Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1826-10-07

ciates Of Mr.. White had prohabited b.,
White being admonished to denou,rs ' va: and
dent of divinity; either his head or b;s t aSStG
knows not which, in spite Of rriphed he
endued him,with resolution to bafBe n, fancy,
zeal Of his coniessor.' "The deyelons.epl nd
his reason saved him from sinkne ;"."d
dregs Of Aristotelic Philosophy" aT %so IN.
gories of ST. Thomas were unsayorv fo.sts'
his mind; and he never opened the dismalho~.l0EI
In p 1874, he finds in the I'd vol Of the as;
telic Natural Philosophy of the Domin.i;sA
that the reason why water rises in Dumn;' 'aS
horror which nature has at being woundsS'@net
torn. (This is a discovery which no o,ss, 'O
son had the happiness of being able 10 maks pr
ing the last three hundred years. He o~s' vi
with his professor, leaves the college and n.a
10 the University. In the former par SS sS
letter have shewn his account of his moa WIS
studying theology. He had been the as ,,oaea
of number Of concealed in6deIs, and baS
tally neglected his studies, and bafaed The Mo- %
zeal of his religious directors; left the old T r,n
er Vega, and picked up Contessor more :" ' W,
taste, who was his literary and spiritual dr ~'
tor. He now gives US an account in his g..
nish letters of his disposition for Subde.,pp~~
ship.
P. 1913 "I will not describe The miservh..
embltered my youth and destroyed the near.
of my maturer years. The struggles, psr r,ar.
the crimes, certainly the remorse, that were Il.
consequences OF the barbarous laws Of nv conn
try"
All this arose from Catholicism he assrr,,
US, because she did not bring love to ber side
but forced him into an inseperable league WIN
immortality. We shall see the force M oma
could compel him to enter upon clerical stats.
and certainly neither his country nor The chvrt5
compelled him. He had already been a Grim,
nal, why should he now enter upon state nr
which he knew himself to be unfit Read wb,,
he says
soften did Irecoil at the approach Of the
moment when was to bind myself forever "a
the clerical profession, and as often nv hear,
failed me at the sight Of mother in tears,
Ii was not worldly interest-it was the eternal
welfare Of my soul which she believed TO de-
pend upon my following the call of heaven that
made the best ot mothers snare TO her dearest
child.'
10 this he adds the perSnasIons OF the bad
man whom he had chose as guide; and there.
fore, the law is bad, because man who knows
he ought not to enter upon the state, takes the
advice of man who he knew was misleading
MIN, and acting against his conscience after
other crimes, because his mother cried.
My friends, you viii observe the innocent and
studious young man going with fine disposi-
tons to ordination: and the idle student whom.
suits his teacher, neglects his regular studies,
associates with in6dels, is criminal in his con.
duct nsncere in his confession, selects the worst
clergymen for his guides and binds himself to
state for which he has made himself unfit
MIR. Blanco White has given you the two
pictures Of himself, it is for you to chuse. l
have only sketched the outline: when | shall
have laid on all my colours, | shall be happy
to receive Bishop Kemp's remarks.
Yours for the present, &C,
Charleston, Sept. nm, 1926.