The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1863-05-07
from the side Of the ship in his tea.kettle'
let 90 his hold, and the tea kettle sank

:" 'uc UilHy oePtnS OF the oceau tGt
unsophisticated milesiau having sd |,
misgivinss as to consequences, procee~
at one to headquarters. Captain, $ I
he, can thing be said to be lost, it,
know where it is? No, you foo &c. e
the ready rejoinder. Well then the
Paddy, be jabers, the tay kettle the:
lost, for it is at the bottom of the and
Now had the poor Irish sailor pos .,a. ,"s
a modicum of the educational loreveen !
clerical friend, he might have more us
sically expressed the loss of his kettle as
per say, in itself, of itself, and by itself
But the word per Sc is more commonly
used in these latter days. for the rurpt.se
persons real opinion, or for apparently
dissenting from a proposition that the
hearer dares not deny, yet seeks to evade;
for instance, the system Of AmeriSE
chattcl slavery being discussed and ;
hideous enormities and concent:see I
wlckedness pointed out, the demago!.
or la,itudinarian debatcr not having :,
hardihood to deny the truth, sophist,
ally evades the issue, by saying that g..
does not believe that slavery is wrc='
per- sc the shallow artifcc, the CO.
tcmptible subterfuge, is self.evident at
palpable as if, when my house is cd
fire, and my family and property in dan.
ger of being consumed by the devouriug
element, my Immediate neighbors and
friends hurriedly rushing to my assis.
'ance, the astutc sophist should epdeayor
to stop or impede them, in their gener.
Gus impulse, by gravely informing them
that fire was not injurious pc, Sc.
And yet the word per Sc, is iu truth,
harmless and unobjectiouable, iu itself,
Of itself, and by itself; and We all, IS
loyal and patriotic citizens may uDhesi-
tating'y use it in declaring, without any
qualification or mental reservation what.
ever, that We are, one and all, with our
whole hearts and souls, with all our DOW crs
of mind and body, with "our lives, our
fortunes, and our sacred honor" firmly
and devotcdly attached to the great priu-
c'r'e Of human liberty per Sc, in itself,
Of itself, aud by Itself.
For the Upton Advertiser.
Mr. ED1!oE:-I find the following in
the Ioua Reltyiious .Ne,cslctter, for April
1868:
lvanhoe, the Upton rrespou den,
OF the Davenport Gazette, writes to that
paper: Quite religious interest has been
awakened in the town Of Clarence, stu
ated on the c. |. & N r r. Meetings
have been held for seven weeks past -
Up to the present time of writing there
have been about sixty professions.
"As an unmistakable evidence Of good
results of these meetings, the last rum.
hole and gambling hell was emptied of
its contents-the fiery poison burnt and
the saloon man fined and then held t.,
bail for his further hearing. .ofeI
Another evidence of good is mat to|
Tested still in a political direction. lheI
iitical views have been changed, expr,x.'
sions modified, and language taken h.sn
said disparagipsly of the Federal S5th n
ernment. Solemn and affecting was t
meeting held for this purpose-w.'
confessions were m de and promises o,/
fered amid tears and audible CRYING,
each promised fidelity to one suothes
and greater caution and care for - fud
ture.' ce
Now, Mr.. Editor, there ore some
points in the above on which informa-
tion a little more clear and definite is
desirable. Can you furnish it? What
is intended by "sixty profcssions"-so
many ways Of earning adollar or SO many
persons converted from worldiness and
sin to righteousness and God !? WI. u
connexiou had the meeting with 1e3eo
Platner's seizure Of tie liquor a1&x
prit, and bringing them to I'll !
Had that meeting any infuenl
otherwise in the condemn atio J.
liquor and ining of the culprit -
Belts ; or the destruction of t6C r
by Mr.. Platner? Further, by viii y
| in the laW ia n man vho ho.
ished for an offense, "held to bail for h9e
further hearing?
We'll, Mr.. Editor, don't you think the
antiquities and inaccuracies of the first
part of the extract are fully compensated
by the account of that glorious meeting
that "solomn and affecting' meeting
that precious meeting attended with
"tears and audible crying" when "con.
fes'ions were made and promises offered
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