The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1856-04-17
For the Palladium.
Human Progres<-No. 4.


.Ls ~on,I;mxrtarv epithats which he so Law
;.bi1 b-stoss: sucl ss "du1 Of comprehension.
coward" dreaming. and esuolect Tor the insane
ssvlum- We have too Erss respect for hila 10
snnIv such phrases nor have We SO learned the
cPs-,es;es sf life. and besides We have no d,spo-
- - s,yape ia a contest OF mere personal
- .;pca in such a contest the victor is GER
raiuly the most disgraced
We can also assure Libersarian that We have
none Of those cruel feelings toward him. which he
,L;cts some defenders ofthe Bible have nor would
we saddle upon him al the opinions OF Noltaire;
~ vanId We take any u alignant pleasure in see
in, h., or anv other one, wrthe under the pangs
of a entity conscience nor wonld we intilet such,
chad we the power" We have none but kind
feelings for Lbertsrian and lis associated Not
having the pleasure Of personal acquaintance
with him we shall not say whether his practice
violates the truths of the Bible or not, for We do
not know; and we know rot why ne imputes SO
borrid n character to US, for We suppose that he
knows as little Of Us as We do OF INN, how Goes
he know the hearts OF Others and understand their
roo,ivass The charge comes from him with Ill
,-aca .of hearing false witness against neIyhoor
after sneh imputations. Judge not lest ye should
he indyed" Which Of Us manifest the kindest
soiritp Those who read our articles VIII proea-
rly form an opinion
The conrege 10 come upon sheir platform at the
time of the meeting. The reason was tais;-"e
did not know Of the meeting uhtl Saturday NOR,
ming the next day after the meeting began; ana
h,s;,ass called US from home until after the meet
-; - ova, We should have said nothing about
The business of that meeting had not It's procee d
ings been made public by the secretaries VINO
brouyht them forth TO this arena on which We NO"
meet them He forgets that there were Two are,
mas. one the platform at the meeting, TINS we coud
not attend: the other the newspaper IN which the
rroeae 4;oe,s were published. by which act thay be
came nuhlic property The friends OF that meet
inc evidently courted publicity for hand bills
were posted giving notice OF the meStihg, tneh
the publication is evidence that they intended 10
give them to the public Now win "ha' prop'-
ETY. can we be charged with attacking q retreahns
foe?'
How different does the following language OF
Iibertarian seem to make the object OF that meet
ing" Had he met Us 10 fair discussion, ne "oaid
have seen that did not convene to approve 'ne
Bible as a ,choie or the various OPINIONS OF chls
tan, or infiies in regard to it, or to settle any
question for Others; but TO canvass any SUBJECT
whatever, AMI as ndividuast to think as We please
This would seem to indicate that il was a mere
priyate affair gotten up for the accommodation
Of those concerned How does this accosd win
the efforts to make its proceedings puoiic! ,
Again we are informed in the first reply that
/ The msetng was convened for the avowed pur-
pose of erecting platform so broad that no. only
Humanitas might get on, bat all the rest OF man
kind That surely is design to manufacture opl'.
ions for a great many oh consistency thou art
a level" The very first plank proposed Tor TINS
spacious platform is the supremacy OF spiritual
ism and this would at exclude from the Sc
! leet circle the most of the human race Anu
another plank is, that the light of nature must De
followed to the exclusion of the Bible as an III,
snired volume Truly, how liberal Boosting OF
their liberality they become the most exclusive
and bigoted Of sectares
! On the question of blame and praise, 1t
/ will be seen that the man of straw IS Loertari-
ans make, not ours. Why did he not quote the
resolution entire, instead OF naiI OF II! Le' US
read the whole:
! Re,olred that euery individual does as iceH as
he kno,cs horc, or can Hades the circumstances,
and all blame originate" IN Hiaftce
If language means anythlng, we were not MIS-
taken in the purport of this resolution. advocated
B bv Mr. l. A Hne. We made a mistake in the
name of the one who offered and advocated the
above Bat it was not perverted nor mlscons'ruei-
Ii it be admitted il anrihilaes Gil right and wrong
in human actions .
1T is as anticipated, that he would question
and conjecture; Jump al conclusions. and estao-
lish for himself facts Pity II Is that lIoertarlan
did not have the Kindness to point out the jumped
at conclusions and show what was mere conJec-
ture and specify the errors to wnich ne refers 10
make assertions is easy, but to Prove them some
times is a little difficult. We did not know that
it was wrong Ito ask qlestons or ito establish
for oneself acts certainly it is better than 10
assume them without proof.
We are sorry that Libert aran has notified US
agraph of the highes. Importance in this discus
sion and lies at the foundation of all the snbSe-
uuent issues. II refers TO q primary consideration
which leads u host of others involving the iegit-
innate province OF reason. Where IN reference TO
revelation reason ends and f. iii begins, Is an
inquiry fraucht with tie highest consequences
Error is partial truth aud we think that our friend
as we'll as his associates, may have wrong view
of this matter; hence discussion OF II 10
right spirit, and with entire candor, snch as the
love of truth should always INSPIRE, cannot out
have a beneficial result. II we are wrong, We
wish 10 be set right, aud if upon investigation
it shall be seen that our opponents are IN error
they will thank for the correction OF that error
We have clear statement OF iAoertarian
views in good and precise language, aud we think
that we fully comprehend II, notwithstanding our
dullness and proximity the lunatic asylum
There is nothing reueated to any iRdir'd"ni
that his reason doe. not approre, this Is SETTER
dent For this, God has placed Il hght,rita' US by
,eiieh ire may see duty dad Just SO ar as me
Bible reflects this light Just so m1ch IS Futh
10 .s and ;u.t 50 far a. the Bible controperts
!aw Of nature or seems so to Go me" 70 Us "
should be an error.
Here are two propositions. If we have not mis-
understood the language; first nothing IS reveal
ton to Us which our reason does NOT approve
second whatever ia the Bible seems TO contro-
vert law Of ra,are is error Tie first Is regarded
as self-evdent, and reckon that the author SO
regarded the second as he does not attempt to
prove it Now it seems 10 Is that ooth are lar
from self-evident A selfevident truth or axiom
is proposition which carries its own evidence with
it, and needs but 70 be announced, and the mind
intuitivey perseivss lis truth without the nitro
duction Of intermediate ideas; such as, -the whole
of nythiHg is greater than part Things eqaai
10 the same thing are equal to one another Nel-
ther of the above PropositieEs are q this KIND
and consequently shoud Re proven we might
rest here and cal. for pr oof; and We viii Go SO IN
til next week, as this Is already long enough
for an article And If Libertarian, OF any other