The Delaware herald., 1854-06-07

They are very common in the groegery; butt
don't tell very favorably for the refinement and
moral cultivation of the man who puts them in
The public journal. Besides, the grammatical
blunders of his amanuensis are as perceptihle,
to the grammatical student, as were those made
by Sephus himself
His errata is quite novelty in the history
Of letter-writng. suppose, though, that he
wishes the people to think that he was misre-
presented, by the frequency of those errors. |
guess the people don't think so. He thinks
" that is pltiful cause which has to be kept up
by such faithless and ungenerous props" )" and,
in the next paragraph comes out and tells us
that he is i" going right in for the Maine Law
Ito its fullest extent" He will have to be
more consistent than that if he comes over to
our ranks, or we shall expel him therefrom, and
probe his nerves with the barb of criticism,
though he had D, D., NJ. D., or L. L. D., all
attached to his name. None of these would
screen him.
Whether or not this Elder Peter Meredith,
alias Sephus, See A Fuss, really means what
he says about his purposes and intentions in the
future, we shall possibly have an opportunity of
Judging from the forthcoming productions which
he has promised to the public. And as he has
got some one to do his spelling and writing,
how do we know but that he has also got some
! one to do the thinking and reasoning also? Il
would like to have secretary too, If could
afford one--it would save me the trouble Of
writing, and then | could use their ideas and
suggestions, and nobody would know but that
| done it, No insinuations, however, Oh Sephus
| or his amanuens;s.) ....... e.
But whether he comes over to the ranks ol
temperance men or not-whether he continues
to subscribe to the same sentiments and advo-
cate the same doctrine in regard to the restr-c.
ton or rohib:tion of the rum traffic or Motive
| shall still have pen to write and tongue tt
speak out our sentiments in regard to measure!
VIII ch SO materially affect the interests Of the
masses. And the expressed or implied contemp
Of my opponent, or his clique, shall never deter
me from doing my duty. nor from advocating
ths measure.
And though the pressure Of other busincs
demands nearly the whole Of my Tune AMI al
tention, except the portion which curtail from
those hours of needful rcpose and recreation
yet / an willing to meet my opponent in tn
discussion of tbs, or any other subject, in tn
public journals, providing, he will not stoop t
the use of repudiated vulgarisins, and contnu
the application of contcmptuous epithets.
he should DO these | shall g leave him alone il
. his glory" For | refuse to scciate wit
" rowdies" and blackguards in the socia
circle, and I would not publicly converse wit
any one, respecting the necessary adoption of
Prohibltory Law, who refused 10 mark his con
municatlons with the style and bearing Of tn
D gentleman. So much for our preliminary re
= marks. And now, Sephus, fire away again
0 we will wrap ourselves with the mantle
TRUTH and, with the sword with which We don
execution before, we will meet you again; m
0 while expect no quarter from the abettors
= the rum traffic, l shall refuse to give any.
0 CHARLIE.