The Delaware herald., 1854-03-29
Communications.


o. We publish the following communca- ?
ton in order that our readers may see what h
strong and convincing arguments can be adj b
duced in favor of the position the enemies of o
Prohibition occupy in respect to this great ques
ton. "Sephus - is one of their most powerful
champions. We sincerely trust the document G
will be appreciated; for we certainly had a :
tedious time endeavoring tc decipher his dubious {
hieroglyphics, and putting them into readable
form;--
For the Herald.
HONoRED EDIToRs Permit us once more
to amuse "Charlie" little. And first, of
your locality, Charlie-Cherry Grove. Won
der if that is the place where the teetotallers
get their cherry Juice for their mock worship,
in celebrating the Lords supper! If SONY
soul, come not thou into their grove. Again,
Charlie, what do you mean by those big-swell-
ing words! We no Jor-stay you, Charlie
Depend upon it, your neighbors and our neigh
bors know, that neither of us have any know
ledge of Hebrew, Creek Latin or Indian, but
what we have borrowed. Yes, alas master, it |
is all borrowed. But never mind, Charlie, you
must have the praise,-you have been so
much smarter at borrowing than we have, we
think you are justly entitled to pocket in your
Shirt provided you can get mamma or the gals
to make it for you. Yes, Charlie get pocket
in your shirt to put your fun in, that you may
have it to laugh at all day long, until You get
fat, Charlie; SO much for your sneering, Char
lie. Sir, 'lct not the wise man glory in his
WISDOM let not the strong glory in his
strength, let not the rich man glory in his
: riches but he that gloreth let him glory in this,
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the Lord. Now, Charlie, if you understand
not, neither know the Lord, we cannot expect
you to understand Us, but we hope some of our
G readers will understand the truth
u Now, sir, you know, Mr.. Coombc, in his after
moon d"''rrss at Banning Chap, :old us, he
- had in his forenoon address given US the "apl.i"
dumplings," but then he was going to give us
II something more solid-the sham and potatoes
p That he would prove-tlc Maine Law Just and
,r righteous by the Divine Law, contained in
- the Old and New Testaments! Dare you say
that Mr.. C. fulfilled his promise ! D.. Dare any
man, that heard him that day, say Mr.. &. fulfill
n ed his engagement in that address If you
D. dare say So we feel bound to tell YOU that YOU
give God the lie. Mr., c. tried to prove the
decalogue a prohlbitOry law, though he die
-. admit the first command was partly injunctive
but what does the Goldman say relative to th'
Oh matter! Hear him in answer to the inquirl
-s- put: Master what is the first commandment
q. in the law! Thou shalt love the Lord thy Go
10, with all thy heart, soul, mind and strength :;
's and the second is like unto it: "Thou shal
re love thy neighbor as thysclf" On these tw
il commandments hang all the law and the pre-
S. phcts. Mind, Charlie, all the law Now, sil
nv this truth shall stand when you, Charlie, Nj
Coombe, Heaven and Earth shall pass away
eu Further, we must tell you that, in our opinion
he Mr.. G. did not handle the word of God faltl
md fully, your opinion to the contrary notwhstan,
to ing. You say, "Sephus seems glad Mr.. c.
no longer disposed to conceal his real opinic
in relation to the Maine law, as we say most
its abcttors have hitherto done in Delaware
We You think we are not very well posted up
o this matter. Better perhaps, Charlie, than "
= are aware Of We have been credbly inforr
Oil ed by committeeman of both Democratic al
'ra- Wing party, that they have been annoyed
irst secret committees, appointed by the teetOtael
ira praying to put teetotal!ers falsely called teI
led perance men,) on their ticket, and they wou
support them. And hath it not been in 4
clandestine manner that they succeeded in q
'ath tanning the present, worse than no Maine Law
lore You say, ga majority of temperance men a
per- boldly advocating its enactment" "majo
De ty," not all! You have some snakes in I
grass, you admit, Charlie. But why call the
men temperance menu Why do you
lday call men and things by their right names
onr teetotallcrs! This word tcetotalisIn,"
:.T reckcn, is not in our Dictionary, it being M
"N ern word. We did not expect you would
ID oil knowledge that you did not get it from
iev- Bible ; but in this we have the truth from
door for once
IN. To say, teetotal abstinence from wine
strong drink is enloined by the Bible, is as ia
'ugh as the DEVILS saying that man shall not sur
earn die.
r. But as you wish to find authority or preced
v. for your favorite system, we will try to aid
a little. Look you, Charlie, to Goodrich's
" ;f ligious Ceremonies, pages 326 and 327, VIII
f., he is sketching the life of the eminent S;
Ikea Macarius. This saint being tempted, Z" fl
rifed sack with stones and bore it many iourn
.aced through the desert; one day, seeing the d
anfo before him in the shape of a man, dressed
a herawde, with his clothes full of holes,
ua!s in every hole vial; he demanded Of this
'pmg whittier he went and why he had so many vi
Winds The devil answered, to give drink to the hern
and that the walls contained a variety Of lql
that they might have a choice, and so fall
temptation. On the devils return, the s
chool enqured how he had sped, and the devil
will swered, very i'll, for they were all SO holy
Il only one Theodistus would drink"
Charlie, is the most ancient account we
of your brethren teetotallers. Macarus
in the fourth century. For further particu
irt of we reier you 10 the famous prophet Maho'
Il DE-. You think we have made so many public b
ders over the same word, you will try and n
it plain to our understanding. Thank
Charlies-this is what we enqnired after
eel. did not ask you to bring grammatical teac
|. but we asked yourself (being a gramma
teacherl to prove that tee-to-tal spelled ten
ance. But it was small error in the pri
David. for we think you might obtain many b
tallers than yourself to try to prove mega
hins. You have given partial explanation of the
rne- words, and then tell us you have sepai
them thank you, Charlie, for doing that W
ton. was never undone teetotalism and temper
aine. never were united yet, and how dare you c
erine, the power to separate those things that \
were joined together! Thou talkest as OF
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