True American. [volume] (Steubenville [Ohio]) 1855-1861, 1856-07-16
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Onc 0i Tie ln0epenuenIs correopOn.
dents has lighted upon the following in
an old pamphlet, which he thinks too
good to be lost, and. although written in
1853, is word Ia season for 1866.
DEAR FRIENDs II received your let
ter-by the post; and sympathizu with you
IN your lrialss having passed throusI, the
same You dun't Ike your miuisseI and
wish TO be rid sof him and as / 6ave inst
succeeded in driving sone from Hornby
you naturally look 10 me for advice. /
am sorry for you. perserve and follow nv
you can hardly fail to succe ed
in the end To be sure, you are bu,
few there are only two orthree Of you;
but two or three are eenouglI when they
set themselves about itsto,make q great
rumpus. in church and society, and
drive ofahe best minister in the land.
\ Bnt you ask, What shall we dol and
how, begin F! Ianswer in two short words
watch and talk. Yes, Watch and ta,'t,
Your minister, though agood man per.
haps,is not perfect man. There are no
perfect men as Solomon tells us. He has
his foibles and his faults. Now YOU
must watch for these. and when yon see
one, catch it up, and magnify It talk
about it, and never stop. 50 long as yon
can find listening ear or If you can't
find any palpable fanlts to talk about, YOU
will find things that by liIlle torturing
and coloring can be made to look very
much like faults, and these will answer
your purpose just as well, You must
not be over rjscrlpuous about telling the
truth always a lie is often better than
the truth, SO long as it lasts, and, before
it can be contradicted will'in many in-
stances do excellent service. A'fe -
But you ask. What shalt We say about
our minister ? Say almost anything that
will be likely 10 lurn to his disadvantage.
You can say that your minister does not
visit enough or that he visits too much
that he is something Of a preacher, but
no pastor; or that though tolerable pas.
Tor, his preaching is fiat and uninteres.
ting. You can find fault with his servi.
ces os being too long, or too short; TOO
profound or too PLAIN too learned. or
too simple. He is 100 strict in his disci.
pline, or not strict enough, too much or
too little Of gentleman. The Paddy
knew how this was done who swure he
would quarrel with Peg, whether she had
fed the mare or not, If she had not fed
the mare. he would beat her because she
had moi; or il she had fed her he would
heat her because she had moi LEI The mare
alone. II your minister starts a new
idea, be-. sure 10 charge him with danger.
Gus Innovations : or il he preach IS an oil
sermon once in while as all ministers do,
lay hold ofthat and trumpet it, and make
the most ofit.
You will know from what has been
said, what l mean by The two words,
watch and talk. | lay great stress upon
these, But it may III be pruden, to go
further into particulars now, lest possibly
what have written may at some time
get wind, and see. the light, ...
AS soon as you can get half dozen
to join you, then organize and begin to
have meetings invite others to come in;
only be careful whom you invite, and il
anything is said about your meeting, be
sure TO magnify Its members and impor-
lance, II there were ten present, say
there were twenty and if half of them
favored yeur object, say that they all did.
AS | said before, the lie will do excellent
service. 1t will have it's effect before i. is
found out-an effect which will not he
lost afterwards.
At this stage Of the business you may
get up paper requesting your min ster
to ak dismission, i. e. il you can get
siGners enough, or you may send com
mittee to him with the same request.
More likely than not you will in this way
frghten the good man and induce him To
resign at once, or il he should nol, then
YOU can make great handle of that. in
sis,ing that any man who had ore parti.
Gle of self respect would MT consent to
preach to people when the more inteili-
gent and respectable part olthpm had re-
quested him to withdraw! =! Al any
rate you must continue 10 watch and
talk.
You may wish to know whether il is
better Eor anyof your number to leavs the
=, churc, and society. As general thing,
| should say it was not because you can
operate TO much better advantage in the
society than out of it; still. if there is a
prospect of your making great impress.
sion by leaving and frightening those
who are left into submission, it may be
well to leave. You will keep in mind
however that You are not TO stop talking
> when you have left the society. Kee[
up the din and The noise whether you arr
! out Of the society or in it, and Your min
isier must be very remarkable man /
= :, he can sand your artillery long ten to on,
he will fall before it /; but if he shoul,
T, 3" not you shall hear from me again. As
write professionally YOU will remit tn
i customary fee. will not burthern yoI
e with too much good counsel and advic
,, > at once. Yours in sympathy and love
y JAopB GRABwELL. Counsellor at la'
" and Justice Of the Peace.
,r ~ Horaby, Sept. 4th 1853.