Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1864-07-19
Rev. J. @. White and the Times.

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Rev. J. @. White and the Times.
Editor Of Evansville. Times
SIR;-It may have been cruel to leave
your stripes so long unwashsd, and you
in painful suspense anticipating = msr.
tied chassissmsnt but the glorious
Fourth came regardless Of treason and
traitors, and had to be celebrated. Your
cringing and writhinE, in the Times Of
the I'd, indicates that you we're hit 10 a
tender place. Poor .felLOp, you ou gbi
to have known that the way Of trans.
gressors is hard" Nov do nerve up
like man, don't boo hoo like q great
baby at the frat geasls tap Remember
that the rod and reprosf brings wis
dom, and that
"Afnictisns thosEh thsy seem s.Tsrs
In mercy Oft are ssnt."
II would have but required but few
moments to swear to your "insinus'
tions as enumerated in my eommuni
cation of the %. Why did sou mol
swesr1 Why did yeu not adopt the Js.
suits maxim; "Jara pgJara reritatens'
que dsn<9Gr [''Swear, fOrswsar and the
truth denyl"l
Do you not remember the rioss in
structions Of the Rev. Father jesuit
Csrdenas, who said
"Ws may swear in a slight or grav,
matter without the intention of holdins
our oath; if re have good reasons e
swear"
Do you not nov recollec. the equal,
pious instruction of the Rev. Father Js
suit sanehea, who in his thsoIogiea
works, said
eff asy one wishes to sweae withon
keeping his oath, be may ma,ilais sh'
words For instance, shs may say 'aro.
instead Of jsro; in suppressing the d
then be says, i arc, which means :
burn, instead of juro, which rnsans :
swear Then il is merely venial ain.
Do you not remember that the dselal
ations of these Reverend Fathers ar
esrroborAtsd by not less than twenty
sight distinguished Jesuit Theologians
who have written on perjuryf But d
you reply
| "JssuIts large may vsAturs more.
But Jssulss small should keep nsAr shore"
True, sir, in your case discretion
may be the better part of valor," bu
why did you not think Of that beforsf
/ know il 10 said Conscience make
eorards Of men" Bat how does thi
apply to your ease7 II psrehAnce yol
should be convicted of perjury. an
hoaorsd with efsii transport to Jeffsl
sonvills, and free boarding for fe'
years in the State Prison, you migh
comfort yourself with The reflection ths
the Rev. Father FsinEoepfeB of saere
memory was there before you, and hs
returned to this diocese with ecelesiai
ticsl power 20 practice his old 9ricks
Ifyou were afraid TO swear why di
ysu Hot affirm, or assert positively ths
your evasivs inuendoes were true, an
that you could Prove them. In that cas-
you sc0uld hare been eonricted Of nami
gated falsehoodz, hu. what Of thAt7
not your repasation fer veracity in thi
| community teo well established to |
greatly affected BY four deliberate falls
hoods, agsinst "ksTetic' merely f
political esees According to the NOR,
Theology Of your ecclesiastical adviser
The end sancti6es the means"
most your falsehoods would have bee
"venial sins" subject to absolu,ion wit
out penaace, or confession to the Prize,
You intimate that did not say in plai
English .hat your 'insinuAtions" as en-
f. merated we're lies Very well, sir.
now distinctly pronounce them fal
1rosslu false separately and collective
and challenge you to the issue
you like this any better2
viii you come out in an open nj
manly form, over your appropri4te.sigl q
, ture, and attempt to prove your insinu
! tions7 No, sir, you dare not do il
: You know that the Editor ofthe Erd1
rills Journal has nailed the first faL
: hood by stating that he alone wrote q
! il responsible for, the Editorials viii
: you attribute TO me
: The Loyal League Of Evansville" q
prepared to nail the second fslseEsood.
am prepared with abundant svi den
!. to nail to the counter the third g
= fourth specifications. (Will yoa try
+ onO
You must have known this before Q
. hence your svasiEs insinuatienss .
: Jssuitie lodging.
= Now, sir, do make one more effort
!. steady your nerves, and man up all .vc
N courage, real or imaginary, and
" TO prove your insinuations, others =
acknowledge Yourself caught in rt
owa trap. Let Us have no second h q
:. :, guess work, no svasivs insinustious.
= = IRRELEVANT ungenilemsnly psrsonsliti
!. An intelligent community viii reeogn-
y svssive inueudo and persional sb1s
= patsnt tricks Of tie Jesuits.
In the meantime you are referred 70 1
"sserss Instructions ef The JssGitss" =