Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1810-07-20

Ma. SIMPSONS REPLY,
CONTINUED.


be intended in favor of this defendant
who has written so cody work a
gsinse the prince of deists, and tor the
holy gospel. am sorry to hear such
arguments advanced they go almost
20 burlesque reEgionitself HeamauI
of God! He write for the love of God!
His book a godly booki vile, OBJ
scene, and hithy compilations which
hears throughout the character OF ram
rorous malice, and tramples upon eve-
~ christian charity. Libel an inno-
cent woman, lie and calumniate, for
the sake of christianityi Ifthis be the
1nly godly deed this man has done, II
pray to Heaven to be more mercifmtol
him than he has been to Mrs Bonnie
vile, and that for this very work off
goodness he be not damned. If youl
be christian jurors, punish him forI
be assured of this, that twenty Paines,
were twenty such just now upon this
earth, could pot conjointly do more
harm to christianity by their most vi
client efforts, than this man by defend
ing it would do. If any one Of wa
vering faith should hear, that the best
vindicstion OF Gods word was this
most libeliious and scandalous work, ,
he never would be christian from that
hour. Not every one that saith, Lord,
Lord, shall enter the kingdom Of Hea-
ven, but least of all he that makes, the
blessed name Of God a cboak for ma
lice and iniquity! He may be like
i,
tory, who with the holy cross in the
one hand, and the bloody sabre in the
3 other, commit atrocities at which ma
ture shudders. Where did he learn
that the God of mercy took delight in
human sacrifices, and that to do him
honor woman's heart should paIpitate
upon a bloody alter? Has he ever
read the word Of God, or, this Hea-
venly historian, does he know one let
ter of the gospel history? Ifhe does,
he is as. blunt and dull in understand.
ing ashe Is dc AL to srnsibili,y and de-
hcacy. When woman was brought
before the author Of the christian faith,
taken in the very fact of .adultry, what
did he say! lie left behind him q les
son of tenderness ever memorable and
divine. Let him, he said 70 the faEa.
teal and malignant rabble, let him who
is innocent cast the first stone. And
if this christian historian had ever
known or FELT the benigDant spirit OF
holy inspiration, would he not be sem
sible that he was not that innocent?
1t he I've innocent, then are tigers gen.
tie. If MRS. Bonneville were as gull.
ty as he no la:er than this day prcpo-
sed to prove her, was there no better
way TO recommend the christian faith
than by upbraiding her with such pert
AID contumeIieus malice : But when
we prove her innocent, when she comes
from out the fiery furnace unhurt, I'M.
scotched, then 6 the more angel she,
and ne the blacker devil"
But it is said, he acted 6ond fde.
He made inquiry and was deceived.
And being an historian, rs Justified e.
yea for the biasphem;es he this day ut
tered by his counsePs lips. If this be
so, much as love this country, adj
mire its people, and revere It's laws, l
would rather once more tempt my
wandering Gestinies than live where
one historian was uppenned, unmuz-
zIed or unclaimed. had rather be
exposed to some deformed thing with
claws, and horns, and tusks: some
sPit-hrc dragon whose brt ath was poi
sonous, whose toath was cankered.
Tell me Of all the monsters that anci-
ent history or fable treats Of; Of har-
pies, hydras, Caledonan bears, of
5Minotaurs and Pythons, of Corgons
and Chimeras, of fierce and ferocious
animals that prowl the desert or fright
the haunts of men, and will tell you
of more fearful moaster--lhat is, an
historian! If every man that keeps
dhe worst of company, thatgoes about
to hunt for lies and scandal, whose or
ganic aud natural perceptions are turn
ed TO wiCkcdness, whose scent is fitted
only to run the track Of SANDER; ii
such an one be an historian, and may
vend in open market the scandal he
runs down better that letters neve,
had been known, printing invented, nor
history composed.
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