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question, and their foolish use Of names.
Instead Of meeting my article as they
pretend to do, they make me the subject
to start on, and then GO off at tangent
onto their 'one idea,' OF Slavery, Whis-
key and personal abuse combined which
seems to be the only thing that they pos
sess in the shape of ideas.
Now look at the thing one moment MS
it is. found fault with the unwarran.
table abuse heaped on those who though,
di ffrren: OH the Nebraska and liquor ques-
lions from the Convention alluded To-, and
not any one else. And implanted that
ministers who were there. should suffer
themselves 10 be parties 20 such hard
names and unlimited tons,
when they should be messengers OF Peace
(Let me remark here in parenthesis,
that 'Quis' tells wilful falsehood, in his
first paragraph, when he says that chris
tianity and christian ministers are un.
,rarrantably attacked and abused bv
your correspondent. (meaning me) with
out stcep!ion.' Nov he knoWs that is
false, Tor he read my article, and he knows
that it is exclusively confined to those
who passed such hard resolutions in tina,
Convention. and does not name or allude
even 10 any Oihers.)
l charged them with cowardice in be
ing afraid to enforce liquo: laws that do
| punish. and with styling a meeting of
not over 80 people, as meeting of the
citizens Of Marshall county and with be-
| in fh,-ir in
former convention and in the last one.
did not say the Ne braska bill was
right or wrong, or that the Maine Law
was expedient or the reverse, or nd fault
with ministers for dabbling in politics.
or canvass Slavery or the Liquor question
in any shape.
only charged those who ucre in that
muu,hed expressions. did not even
call hard names; only banned their
/ course.
GUS and %. X lkf boy in love,
tn gal III both eyes. can see only the
one thing and straishiway tea. off after
it like runaway horse. No matter what
the suhjec: is, off they 60 onto the Ne
braska and liquor question in answering
M. when | did not pretend 20 discuss it.
They repeat their abuse of men who diff.
ter from them In opinion. and 'QuiS'
opens his biblical lore, an calls Tie an
ass I'll wager lemonade he's min
ister.) while %. X. IN the abundance OF
his wrath and zeal calls Inc a BOBBY and
SO they 60.
Did 'WilherspOon.' or the others you
refer TO. and especially the one who sign.
ed the Declaration OF Independence, use
such language as you do. my good sirs?-
And did they abuse everybody whu tho't
Jefferson S Declaration Of independence
was not truth in every word. aud read
them out Of society? Keep cool good
chris tians, be lttle charitable. and
don't kick so hard when you are not spur.
red. My dear 'Quis,' don't deny my
number of citizens a, that NEE ting and
intimate that ! don't know and you do
because you are encroacting again OH the
bounds of falsehood. Now you knoo
that you was not there. 1 know il il
you do not; and | an advised when
speak and don! often make a public asser.
ton without being advised. ] will now
tell you what you do not know; but it is
true All told there was but 26 there
at the most, and three of them were Ne
braska men. Much of the time there
was only from IL TO 81. and at ne time
over &c, three of them against you and
one not voter.
Don't charge me SO hard with your owl
sins. really believe that all men. min.
listers included. should act in politics;
but they should so act as to quiet fer.
ment. not create and increase it--soothe
by kind language. aud not provoke abuse
And then 1t was rather contemptiblt
In you, 'Quis, TO jump onto the igram
mar, when YOU felt called on 10 answel
the matter. Rather poor opinion yot
must have Of the readers Of the Banner
to think that the attack of one who coull
write nothing but 'incoherent stuff shee,
balderdash.' and vulgar notch -potch.' Ca
you style my articlr) upon SO great an(
august thing as christianity and he
whole ministry. without exception, nee
ded the light Of your wisdom TO proven
their being missed. That's about a
much Of compliment as you pay then
in regard 10 their ability 10 govern them
selves.
1t won, do, 'Quis. it is evident yo,
thought il something more than thi
Notwithstanding you say not,) or yo'
would not have noticed it, and made it
tex: to preach a Nebraska and Liquor ser
mon on. Rather small, that. about tn
grammar and all that, wasn't it 'Quis
in as much as the best ideas are not al
;, ways dramatically expressed, nor rhe
torical flourish always good sense! Ra
ther more of the flesh IN that spirit. tina
Of the principles Of your Divine Master
Now, my good sirs, :ake up my articl
which you have wasted so much ink an
8 paper on. and prove that one statemen
is untrue. Or. quote your 'bibie'-no
about asses. but rules that authorize 20
:" TO drive men from society In mass, an
call them foul names. Assert and prov
. that you did not do this, have show
' the Affirmative by your resolutions) or
you admit it, show that 1t is right an
;, that you are good ministers In 50 doins
- and following in the footsteps OF you