The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1858-05-21
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A Talented List Of Contributors.
II the information contained in the fol-
lowing little communications, received by
us few days since through the Post Of
fee, is correct. we will, OF course, be ex-
cused for consuming as little time and
space as possiblein noticing the po,Oeyul
and brilliant productions contained in the
last "Union:" The ertrtme piety of the
younger contributor, and the unpreceden.
ted natural abilities OF the elder, are suffi
cieht to deter poor, weak sinner. OF
moderate capacity. from entering The lists
against them. The crushing. .onnihiiotiny
arguments brought to bear by Billy ~
HE dear old soul--and the moral woyth
and Goodness ofhis youag disciple. would
make Drawer heart than ours quail. -
But, here is the communication. which
the author. who is one Of the most respon-
sibe men in this community. said we
might publish il we desired to do so:-
UPPER SANDusKY. May 18th, '5s.
Col. WILsoN-It must be unpleasant
for you TO enter into contest where your
enemy is concealed from view. while you
are exposed in the open field fighting un
der your legitimate banner. Upon read.
ing the communications in the last "Un.
ion, which abound more in personal in
situations than they do in common sense
or argument, it put me in mind Of the
midnight assassin who steals upon his vic
tim and stabs him 10 the heart without
giving him an opportunity to defend him
self. ...ef
l thought in order that you should not
waste too much powder, | would give
yon the names Of the authors Of those
communications. SO that you might know
what kind ofsmall game you were shoot
ing at. Billy K-g,a good natured crazy
kind Of a fellow, who is a member of our
church, writes those great long articles,
and Mr.. B-y,a young man who believe
is very fond Of hearing himself talk, and
who is not very distant relative Of the
Sheriff of this county, is the author Of the
other productions. AS far as l know,
these attacks upon you don't meet with
much favor from good men in this COM
munity, not even those who attend the
morning prayer meetings. l attend these
meetings regularly, and have heard chris
tians say that they could not see that you
had said anything about the prayer meet
ing which was calculated to wound the
feelings Of a man of common sense, and
we don't thank this young STRIPPING for
abusing our neighbors in our name. OF
course you won't pay any attention to
Billys nonsense, for you know he is not
considered altogether compos mentis.
Even if our mode of worship had been
attacked. which we don't conceive to be
the case in this instance, we would not
have been likely to have gone to the fami-'
ly to which this very meddlesome young
man belongs for champion. The moral
atmosphere in that vicinity is not quite
pure enough to raise healthy religious
champions.
Now Mr.. Editor, although I am mem
Der OF the Methodist church, and am a
regular attendant at the morning prayer
meetings, l am we'll aware that there are
large number Of good men-members
of the different churches who doubt the
propliety of holding these meetings in the
place they are held at present, when we
have so many good and comfortable meet
ing houses in town. There is diversity
O.. opinion on this subject and the man is
an illiberal simplelon who objects to his
neighbor for entertaining and expressing
opinions upon subjects oi this kind simply
because they are not in accordance with
his. There is no religious charity in a
position 50 narrow and bigoted.
In conclusion allow me to say to this
young Mr.. By, that he does not speak
the sentiments Of a single LIBERAL, com.
mon sense christian in this community,
when he accuses you Of sneering at re
ligion, because you happened to intimate
that you differed with some Of US in re-
gard to the proper time and place for the
exercise Of prayer. This you have right
to do, and we would lock upon you as a
craven coward were you to skulk away
when you thought it your duty to express
those opinions.
When this young urstart wishes to pro-
mulgate his iliberal contracted views, we
hope he will do SO on his own response
bility. and not have his productions 60
to the world as the sentiments Of the pro-
Tossing christians in this community.
-.......,.... A METHODIST.