Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1857-01-16

nhaoc tncm mous ana therefore you Will
never have tho honor OF pronouncing on
them.
My pom sometimes takes the strangost
freaks yon can well imagine, and Il 10 n OF
q matter Of wonder II should OCCASION
ally become iestls Unconstitutional in
my pseudo literary performances.
This old pom, or rather pon-holder with
which now write has stuck 10 me with
the most tenacious affection. Indeed |
can't tell why / have mover lost II, or why
some body has not stolen Il, for II IL rc-
ally valuable instrument, for Il has made
moro than one halfof my literary % fame
aud besides all that II has rendered
material service In tho bloting out Of
many good sermon. Like many an old
circuit reader OF "tho olden times" II puts
on no airs--Is plainly drossod--and alto.
gcihor unprctouding In It's appearance. II
Is delicate In It's form aud unbondIng IN
It's texture and seems 10 have quito pen
chant for al active existence. Il 10 not
often Tho old thing" takes notion To be
unconstitutional, but now and then, as
was saying. twill get up something which,
In our sober Judgments, 10 pronounced NJ
coming In conflict with some Of the estab-
iished usagss n society, or perhaps bears
down too strongly on some fundamental
restrictions Of tho constitution" CAM
always manage II so rs 10 have II say Just
what like whom 1t Is down, and tho only
eastlgation l ever give II, Is TO throw Ia
doubtful productions In the flames, right
In its presence. After such adIsplay Of
my dlgnihed dlsapprobation twill do bet
ter for some time. But these are It's do
fects-it has virtues, yet lis practical mod
esty will not permit mo to speak OF them
How "tho old thing" laughed the othel
day, when read In Ia presence loltel
from an old friend who urged me TO write
"Why don't you write 2 asked ho--
"write for the Advocate" he added at hal
Its 10000 readers, aud you will preach u
a tremendous congregation" Write
WRITE" responded the venerable scribbie,
almost standing upright Of itsolf-witt
lis playful indIgnancy. while II went on
"Ho does write, aa can bear testimony
and perhaps more In week than you dc
In q month. No preacher In tho state
save Mr.. Goodwin Of tho american writes
nero" and with this, II laid back Ia vcnera,
bio head, and laughing most heartily brok,
out again." Write yes, he says wrI!o Al
II wo had scarcely ever done tho like
Why we have written volumes and
write volumes every year, aud II ovel
'old master" gcts 10 DO an A. M. or ID
d. or even q ?. II. % 100 will publish ou'
cogitations 70 the world, and then, W,
think everybody and tho rest Of man
kind, "may look for tho millennium -
People may not believe II Mr.. Editor, bu
really this venerable old pcn.holder o
mine, has some claims upon the public
II has rendered considerable service OF
many occasions, and It's opinions shoult
DO respected, that Is 10 say. II age or OK
perienoe, or both are TO DO respected
But leaving tho relic OF my scribblini
propcnsities to It's favorlto pursuit, yo'
will please. hereafter, lot II stand alone
and answer for It's own ysays," and II the,
are not all entirely constitutional, why 10
the Supreme Court decide tho qscstioI
after It's says are published to the world
Now, would just remark that / have
beon thinking. In view Of making provi
sions for my future greatness Of applying
| Gust between us) for the degree Of A. M
or ID. ID. | am not particular which. b
some literary institution, and perhaps, a
you live very near one Of the most pea
eeable establishments OF the State, l woulS
like to engage you to leg for me. o
would you suggest that ], like scvcra
others who have gone before me, max
my application to some College out 9th,
State-,ohere I am not kno,cnf
| believe the Indiana Asbury Universi
ty has always refused to confer degree
upon any Of the preachers Of Indiana, VIII
have built up said institution, which n
doubt Is very sublime idea, for IL II woul'
once consent TO favor US, II would scarccl
be able to accommodate the many worth,
and distin guished friends II has In thi
State, who like myself feel that the.
can't get along very successfully wishou
some cognomen appendage.
i When | tell you that the old reli
above mentioned, and myself have writ
ton lecture after lecture and yet we get n
invitations TO deliver them-you will be
gin to see the necessity Of the distinctio
Of some kind OF q degree, in which tina
the aforesaid lecturers may not DO give
10 feed mice instead Of men.
| am truly sorry that no one eve
thinks OF calling on country parson
to deliver lecture. unless II be abou
sabbath Schools or something Of tha
sort. Now think II we poor, obscur
fellows could be called "Master Of Arts
or doctor Of Divinity" there are thou
sands OF the people who would'ent know
any better than to believe we were anon
tho gifted sons Of the country Ain
the idea philosophical ono ?
4. Don't you think that some thing q
this kind ought to be done for our deliy
eranco 7 Some | know think wo shoul
T DO contcnted with tho honor % Of savin
souls, and that we should not seek th
honors that como from mon. But woul
ask how can folks expect rs TO DO contcr
tod with a poverty stricken obscurit,
which loads many TO treat US as II W
were only harncssod animals, 10 DO drive
round the world for their religious Z