The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1859-05-05

ceiiencc. he reau tle circumstances o.
VoLTAIRE's death from DoDsLEYs an.
nual Register fer 1873 1.-THE year of Vol
TAIRE's death J, which work was conduc.
ted by the great EDMUND BURKE. This
account stamps all the tales of VOL
TArRE's "terrible DEATH" which have
since been given, as forgeries and lies
as "pious Frauds The lecturer also
produced the authority of DR.. JOHN
MOORE, celebrated physician and a man
of letters, as well as great hater of in
fidelity, who saw and conversed with
VoLTAIRE before his death, and was in
France after the latter event. In Dr..
MooRE's Vieacs Of Society and Manners
on tile continent Of Europe, he gives an
account Of VoLrAIRE's death, and saws
he evinced 70 signs of contition and re-
pentance, and never discovered either in
health or when dying. any remorse for
his works against the christian religion.
lie even asserts that VoLrA1RE was blind
ed to such degree, as to express uneasi-
ness at the thought of dying before some
OF his infdel works, on which he was
then engaged, were finished. The Judge
also adduced the statement of one of
VoLTA1RE's physicians, DR.. BuRARp,
in proof that the great philosopher died
calmly and serenely. He quoted Rev. RU-
FUs W. GRrswoLD. and quite a number
OF other eminent orthodox writer's, who,
after investigating the matter, explicitly
state, that all the stories of VoLrA1RE's
horror and agony of mind when dying,
are utterly devoid of truth He died
peacefully, in full conformity with the
sublime Meism he had so long believed,
and with that tranquility to which his
extensive beneyolence and many personal
virtues might well entitle him. The cir
cumstances Of his death were related bv
the lecturer, but we have not space to
extend this notice further, nor is our re-
port more than very imperfect skeleton
of the lecture. Many points which were
incidentally introduced, and many illus.
trations and proofs which were presented
we are unable to notice. Among these
was the phrase /" Crash tie Wretch,"
which is so often attributed to VoLrArRE,
and which is represented as having been
applied by him to JESUS. The Judge
showed fully that the statement is a great
Misrepresentation. He read the passage
where the expression occurs - showed
that the phrase should have been render.
ed Crush the infamous" and that it ap-
piled to intolerance or superstition, and
not to CHRIST or person, as was clear
from the reading of the whole passage.
Every point was treated with that full
ness for which the Judge is remarkable,
although for want of time he did not
read all the authorities that he had pres
emit. In nearly every instance. thronoh
out the three lectures which he has de-
|ivered, he quoted the language of his
directly from their own writ
lngs, which he had by him. Consider
ing the number Of these authorities, and
that they embraced christian writers
from the third century down to the pres
emit time, and were in the Latin, French,
German and English tongues, our read
ers will perceive how thoroughly the cleo
Iurer has studied the subject. And they
will also see if, as has been asserted, the
Judge has the largest Infdel library in
the State, he has likewise greater num-
Der of Christian works than any other
|ayman. and, probably, any clergyman,
within the same limits.