Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1865-11-09
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A Gard from MRS. M. II, Taylor.
Inc following communication from-Mrs
M. SB. TAgLoR, President Of the Board OF
Managers of the industrial School OF Co.
iumous' was handed us on Tuesday nj ght,
at 200 late IAN hour to put in type for
wednesday mornings STATESMAN. We
printitbel0wa' Ion s7a r-l 70 a-fr
la '1r' i'r uCoLuMBUsi Nov. z, 1865.
EsDf70RS 0Hf0 STATESMAN: fi.ir III
3ENfLEMEN-Las evening a friend call
ed my attention TO your paper of the 9Th
November, In which there is an article
headed "Mrs. Taylor's Appeal in Behalf of
the Industrial School," ih which article
see you have totally misunderstood the
.sense Ia which i used the word loyai:I AL
low me, TO explain the sense In which Iiused
that word in the sentence which has ex-
cited your Indignation, The sentence reads
thus: aBut we will not trouble tie COM
munityswith either arguments or entreaty.
sWhole-heartedllo loyal Christians do not need
them, and 'alf-hearted, ,disloyal ones III
any, sncA there be- will not-hecd either ar
gument or entreaty." Now, sirs, [ was
ItaIKing, 10 Christians, and simply meant
their Loyalty To Christ, their King, without
any reterence whatever to any other loya-
~! simply meant to state what believe
20 pc the iact, II any Christian can forget
or despise the authority OF Christi under
which we all delight to act, he would not be
influenced by any argument of ninej and
SO iar as from meaning Democrats, as you
assert, can assure you that neither they nor
any, other political party ever once came
into my mind. AS to my using the word u
used 1t In Its highest and best sense, and II
was only used TO add strength to what had
Deen saia; All Christians are perfectly fa-
mitiaf with the expression loyalty To Christ,
and that it rs dear to every Christian Heart
Is Also. well known. ut is, moreover,Il liam
Rumge which one Is very likely to use in
advocating, any measure which one con-
siders beneficial TO his Sovereign's king
demi I Wish to inform you that the Mana-
gers did not borrow this language (as you
thihk) from political demagogues. III there
We're any borrowing in the case, the dema-
gognes stole it from the church. The idea
OF God as king, and men as subjects, is as
old as ADAM. and loyalty and disloyalty
were fully developed In the case OF Cain |
and Able; 80 from that day to this mankind
have been divided into loyal, obedient sub
jects to Christ, their king. or rebels against
His righteous government. 'h.'' i
4 Know that the Bible and all church his
tory will triumphantly prove that the
hngship. OF Christ and language de- Il
seribing the nature of his kiagdoIn. the
duty Of his subjects, form very large part
OF the teaching of theology. |
Now, Messrs. L litors, let me entreat Il
you 70 come and honestly promise allegi- |
snGe TO this glorious King of the Church,
ana you VIII never again make such a RI
tiah loyalty Another unspeakable advan-
tage, you will have: When this glorious
kIng shah have put down all unjust rule
and usurped authority, you will be received
Into MS glorious presence and not DESTROY
ed by the brightness of his coming. |
So much for the word loyal. | must say
something about the appointment of the |
committees. The B ar directed the Secre-
tary and myself to p lblish the names ofl
two lauies from each Of the churches that
haye.bee in the babit of helping us. I
penciicd idown the obnoxious paragraph
Which has caused your wrath to wax hot,
and handed 1t TO the Secretary, who was to
name the ladies. BY some misunderstand-
ing the Universalist Church and perhaps
some others were lett out (which mistake
we aretrying to repair). There are sever-I
al churches in which no lady is named, ow-i
ing to the fact that neither the Secretary
nor myself were acquainted enough in them
TO know who to name. Now, sirs, hope
that youand your readers will see that your
remarks about political committees were en-
ohCly uuiOuIucu. 4 uO assure you, on De- |
half OF the Board and myself, that POLITICAL
loyalty was not SO much as thought of in
those appointments. '0'' i"p t'9''7
Now, sirs,' with respect to the appoint
ment Of the gentlemen, alone am respon-
sible. ! named those gentlemen, not be-
cause of their loyalty to the Government
(for which L honor them, but for theiriun-
dopbted Loyalty r(do mot be alarmed) to
Christ, our King; and because ] have heard |
several OF them make good loyal speeches
(lknow vou' are sensitive about that word,
cannot help using 1t, 1t suits'me SO well, u
about advancing Our cause, l thought i
wonld giye'them hant opportunity to show
tAeir fiaellty by their works as. well as by
their w9rdsr think have said enough to
satiSfya afyl feasonat lie person, that as 1 had
nei1hermalicenorspit In my heart i e ould
notlhaye been splitting it, at either Demo-
a.. Yours, respectfully, -. i
oha e.'p''',sD-7 ga % MI B. TAYLOR.