Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1858-07-29
For the Yorkville Enquirer.
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Mr.. Editor: In your paper of July god, four
rent numher.) I find a communication to you, cap
toned 'FArAL ERRoRs CORRECTED" and signed
"a PREsBYrRn1AH." In this communication, "a
Presbyterian" attacked me, for having advanced
in my communication to you Of July 1st. ~(current
number; when treating on ''The Church and VOL
untary societies." in my reply to Polemon on
'The Church and Temperance Societies :" for
some "posisions and principles" Of fatal tendency
He afirms these s'positious and principles to be
'sfatal to Bible truth. wrong in doctrine. and lead
Ing to most injurious practice" "Nnr. Is "a
Presbyterian abe to understand, how l. las be
says Of me) "once a Minister Of the Gospel, and
now an Elder in the Presbyterian Church, should
70 far forget my faith, and Christian practice, as
to put forth such obvious errors"
Remarks. l. I here ANNOUNCE through you Mr..
Editor. tot:A Presbyterian" that I have no wish
to held O controversy in a public newspaper, on
8ne.spun. and hair-spliting points in didactic, nor
polsmic Theology; this is outside Of my line Of
business plain and practical duty 10 what I with
Polemon had inquired to find. Nor is it fair play.
that I stand up 10 the open field as q controversies
list, when writing over my proper name, and
be attacked and shot at from behind = tree by "a
Presbyterian. Tin his writing over a masked name.
I am always willing to take q fair old field fight,
and stand or fall as the case may befor the'cause
Of my ~espousal; or. run = f~aot-race to save my
scalp. And if "a Presbyterian" has any thing
more 10 say for me. on the matter in dispute be.
tween myself and Polemon hereafter. I require OF
him to write over his own proper name, or T will
not notice it.
Remsrk, 2. In my controversy with Palemou,
I attacked him when he was publishing his views
over his marked name. on the moral obligation
of all Christians to be known, and distinguished
as members of Temperance Societies. 1 had no
right in this case to require Of him. that he dis
cover to me his true name. did write my reply
10 him over my own proper name for a good rea-
son. and thus became discovered. and responsible
in proper person TO all men for what l said to him..
Polemou declined to say more on the subject. and
thus the matter ended "a. Presbyterian" after
waiting fora reply from :Polemon to ms, and ind
ing none, volunteered I guess to make at
tack on me. over bis masked name and that not
in a cautious manner, but with rigour, and In utter
want of skill: and although he has no claim on me
to give attention to his piece, nevertheless, 1
waive my right to silence now, and saya few things
for him on the matters of complaint.
Mr.. Editor-when I at first began to read this
communication to You from "a Presbyterian"
truly was dumb. founded, and astonishsd at his
charges on my production. He charged. thatI to
Polemon had put forth 'tsome positions, and prin.
ciples of q fatal tendency; fatal to Bible truth
wrong iu doctrine, and leading to injurious prac.'
tice; obvious errors; opinions, when reduced to
practice which are fatal to much religious truth
to piety-and opposed tn "the faith. and church.
practice" of my own Presbyterian church. And
Tin direct opposition to the sentiments, and practice
Of every Christian denomination among MS" lin
and about Yorkville. South Carolina.) But, Mr.
Editor, when I proceeded to read further on, l
recognized what I had read Of long ago in Horace,
VITA mountain was in hard labor, and brought
fourth q mouse"
In my controversy with Polemsn ION moral OBJ
ligation,) I did indeed demand OF him, q rule Of
RICH. action which lay upon me, and on all Chris'
tians, the moral obligations to become membersrof
temperance societies. I did say to him, "there can
be no moral right, nor wrong, without a rule;" and
Gin matter. of morals, I acknowledge no other
rule than the DiU of God,-a thus saith the LORD.
And l did say, that the analogy ofChristian faith"
is found in ''the precepts, and examples in the
Holy Bible" did say to Polemon, 'duty i'm
plies q rule of right action to constitute 1t such.
In all my discussion with Polemon, I held "ths ,otN
of God as revealed In the Bible, by precept ex-
pressed, implied, or In example, to be the rule
the only rule Of moral obligation on man.
These are the sentiments held by "a Presbyts-
risa" to bs Of fatal teudspcy;fatalt to Bibls truth