Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1855-09-07

1oStoA 0aiiy She94aA-
How the Doctor nuttcrsl We ex-
pected him to smart little under our
fatherly and kind correction, but re-
ally we had no idea be would take on
as he does. We must have hit him
in q tender place, perhaps one Of "yi-
tai importance" Well, il Il proves
fatal, We shall be sorry, for we hardly
think he was deserving Of death, just
for that offense. We felt constrained
to reprove him, for the good book
tells us TO do so. anu not suffer sin
upon our brother. and we expected him
to feel bad. a little while, for nochas-
tisement for the present seemeth joy
Gus; hut it never occurred TO us, Aat he
would strike back so sayagely-we
will not say. 6asely, nsalieiousiy. Sian
derously, falsely, for these are very
naughty words. and hard TO parse.
Now the history Of this castigati,n
its cause and its effects. is on this
wise. During the month Of July, ev-
cry old line paper we received. con
tanned an article laudipg the Doctor
for well timed. and able reproof, he
had recently administered the Know
Nothings in sermo at Bloomington.
Some of the papers spoke of it as his
baccalaureate sermon, and there seem
ed 10 be general rejoicing that the
Doctor had so far mingled in poll
tics" as to defend the Catholics. Now
this grieved us much, and being very
partial to the Doctor, feeling a kind
Of parental solicitude for him, and re-
Wondering his "Black Horse" md
"Leviathan" sermons, we took occa-
sion to chide him for his wanderings
into such ''by and forbidden paths.''
We spoke Of his former course, and
cont asted it with the present.
Now the Doctor knew that thii
newspaper article was going th,
rounds. 1t started in Bloomington
and he must have seen it, So mucf
for the malice and the hard words III,
Doctor uses in his circular. We fea
we shall be under the necessity Of re
proving him for bearing false witness
against his beloved brother. but a
present, VIC shall only ask the candle
reader. il lis hard words are not Il
bad taste. when he knew the sourc
Of our information. What becomes Q
them all? But don't censure him to
severely, for he was excited, nay, b
thought he was hit in a place OF "vI
tai importance" and he is somewhs
excusable. But il would have spare
him the castigation. had he prompt
corrected the report when he frat sa'
It. We simply ask, were we ne
justi6able in supposiugit to be tru,
seeing il was uncorrected for who
month?
AS in duty bound we sent the Do,
tor y copy Of our paper. else whit
good would it have done him? Ant
having few copies left, after supply
ing our subscribers, we sent, as W
are won't TO do in such an event, wbi
we had left. to "lhe associates Of on
youth and companions in labor, ]
ripper years." that they might kno'
"that il is in our heart. 10 live and di
with them" We send out some sue
every week, and IL we sent out NOR
. than usual that week, it was becaus
We had more left, whichis altogetl
er probable AS to our sending
. copy to every member Of his confer
I ence il is simply a mistake OF the Do,
e tors, we did not send TO half or qua
r ter of them. In about week aftel
, wards, VIC received u-c5py Of the Ba,
calaureate. and a letter from the Do,
} tor. The letter was full Of har
wholesome very naughty words
7 but we skipped them. We knsw tina
, he felt bad, and moreover, that h
WIS ID. d.. and President too, WIZ
ting just to local preacher, and
| want Of The courtesy due an equal WI
: excused. The letter denied havin
; ever preached such a sermon. Nc
, wishing to do him any injustice. W
promptly corrected so much of I'll
; former article, as charged him wit
defending Catholicism. and sent lin
copy of the paper, and, as far as on
spare papers would go, we sent a cop
5 of the sam 10 the identical "compan
: ions Of our youth" that had receive
the former. But we did more. Inter
! on doing him justice, we quoted largel
from his Baccalaureate, with view {
J showing that il was mastery anti
old line document. For instance, W
showed that he was opposed 10 the I'D
mission Of slave states into the Unior
4. for the principle that he applies
Utah. applies to slavery MS well q
polygamy. Again, in the contel
between Virtue and Vice, which h
so eloquently portrays. il require
: the heroic man 10 be decided in III
present contests; and that his exhol
tation TO elevate man. was oppose
to the principles of old lineism. thl
was Tor expressing the poor Airical
f. and finally that he closed with re-
! good higher law doctrine.
. Hence we exhorted him, modest
to be sure. to b
"oome cutfrom amongst The foul par,y-
Il. and help us In our war against 81
0 very and Whisky and Romanism.
9 Now we "modestly submit, 70 Il
: reader. whether he Is not. Ia du
n bound TO send circular TO con,radi
e the former.
n But word. MS 10 the origin
y charge. We now regret that we CIV
. made any correction except so FAR
= relates to the Baccalaureate: not b
!. cause our correction has been thus '
L Quilted, but because we now belle
8 tho first was true. except that the sc
mon was not the baccalaureate :
i Though the Doctor. had not the ma
i nanimity to send us circular, n
i one into this district. that we can be
" IF ffhouoh wa can bear az fk.vx,