The Ohio Democrat and Dover advertiser. [volume] (Canal Dover, Ohio) 1839-1840, 1840-01-10

Vtstiosv'J y ~ the OruOu ~ tataWy viit
be awarded him by thai trihaoal. u
] i'ne hsraef's nest has been pcrEarsfs3
and lie inmates have darted E rlh lt
wreak vengeance even upOa inaucencs.
The respectable portion .ofs tie Chris.
han GOmmuniiy.have moi wiaced uadsr
| my shots, for .,sal.s5t' !:
raise praise can please, and eaumny sffrielit5.
Meme but The vicious and the Aypoctite,
hence, these pusillanInpous and cons
temPlible wreichess became embaf,As.
sed, alarmed and enragsd az the mir.
/ ror placed before them. rejecting ,heir.
foIies, their hypOcricy, their envy and
their base and naligusni hearts.
Citizen has been the tool Of the
CatsJpGW committee Ia oil low and
trucking transactions:
when he lad lost MI business Of own.
Ileran IN quest Uiaie W. through all thetown.
happily does he respond to the chaTac-
ter and views OF his Christina Monitor,
who, if ialended for the Church, nigh.
IN ny humble opi0ion, answer better
for the Stcsptc; but why dwell on such
elongated specimens OF Iarechanistn, and
unparalleled aegativensss; ior, 10
SUN up ihe entire man iedInu~lJ spur,
out tn ertensoe aad dlsgusiingiy inflated
Almost 10 The crack Of coom', we may
apily apply the following lines,
'Bdmfun Of LEARNING, see ihat pedant stride
BHsfling wit, l,hornd Greek, and puhed with
pride, So
4 thonsaHd aull.ors he in vain has read
Aud with their spaxinis stuffed his empty head
OF TO carry out the figure, he uses
"A BabYlonish dialect
Which learned pedants much affect; a.
1t was pary>colored dress
Ofpntcll'd and pye-balled languages
Twas English cut on GREEK and LATIN
Like FusHan heretofore on Satin
Citizen still harps upon the sian.
ders Of respectable cillEeas. | was
merely drawing characters, and he
discovers, IN them. striking likenesses
OF some Of his friends, irepudlate the
idea ofslaHder, and admire his discrin.
lnatioD and his genus for adaptation.
tHs friends must think him unkind in
the acknowledgement Of the resem-
blance; for TO use a boyish maxim"
"lhefe should be henor amongst villains
but Why waste ammunition upon poor
game, .,.. vf b,
'Iet US aow.- ..,..
With graver aiF our serious theme pursue,
And yet preserve oiH moral full in view"
The sentiments Of the ist. LDver were
such as The Christian world must cher
ish; he presented Charity as the cardi-
nal principle Of Religion, the principle
which should infuse itself INTO the
whole human family for the promotion
and advancement Of our social b,iss;and
when the christian, the social and the
liberal world were responding TO The
correctness Of those sentiments, the re-
gions Of darkness, through one cf its
yolaries "a Cr.,zen') ushered cUiu-
munication to the world, full Of veurm
and 6eudlsh riha'dry. lie uckno~l-
edged in that communication that he
had outraged that Cardinal virtue,
He'll, and it's votaries running amongst.
US in the borrowed garb Of the Saints
groan, when even the echo ol Charity
reaches those dismal mansions, for
Hatred is the very essence Of Salau,
the countersigh Of the fiends a, The por
tails Of despair. 'Cilzen' and bis
crew hare groaned, but confidently
hope, Messrs Editors, Mat the New
Year has mol dawned upon tier base
hypocrisy; tha, they have formed the
resolution to lead Saruiy sincere hle,
and not intrule longer upon their vor.
thy end honest brelhern with thei, hyp-
ocri,ical professions, lnsinu Atiug .llrm-
selves into their confdencv, aud, iike
the eubtle serpent, n"siling in their boz
SONS with vie" Of ,nfu>,ug theft fa,al
poison into their moral constitution.
| lam prepared TO acknow ledge that
The language OF "a Cil.zeli' il noi the
language Of the Church-the respecia-
,se and virtuous portion would shrink
from such responsibility. lf.Cnlzep'
and his juulo were the life aud prop Of
he Church, | woold doubt the correct
aes OF the promise "that the Church is
built upon rock;' for ! fear i, would
prove a quIcksand fatal to the Chuich
militant.
Repent, ys phurasaical sepulcbres,
and lei your humility this new year,
place you in the enviabe attitude oflhe
Publican, who, acknowledging his
crimes IN the bitterness Of his heart,
returned to his home jusiifed.
Wth.smcete wishes for your
reformation, "CrIizeD and Club. Fare-
we'll. A LOVER &c.