Southern standard., 1853-09-24
E0r he Southern Standard.

In his return To the columns oil the IihC
must express his qualification, that his random strict
ures upon the pamphlet of Episcopos, have had the
effect of arousing him and his ellow-laborers" into
full exhibition of themselves before the reading pub
lic 1t is not that Laic has any feeling of malice to
crafty (for if he is acquainted with his heart he
has no i'll will against human beng,) but that the
true exciting cause of his virulen aspersion of the
Church. such as well-bred nfdel ever ventured to
make and the frame and disposition OF mind IN which
it was conceived and executed, should stand out in
bold relief These being shown, Laic may leave ev-
cry reader to sum up for himself the amount of credit
due to the writings and the writers, and excuse him
self from the condescenson ofbandyng eplthets with
these "Mnisters of the New Testament"
Lac discovers to his surprise degree of ignorance
in Presbuteros which he would not have suspected in
any one who could venture to enlighten the public
through the press the subject of Apostolic success
sion. Laic by no means charges ignorance on Pres
buteros in spirit of retaliation, nor for the purpose
of unjusty casting slur upon him to his prejudice
for Lac hopes and he believes that he is above any
such spirit and he is at least too well acquainted with
the sympathes of the human heart to expect to reap
advantage from injury wantonly inflicted, or from
i-natured expressions made for the purpose of excl
ting wrOngully, or contempt against an antag-
onist. AS depraved as human nature may be, there
is virtuous principle extensively pervading the hu
man breast, which gives to the unustly injured de-
cided advantage him who in1icts the injury
What Laic says therefore; of the ignorance of Pres
buteros is said upon his UOir ire in the best pos
sible humor, and in charity and good WILL Every
persuades Lac to exalt Epscopos and Presbuterous
into the rank of veteran combatants-nto very Coli
aths of the Phstines, stored with all the ammunition
of book learning of the enemies of the Church,
der that Laics vanity might be fattered by showing
how gallantly he couldvanquish the champons-fetch
down the Goiaths, and conlound the book learning of
these arch enemies But Lac is obliged by honest
candor to admit that ifa line of demarkation drawn
between what they do, and what they do not know, the
side of what they do know would be little little patch
of stinted weeds; whilst the side of "dont know
would stretch away in boundess plains endless land
scapes hill and dale, mountain and valley, waterfall
and cataractsun and stars all things in, upon,
and under the earth, and Jerome, and the Ofthe
primitive fathers and then if the focus division could
be compressed into compass to fit the little Epsco
pos and Presbuteros, O what small thing Lac's
victory would be-
But time flies and the one column and half Of the
STANDARD grow shorter-both admonish Lac to stick
to the text. Laic must, however, dispose of these
little fellows-these beWildered children of sight
of the smoke OF mammy's chimney in the woods
without path, and going deeper and deeper into the
more and more denseIy tangled forest. Be patient,
gentle reader, Lac will not be long in his disposition
of them He will tWitch them by the ear, and bring
them to the right about and make them sit each upon
stool, and silently get their lesson in Ba-k-er whilst
Laic will discourse uninterrupedy upon the interest
ing and important subject of ministry constituted bv
divine authority and of Epscopacy the only vouch-
safed mode Of continuing its ile and giving to it per-
petuy. But to Episcopos and Presbuteros.
ros repeats, viper, bite the file. couple of files to
be btten-Laic understands the modus of working
the files to better advantage. He viii Just make the
one rasp the other and Uice UerSd But these "fles
notwithstanding they files, slippery as eels
and change their position with equal facility-Laic
knows remedy, however. He will fix the wherea-
bouts of file No. and hold him steadily as vice. and
then he will seize file No. ?, By the nape of the neck
and the neither end to ''prevent Slips and commence
the rasping operation. File No. is the learned Epis-
copos He has read the primitive fathers extensively
out of Powell. The fathers are great favoritcs with
him he fell love with them upon first introduction
by Powell, and he talks of and about them as fami-
iarly if he belonged to the same family Tn that
notable blunder of Arius for Aerius (of which Laic
will treat hereafter for the benefit of Presbuteros)
tile No. says that nearly every father of note might
be quoted as sustaining Arius's Judgment &C.,
whereby it is shown that Episcopos claims zen
eral acquaintance with the fathers and regards them
as worthy of all credit, and pages and of the
pamphlet he quotes Cyprian Hilary, Chrysostum and
Jerome as witnesses, and then in their praise as good
and worthy witnesses, he says ''Now let it be borne
In mind that these witnesses spake of things mainly
contemporary with themseves-things with which
they perfectly familiar; that they give not
opinions but facts that they good and holy
men and therefore, it is utterly incredible that they
should make false statement especially in the face
of the world, and upon subject of such notoriety
that they could be contradicted by every and
man in the land''
Laic begs the attentive reader remember that the
referred 10 anu
the facts spoken of by Epscopos and Presbueros are
the selfsame facts.
Now my file No. 2 put yourself horizontally at full
length and make good cross-cutter of YOURSELF and
when the Uice comes about, file No. 2 shall not
turn edgewse upon you In the Standard of August
13, how dsdainuy Presbuteros speaks of these same
"Hoy Fathers - they are beneath the notice of an
EEvangelical (mark the term) minister of the New
Testament like HIMSELF "Romanist and Puseyte re-
y solely upon them for support of their unwarranta-
pOFntpO cioTC-- andD
sed or supported by the word of God" Mark how
he vaunts that he show that their the "Holv Faith
ers, pretensions vain and unounded, and how he
ries in the face of Episcopos persuade his readers
to believe that EpiscopOs referred to the "Hoy Faith
eTs" only because Puseyites and Romansts RELY up-
on them,' and not because Episcopos thought them
worthy of credit and then he quotes Jeremy Tavlor
and Archbishop Whatley for the purpose of discred-
ltlng the fathers, and proving them false witnesses
and then as If he had succeeded in DESTROYING the ve
raclty OF these "Holy Men, as Episcopos calls them
he asks with triumphant self-satsfaction sand now
reader, what becomes of the dogma of Apostolic sue
cesslon !! "Away then (says file No. p with your
fathers; let them go to the moles and bats"
A beautiful couple of "fes = sweet evangelical
ministers of the New Testament" these Who shall
decide between file No. and2 Are the fathers
"good and holy men," and is it 'sutterly incredible
that they should make false statement as Episco-
pos alleges they unworthy of any credit, and
to be cast to the moles and bats, Presbueros af
firms Shall these "evangeicas' be allowed to make
virtue Of gain point by contradictng each the
other Shall they blow hot and blow cold out of the
same breath Shall affirm by all that is good that
it is white, and the other, for fear that it might be