The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1860-02-14

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81 - ely rflishsda ~ letters, 10 wsicl
!! vs hay 1ilsd asa x1sh mass have ss;s
ebrnis1s for piAlIcaiiolk16 Mr. TAYLOR him
SAT II srder tiIae thSz hsrifs Of tho cas-,
may b. understood, We give below the whole
correspondence on tho Subject:
IL Mr. HeWises y ~. Taslov.T 81
RTcnMoxD, VA, Jan sd. $50.
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:y snss sas ~ orSs g ye,ea s.d 70;
Lon, 70 d:iissr lsetsres before the Young As. s
.ess .Sssia Ss cassidy s:sssd 70 sos. isks 6r'sS,
I: Yoas sSansetien yi.a i. 1ssss.. asvspsp.r.
Which has done more than All. paper 10 sar oosl-
sss vsS I'd 70 Is sss.as 81 tSs nnf sc and
FenoeT John Brown, rpon viryinis.
Soa do not iSly bsilsve the bivins insc.rstcn and
q ss 1sst l.
winch they consider An Indispensable :afsgasId
aad ar the other forms Of fannticisn, prevalent
in the North. sl ~. sI.sf
cpmMunity. cannot suppose It would be aSreea-
sto you to visit us. t1..,,.s..,ss @ssl
s. You, letter. = ne hsys been very and
~h'0h =. scssss s our thank
s X. X. HowIsON. Chairman, 10, 30. 3
| Mr.. Taylor to Mr.. Howisos.
d n:1 i.s:s1 s Ia
ule has been forwarded to me. - -
.Ia NOV. sc ~. canaoI though might nat
Ny literary connection with the New York 7,i-
otHe OF twelve lears standns. 1t 10 Indicated In
nlOst OF my published works, and 20 well known to
snose ~" know an, thins Of my hlstory that can
visited the southern States as an avowed cores
pondeLt OF that PAPER; have lectured in Kentucky
Na,hvie. Memphis, Augusta aud Savannah
Hence, considered your own letter of lnvitatlon
msh dliier. thsrs was no ia the world
oi Literature and ART, ana even made arrange
vas q
pa mat while my Trend, Jno. r. Thompson, So.
lions OF the North that respect to which iis talents
entitle him, !, . Northern author. .honld at the
same time appear before Richmond audier CO. l |
grvatel, hold tho opinions of ton and Jef.
!srson on the cub oct OF slavery yet. SO long as
Of respectful treatment in the state which gave
th0se kreat men to our common country. /
ma YSa Of ny lecture on namodt With
:s'rs mr. TAYLOR y mistake, says Ssss;dens Of
christian .s would make so crave char. against
any NY On qo from nssrss, or imperfect knowedse-
these: defend Humboldt from the char. Of md
,on. fec Ing rmed basis Of his charactsg; and
furthermore; cisse1t from the assertion Of few
that You should sGd, CONSIDER
q hsf e he bysns
:nd authority Of the Sacred Scripturea' ii the be-
ene B, the logic # believe YOU to be an in
hdei, prove ny.elfa Christian.
al the principal portions If the earth: that Know
1o" ns Q, and all religion: crseds
where in ans Of tbe and study hu. that
hostile tn repnblicanism and Christianity have
Eve. osn so"ected to narrower insulting
Yours. Tor free thought and enlightened chr;.
san''' BAYARD TAYLOR. |
af. H0w5son to M; Taylor:
8. B.y.rnr.x,dRs' ctn !, ": Feb 10. 1880;
% INST has been received. am truly sorry thai
on shoSid consider any hing in my last letter per
The is,.sr in Whole in can with srnsss
II was due Is well to Yourself to those rep
pssenited that IN Withdrawing the invitation pre-
u our reasons for SO doing. Aud your late letter
hd NO dssrss removes or diminishes the force Of
!. Il was NOT generally known in this community
a.n you were come c.ed with the New York III
's nl6canee in the light o. rece mt events, Which
caused open expressions of dissatistactiOn And |
hold re Of and js s n son s ON
II the 1yS. .. savefS your partial editorship
W.s iSn Ion and Jefferson were sreat-but hu-
ayery had been thoroughly discussed ,u View of
ora ana teas.n and above all, they died be
mcus =. anotionsm had commenced its pes
y ot were moderate. aud his time
lct onectonahie but Jefferson went much farther l
l 6ph nta \.
'o,o. in 1862 hold with Jefferson. that shs whole
! ens1c;e oetwsen master and slave perpetu
! eAeIcise OF the most boisterous passions, the
nost remlttink despotsm on the ono part, and
i e.Iaalns submission on the other and In view !,
.hen you reflect that God is just, that he iost.cs
aturs s s,Ssn io1eyer that Sonsderns numbers,
'neel OF fortune, an exehaase az SITUATION IS
he Is Z, ,o.s,6s s.erts that il become
::s Ssa ssa' , :s.
nd that you will not BE- welcome visitor to Vir
easa II anu - IT has not been published in fall
,, o. course, not read It, But certain ext acts
IN the the 1s5nse sonx aa otIs.ppp e.
ccuIacy Ofwhlch you have not, within my know A
IS that Humboldt rarely ATTENDED Divine service ss
=, nc s1st ne possessed an unbounded scorn for
re wa: perhaps too deep to End exprss.ion u by :
!ch methods that in Conversation with ,onrsef ic
rt ai,srsS ;.tifs upon
nioh others beside myself had inferred that YOU 81
Haifcatca and approved Humboldt's religion Al
nei althoue It was . De,sm'' and NO, = aimDIe II
IN IN the Scr pturss a. Divnely inspired.E +
n me.n0I sacn De your real sentments, your own
~ but am bound to draw my own inferenees
~ inc lndications apparent and {. regret tat
lpTossions. -
You ocrclude With the strong words, :. Yours, +
proper sense. I unite with YOU in des,rin. a
y, sse osa: r. but the very form Of express
rec thong ht' has degene rated into free thnS
,s Or in,hdeIity, and eliminated IN FREQ love-
n sn"t sneS nave sous ht 70 en'is hten Chris
snseoasness the smoking taper Of their 90 called -
ih. s lSw. For Su.h free thous hit and On m,
htened Christianity am NOT but am | W, W,
Yours for Constitutional liberty =. sa sh
and the Christianity of the Bible,
s..assa.. - L. r. r. HowIsoy. I 4
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q. RIcHxoNp THANH q