The Delaware herald., 1854-05-10
Communications.
Correspondence of the Herald.
"Sephus " Again.

would merely state that it was occasilned by
my absence from Roseville" Twas on visit
to the Quaker City," among my friends and
relatives; and must confess that / was little
too well pleased" with the company of my
associates there, to turn aside for the purpose of
inditing reply 20 Sephus last communication,
even had lave known that he was " out "
again; of which fact / was not aPprlzed until
my return, on the 1st inst. l, however, read II
(or tried toy on the eve of my arrival al " Rose
ville-took hearty laugh, and went to BED, 10
dream of the loved ones l had left solie hum
dred miles away, and also of the possibility q
of being arraigned at Dover, for the purpose
of hearing the continuation of Sephus' defence.
He acknowledges that he is used up man,"
SO far as the argument of the question is
concerned. The fact is, Sephus like some
others we could name, thought himself better !
loglcian than he has subsequently proved him.
self to be; and finding that he was foiled in his |
undertaking to prove certain points by Scrip |
tural quotations, as wellas.by the merest asser-
tion on his part, he flies into a great passion
and threatens to have his opponents arraigned
before a court and jury to see if such auxilaries
cannot assist him in " beating us out -!
What foolish idea And it only goes to
prove TO the public that he is as ignorant of the
laws Of his State, regulating newspaper cores
Ipondence, as he is in all other matters upon
which he has touched. And we would advise
Sephus to never again put his pen to paper, es-
pecially upon such Il subject as the Temperance
question and, also, because he failed to prove
his points, and only made himself (with our as
sstance) public " laughing stock" he wishes
it carried to Dover, in order that he may obtain
that clemency from the court and jury which
the intelligent reading public have failed, OF
refused, to extend to him! We would advise
him not to do so, lest matter-ot-lact jury should
wound his feelings with IL siX-penny verdict
But, listen to his words, for few moments, and
judge what sad predclment he is in, about
! this time-he wishes us to think that he is
very good: In the commencement of his last
article, he says that he has "always admired
Temperance And always fel to Pity intempor-
unit men Whather intemperut in drinking eat
2 ing sleeping warlng swaring Icing or any thing
f that is contrary to sound doctrine according to
the gloreous Gospal Of the blessed God" Al
: ways admired Temperance! Whew guess
: those who have read your communication to
: the Herald, as well as those who have listened
: to your verbal libels against temperance men
if and measures, believe about as much Of that as
o | do of the " Arabian Knights Adventures
Dreadiully in love with temperance, expect!
e Wonder If there is a probability of your WIN
ming the fair goddess! If thought there was
Nis
+ should be candidate, also, for the companion.
o ship OF this popular Gust now fair one.
a But here's the cream of the whole article
y he says he has always pitied men that were in.
II temperate IN drinking, swearing and lying =
: Now we have got you where we can give you
a a little more grape" Can man be temper.
e ate in swearing, in disappearing the High Ma
: Jesty of Heaven Can a man be temperate
l. when he does those things which Gods laws
e forbid Can he be temperate when he Is living
Of either IN excuse of himself to the injury 0
others! in bearing false witness against hi
II neighbor ! or against his own conscience T.
N For his guilt in the sight of God is as deep,
he is untrue to himself, as though he was falls
. to another.
n Certainly there can be no such thing as tenn
perGnce, in the estimation of the law when
Is knowingly violated. This proves that vol
are rs great ethical blundertr as your stylt
=. and language proves you to be grammatical
= one. suppose that this is one of those pearl
~ q which you have unwttingly cast before tn,
Delaware swine No wonder that they hav,
is trampled them under their feet.
~ MIR. Sephus, there can be no temperance il
= practising evil of any character. Wonder how
many oaths man would have to swear-hoy
~ long he would be privileged TO blasphcme-o
- how many lies he would have to tell, accordin!
1
u pronounced Incorporate! don't know hov
y many your system would allow him, but know
= what Gods law says upon this subject.
=; positively says that thou shalt net do theS
~ things at ALI | think that the Rum party la,
= better collect aud publish, Gd pcr6ati ct liter
~ atm, al SpellattlR, all Of your communication
=. - to the Herald; for, verify, they will prove I
Vi be invaluable pearls TO them, as they can quot
- the authority of Sephus for the violation of tn
~ moral principle-of Gods holy and immutabl
- law, and say that, according to logical Undue
y y ton, man may swear little and lie a little
u and get drunk number of times, and STILL ac
= cording 10 your PHILOSOPHY, be tempcrat
o. mani!
IN Sephus thinks that it was never profitable 70
Va a man, "a minister, should have said to in
Us terfere with politics. Wonder ifhe thought $
-, once, when a certain individual in this coun.
y was elected to fill a subordinate station by th
Democratic party, and on the following morn
.. ing alter hIs election, when one of his friend
came over TO congratulate him on his success
nd fui election, and, after the bottle" had bee
he passed around he observed to his friend that h
rs, had changed q his political opnionsl Thi
10 circumstance is within your memory, Sephus
now, tell us, did you really think that It wa
not "Proftabl" theni
1t seems, from Sephus' last article, that h
had ceased to be interested in the choice of th
Nv rulers and officers of his country until the Sc
= caid Temperance Election" at which was s
much afflicted with blushing on his account
1t was not at the election that blushed on YOU
rn accounts and never said SO and as you hav
c. been very free in saying that told some false
rs hoods,which, by the way, you have never proved
viii just say that that is one of yours. sal
!. :, that l was panied that you should publish
IL .circular" addressed to the people of this sec
lis ton, in which was couched language that be
trayed your motive for thus acting. Notbecaus
you were at the election, for conceive it to b
ce the duty Of every citizen to attend 20 the nom
nation and election Of suitable men to fill tn
~ various Offices Of the government. / find n
on iauit with you on that ground, not so much as
j do with those a pood aas5 rnenw who lea,