Richmond Indiana palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1837-1839, 1838-05-26

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must be understood. S. T.. has either not taken
the pains to make himself acquainted with nv
sentiments, or he wi.tuIly misrcpresen,s them
lie says that complain, that the Scriptures, &c.
did not complain; ] merely stated an undenia-
bic fact. He would also make me saw ..tilat the
Scriptures teach any thing and every thing" l
have used no such language, nor Civ any such
'niimaton. That they pliablc, more piiable,
may add, than many other books, still contend,
and he has not denied. That they may be made
to say, and with mach p!ausibity, what new
or intended by the authors (not Author, Locke
and ,. Y. to the contrary Notwithstanding l have
insisted upon and he cannot deny the truth Of
my position. Neither did say, as s. U. would
induce the readers of the Palladium to believe,
that the Scriptures were sssuborned witness rea-
dy to swear any ,t.ing'' Ny language was,
that Scripture Ptraseology '.is kind Of suborned
witness that can be- made to swear &c. The
fanl; is not IN the book, but in The suborners.
distinctly pronounced the Scriptures to be er-
ceLisEt; lanimudverted upon the liberties take
with them; but TO all my approba,ory expressions,
5. U. appears TO be deaf adder. In "a
word, ! challenge him to exhibit single irrever-
ent phrase in the whole essay. The right use Of
the Bible, approve; the prostitution of it, hope
at all times, to he ready TO condemn.
lie endeavors to make assert that the Scrip
lures arc the only writings, which can be made
subservicnt to contrary purposes; and that be-
cause they can be impressed into the service of
any controversial, they Objectionable testi-
physical and scientific dispositions, because the
pervcrsion Of them lead to never-cndng disputa-
. tons. And who shall decide when they not
). perverted; and when they are impressed? >. Y.
says, they 'speak and mean Just ,rhat they dij."
: No deny this; but will S. U. take it upon
. himself to determine for all the world, Just what
. they did say and mean! Will he be tho expouDd-
. or, the sole cxpounder, Of whatever may be quo
q ted, and thus bring to speedy issue every moot
question! Perhaps some would be as wiling to
~ hat Lei
/. fence answe-.
= 1 am well prepared to admit that sserrorsts''
have found ''anothcr reason for lmpress,ng the
, the bible into their service; and that this reason
is what s. u. states it to be: "they have seen and
"a felt the Importance Of its testimony" Fooled on
10 the field of argument they gladly retreat among
multitude Of long disputed and still disputablc
texts where like the mole they may this way
and that, digging in any direct their necessities
rs may require; where like endless screw they
may turn and turn, and never out. No doubt,
r. | say, when routed by tho force Of reason, they
n have ''seen and fe,' the security Of such
Is ton, where though they be driven round and
~ ro'lnd they cannot be driven out.
But what is all this ado, that he makes about the
g bngbcar Reason? When he reads his bible, does
no throw off his understanding like old coat
Does he bru,ify himself, before he opens the book
=, Is he Thus accustomed to eh,fy himself, without
e cornprchending what he reads? What faculty
re does he exercise when he expounds! For my
no part, believe tho intellectual powers, have as
On divine origin, the bible ITSELF and to debase
no them s. L. has done, ! consider an in1ignty
To- OF n" little magnitude. Reason must be para
No.. mount to all writings whatever However i'm
,;S perativc command, however ineligible as
of sertion may be, if their nationality be not deter
no minable, what is man, bat feather, blown cbou
he by every win'l?
y, Tha, l have no objections to figures Of speech
ri he might, if he had been rightly inclined, have
,cr clearly seen by nv own use OF them Ihl
me remark should properly have been nude amocgma
~, ny other observations upon his misconstructions
-, He inquiries whether reason makes aanY distnc
"s ton between the attributes Of an r.al soul
-, and the instincts Of dog When tells m
,,v what the attributes Of an inn,ortafSbu! are,
~, will answer him. The admirable deduction
The which he makes at the end of his second para
es graph is all his own; have nothing to do witt
/ it
. have pointed ont the Measurements of m
a. language made by S. u. in my defence sha
,r not be invidous TO exhibit his own contra
-, dctons and ohscuritics and inaccuracies of Ian
o,J guagc. A long string of queries occurring ii
,,I the ID paragraph, rendered nugatOry by som
o. Of the foregoing remarks. There is ques
o. ton. however, which demands separate ans
ne he enquiries whether ] sober. Pc,
.Iv haps he will be able to satisfy himself III tn
@ course of his pcrusal of this article. refer hir
-, to il for answer.
"a If the editors would clear the arena, and lie
~, US have occupancy Of the Palladium for 80 year
.es should have no objection to S U. bringing 70
,ta- Waru me previous question:, O'OstCt"y. ~
- should then doubtless see this endless screw in fu
md. operation.
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r,h: EDUCATION COosEHIloN.
cry Pursuant to Public notice, meeting Of Teac
sig ers and friends Of education was held in Cent.
=, Vile, Saturday, May 10Th, Is SO.
rds. Mr.. Samuel X. Hoshour was called to
ter chair, and James NJ. Poe, appointed Sec.etar,
d. In consequence ofhc absence of E. B. Bishop.
cam was expected 10 ociiScF an aooress, MI fou