, 1844-01-20
TFor the Radical

ment which you dare not which you
cannot meet but you will torture it in
vain. Instead of meeting the subjects
with argument and scripture you ardent
" endeayor like the scuttle fish to dar-
ken the water that you may avoid the
hand and escape the eye of your pursu-
er. You cannot do il. Facts are not
found in scripture to prove your doc
trine, and conscious Of this you a second
time resorted TO misrepresentation and
ridicule. Such wit should be confined
in its own casket of lead. You thought
me- "a mighty jiant in t~heOlygy' never
theless you called me 4 putting scrib-
bier" | was not astonished when |
heard that you failed to discover ''point
on force" in my argument. lalSo in
woke the "shades Of Johnson and Web
ster 10 be mirciiul" 1t is true I used the
words Il respect you as a man Of honest
intentions"--but | did not respect YOUR
exertion to bring on This debate and
therefore l called you a "knave or hypo-
critic "All must be a great fool l
deny the authorship Of any such Ian
guage-and but for the rigor if not the
venom of your first attack I would not
have INDUCED in one personal inyictiye
towards YOU. The subject is 'two'
grave Friend Calvin pray what does
photography teach: If It teaches the art
of spelling words correctly study it be-
fore you write again. You say that "sal-
walton depend but remainder that the
verb should agree with its nomitive case
and then Humbly beseech hurry Kirk
ham and Smith to be gracious. You pre-
tend to be opposed TO the dragging in Of
e]xtEaneous ma:ter-yet you ask me to
answer interogatories Tor according TO
"your "chast and elegant" manner Of en-
pressing a word by its proper letters
'interogetories,, foreign from (or as you
have it "foreign to" The subject before
US. Thou wilt condescend TO discus
this question provided l viii conduct it
on my part with civility and courtesy
which means according to your own
and Doth the violence here done 10 the
quaker,s language make it necessary for
them 20 excomruuDicate thee. You say
that you are ready TO meet The issue on
condition tha. l refrain from useing tel.
time as many words as are Sc If you
had said ten times as many sc~riptural ar
guments as you are or will hereafter be
able to answer you would have express
ed your meaning. if it would be an ar
duous undertaking to examine that ar
~gumentative part Of ny overdose COM
munication''-it would be very arduous
indeed for you to meet and repel it with
scripture and truth. You ask me if |
could expect you TO notice my declara-
ton or as you spell it "decleration"
that if the reformation was in accord
ance with the divine promise and &C.
cree that it would have taken place
though all the men in the universe had
folded their arms i'll silent apathy. You
may or may Lot nosce it but | do MOI be-
lieve that you can GisprOye it unless
you concede the doctrine or poin: at IS
sue and deny the very words Of Your
creed After requesting me not to vast
the time Of the readers in this way nor
by obscurities or as your splendid Of
biographical requirements fought you to
spell it "Obscureties") you say ''hence
you concede that our doctrine to say the
least is Of a moralizing Tor as your IN
ruly pen would write it "moralizetng"O
tendency-"Calvin' do not suppose
that you ever successfully studied or
biography.
made no such concession as that a.
bove referred to but declared that your
doctrine was at wal with and deadly hos
tile to every principle of morality and
consequently could have no n0Ealizing
tendency But who would have thought
that a man SO bold so reckless so war
like and as it were SO thirsty for blood
and SO ready to shed it in defence of an
idolized doctrine would have grounded
his arms-given up the contest and sunk
at once into profound silence when
humbly but promptly nets by an Oppo,,
uent who did not "chance 10 think tina