The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1847-09-03
For ne Lancaster Gazette.
wssr R~u.nvllIr. 0. Aug. 80, 1877.

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Mr.. WEAvER:-I perceive that the
great wrath of the Editors of the Eagle
is not in the least abated, and in truth, l
see no help for them. For preaching a
sermon on the second Sabbath of July,
to which wings and democrats. gave their
cordial assent, they called me tory, trait
or, hypocrite, &c. &C., and the sermon ito
ry, all out" l asked them for their def
milton of tory, and in a fit of anger they
told of an Elder away in Maine, who was
sent to hePenitentiary forsome shocking
crime. If they had described the man
in the moon, their definition of a tory
would have been just as pertinent. ]
asked for one solitary sentence from the
sermon to prove it "tory all out" and told
them if they could not furnish it, they
must stand posted before the public by
their own pens as liars and slanderers;
but they could not furnish this small item
of proof, and still they are in a rage at
me! They published to the world the
sentiment that men have no right to Judge
and speak for themselves on political
matters, except they speak and judge
as they do, and when | remined them
that this was a real tory senti-
ment, they fell into a rage. And when
| told them that by holding this tory SEN
timent and at the same time publishing
to the people that they were good demo-
Gratis, they were acting the part of polit-
icalhypocrites they fellinto a g~reaterrage
than ever. / should never have thought
of charging them with toryism and hyp-
ocrisy, if they had not published it to the
world themselves, and when | was kind
enoughto point it out to them, and rebuke
them for exposing themselves, instead of
thanking me, they again fell into a rage,
and commenced their abuse.
And nov they plead that however
much they may SANDER a minister of the
gospel, i; is entirely beneath his charac-
ter and dignity to take any notice of them
whatever! Perhaps it is; but the Bible
speaks of "unruly and vain takers and
deceivers whose mouths must be stopped
and Paul commands a minister of the
gospel to "rebuke them sharply" and yet
when l rebuked them sharply for their
good, they again fell into a burning rage.
On Sabbath before last, before Bethel
congregation, composed principally of
intelligent democrats,) dispersed, | re-
quested them to give an expression of
their opinion ofthe sermon on war, which
| had delivered them, and not an objec-
ton was made to it; but an excellent
and worthy Ruling Elder, who represen-
ted the democracy of Perry County in
the last session of our Legislature. made
quite a speech in favor of it, and closed
by saying that he had heard no objections
against it from any of his democratic
friends. As this whole congregation Of
Intelligent democrats are now in the
same condemnation with myself, l hope
the Eagle men will treat us all alike, or
| will surely have grounds of complaint,
| will now demonstrate from their own
written statements that they are tories,
and hypocrites, and should not be tolera-
ted in Lancaster, or the state of Ohio
Though they have absolutely refused to
define a tory, after all, they hare
done it. Their definition of a tory is one
who opposes the present war, or believes
it to be unjust. That this is their mean
ing is evident from the fact that they are
strong advocates for the war, and they
called the writera tory because he did
not express himself, as they supposed,
precisely" according to their views of it.
Now in my sermon, | say, Lay as much
blame of this war as you please upon the
priesthood ofMexico, &upon Santa Anna
and the demagogues of the nation &c
But the Editors call this "toryiSm all OUT
Of curse they believe that the priest.
hood, Santa Anna, and all the demngogues
of the nation are not to blame, and if not,
then it must be a most unrighteous war
Thefollowing syllogism then must be cor.
rect. All those are tories who believe
the present war with Mexico to DO un.
righteous; the Editors ofthe Eagle believe it to be
unrighteous; therefore the Editors of the Eagle are
tories. Again; a hypocrite'is one who
PROCESSES to be what in reality he is not
the Editors of the Eagle profess to be
what in reality they are not-they pro,
fess to be democrats while ia reality they
are tories; therefore they are ~hypocrites
Once more they say a tory aud hypocrite
should not be tolerated in any communi.
ty; they are tories and ~hypocrites accor.
ding to their own statements, therefore
thew should not be tolerated in anv com.
munity-neither in Lancaster, nor any
place else. The question then comes UP
what should be done with them? !
would advise the good people of Ian.
caster just 10 bear with them, or tolerate
them, and by so doing they will treat
them far better than they say such men
ought to be treated, and thus cut off all
grounds of complaint.
J. ANDERSON.
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