The Ohio star. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1830-1854, 1854-01-18
RAYENNA, WEDNESDAY JANUARY 49, 1854

1t has been a maxim, that ministers and dea
cons children are worse than any others. Th
Greeks express similar opinion. was informed
by my Greek teacher-(who, may say, earne
his money for the services renderedl-that it i
said in Greece, that s. ministers children are III,
DEVILS grandchildren l don't believe word o
it. l know who my grandfather was, and an
bound to say that ministers children are the bes
sort of children-tat is. if they are the children
good ministers. [Applause and laughter.] have
in my hand a letter that was sent to me some time
since, and which contains some facts bearing upor
this matter. In Connecticut, of 937 children orei
Is years of age, of 2O7 ministers and deacons only
30 turned out badly euppose because they
not much in the habit of at ending public din
ners. [Laughter.] In Massachusetts,, out ol
433 families Of ministers and deacons. there were
1898 children over IS years, and only 20 ever be-
came dissiplted. Here we have 40 out Of 2535
children, and some Of my friends who are used to
figures, say that this is just q per cent. in the
whole number. Laughter Now, gentlemen,
Iwill ask you if any grazier who was breeding
cattle would not be glad to lose only 23 per cent.
of his stock Laughter l will ask any bust
ness man if he would no, be glad oltentimes if his
losses were not greater than Fl per cent!
undertake to say that no business has ever been
safe one as that of raising deacons' aud minis
ters' children in New England. [Laughter !
There is but one thing more that wish to men
ton before / close, and it is that while ministers
are generally exceedingly taka,ive, ministers
children are both modest and taciturh. 1t is on
that account that am unable 10 extend my re-
marks any further at this time. Tremendous
applause and loud laughter.l 81,
From the Free Presbyterian
The Free Presbyterian--The Chris.
tian Press--Enfidelity. IN sI-sr.
The following editorial article we copy from the
Christian Press of Sept 9tI,:
The Free Presbyterian.
The Garrisonian papers, while denouncing the
Caristiun Press, have, without exception we be-
leve taken occasion to express their salisfa cton
at the re-aPpehrance of the Free Presby,erian,
which had been, they declared. and would again
be, conducted in more liberal spirit than our
own sheet.
The F. ee Presbyterian said one of these pa
pers, "neyer endorsed the dishonest and SANDER
Gus imputations of '.infdelity," which have bsen
cast upon The Garrison party. On the other hand,
the Free Pres5ueriaa hastens upon coming again
up into the field, in its second ISSUE TO record its
dsapprobation of the of the Christian Press
in regard to the convention and iufidel reform, in
the following language: 1--WE did not think at the
time, and do not still think The stri lures of the
Press were called fol by the OCCASION We
doubt not that it will give the Garrsoniln Press
and its friends great satisfaction to find the Free
Presbyterian ranged with thom in opposition to
the Christian Press on this point; it will rejoice
themto fad that we are left single banded in this
combat, against host; but it cannot change our
views of truth duty, docs lessen in any de-
gree our determination to raise the warning cry
If unheded, the fault will not be ours"
We had hoped to be able to agree with the ed
tors of this paper in all essential things, but on
point which we cannot but deem highly impor-
ant, they choose to range themselves with our op-
posers; fact which we regret the more on ac-
count of the respect which we entertain for them
personally"
Our apology for not having sooner noticed the
above article is this: Not only as a matter of
christian courtesy. but by special request, we sent
our paper to the Press, from the beginning of our
publication till within few weeks past without
ever having received a like courtesy in return from
that paper. For this reason we never are likely
to get sight of the Press unless we 90 out
amongst its subscribers and borrow; an inconven-
fence that we shall not impose upon ourselves un-
less there should be specal call for it.
We were not therefore aware that such nm ar
ticie had appeared in the Press, till few days
since friend of ours incidentally made uusion to
it in private conversation. We then made inuui
ry amongst the subscribers oftbat paper and after
some difficulty succeeded in getting our hand up
on the number containing The article. Our read
ers now have our reason for not having sooner ia
ken notice ofthe matter. We now return to the
article itself.
We wish first to notice the ditin geniousncss
1--WE cannot cannot call it by mder name,) of the
above article Our readers will doubtless recol-
lect the article to which alIusion is made by the
Press. 1t appeared in the second number of our
paper under the cnption of "Dlssentions." The
article wus not aimed at the Christian Press and
that paper was only alluded to in the following
terms:
I'VE have been led to the above remarks by
controversy attended sometimes with considera-
acrimony, which has been gni'g for couple
of months past between the Christian Press on
the one hand and several of the nti-slavery Jour-
mails. on the other growing originally out of some
remarks of the Press in relation to the anti Sla-
very convention held in Cincinnati few months
since.
We did not think at the time, and do not still
think, that structures Of tile Press were called
for by the oceasion at tho same time, had differ
ent spirit been exercised and the proper qualifi-
cation asked in better temper, we cannot but
think that great deal, if not all this controversy,
would have been avoided
So far as the above extract is concerned, land
it is all the aIlusion that was rnade to the Press
in the above article in questi"n the other parties
to the controversy have certainly as much ground
to find fault with us as that paper. Had the .dis-
sentions which called forth that article consisted