Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1833-09-03
THE rrNpr,,uc FOR TIE E.wQUiRER.
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REPLY TO MOOER.4ILlN A.. ~

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III ssRs EDITORS: 1t Is my intention To .,n,,,o
myself 10 the public being or as not beiug ,IIi
or ri"c' am aware That The public Will take ,,L' I
say Tor what il is worth. ~ "'''
But was, really, quite anime \, tho ..
method winch collaboration" employs, to avoid ihc harI
,,, ~ answering hard questions. If ak "AIodc
r"uoh 10 Inform the pnbiic la what way The b.,oro,
institutions oil The day have prescribed The n.r.nns
nave no he"rt to promote them, he tells the tia, he M
t , ",' wa" At" '',ur On single words. II ak
hh "ha' for' OF patty pInt they have tendency 10 bc
GET AMI which OF the various and muuf,rio,s w. w., y,
our country they are aiming 10 push onward he tells m,
'hat AIN mere critic single words and t.rs
names me quite lasidous, aud refers re to tha f;,
donary. ''J "'e-
Getting into the blues and throwing ND hi. ,,cct,cI.s
lie complains mat indirectly accuse him of hyorinc
some oil me very bad parties which named i'm ,v e.
epsiIe 10 restore tranquility to his nerves on III. S
Ject sincerely aud honestly assure hun that n,
heari nor my words contain any such cLaroe I ~
that "Moiera'ion' is an honest good and a Mon, '
and That esteem Snd love him But Lc must ~"i 80"
l''s goou qnaIrs IN psroming me, when say ihat Inc
seems 10 me 70 be miSf0hin9 man, aud no giant in ar
gument. When tell Moderation that he rcrni
public have right TO know, whether under The nI"ri
term, voluntary associations, he include. Bble Soce,;
Euucalo Societies, SUNDAY School Unions Missionary
Societies Tract Societies. Msgdalcn Soceties and Co,
iizdion societies all The reply he gives is tl,at At
tempt TO identify him with horse racers p,nbcr -
sers Of in.ltucing children n Religion and Of Rhyc e.
c'e"es, &c NOW, rom this reluctant feeble half ut
rte" "ena' II IS ot'efIy out Of my power determine
""e''T ne eVel the following sentence against the ahov
naned Institutions: "The method of ,oIt,o;n,, III
opinion ny voluntary associations has within few wears
of f.
associations 10 engender party feeling, TO sutserve marie
views aud 10 create pfoscrptive and enthusis en-,
H' has become SO apparent that many good and int,i
gem men arc becoming AT least doubtful OF the norv r
snch institutions The COOL sense of "AIoderation ouj
f"ch NM That the intelligent, relig ous public canad viii
accord TO bin no credit for candor az a writer ccnti.
mAn anu christian, unless he Will give an expc1 q,
tegocd aud an ineligible answer 10 the former dcr,nd
81 Hilary" TIE answer he has given / am unaffected
" sorry TO say, Is downright cqvocation and ID
shuibng why not up TO The Thing AZ oufe and
'ay, yes or no' " Hilary" calls for separation
Moderation" informs me- that he is himself m critic
anh would add, perhaps grammsfian or rbco,iciap
Hthough he Jeenngly conpains-auJ while he docs il,
seems quite a. important ii he were crilicsina some
candidates piece before Presbytery"ihough he con
plains, say, OF my using verbs aud averbs ~ adi,cye
In support OF my opinion. stale that las has used III .
plural number instead Of the singular; voluntary assocs
lions instead OF voluntary association He does this e
cause hc Is an inexperienced or if you choose rather
classical writer But in this instance magseri1lDy sC
lrm II - bad English because every body has NOT re- adj
virgil ana cannot, therefore tell when Mo1eraon saw
pO'tdTy associations. that he means only Cempe.
rance SOrety. As Moderation" has advanced me 10 ihe
GUAR ol criticism, ofcio, entitled correct hi.
language, give arer and clearer view OF his meaning
and newly arrange his words, that his crausgs ma,
not IKE the wounded snake, "drsg their ,low Iptgti
along" The first OF The two sentences quoted In m,
hrst cpsile, recfy hus Z" IN the course of the fe y
years, since tho bright thought arose in some benevo
TENT breast; such, and 20 many, and 20 vigorous effort