Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1829-09-07
PROPOSALS.. by ALEx'R CAMPBELL, for pub.
fishing bv subscription, a DER.aTE on fhe
EVIDENCES OF CHRISTIANITY. held he.

DNOr OSabS, ov hLENR CANpBELL, Tor pub
fishing bv subscription, n DEB.2TE on he
EVIDENCES OF CHRISTIANITY, held be-
tween RoEERr OwEN, Of New Lanark, Scotland.
ana ALENR CAMPBELL, of Bethany. Virginia, IN the
ci!y OF cincinnati, Ohio. beginning on the 18th, and
with the intcrinission of one Sunday, continued Till
the evening OF the 2lst April, 1929.
ROBERT Owen read aud spoke for ID hnurS on the side
oil Scepticism -Alexaudrr Campbell, on the side of Christ
,atity' spoke 20 hours, making ia all hours per day for
s days.
This discussion was taken down in shorthand nv sir.
CHAHLEs Il. SIMS at Ciurrnuitti, a very competent
stenogTapner, who ~. ierrei an Immediate remunera ton
for his services 10 the right or publication; il the fore devni.
we'd upon the parties To renuueraIe MIR. Sims, aud To TN.
deTtsk. the Publication themselves. Having agreed to give
turn TO Europe, having sold his interest in the work, 4
have became the sole proprietor.
A very imperfect outline OF this discussion can be Civ
en- in any prospectus. To say the ieas, Of ii, it was per-
maps the most interesting discussion which has occurred
since the Reclamation, or perhaps before that n'einora-
he epoch. The celebrity OF MIR. Owen, and his bold
attack on all religions, gave great expectations to the
seeptical world. Having myself expected much, [ accu-
muiatrd n large variety OF documents and arguments in
defence OF the Revelation, aud explored all the systems
oi scepticisn' OF ancient and modern times. The social
system, too, 81 ably plead by MIR. Owen. came in re-
view. No work NJ the same kind can be- found in any
language or county. The bulwaiks OF Christianity and
S~cepticism are clearly aud fully exposed siIe by side
Aud many documents, inaccessible to the S,eat mass of
mankind, Will be made accessible aud inielligible tu all
readets who are desir US To understand these subjects
MIR. Owen aud myself have agreed to add an APrEY
DIX To THE DEBATE, for the purpose of making the
$3.50" '"'N o"N'sihN'Uys .NlItniiS VIII present
from both parties their best thoughts on such matters a.
were NOT so fully examined in the discussion. In a wood,
we may say that this work will be in itself a little libra.
~ on the subjects on which il treats; aud he that rises
from a faithful perusal of il, unconviuced Of the truth of
the side which he may have previously doubted ar oppo-
sed, may, we think. be supposed to- he bryouI the reach
OF rato"-! conviction. A. CAMPBELL.
CONDITIONS.
I. This work shall he printed on a new tyne, purcha seh
tor the purpose, and an good paper.
IL. IL = expected that il will contain GOO large dundee
'mo or small octave pages; and cannot, when subsian-
italy bound, be offered for less than S2-bound in
81 so.
III. 10 those who subscribe Tor ten copirs one shall
be sl!owed-thTce for twenty-eight for hfy-and 90
Tor one hundred. These allowances are made on the ex-
condition that the money will be paid when the
books are delivered. In all other cases only ten per cent
vii be allowed for sale aud collection.
W. u u hoped that care will be taken to obtain only
subscribers as will pay, aud that the Agents viii
make return Of the list of subscribers within two months,
or sooner II possible. The work shall be put to press in
a lew days; aud as we caunot throw of n very large i'm.
preston IN a short time, and as al. possible despatch is
aimed at m the first edition, those who apply fret will be
the first %suppied: aud should the edition fail before the
subscription is filled, those who ae latest in FORWARDING
their lists OF subscribers may have Ia wait for a second
edition.
Bethany, Brooke Co. Va. May G, 1929.