Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1848-08-26

tastes among people however are vastly
different
But If a popular assembly has no charms
for him, or if ho should fail: in obtaining
an Audience sufficiently large to awaken
the mighty ennrEtps of bis mind aud call
lotlh the lony hiRhts If his Imagination IN
bursts Of popular eloqaenoa, be can adept
a \ ~iTsraiit plan lie can enibUdy the stores
pfVislbm Accumulated In bis mind and pre-
sonl them to the world in the form Off
taBfHlst 5r book 10 aAligttFh and Cdiiy
mankind lie has 4 right 10 in thi- for II
tie tiles honestly indicated tn nature ut
Ahe subject the leading Of the production
could he agVitgJ lY All Is wIlout. the sub
feet might BE iisi4fpgahle or disgusting.
Iu'l when ajiis hero al The pnilI ob'rIdes
Upon the publir IN thr columns Of a news.
paper. we know not the nature 0f his Hffd-
ron unfit weShave road them, aud before
we afb,aayafa Ut II the dose 10 swallowed,
however nauseots ii may ta.E ibis seems
10 be rather Unfair. Ue# s ?
w His uvyh testimony in r. latidn 10 the char
actpr ofthr Preacher is favourable lis
tha5 expressed He isa gentleman that
In former days we have known toleFabiy
swelland rather favorat,ly. while fsra riding
ahim o. m independent liberal aud jealous
lsboufer in the cause Of religion y He
fHit' cks n gentleman Of this description
who Ii ,teetns was an old acquaintance in
sths .fdlovidg language "Candor to him
and tistieo to ourselves compel Us to say
of him that with a lack of tHUdesiy that
WINS ct once disgusting and insulting to d
TcspeciHbigi aH ietIee@Ehp launched forth
III a. Huisy and sehseless tiradu against
dhhcitg III the abstract alike unworthy Of
his calling and of the sacred desk.''
II the Judgment Of w pronounced upon
fhis gentlemen be just and true, something
ttnightto be done. His church should de-
1Jdse him from tho ministry, that he might
no longer disgust and insult The eonimuni-
tys The lofty position ot'aecttser and Judge
which W. has assunpd, must not lead us
10 the adoption Of this Judgment without
examination. Is w qualified tn Judge IN
the ease, does he kuUw what 'mgdesty' isl
D0nH be- knew what In and what IL not
"wortby the sncred desh I" Can he reason
correctly aud tell what Island what IL not
rrdeea u We know him not except from
this suli AIRY literary production. Would a
''nhodest man. assume 30 lofty a position
with such slight preiuntions as w. has as
Burned tn this productions 7 Should a ''mod. ,
est man" arfaign a Minister Of the Gospel
before the public by means of the press,
and assuming tho position Of acGu.er and
Judge In the case promulgate his decision
that the Minister had acted unworthy Of
bis calling ahdof the dignity of the sacred
desk r. If d IMAM IL mot "Inpdest' him
Bclt--tf he knows not what "tnodesty' Is
can h. tell when there Is a lack Of "mod-
csiy'' IN others I We think not. Can he
reason correctly 7 Does he know enough
oi logic to tell when n proposition in prov
ed ! He seems to thing that the uttetance
Of 'tirade against dancing by a Minister 81
the aospnl IL an act unworthy Of his call !
ing aul Of the dignity of the sacred desk"
Does the proof sustain the proposition I
The advocacy Of defence Of an immortality
would be an act of this kind, but we did
not know before that any one who ven
TO write Cor the public, should know
so little ufreason aud logic us to maintain
that the condemnation Of dancing was an
kind, since he has given US this
adin'rable specimen Of bis logic, we feel
III liberty to doubt his abii1y to Judge III
other niutters. We doubt whether he
knows what Ia worthy and what Ia not
worthy Of The ministerial scaling Of the
Of tho sacred desf." W. doubt
whether n uuiBy benselcss TRADE was ever |
attorcd, but suppose that Il must have been
a train of reason and argument, afdrHi and
BloqOuht, which he thought must BIO a nor |,
sy senseless tifade, because he fell himself
unable 10 understand and answer IL. The /
fact that In his reply does not luy down
propositions AND attempts "a sustain them
by argoihentl tends strongly 10 confirm
this view efthe ease. taa-Hs
81 His Inability 10 reason aud his igRo-
EnnecuE lbgiU receives a itttthdr eyempltL
uausn inAls attempt IT, prove that danCifg
not 20 be condemned in the pulpit /
provo tho fact that they who attend balls /
''do not carry their practice into abe church,
nor do they meet In ball rootis tbfc6ndetnh
he usagcs Of the chunjh,I or to denoumep !
in eloquent and set terms the practice and !
OF thcse who profess christiani- i
lglllh Any chtld we tbinSmrght know ttHt
HE ball room was not the place for discus !
SION, lhIt idr acknowledgement fbrtte improvement I
mind, nor Eorinstruction In morals, hut /
Fdr butfily e%Gtloaand motion, dud forthe graf. !
.iostiun Of certain feelings. But tho church +,
il tho place FOR the discussion 81 doctrine d.
and OF duty and for che Worship of God. !
Ehe usages ofthe church ARE not discussed $
n the ball rsuru, because there Il would h
ont OF place. But this is no reason n
why the discussion ei amy question which
elates to nlo'al duty should be excluded u
rom the pulpit, tor It Ii the proper place h
Or such discussions, Ii seems that a k
hid might know all this, and yet not be n
feFy wisegorIledoe not either know the
'roprtetiCs lut,time and place, or he did dot :
" w0Uld not perceive that the reR son did y
lot support the point maintained In either 4
'sse, he exhibits himself to the public in a a
condition not exnetly calculated 10 sustain !
lis reputation in his assumed position as
Il is very evident that reason &
nd argument andlogic il not his fore. Y
he had better avoid such subjects in future, q
ne sutor ultra crepidam, "lS an old Latin =
worthy 0fhis consideration. AtaH /
adherence TO the rule laid down by "
no English maxim, 'liula boats should ~
near the shore,s It would do him no s
injury and might be somewhat beneficial. a
CURTIUS. !,
The President by d message on Tuesday in !,