Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1868-10-14

Mr.. EDITOR Il thank yOufOryOuI
kind and friendly notice of my Medi-
cal Address in your last issue. Put
ting your testimony, that the audience
were held and entertained TO the last,
with the fact that i spoke two hours,
/ get indeed a sufficient compliment.
1t occurred to me however that some
might not understand your remark
about the mingling of sense and nom
sense: so please print n of the quo
ted notices with which | introduced
myself, and my subject. Zone arti-
Gle of faith we all hold: that tirstclass
nonsense is rarer, more difficult to pro-
duce than first class sense: as We all
likewise believe that the maj who
said, "here comes a fool, we must talk
sense, y displayed perception of truth
and human nature, unrlValed IN the
history of philosophers" II my nom
sense was of the right kind, of the
sort | meant, it was, at once, the most
difficult, and the most successful part
of nv work. And TO this view l in
cline, not believing that any man can
please and persuade a Warren audi
ence two hours with poor nonsense.
1t must be that better kind which is
to sense what lightning is to tallOw
candles at twelve cents a pound. /
have Just received a voluntary note
from a prominent member Of the As
ISOLATION. with whom / have not the
honor to be personally acquainted, for
which friendly note | thank him. /
am happ, 10 give the following ex-
tract: 'fDear Sir: As a member of the
TrumbuIl County Medical Society, al
low me to present TO YOU my thanks
for your very able, and very instruc-
tive address delivered TO us at our re-
quest OH the second instant. / have
strong hopes that the hints you gave
us of your ''model Doctor will sug-
gest, and stimulate in US new and
good resolves to aim higher, and he
better both professionally, and sOci-
ally."
And now Mr.. Editor, please
advertise that next Sabbath even
ing | will give a discourse on the
dignity and worth of Man: a sermon
for the times, bringing out the great
and grand liberty views, and VOWS of
the Bible, upturning the Doctors of
Divinity, who find slavery therein:
showing that while human endeayOrs
in the line OffreedOm and Equality, and
mans declarations and OratiOns, are
but rills and brooks, Gods word is the
thunder of Niagara, the eternal an
them of the great ocean of right and
justice, and fraternity, and love, and
that while the heights of reason blaze
with fires in recognition of man as
man, and shake with an On-going jul
bilee in honor of manhood, the whole
empyrean of revelation is crowded
with troops ofangeE, and all created
gods coming TO the coronation of no
particular race, or tribe, butof allmen,
of Man. 1t is well known that Thorn
as jefferson was the the author, not
only of the Declaration of Independ-
ence but also of several, indeed many
little volumes, bound in bronze and
black, and that when he died insol-
vent, these, his own sons and daugh-
ters, were sold at the auction block.
So of scores and hundreds of Our past
and present mighties: their children
and children's children, swarm the
South, and the question of impartial
suffrage is the question whether the
defendants of Jefferson and Vice Pres
ident Richard NJ. Johnson, and null
llluuc ol Tie HOulucIn
dead and alive and to-day rebelling,
shall be counted as men, or as brutes,
and this last for no reason other than
because their fathers were the most
gigantic, and lOathsOme sinners God
ever suffered to get ready in this world
of mercy for the damnatiOn of the vile
and the adulterOus. And i say let
the voice of God shake the earth, and
let the fires of his word cleanse the
atmosphere, and let the proud fathers
who disOwn their sons stand back and
tremble, and turn pale: and let every
Northern man who joins hands with
such, consider the eternal decree that
the companion of fools shall be de-
strOyed. And above all let every wO-
man, whose soul is supposed TO be a
of purity, and every maiden
whose blush instructive rises at the
thought of uncleamesS, beware, and
carefully, and with prayer
for what, and for whom she waves the
flag in her fair hand, and utters the
"GOd bless your from her heavenly,
andenchanting lips.
BENZ. ST. JOHN PAGE.