The Winchester appeal. [volume] (Winchester, Tenn.) 1856-1856, 1856-03-01
Character of Celebrated Inddels.

But to speak more directly OF NOR
ais leading to intidelity. Boiling
broke was libcrtine Of Incorporate
habits and unrcstraincd lust. Tenn
pie was corrupter OF all who came
near him--given up to ease and pleas
urc. Emerson, an eminent mathe-
mitician, was rude, vulgar and fire.
qucntly immoral 'lntoxcation and
protanc language were familiar with
him. Towards the close Of his life be-
ing afflicted, he would crawl about
the floor on his hands and knees, some
times praying and sometimes swear
ing. The morals Of the Earl OF
Rochester are well known. Goodwin
was a lcwd man by his own conles-
sion, as well as the unbIushing advo-
cate of lewdness. SALISBURY and
Collins, while endeavoring to destroy
the Gospel, partook Of the Lords sup
per- thus protesting the Christian faith
for admission to ollice---a gross BIAS
Iphemy. Blount solicited his sister
ln-law to marry him, but being retus-
ed, shot himself, Tindal was origin
ally q Protcstant---then turned PapiSt,
then Protestant again, merely to suit
the times---and was, at the same, in
famous for vice in general, and total
want Of principle. He is said to have
died with this prayer in his mouth
Ifthere is a God, | desire that he
may have mercy on me- Hoobes
wrote his Leviathan to serve the cause
Of Charles l., but finding him likely to
fail ofsuccess, he turned it to the de-
fence Of Cromwell, and made & merit
Of this fact to the usurper, as Hobbies
himself unblushingly declared to Lord
Clarendon.
Need | describe VoItaire-,- prince Of
scotiers, as Hume was prince Of skep-
tics; in childhood initiated into inhdel-
ity: in boyhood, infamous for daring
bIasphemy; in manhood, distinguished
for a malignant and violent temper,
for cold bIoodcd descriptions Of all the
ties and decencies Of the family circle;
for the ridicule of whatever was at
Iccting, and the violation of whatever
is confidential. Ever increasing in
and hypocrititical engage
mcnt, with age and practlce---those
whom his wit attracted and his BUT
foon cry amused, were either Disguised
or polluted by his loathsomc vices.----
Lies and oaths in their support, were
nothing to him. Those whom he call
ed his friends he took pains secretly to
calumniate; hattering them TO their ia
ces, and ridiculing and reviIing them
behind their backs. Years only add
ed stiffness to the disgusting features
Of his impiety, GOODNESS to his dark ma
Iignity, and fury to his impetous tenn
per. Throughout life he was given
up TO work all uncleanness with gree
diness.' Such was the witty Voltaire,
who, in the midst of all his levity, had
feeling and seriousness enough to wish
he had never been born. ---DWght,
4 Pu=2lc.-A wagner on being
asked what he had in his wagon re-
piled:
Three fourths of cross and a circle COM
plete,
An upright where two sem-cles do meet.
A rectangle triangle standing Oh feet.
Two semi-circcs, and circle complete.
Three fourths of o cross is % 7. a
circle complete is an o. An up
right where two semi-circles meet IS
a B. A triangle standing on feet is
IN A. Two semi-circlcs are &C. and
a circle is o. TOBACCO is what was
in the wagon.
To show how mechanical skill and
labor add to the value of raw mate
rial. the British Quarterly Review
gives this instructive calculation: A
bar of iron valued at IS, worked into
horse shoes is worth ten dollars and
fifty cents; needles, three hundred and
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