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

whole TENOR OF the circular assumes
that we have malice against the Doc
tor. Tuti That is ridiculous. lie
says we wanted 10 stab him fatally
or his University; and then as II feel
ing that he isn't badly hurt he says.
"Impotent hate" Well, we are glad
1t didn't hurt. In the language Of
the poet. II is true that We
"Ilais HE sins with an our hear.
But Jet the sinner love-"
We have no cause for hating DR..
Daily. Why sh ould we? We al
ways considered ourself little his
superior. We have been President
twice to his once. and wo have been
dubbed d. ID. a hundred times. At
leas.. Davidson. and Eddy, and
Lynch. and other great men have
repeatedly honored US with the title.
and we know they are much letter
Judges Of what constitutes a real Doc
tor than that old Board Of Trus-
tees was with Robert Dale Owen at
its head.
BY the way, we are reminded that
for several years the Doctor has been
laboring under the painful hallucina-
ton tina. we don't like him, and for the
life Of us we can't discover why. I'M
less ii is that we claim the right. and
exercise il too, OF having as big feel
ings as he has. One would think this
a very harmless right, and so II is,
generally, but il made Hannah mad. Of
old. and we won't bow down and do
reverence 10 any man, not even
brother ID. d.
Then there is that spsaf and blood
story. Nothing but our well known
gravity. keeps US from laughing right
out Mt that. 1t is rather serious
matter too, TO laugh about. bat il re-
minds us Of a neighbor who got his
hand hurtin the Mexican war. He
says. when gassing. without egotism,
and without disparaging Others that
he has fought. bled, and been crippled
in the service Of his country. We old
folks know something Of the history
Of the Neediny. In the language Of
t Shakespeare. or somebody else. there
by hangs tail, plain, unyarnished
! one. but we viii not unfold Il. III the
: "men Of yesterday want to know il.
{ let them ask the Dr., or some other
D "father Of the conference IL we re-
e member correctly, it was at its worst
. about the time Of the Tene Haute
4 Conference.
Bnt why should the Doctor speak
y so harshly Of the "men Of yesterdayq'
y Some are green enough TO suppose he
It meant us by that phrase. but this il
J. impossible. The Doctor knows thai
e il our head is not "silvered Ger with
age" it's nearly AS bald as Mc'In.
! tyres. and we must soon wear q WIG
Il But the Doctor is not bound 10 write
!, a circular and then furnish minds Il
: underestimate it. We opine that in thaI
c very small matter, the election, h
Il has, in his musings, seen Noble. o
n Crary, or Green, OF some other ma,
n Of yesterday, getting the start OF him
v and he concluded his beloved brelh
e rem had sacrificed him. to graft.
b them. We hope they win not be q
cruel. We are sure they will not
e How can they?
i. It's known we don't often laugh
a unless we feel like il, but we know
: some who have laughed heartily a
}. the emphasis the Doctor places OF
: "MY conference These cruel
: brethren remember how adroitly b,
i managed to transfer himself cut o
: the chill country" on his return
d from General Conference, and wha
!. sweat and bl-tears he shed when
{ Bishop Ames determined to transfrl
Q him back Boleas voieRs. But il i,
: "MY conference" now and he "fnds
a It in his heart TO live and die with
. them"
/, Finally, we doubt not. his circular
y has made an impression. Hundreds
have seen Il that never saw our article
! on his backsliding. We have no fear
! that two out Of oil who have seen il,
= believe that our article was either
"base," or "malicious,'' or Islander
J ous." or "falss." except that It at
/, triha:ed to one sermon what belonged
: TO another. Whether il has fayora.
! bly, impressed those 10 whom Il was
J, addressed as to the spira Of the Doc.
tor we know not. There may be
: preachers who may think that a d.
d. may speak as contemptuously
as he pleases OF what he calls ''smaIl
: fry preachers" but most of them
think not. We have heard Of ons
= decided oppression and erpression :
X TIL. n,~,o, s.nt . ILL.