Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1859-09-20
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1859.

'"~N WADDELL CO., Prop'rs Spectator
NICHE Il CO., Props Slndiea'or'
Staunton, Sept. 9, 1889.
e1g| 1t seems that after several weeks Vi 10
Election. the Rev. Mr.. Tebbs has concluueu "
take fresh hold upon our responsibility
A1tbonob be makes q special request that we
sba,l refrain from mirriment, and threatens not
70 write us another letter if we don't menu our
STYLE, we fud it impossible to prosecute tn''
ridiculous discussion from any other motive 'nan
the mere stun of the thing" We hold you, MI
Tebbs, responsible for all the merriment anu 3D.
iectionable phrases of our previous response, III
asmuch as we should not have INDUCED IN eiIner
but for your mirth- provoking epistle' IL VIII 10
a sad affection not only to ourselves, but 10 our
readers, to be deprived Of Mr.. Teoos luminous
correspondence, aud in order to avert suon Cd
lsmity, we shall endesvor to maintain thae srS''
ity which is becoming in discussion Oe'"een
sncb appointment" men as Mr.. Tebos ana our
selves, and control, as far as possible, the nu'
morous proclivities of our pen.
We have neither the time nor the lnclnatlon
to undertake anything like review OF MI
Tebbs' yoluminous article. Our views nave oeen
so fully presented heretofore that we deem IL
unnecessary to present them again; nor are they
likely to be changed by anything Mr.. Ieoos can
write. Thesground we take is that the suoJec'
of "Conservator's" article was a Legitimate mat
ter of discussion, and that it was not detamatory
of sny Christian denomination. We have given
our Interpretation of it, and published on the
authority of letter from the author, his us
claimer of any intention to cast reproach upon
the Methodist Church. Mr.. Tebbs, however, IN
the face of all disclaimers, persists in considering
it "foul,n "obscene,n 'sanderous" and "offen-
sive," manitesting an obstinate determination
not to be satisfied. Differing entirely IN opinion
as to the character of the article, we differ OF
course as to the proprety of its publication, and
we can only say to Mr.. Tebbs, as we said before,
that we intend to, decide questions of propriety
for ourselves, leaving him and his friends to hold
US to any sort OF responsibility they may think
proper.
We may say, however, without entering into
any further discussion of the question of respon-
sibility, that the Rev gentlemen, in his long
winded epstle of to-day has in many particulars S,
by forced construction of our language, made
US say what we never intended and have repeat
eddy disclsimed.
Mr.. Tebbs cannot conceal his anxiety to en-
trap US into discussion of Camp-meetings, by
calling upoa Us to prove that "Conseryators'
article was not sanderous-that it was correct
history of Oamp-meetings, &C., but he will fail
of his object. We have steered clear of all allu'
sions to the Methodist Church of an offensive
character, and cannot be enticed or provoked
into any such discussion by Mr.. Tebbs or any o.
his confidential advisers. We are sorry that we
cannot crafty Mr.. Tebbs by denouncing Soon
SENATORS" statements and regretting the publ
cation of his article, but we do not feel called
upon to do either, even in view of the great flood
of light thrown upon the subject by Rev. Mr.
Tebbs. We expect our interests to bepromoted
by straightforward, honest course, and con-
slider ourselves fully competent to sustain the
character OF the paper to the satisfaction OF all
who know how to appreciate free and indie
pendent press.
We learn for the first time that Mr.. Tebbs
great desire has been to save US from harm by
inducing us to denounoe the communication Of
''CoDservator" and express regret on account Of
its publication. If this were so why did not Mr.
Tebbs address to us o private letter of advice OF
remonstrance instead of the il-tempered philip
pic which we published few weeks agoa And
why does he now resort to all the ingenuity OF
lawyer and distort our language,to convict US
of having traduced the Methodist Ohurch9 Mr..
Tebbs' regard for Us resembles that of Eliphaz
the Temanite, Zophar the Naamsthite, and Bill
dad the Shuttle for the man of Uz, which was
exhibited in the bitterest reproaches.
We trust that we have maintained our gravity
in the above remarks, which is more than the
reader will do when he peruses Mr.. Tebbs' last.
We are always disposed to encourage an amable
ambition, and give place to the article cheerful,
", in order that our clerical friend may become
as prominent in the community as he desires to
seems to lay claim to great respect at our hands
because of his prominent position. We acknowl-
edge that much Difference is due to him that
ministers in holy thiugs-"the messenger of
truth-the legate of the skies"
ave venerate the man whose heart is warm,
Whose hands pure, whose doctrine and whose life
Coincident, exhibit lucid proof
That he is honest in the sacred cause,
To such we render more than mere respect
Whose actions say that they respect themselves"
But
1.-THE pastor either vain
BY nature, or by iattery made So taught
To gaze at his own sDlendor, and pexalt
Absurdly, not his ONCE but himself"
is not entitled to more consideration than other
people.
The Eclectic Magazine.
We invite attention to the advertisement of
the Eclectic Magazine, in another column, and
endorse everything there said in commentator
of the work. Mr.. Rood, the General Agent for
the South, will spend few days in Stanton, at
the Virginia Hotel, in order to give citizens and
others an opportunity of subscribing to this ele-
CANT and sterling periodical. The engraVingS by
Sartain constitute ye:y attractive feature in the
publication.
~ Our friend, "a Methodist" who sends
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