Columbus Democrat. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1841-04-10

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...-.7.-, ID On ar.-.. .a .le ss. Argus cH.s.,ag F.
s-. -.-..aaa-a rsuars sl-a 0s usts 10 our .
comments CO. tie President, iau.-a; but use .
lave ne..aer space Dor lime, .asl u1v. We P--- F.
9l4s To- axe a5 tie subject hereafter aud define F
clearly aud -ay our views Ir regard .1 De tbs IS
Dol, .l. frs, tue tlai lalt print has distorted our
meaning ag8 attempted 20 ma-e Us. .a the face a
or explicit ay5aal % the contrary, lhc advocate OF
monarchy. We here return or luaass 20 the Ar
-ls ~ quoting 10 full our r-mlrs upon which be
comments. Tie bans ami aatlo,e both 90 'ngeta-
Fr. for what he SAYS completely reigld by what
he comments on. The clear and explicit language
winch we used cannot be M Misunderstood By any
5qg VIM has an ounce ct brains Ia stating th8t
,He source Of danger 10 our republican Institutions
+, mo-, Ia be strength but the tro45ns.sof he Ex-
ecuHFe. we clearly meant not 90 rs.er to The officer
but to The man-uo, to the extent OF power inyes-
Ted 10 bin 5y the institution bur TO the want Of
| frmaess aud independence in the individual. and
his inability 10 scllrge rhe duues Of his high sta
I n
will the mere ssnetloner ofthe acts Of Congress, and
,be Zoo. Of a chosen clique Of Ieadng partI,sns in
! Whist pray, does be differ from Queen Victoria and
some other soyererus Of Europe, whose almost sole
duty itIsto sign 18th, SC and 2, through certain
o-us ni State, Bot more upon this subject here
after.
| u The following communication was published
10 our paper week before last, bu. was so very iu-
correctly printed, that We have concluded, in justice
to the wrter to give il second insertion. How
the many errors IN the frs, publication, which in
some instances completely Destroyed the sense,
could have occurred, we are a! a loss to conjecture.
Perhaps The proaf>heet was misplaced before It was
corrected Il is now, as the papers say Q. X so.
korrect" We regret that our attention was not cal.
ed to the errors in the piece IN time for its repub
cation 10 our last
II has probably been forgotten by many Of your
readers that there viii be debate IN Columbus 10
Monday week next between Mr., c. G. Omslcd Of
this place and Rev Mr.. Smith Of Tennessee upon
the divine authenticity OF the Christian religion
and as tbs IS a subject that concerns every one, II
IS Ia be hoped that there will be a general atten-
dance both from town and country. Let every inf
del and every Christian, GO 10 the debate, Invested
of all preiudres, and let them weigh the arguments
adduced by the opposing gentlemen c1ndljIy; anc
if the Christian religion is proven to be false let j
, be tramp.ed 10 the dust, Fits truth be demonsra
ted let is precepts be reyerenced and obeyei by all
Lptnot The Christian stay from the discussion think
inc that no rood can result from the debate Of tn
merits of the truth Of Christianity. Great good ha
resulted from its discussion IN other places, why no
in Columbus Who, al this day, can calculate ii,
vast amount Of good rendered to the human Iamill
BY the contentious and debates Of the founders o
Christianity with lis opPosers'
When the Christian religion was first propagated
us opponents were not denounced as hlgotS unwor
thy OF notice, but whenever an argument oTohector
was raised against its divine authenticity IL was the
duiy of the Christian in that age to consider and re
move the objection. Now II is deemed only neces
lry NV sone) to say that the nfdel does not believe
his own arguments and that his own objections are
. not raised through pure motives, but from the de
sire Of notorety. Is ii not strange that reasonable
Christians will actin this manner. Suppose that Por
phyty and CELSIUS and the host ofeoquent oppoSers
Christianity had bccn treated IN this tho
ages Of Christianity, would not Christianity have
sunk into nsigRlfeance. Professors should be careful
lest they make themselves stumbling blocks | sa,
then le all 90 and calmly hear the debate The I'm
preludiced have nothing to fear from the nyestr
CATION of any tenet however dear for they are at al
times wiling TO reject error as soon as It's protear
hues are visible. The salt Of the earth are thos,
who follow after and seek truth, Ferbmn Sat Sa
PjenH
DlSClPULUS.