Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1860-06-29

liz smibu@ curantuf attempted to explain the mean.
ng Of this term, and 70 show s absurdKy applied 70
the use Of remedial agents. believe every VIM admit
that my statements correct concerning th point
the doctrine Of sinsiiors is perfect absurdiy Now
for the readers Of articles to decide whether
Dr. D. has succeeded In showing that my illustrations and
comparisons were not reasonable and consistent.
next treated Of the doctrine Of Innntessmais" and
feel confident that every person who read my expos
Ion Of this subject ready say that these state
ments true the homeopathic doctrine 10 gross ncon
sstency. Has DR.. D. shown that my statements false
BY no means He says: /" In regard TO his article in
nnltessmals have nothing to y." Why has he nothing
to sayi Simply because he knows that the he says
about this subject the deeper In the mre he win get He
knows that 10 subject which viii not bear investigation
therefore the less he says about the better In his pr
vate practice he manage to envelope the principles
upon which he processes to act In such sts that It,
absurtes cannot be SEEM but he knows very WE'LL that
In public controversy, the actual facts must out
these he not prepared to meet therefore he has
nothing to say" In this instance the Doctor certainly
shows great shrewdne and he had exercised the
amount Of orehou In regard to the whole subject and
had nOhtn0 to cay" he would not have shown himself
up before the public in the ridiculous which he has
BY the publication Of his scurrous articles Most Io
meopathlc practitioners knowing The absurd nature Of
the doctrine have enough not 70 attempt defend
when publicly assailed, bnt submit with christian res
gnaon but unfortunately for their cause there Is &C.
casionay among their number, like Dr. Duncan 20
devoid Of common that they do know when
speak when to be SILENT The truth Of the saying that
Fools rush wAere angels fear 70 tread" was never
better illustrated than in the Of NJ Duncan in his
attempts to defend the doctrine Of Hsupathy Thcen
tire effort Of the Doctor Is suciens culous, but the
most garing outrage upon decency logged determ
alton to take advantage Of the which appeared In my
article Of May 1sth in fixing the date Of IIahneman's birth
Any person with the Of Ape must have known
that this was typographical error and knowing this
common decency" would demand perfect silence upon
the subject butDr. Duncan finding nothing else upon
which to expend his snpefuoss gass" vented himself
freely upon this subject Considering the desperate M.
ture Of the which he had undertaken could excuse
his first aluson to thebect, but his perssent deter.
mlnation TO the natter after It had been explain
ed was certainly exceeding the bounds Of decency He
says in his article Of the 22nd doubt Dr. Pierce finds
livery convenient to make scapegoat Of the composor
to hide his historical bundersr Now a. this is evil
IDENTITY the manner In which Dr. D. chooses to treat this
subject, we will meet him upon his grounds and will
see what he will use as scape0oas to hide Of
his blunders. want II distinctly understood however,
that this mode Of procedure not my preference but
the course pursued by my opponent such as leaves me
no choice. After reading Dr. Duncan rst article and
seeing m what ridiculous manner he disposed TO
the subject went to the Editor Of the asked
him to give each fair chance and print the communion
tons just they into his hands, and not make any
corrections thus making each contributor responsible for
his own blunders. urged this course upon the Editor
but he would not consent 10 adopt it, thinking that
many errors might thus appear would be preiudal to
the character Of his paper readily admitted the Justice
OF the Editors excuse and then asked him II he had not
made mistake in spelling the Of his Dubuque cor
respondent? He informed that there was no mistake
as the signature very distinct and spelled DUN
c-u-n Having had sufficient evidence, in reading the
Doctors article, that he had a way OF "doing things
peculiar to himself concluded that this was one Of his
eccentrces, and that he did make practice Of spelling
his name In this But imagine my surprise at looking
at the signature under the article Of June 2nd and seeing
spelled, as it should be- Dun-c-an!! Surely, our Du
buqae Doctor has accomplished very important de-
deratum by attempting to defend Hahneman for he has
ny this means learned how 10 spell his name. II ID
reasonable TO suppose that he would have spelled the
name correct had he known how and he got all right
except one letter, find much fault since this
better than could have reasonably been expected Him.
But hope the Doctor win feel grateful to the friend
who discovered the mistake in spelling his NAME and told
him how II should be, 50 that he prepared give
his signature in proper certainly hope my
friend will not attempt tomake scape goat Of the CON-
postor in this case, for II is not customary at tie pres
ent dry, to admit such excuses; but enough OF this
Now for the Doctors great final conessfon. He says
IAN this sparrng 10 In Prevalent the subject under
consideration, and pudding about in the slough OF re-
elimination carries still uxher from the starting point
Certainly friend blessed with lucid lateral"
at this juncture for this the first evidence Of reason, that
has appeared In his whole series Of articles except where
ne says have nothing to In regard to the doctrine
Of infnitessimals." After acaOcing through three long
articles aad not once attempting to bring an argument
In favor Of his beloved doctrine he suddenly TO the
conclusion that his remarks are ivysralst to ~ sub
feet" Now, my dear Doctor you need not have sad
this for every one except yourself has known ever Since
you commenced that You did not treat the subject under
consideration at ALL As for myself am much pleased at
seeing in the Doctor evidence Of returning reason
and sincerely hope that this Interval Of light" may
remain long enough for him prepare sensible article
uponhe subject Of Homeopathy. The Doctor finally says,
II Dr. Pierce wishes 70 discuss this question fairly,
squarey in gentlemanly Manner with other end in
view than to get At the facts In the case his man.
In reply TO this win say that II Dr. Duncun alias Dun
can, WILL before his forsakes him again. take the
trouble 70 look my article upon the subject Of Homeo
patty, he viii nnd that hare been explaining the doc
trne Of Homeopathy, IundnsAsnd H. and think he
viii admit that my viescs correct, he hu10iag
deIwson." He will also and that there Il nothing in his
own articles that tend In any way 10 oOe that my
ments concerning the doctrine correct certain
" have been much surprised to ind that Dr. D. could no.
nd some redeemfn0 qualities n the Homeopathic doc
tne. has been my aim to show the absudes Of the
theory and expected that he would present some Of the
beauties Of the practice but this he hes not attempted to
do Here win ay 70 the Doctor thas do not thinA hs
Homeopathic brethren VIII thank ~ - attempting to
defend their cause Had the Doctor tnsa notice Of
my articles his cause would be mnch stronger than
h. for people upon reading my remarks would say we
those strong statements but DR.. Pierce r;wdiced
and we had the whole story should nnd that sseys
taco sides to e case" and the result would have
been that my statements would have had but little effect
But they have both sides before them and since Dr.
D. has wholly failed prove the alsy Of my statements
the only conclusion that can be drawn H. that are
correct.
Az for discussing the question Of Homeopathy with DR..
Duncan, should consent 70 anything Of the kind Il
would be for The purpose Of gaining information not
having yet any evidence that Dr. D. has any knowledge
Of Homeopathy, any Other system Of nsdIcne must
II present ~ 70 '.bs cosssed 0us~ For my own In