The Delaware herald., 1854-04-05
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And feel they too are penetrable stuff
And though hope not hence unscathed 10 CO.
Who conquers me shall find stubborn fte." a
MEssRs. EDIroRs We are glad that we P
nave another opportunity of meeting, on the =
minds battle plain, in open conflict, before the I
intelligent, and appreciative
readers of Delaware, with this reputed cham
pion lin his circle) of the Rum party.
He had remained silent so long that we fear c
ed our last communication in reference to him,
his motives and principles, had given him
his quletus But we are glad to see you again, |
Mr.. Sephus; and happy to see that you have
made considerable improvement since the ap-
pearance OF your first article Oh! we have
done you some good by probing your delicate
and sensitive nerves with the barb of rigid
criticism. I'll venture that the readers Of the
Herald will never see you q la deshGbiile again;
though the Editors say that they had consider
able difficulty in deciphering your hieroglyphics
and placing them in readable form.
We Temperance men, by our fearless re-
marks, have drawn cut into the arena OF public
debate, three of the "chiefs" of the antagonis-
tic party, viz: " Sephus," of the Willow Grove |
Tribe; Thos. P. Reynolds of the Canterbury
Association; and Sam. Townsend, of Apo |
qulnlmlnk- And | am glad of it! Why !-- |
Because want every intelligent reader, every
man, woman and child, that thinks and reasons,
and particularly the Temperance men, to sec
what intellectual capacity and moral training
these "chiefs ~ exhibit to the gaze of the
world, when they put their thoughts and argu-
ments upon paper. Shade of Lindley Murray!
what grammer!
I'll take "Sephus" and his tribe, for my
=! share, Messrs. Editors; and | hope that you'll
attend to Mr.. Townsend's " circulars" as he
can't get into the newspapers; and, | assure
Won. have n nlputU of StrouUS man hara
that will keep Mr. Reynolds from doing mis-
chief. Now then, Sephus, as we have our work
apportioned off, we are ready for you. But
"keep cool" and don't get out of temper, for
live learned to think and sterny speak the truth
Learned to deride the critics starch decree,
!, AID break hlm on lle wheel he meant for me'
1 AS we purpose crticising and answering
lt your arguments after the manner, dd Hteratual,
in wh;ch they are adducC d, we shall first notice
our locality Cherry Grove" You wonder
if that is the place where the tclotaIlors getther
cherry-juice tor their mock-Worslip, in celebra-
}, ting the Lords supper" O, 10, Sepllus, we
: ate the cherries as they rFoIod in the genial
: air and warm sunshine, uniermcnted, and there
J fore undeilcd, but pure and sweet as when God
y first made them and pronounced them good-
Ii You would get nothing atrong there but "argu-
's ncnts," for we did not, Ike certain minister
of the Gospel o living in your section, WHOM
j. have often seen, and Of whom YOU hay,
doubtless taken Coz nizance, (rot one of thu
&c "hlred clergy" that preach for wages, but
regular "vounteer," that takes his L" glass
! and then gets In the pulpit and consoles AM
q comforts the "clect" and thundcrS the anathe
- mas of Gods disPleasure against the wicked
nd when, poor creatures! according to his, no
;, Gods, doctrine, Christ made no atohement fa
IS their sins y say, we did not, like this goo
gs q shepherd, keep ademiiohn filled with some
Up thing "good to take" and when the content
er gave out" hoist 1t up in the sulky-foot an
to trot off to the nearest groggery, and get it rt
ch plenished, as hare many times seen him do i,
ne Again, you wish to know. what we "mean
Sc those bg-swelling words! - adding that "you
ce nelghbOrs and my neighbors know that neithe
as of us have any knowledge of Latin, Greek
w Hebrew" To this, will only reply, BY sa,
ID ing, that some OF your neiglbors, and my neig
lte bors, always knew more Of me, my plans al
Sc requirements, thoughts and feelings, than
so knew myself; and yet, if they were COMPEL,
nd to make their literary deGut, they would C
lb- about such figure as YOU did when W
op- made yours. CRsar, help me!
ess Thank You for your suggestion, in relatic
zen to that odd pocket" but as we have "b
be- heart" we will keep. our " fun in that, al
I'VE whenever the "green-horns" come down
ME temperance like wolf on the fold,'' we sh;
out be sure to Sc them and levelat them the shal
me of satire amusement.
an, You still think that Mr.. Coombc did not ful
OF his promise, i'll his afternoon address mt Ba
his nng's. | think he did it admirably well, f
oul you know, he told you that you would not sic
ave very well that night, for he had given you
Ind good luncheon of the ham and potatoes a
er- he thought it would stay by you. And so
ent has, for do not think that you have got it I
n rlrr
md little stimuIdnt to aid and hasten the proce
her That was very wrong, Sephus and in dire
n | opposition to the laws of nature, which a
IN synonymous with the laws of health.
Here's something else. Look at and unaly
oes it, gentlemen: ITO say teetotal abstnen
I've from wine and strong drink is enjoined by {
elf Bible, is as false as the Devils saying that m
on shall not surely die" suppose, you will adn
} it. that drunkenness is prohibited, plainly and
md, equivocally, by literal reading of the Chr
the tian precepts. Very well. Does not your
perience substantiate the opinion Of the adj
zap Gates of Prohibition, that when men contrt
ler- the unnecessary 1--WE say unnecessary, for I
It it laws of health, constitutionaly do not requ
that it,) and dangerous habit Of "taking little
else their stomach's sake," as they say but, in ret
the ty, to administer to the qualifications of Wit
hall ted and depraved appetite; say, docs not "
hou experience prove, that, when the habit is for
ates ed, the devOtees will sometimes get lit
this too much" TO appear reasonable or civil!
lend Admitting that moderate use of the juict
ask the grape, unmixed and uncorrupted by the v
), as poisonous nostrums of the present day, v
e or allowed by the Jewish law to the patriarc
ord, fathers, is that an excuse, in this age of .
any gress and reform, for an individual to erec
and distillery, or to obtain license from the CO
told for the opening Of a grogshop at your v
lght door-by the side of your school bonse.--or
for the church where YOU worslin--to deal ont
that deadly and damninp poison n vour. sens
anks your neighbor's sons! Answer.
and The christians prayer is " Father, leat
yain. not into temptation, but deliver us from ev
VIII Yet some of our earthly fathers not only ]
1--we their children into temptation, but set be
p in, them a corrupt unwise and ruinous cram