom is adduced as
interpreting it by another Greek word, signifying " parti-
cipation," in this very passage. Verily, the Greek alpha-
bet seems to be the extent of the "Churchman's" know-
ledge of Greek. I beg leave, however, to send himto school
to the learned Bishop Patrick, who says in his "Christian
Sacrifice," with regard to the word " communion" in this
place, " In its full signification it denotes, not merely our
being made of His (Christ's) society, but our having a
communication of His body and blood to us ; so the word
Kotvwy co) is rendered, Gal. vi. 6, Phil. iv. 16." So much
for Vincentius's mis-translation, and the Churchman's
Greek !

himself, who now, indeed, is good enough again to justify
my complaint of him, by once more, perhaps unguardedly,
calling "inatrimony" a sacrament. For it is as well to
say at once that this " clergyman" is none other than the
Rev. Mr. Pughe. I have only further to add, that in a
correspondence which ensued between us on the subject,
there was not a hint dropped of my " aptness for misquo-
tation," but Mr. Pugheconcludedrather " with many thanks
to me for the good feeling towards himself which I was
pleased to express, and which he begged me to believe was
fully reciprocated ; and sincerely hoping that we might
not even appear to come into collision in future, he was
mine very faithfully." This was in a letter dated June
23rd. I next heard of Mr. Pughe as being, for the last
fortnight, my assailant in the Standard. He will forgive
me, I trust, or at least the public will, if I now decline
any further controversy or correspondence with him.
I have the honour to be, Sir, your obedient servant,
July 22nd, 1854. Wm. PoLLocx.

Again, the "Churchman" appears to have forgotten the
words of the 28th article, which expressly state that "the
body of Christ is given, taken, and eaten" in the supper
only after an heavenly and spiritual manner. And the
mean whereby it is received and eaten in the supper is
faith." If the " Churchman" denies that it is given in
the supper through the instrumentality of the priest, I
shall be happy to send him to school on this point also.

If this b; the way in which Puritans manage whenever
they may happen to have a controversy with Rome, I dread
to think of the advantage she must gain from having such
weak and ill-furnished opponents. Mr. Pughe observes
that "it has often been asserted that the Puritan party,
as a body, are excessively ignorant ;" but the worst of it
is, they are not conscious of the fact, and consequently
expose their deficiency by continually rushing on to the
platform or into print, causing the judicious to grieve, the
sarcastic to smile, and their adversaries to triumph.
Yours, &c, ANGLO-CATHOLIC.
July 25th, 1854.

Sia,—The advocates for the above ought to bear in
mind that He who has said " Remember that thou keep
holy the Sabbath Day," hath also said (and conjointly
with the same command), "Six days shalt thou labour,
and do all that thou hast to do.' Now Daily Services
would (I feel assured) seriously interfere (if regularly
attended) with the weekly avocations of most people, and
would oftentimes actually hinder them from "doing
all they had to do," thus leading to an infringement of
the positive command I have mentioned ! Again ; let us
look at the matter in another light :—Family prayers
ought not by any means to be neglected in Christian
houses, and such domestic services are, in my humble
opinion (i. e. on week days), far more desirable and im-
portant than " Daily Church Services." More desirable,
inasmuch as all the inmates of each house may generally
attend family prayers, whilst all could not possibly (in
most instances) attend Church Services ;—more important,
as the standard of religion is, by the existence of domestic
worship, visibly raised in each house, and strangers and
visitors are in a manner compelled to be present, many of
whom would not take the trouble to go to a Daily Service !
In the next place, I think the " Sundayfreshness" (if I may
use the term) of our beautiful Church prayers would be weak -
ened, and marred by their daily repetition ! It is possible
(in this world) to have too much even of a good thing;—
in other words, a good cause may sustain an injury by
being brought forward too frequently, or rather unsea-
sonably ! Weariness and distaste may be produced by
the very means which we (in our ignorance) use to pro-
mote the contrary effect ! For instance, many parents
(thinking, perhaps, to promote the spiritual welfare of
their children) make each returning Sunday a thorough
task day ; chapters, collects, hymns, catechism, &c., &c.,
have' to be repeated, till the Sabbath is dreaded, rather
than delighted in—looked forward to with fear, instead
of pleasure !
Lastly, I would mention (as worthy of special notice)
our Saviour appealing to His disciples on two suceessive
Sundays—(see St. John xx. 19 and 26)—" Then the
same day at evening, being the first day of the week, when
the doors were shut where the disciples were assembled
for fear of the Jews, came Jesus and stood in the midst,
and saith unto them, peace be untoyou." " And, AFTER
EIGHT DAYS, again his disciples were within, and Thomas
with them; then came Jesus, the doors being shut, and
stood in the midst, and said, peace be unto you." He
might, of course, have called them together in the course
of the week to a "Daily Service," but he chose rather to
meet them in an especial manner on that day of days,
the Lord's Day, that it might be honoured and distin-
guished above all days. It is also worthy of notice, that
when upon one occasion He appeared to them whilst they
were engaged in their weekly calling, it was (in the first
place) to assist them with, His advice ; " cast the net on
the right side of the ship !"
In conclusion, let me remind the "'Daily Service "
advocates (who apparently forget how very little time a
working-man has to himself whilst engaged for his em-
ployer' in the course of the week)* that He who has .said
" six days shalt thou labour and do all that thou hast to
do," hath also said, " I will have mercy and not sacrifice !"
Let the persons I have alluded to advocate the better
observance of the " Lord's Day," and raise their voices
against the fearful desecration of the Sabbath that is
witnessed everywhere in our land, and in so doing I think
they would be better employed than in contending for
Daily Services !—I am, Sir, your obedient setvant,
Oswestry, July 21, 1851. A. Roses.

The following is Mr. Wray's prospectus, of the proposed Free
Church alluded to in the foregoing letter :
am very sensible that an apology is needed for
troubling.you with a project in which you have no local in-
terest. But the sympathies of our holy religion are un-
limited ; and they whose hearts God has touched with a
desire to rebuild the walls of our Zion. and restore the
decayed beauty of oar sanctuary, wi.l not turn away from the
following appeal, nor be satisfied with their own advantages,
while the distant members of the same body are enfeebled or
languishing.
Liverpool, at the present time, presents some features of
interest to Churchmen. It is confessedly one of the most
important towns in the United Kingdom. A hundred and
fifty years ago it was a mere village. It now contains little
less than 400,000 inhabitants, and the rapidity of its increase
has of late years been without parallel in this country. Its
commerce extends to all parts of the world, and it is con-
stantly visited by a very large number of strangers.
It is, moreover, a town of considerable religious activity:
Within the last five and twenty years as many as this num-
ber of churches have been built ; and the inhabitants are
certainly not behind those of other towns in responding with
praiseworthy liberality to the calls made upon them, from
time to time, by the clergy, to extend the means of education
and public worship.

Unhappily, the prevailing religious tone is decidedly Puri-
tanical. A large proportion of the clergy are from Ireland ;
and several objectionable features, both in the internal ar-
rangements of the churches and the mode of conducting
Divine worship, have been introduced into this town. De-
vout kneeling is, generally speaking, impossible. Rubrica
conformity is not only disregarded, it is publicly condemned.
Any approach to a choral service or decent ceremonial is
denounced by our popular preachers as Popish. And not
only are the people deprived of the daily service of the Church,
but the observance of her feasts and festivals is discoun-
tenanced, and even the appointed offices for Holy Week are
either mutilated or omitted altogether.
With a zeal worthy of a better cause, certain persons have
entered into a conspiracy for buying up the patronage of our
churches, and vesting it in trustees who hold their own pecu-
liar views. By this means, their influence has been widely
extended throughout the town, and their doctrines and prac-
tices are likely to be perpetuated. To such an extent has
this been carried, that, in many parts of Liverpool, a person
must go some distance before he can find a church where the
teaching of the Prayer-book is not directly contravened or
its rubrics transgressed.
In fact there is only one church, and that most inconve-
niently situated for the inhabitants generally, in which there
are prayers upon every day of the week, in which all the holy-
days are observed, the weekly communion is celebrated, and
a general offertory permitted • and this church, after the
expiration of the present incunibency, falls into the haads of
the Simeon trustees.

The above remarks are far from being made in a spirit of
resentment against those who are guilty of these irregulari-
ties. It is charitably supposed that they are the result, not
so much of wanton indifference to their ordination vows, as
to the present unsatisfactory state of Church discipline; and
to the belief—entertained also by many ill-informed Dis-
senters—that our venerable book of Common Prayer contains
a large amount of covert Popery, and that much of its ancient
phraseology ought to be expunged, or at least bracketted, for
the convenience of those who dissent from its Catholic state-
ments. This being the case, it is clearly of the first impor-
tance, not only in justice to the people, but also as a means
of informing the public mind and removing prejudice, that a
model Church should be erected, in which no Puritanical
innovations or customs shall be permitted to mar the beauty
and completeness of the several parts of Divine worship. But
it is obvious, that this remedy for existit:g evils cannot be
supplied to the people of Liverpool without the assistance of
strangers. The bulk of the inhabitants, including the wealthy
and influential, are quite satisfied that things should remain
as they are. And even where a suspicion may exist that
there is room for improvement, there is always at hand that
dread of disturbing existing arrangements, and of appearing
to countenance novelties, which prevents so many prudent
persons from aiding in the reformation of abuses. Notwith-
standing these difficulties, and the conviction which must
press itself upon the promoters of such a scheme, that the
project, to be successful, ought to be on a liberal, and even a
grand scale, it is confidently believed that there is a spirit
awakened in this country by the Providence of God, which
will not suffer so great, holy, and good a work, to be aban-
doned for lack of funds, in a locality where the exigencies of
the Church call thus loudly for religious sympathy.
It is humbly believed, that if this work be undertaken, as
it ought to be, not in a spirit of rivalry, but for the honour
of God, and to vindicate the Prayer Book of the Church of
England, it will, under His blessing, go on and prosper, and
be the means of promoting the growth of Catholic truth, not
here only, but in distant places. It cannot be sufficient for
the success of the present religious revival, that justice
should be done to our Apostolic Ritual in London only, and
that there and elsewhere new churches should arise, exhibit-
ing all the architectural beauty of former ages, combined
with the purity of primitive worship, while, at the same time,
the stronghold: of Puritanism are untouched, and the chief
towns of the provinces are left in the hands of the enemy.
" If one member suffers, all the members suffer with us."
On this gtound it is that we make our appeal, and ask for
assistance. We propose to ourselves a work which, unaided,
we are incompetent to undertake, but which, once accom-
plished, will, we trust, prove not only its own vindication,
but the vindication of similar works of piety throughout the
country. Should you be disposed to render us assistance,
there are a variety of ways in which this may be done. It
may be either by a present donation, or a future bequest ;
unconditionally, or upon the condition of a certain sum being
raised; to the building, or to the endowment of the Daily
Service; in the shape of money, or by an offering of some
church furniture or ornament. While we do not presume to
look for much from those who bave no local connection with
Liverpool, it is earnestly hoped that at least something may
be contributed, if it be only as a token of approval and sym-
pathy, and as an encouragement to perseverance
I am, yours very faithfully,
Liverpool, May, 1852

CECIL WRAY

TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD,

scarcely know whether I can admire for its dex-
terity the attempt of your correspondent, " A Church-
man of Liverpool," to shirk the home thrusts of his for-
mer opponents, and hide the true character of his retreat,
by picking out, from among the points of other writers,
those which he may consider the most vulnerable for
attack. However, having left his other adversaries victors
on the field, it will be strange, indeed, if he reaps more
honour from his last essay. My opinion is, (I suppose he
will not believe me when I say that the expression of it
gives me considerable pain,) that each step he takes fur-
nishes a new and worse display of weakness and pre-
sumption. I had not intended to take the trouble of
entering the lists with him, feeling that he is already in
abler hands than mine ; but, as he has fitted the suicidal
rope round his neck, and presents me so facile a hold, I
shall by no means decline the final twist that consummates
the catastrophe.

He charges me with "three serious offences," of which the
first, if proved, would not alter the force of my appeal to
the Bishop ; the second dwindles down into a matter of
opinion—he says my argument " appears to him to be a
' misrepresentation the third is as much open to the
judgment of the humblest as to the most intelligent of
your readers. Yet the process goes on in due form, and
A Churchman," judge, jury, and counsel, brings me in
" guilty." I.—l spoke of the Holy Eucharist as a gift,
which St. Paul tells us is the communication of the Body
and Blood of Christ. Now, mark. I did not here pretend
to quote the actual expressions of our authorised version.
I used no inverted commas, or probably I should have used
both the words " communion" and " communication," the
latter in brackets—that is, if my object had been to mark
the true force of the original word which the Apostle used.
I merely said St. Paul calls it a " communication." I
repeat it. He did so call it, and I use the word as a fitter
rendering of the Greek than that in the authorised ver-
sion. As he is a clergyman who needs this service, I am
almost ashamed to attempt its justification by referring
him to Schleusner's Lexicon of the New Testament, in
which he will find the transitive sense laid down as the
primary rendering, and that it is in this very passage
specially distinguished from " communio, societas," &c.,
by its signification as that which " effieit et reddit nos
participes corporis et sanyuinis J. C. I am in a place at
present not well furnished with opportunities of book
reference, such as this case requires ; yet, in the appendix
to one of the most popular Altar Companions, of medita-
tions from old English divines, I have stumbled upon two
passages, which justify not merely my use of the word
" communication" to render scow& via, but its use as
distinct from, and expressing more fully, the Apostle's
meaning than, "communion." The first is from Dr. Daniel
Brevint, a celebrated writer against the Romish Church,
and more especially on the subject of the Eucha-
rist, once pastor of a Protestant congregation in Nor-
mandy, whose words I will quote :—" The full sense and
importance of other places in Scripture allow the holy
communion a much greater virtue than that of repre-
senting only. The cup of blessing, which we bless,' &c.,
for, if this word, which we render communion, be taken
in an active sense, as it often is, for communication, then
the holy eucharist is a means of communicating the Blood
of Christ ; or, though we take it in a neuter and intransi-
tive sense, yet the holy eucharist will be still a mystery,"
&c. As he says again :--" The manner of this real com-
munication and conveyance is the great unfathomable
mystery, which the holy fathers have ever admired, and
which, therefore, we neither need nor do take upon us to
explain." The other is Bishop Patrick, noted for his
defence of the English Church against Rome in the time
of James 11., and I may add author of several treatises
in the " Preservative against Popery," a recent edition of
which was edited by Dr. Cumming. To this and other
writers I refer your too confident correspondent, as well as
to the works of learned lexicographers. In the meantime
I counsel him not to venture beyond his depth. To him,
indeed, beinc, a clergyman, I cannot apply the old maxim,
" Ne sutor,"6&c., but I advise him to learn a little more of
his trade. Unfortunately, a misinterpretation of rubrics
in these days scarcely damages the clerical character, but
a knowledge of the original of the New Testament is indis-
pensable to a conventional reputation.
I cannot follow your correspondent into a controversy
on the sacred doctrine of the Real Presence. Even if these
columns were suited to the subject, yet it has been already
worn to its utmost shred, and the truth stands firm as the
Church of God, which has ever most distinctly taught it.
But when he brings it as a charge against me, that I
hold the body and blood of the Lord to be " given or
communicated" in the Lord's Supper, and challenges me
to cite the ipsissima verba of the Prayer Book to prove
my position, I must certainly refer him to the 28th article,
which uses the very word " given," in addition to those of
" received " and " eaten," (words which, in Puritan phraseo-
logy, mean the making of the body of Christ, by an inward
I process of our own,) and to the Catechism, which asserts
that the body and blood are " verily and indeed taken" in
this sacrament. Strange ! that he seems to rest the con-
troversy where Anglicans have been always anxious to
rest it, viz., on the Church's use of the word " given."
" A Churchman" makes our enormity to be the use of
this word, and thinks the reach of argument can go no
further. I accept his representation, and his " challenge."
Well might he exclaim Jam satis est :" For his especial
behoof, too, I may as well, though still adhering to my
resolution not to discuss the doctrine involved, remove
any erroneous impression he may have gathered from the
rubric in the Sick Service, anddeclaration Ebel
found
article, by informing him that the first is to found
expressed in the Sgrum Breirktry., belonging to

times when the belief of the Church about the modus
prcesentice was the same as it is now in the Romish
Church ; and that the second was incorporated into
" Lectio 8 " of the Roman office, "In festo corporis
Christi," by Thomas Aquinas, 1255, where it remains to
this day. A hymn of the same writer, in the same office,
fully expressing the doctrine with which this person thinks
the declaration to be inconsistent. All these things, if
" a Churchman" had any knowledge of modern contro-
versy, he would be familiar with ; and if he is ignorant of
modern controversy, he has no right to intrude into your
columns on such a subject as the present.
2. The question of the intention of the Church as re-
gards the administration of communion I shall leave to
your other correspondents, who I think have already
established it, and have not been answered. If they think
further proof advisable on the particular point again
raised, no doubt they will take the trouble to adduce it.
Lest, however, "a Churchman" should be disappointed,
I promise that, failing this, he shall have the evidence
which destroys his position, from myself, and that abun-
dantly.
3. As to the third charge which this writer makes
against " Vincentius," together with his climaxes of op-
probrium, of which the crowning achievement is an
ironical application of the epithet " pious," the least I can
say best becomes me. The terms in.which I have in this
particular case approached my bishop I am content to
leave to the judgment of the public. One thing I may
say, that if I happened to be writing in a cause agreeable
to your correspondent, there is scarcely one among your
readers whose advice I would not sooner court than that
of this clergyman. My gall would be to him, then, the
mildest honey. Had he and his party received the treat-
ment which the promoters of this Free Church have ,met,
the walls of the town would have swarmed with placards
calling meetings to protest against episcopal tyranny, and
inviting dissenters, of all descriptions but Romish, to
witness the baiting of a Christian bishop. I question
much whether the result would not have been a " Free
church"—itself the most appropriated and money-worship-
ping of any—in the sense of freedom from episcopal
control. Has your correspondent, in his ministrations,
never felt the value of the maxim that " Example is better
than precept ?" or does he think his exhortations to a
layman to weaken the force of his invective carry much
recommendation from the mouth of a clergyman, because
graced by that figure of Billingsgate, if it be a figure, of
accumulative epithets ? If he thinks it for the good of his
cause to take to lecturing " Vincentius," he must find
another monitor : his own character is gone. It is not
for so violent a combatant to prescribe the decencies of
the contest. Yet he has nothing to fear, for he is anxious
to assure me that a continuance of my present style will
contribute to his peace of mind more than if I studied my
tone from him. With his permission, therefore, I will
continue that mode of speech which I have found to give
the best expression in my power to the earnestness of my
convictions. I mean to add still further to his sense of
security, by a public exposure of some of the small eccen-
tricities of his party, in which, probably, he may also be
concerned.

As for himself, I would fain entertain the hope that
from this correspondence he would derive one lesson, viz.,
that an anonymous signature gives a liberty which, if it is
convenient, is dangerous, and that it confers no more
right to depart from the proprieties of one's real character,
than to violate the obligations of truth.—Yours faithfully,
VINCENTIUS.