Wisconsin herald, and Grant County advertiser. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1844-1845, 1845-04-26

f.The Amber Witch,' sent, for the pur.
sooA .s,,s the truth Of his preten,ions 10 mn a
pose determine the date of a wriinsby an ex-
o".' .,;o, of the language-as he and has associ-
nrofessed to do in reference 10 the oioie.-
a!'' Iii near in mind that the book was purely
10. .;o,. having been written by man now living,
rs. GOOD Mr.. Menhold. This fact OF course, was
inc - from Strauss. Well. he took the book,
so"r.at DIR. Strauss, the INFIDEL DIVINE, to
n' s.;g,i6can,iy: took il and sat down To all ex-
sH'.,;on of it's contents to ascertain from the
ND language, the date of its composition,
N W tina, he could do il with certainty, as
y" "a nrofessed TO do, and was sure he had done,
nc S Ill The books of the sacred canon. The re-
", ri. Investigation was, that he pronounced
Sun 81" ch,,Ious story the Amber WITCH" 20 be
.. and yeritabe history, very ancient date
'''e .h FIR the wisdom of this German Artist ote,
h.d decreed the whole bible to be lie, be-
.,,.s the date Of the composition of the sacred
-. Aid no, answer that which they piofessed TO
t.ar as he and his school had inialibiy ascertain
y !, ,beir linguistic research. "Verily, man is
hssr estate,' il inidelity be the best estate OF
n.n :. is altogether anity" Thus " as .Galiaih
The Phistines slain, by the little sling stone Of
n,yid In the language of another, "it went
i..,er into his forehead than any other weapon,
.,d may do more To put his followers to shame and
.o,fI.ion, than all other attacks that have been
.,de upon them.n Indeed this seems to have been
,bs effect already. DIR. .Meinholt let the leaven
of delusion work, till the community had become
,boroughly imbued with il, on the authority of the
MIGHTY Ir. Strauss, and then he came forward
and lust told the public that HE was the author of
hat lille work, which he had written IL or three
Years previous, and that this was the extent Of its
,o,iouity. Fer the truth of this, he adduced the
AFFIDAVIT, Of some dozen or more good and reliable
oG nj
Str1uss and his whole house of compeers, into the
utmost confession. But will you credit it when it
i: affirmed, as it certainly is, and that on the bes,
authority, that they refused TO believe the author
on his own word, hacked though it was by score
Of other names that none could dispute! They
contended thatit was impossible that the work oil
DR.. Meinhold should be any other than real his
ory, for they had pronounced it 10 be such by the
sane sort OF infal BILE criticism by which they had
Pronounced the gospel history 10 be false, aud there
fore it must be true. II was more likely that DIR.
Menhold, and all his assoc iates, be fore heaven and
earth, should swear to utter lie, than that the
conclusions as to the work should be mistaken
conclusions. DIR. Mienhold was liar, and his
work was TRUE, for by the same process of reason
Ing, they had proved the evangests and the apos-
ties to be liars, and their works false" Such is the
crednlity of infdels II il does not show a weak
ness ofmind-a prodigious weakness--l would ask
what could show il!
Now if any do inquire Why this aticle has been
prepared, this is our In a number of this
paper issued four weeks ago, in series of articles
which the Editor is so kind as to publish, appeared
one containing some remarks on skepiie ism, as IN
dicaiing weakness which is not congruous with
the Otherwise vigorous character Of young men. =
This was attempted to be shown by reference 10
some Of the most noted infdels OF the English and
French school. /, was affirmed that they had no,
added anythingto their literary fame by what they
lad written on the subject. In " these ends oi
the esrih," where books are as scarce as timber
o wives, it is not easy to substantiate historic
facts by quotations from authors. | am happy then
to be able to presen: from the papers narrative so
completely appTopos to my purpose. | leave il
to the readers of the Herald, for their devout
sderaton. G.