Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1829-09-05
PROPOSALS, by ALEx'R CAMrRELL, for pub.
EVIDENCES or CHRLSTL4.NYTY ~" nn ~

SAILS ny hLExR CAMPRELL, for pub
fishing by subscription, A DEB.aTE on he
or CHRISTIANITY. held he.
tween 'RoEERr OWEN, Of New Lanark, Scotland.
ana ALENR CAMPBELL, of Bcthany. Virginia, i'm tho
cry oil cincinnati, Ohio, beginning on the 18th. and
with the intermission of one Sunday, continued nm
The evening Of the 2lst April, 1899.
Robert Owen read and spoke for - hours on the side
oil ~Scepticism Alexander Campbell, on the side of Christ.
8 day..
This discussion was taken down in shorthand nv Mr..
CHARLES H.. SINS Of Cincinnatti, n very conue,en,
stenosraPher, WIN pre- ferred an i~mueiiat. ,emuu., atinn
Tor ns services 10 The right of publication; IL therefore devoi.
we'd upon the parties To remunera,e Mr.. Sims, and TO u,.
"ettake the publication themselves. Having agreed 10 rive
h''h $40 dollars for his report; and Mr.. Owen, about TO re-
turn to Europe, having suld his interest in the work, I
have become the sole proprietor.
a very imperfect outline nf this discussion can be civ
en- In any prospectus. To say the least of il, il was per
maps te most Interesting discussion which has occurred
since The determination. or perhaps before that memora
ME epoch. The celebrity OF MIR. Owen, aud his bold
'"ack on all religions, gave great expectations TO the
>ceptcai w"ild. Having myself expected much, : accu-
mu'ated = large variety al documents and arguments i'm
"eience OF the revelation, aud explored all the systems
ut sc-pticism al ancient aud mo.i-m times. The s,ci,I
system, too, so ably plead by Mr.. Owen, csme ia re-
view. No work of the same kind can he found in N
language or country. The bulwatks of Christianity AMI
Scepticism are clearly and fully exposed side by side
And many documents. inaccessible tn the great mass Of
mankind, will be made accessible aud in,.ilieibls TO . n
,eauen VINO are DESTROYS tn understand these subie cts
MIR. Owen and myself have agreed TO add an Appvv.
DIX :" THE DEBATE. for the purpose OF making tire
work more satisfactory. This Appendix will presr,,,
from both parties their best thoughts on such matters a,
were not SD fully examined in the discussion. IN a word.
e may say that this work will be in itself a little libra.
~ on the subjects On which it treats. and he that ri.r.
rom a faithful perusal Of IL, unconyinc-d nj the truth of
me SIDE which ne may have previously doubted or oppo.
seq, may, we think, be supposed to be beyond the reach
oi rationai conviction. a. CAMPBELL
CONDITIONS.
hs WORK shall be printed on a new type, purchased
Tor the purpose, and on geod paper.
IL. IL Is expected that ii will contain 600 large dundee
or small netavo pages; and cannot, when SIbsIau-
''alIy bound, be offered tor less than S2-bouud In
boards, 81 SO.
III. 10 those who subscribe for ten copirs one shall
aiIowed-three for twenty-eight Tor fny-and 90
'of one hundred. These allowances are made on tine .x-
press condition that the money will he paid when the
books are delivered. In all other cases only ten per cen,
VIII be allowed for sale aud collection.
~ u Is hoped that care will be taken to obtain ONLY
such Subscribers as will pay, aud that the Agents will
make return of the list Of subsci ibe,s within two months
or sooner II possible. Tire work shall be pu, to pres. in
. lew Gays; aud as we cannot throw off a very large i'm
preston IN a short time, aud as all possible despatch is
aimed al IN the first edition, those who apply first will he
the hrst supplied: and should the edition fail before the
subscription is filled. those who are latest in FORWARDING
lists OF subscribers may have To wait for a second
edition.
Bethany, Bronke Co. Va. May g., 1899.