Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1854-05-11
GBe 1ailgg SPY.
THURSDAY, NAY n, 1854.
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.. Gabriel is not any more crazy than you
- IL i ono of God Dam lies. Just like
gths LYING cusses. Gabriel would have given
,,o,, bslI last night if you had showed your
faces. But you dare not show them.
P. S. YOU are dam fool. =
The above, which is copy. rerbatim &c., of
aletter we received through the Post Office,
Yesterday morning, will serve as a specimen of
aclass of missives, which editors, who think
for themselves and speak their thoughts, are
in the habit of receiving. The threat of per-
sonal violence and outrage, is no new one, but
Is very common among that class of persons
who write anonymous letters.
But, our object in copying the above, is not
to speak of such, or to such, but to a class of
men generally reputed as respectable, who to
some extent sympathise with the writer Of it.
Our offence. in this case, consists in speaking
of a man, as crazy, who goes wandering about
the country, without any settled employment
BY which to secure livelihood, affirming that
he is the Angel Gabriel, and asking people, to
take the fact of his bearing and blowing
brazen trumpet, as demonstrative proof that
what he afirms of himself strue! We should
suppose that this simple statement, to any
person Of ordinary Judgment and moderate
STARE of sanity, would be a complete justifca-
tion Of what we have said. If stronger evil
dence of insanity can be furnished, we know
not where to find it. A man may be more
raving mad, than this poor monomaniac is,
but that is no stronger evidence of insanity,
for raving madness comes often of passion, as
well as of insanity.
We take it for granted, then that this same
"Angel Gabriel is insane. What, then, shall
we think of those, who, claiming to have their
reason, uphold him and urge him forward in
his course, footing his trumpet disturbing the
public peace, and gathering crowds ofthought-
less boys to listen to his insane and incoherent
ravingss Are these men friends of reforms We
do not deny it,or question their sincerity. But,
we would respectfully ask them, if any gen.
uine reform was ever conducted to success
ful Issue, under the lead of men whose appro-
pirate place is the Lunatic Hospital or the
Bridewells If there be any who believe such
a thing probable or possible, though we may
possibly have respect for their sincerity, we can
have but very little for their judgment
We differ as widely in our opinions, proba-
bly,, as any in the community, from the Catho-
lies. We believe their doctrines unsound, and
the tendency of their system bad. But, we
believe that they are to be changed, only by
Christian means. If the Catholics are to be
reformed, and converted from their errors, it
will never be done by outrage and oppression.
These will but confirm them in their errors If
we would reach them and convince them, it
must be by works of love, by showing them
the practical fruits of better system, and a
purcr faith. Oppression always begets resist
ance, but love win melt the most obdurate
heart.
One word as to the cutlery against foreigners.
We have them, now; We need their labor; the
untry opens boundless scope for them, and
it is an inevitable result that we must and shall
have them. This being true, which, we ask,
is the better policy, that we should give them
an interest in our institutions and prosperity
that we should assiHilate them with ourselve.
as citizens into homogeneous body, with
common objects and common interests, or that
we should build up a wall of separation be-
tween them and us, and make them, in fact
as well as in name, aliens to us, and to our
institutions, dwelling with US, but not of
us, enemies instead of friends, and prepared,
whenever the opportunity may offer, to sac
rifce both us and our institutions, to what
they may consider as wrongs, that we have
inflicted upon thems