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born. And, secondly, We should have wished
"a add a remark or two Of our own TO preclude

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that use of the paragraph appearing In our COZ
umns. which knayes andhypocrites who hate OF
fear us would be certain to make.
Does any man believe that the paragraph
states other than the truth with regard toLay'
ards deductions from his discoveries, as he
supposes them to cast light on the character
and intent of the Book of Daniel We have
NOT sseu this even pretended. The clear im-
mort of all attacks upon US respecting 1t is 'h's
mo matter if it BE true that Layard has ar
rived ar such conclusions, you Cike his own
.publisher) ought to suppress and conceal
them. for they tend to discredis the au-
.tbepticity and inspiration of the Bible
Now we cannot say what the facts aseer-
tanned by Layard tend legitimately to prove
because of the cowardice and treachery which
has concealed those facts from the public; We
cannot say what others may have inferred from
Lsyards deduction from those facts above
quoted; but on our mind il has made an inn
preston strongly confrmatory of the aHtheH-
ITCHY of the Book Of Daniel and Of its meaning
just what it naturally purports TO mean. For
what testimony could Science or Archaeology
give in favor of such authenticity more forci'
Bile than TO dig up the long buried monu.
ments of Babylon and ind in them such strik.
ing corroboratons of Daniels Prophecies that
it is forced to conclude that they were written
after the events they profess to predict And,
though we seldom speak of such matters, and
profoundly wish we had Layards facts before
us instead of his differences, We should have
urged this view of the question in irst print
ing the paragraph objected to had we seen it
before it was printed.
But, in the next place, had Layard's conclu-
sion from the memorials before him been that
no such person as Daniel was ever in Babylon,
we should not have felt justified in suppresslng
it. For ever since We made profession OF faith
in Christianity (Which was rather earlier, We
infer, than our Wall-street cotempOrary's, since
il was some ten years before he fought his last
duel.) we have done that faith the justice to
believe that it would have its own weight, and
did not require that monuments should be fall
sifed. Science discredited, History doctored,
nor truth suppressed in order to uphold 10.
When we do believe such conduct necessary TO
Christianity, we shall cease TO be Christian,
or shall at least retire from vocation whose
duties we can no longer discharge with integ-
rty and good faith.
The readers of our journal are not all OF
one faith, and even if they were, It's Obligations
to Truth are paramount to any other. They
have right to believe, and generally DO be-
lieve, that they are dealt with fairly, in the
presentment of facts, and that the indications
of Science, the fruits of contemporary Research,
are set before them honestly and canddly.
But let il be understood that discovery made
by scientific explorers of the ruins of Babylon
or the catacombs of Egypt is suppressed when
il seems to initiate against the authenticity OF
the Scriptures, and what reliance will they
place-nay, what reliance should they place
IN a newspaper averment that Layard or
Lepsius has discovered monumental nscrip-
tons which strongly confirm the verify oil the
Sacred Record Ii the dice are loaded what
does their turning up this way or that amount
TOT
For some years past, the Literary world has
had rumors OF discoveries lately made by Ger
man Archaologists and deeypherers of hero
glypLics in Egypt, which would tend to shake
the confidence of ChristendOm in the Divine
inspiration of Moses, or at least in the Scrip
tural record of his doings. The pith OF all
this seems to be that he seems TO have been
profoundly instructed in the learning and mys-
teries Of the Egyptian Priesthood, and to have
borrowed a part of his Institutes from them.
The latest report is that referred to above by
our Assistant--yiz. that a part of his Com.
mandments are substantially identical with
those inscribed on Egyptian monuments which
are alleged TO antedate him. Now Of the
fact such similarity of import between his
Commandments and those found inscribed on
certain Egyptian monuments, We presume
there is no doubt but we apprehend that the
priority of date claimed for the latter has not
been and cannot be demonstrated. But if GER
tain archaoogists aver that the Egyptian
DecalOgue is the older one, we shall report
that they say so, and leave every reader TO
give what weight he sees fit to their deduc
tons Our Christianity has never required US
either to bear false witness or to suppress
important truth.
Should We ever be so unfortunate as to
lose all faith in God, in Virtue, in Immortality
We may very possibly become so benighted as
TO regard Christianity as polite device, to be
bolstered by ignorance and craft and adroitly
used 70 keep the miserable quiet and submis-