The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1870-02-14
WHY do The hmtken rags, and The pto-
pie imagine rain things ?p-P,ALM II
--rROrESTAST vERslOS.
Mission, Feb. -, 1870.

SclOV.S HHS pcCbiuc yuUNe|t-ut 10
nav "A Protestant" Indeed. there was
not the slightest Necessity ipr liinio tell
II, that hs was ia Protestant ;"r1lor it is
evident from his lucubralious that be has
cniphaiically protested" hgdln', giving
cIarity (which is the handspring ol
Chris iauily-a place in his soul. While
we congratulate him % his conversion,
we are sorry We cannpt congratulate him
aud bis body upon their manner ,oi;,cul'i-
vaIiug this sublime virtue. Bil his let
tiers were Tissue Of llcs-of which ST,
John tclls.us the devil is the fathcr--a
mass OF calumny. md beyond doubt al
firm that there is not blast Of common
seihsr'i il liz Protestant trumpet. Ills
productions do not represent him to the
eye OF civilization as u very umiahle, char
ac,er. or as having u solitary spark Of
Christianity in his soul; for a Pagan.
merely iIlulnincd by The dictates Of the
natural law. would lave more gentleman.
" feelings. However, We. presume he j,
"a big hug" nn,l held in nigh esteem by
the members Of Ills own circle, ace'tI,cy
dcpu,izrd him as their orgau, ,or. zane;
tuned l,is uc,s by their reiiccncc
ltaPprars that our not 'unricing bis first
collection of calumny and Imre.iacrd lies,
gave. him fresh courage; 50 he again
sgirls a discharge at us. foul rs the de-
lnon Of di-cord could teen il, into him.
We'll, We did not. MS he fonli.hl y imag
ined, shu,lder ut li+ di.tnvtrirs; alll,ongl,
no doubt the extent OF his ignorance. the
depth Of his .ialicc, aud the ridicntou,
manner in which he avoided The whole
-utjact at issue. almost parslyzrd us
Sill, We mu,t say. this di,l7not stay us
But. forsnolh. uur reason was ilis-Wc
preach doctrine Of Peace on earth Ia
men Of good will = and hence VT pre-.
ferrcd 20 suffer d little tom his vile
tongue rather tia disturb the harmony
III which we tllru lived. We did mol mn
do We now wi.h to Interrupt that peace.
Blu, now. since matters have cone to such
u pitch. acknowledgements are under
10 the Church. and the debt We awe to
the thousands Of souls in our hands
presses henvily upon US. We no longer
remain silent, but bdldly enter the arena
of Controversy. and soon. We trust. Shall
stranglc this hydra III its cradle 1t is
probable we may say some things while
treating this question that may not BE-
palatablo to all; but we plcdsc our most
solemn word that is not our intention
to wound the feelings Of any onc-rc-
or otllcruiseTbut us we think
differently, Of course we must also speak
differently.
But pray. Mr. protestant" uhy did
you not come out ikea ,nan Z Vas il
because you are already so degraded III
society that you blu>hcd at the idea u
seein: your name ut the end Of your gor-
grot. cpislles.. aud g. sheltered yourself
un,ler ths Mantle Of Professionalism, !.
is >pacious cloak. no duub. !; get oar
from un Ter that cloak. so that ne may
see with whom wa have. to deal You
must rccollpct tina. We do not work in thu
dark. where uiscli t is brewed; and We
want you also 10 preach from tile house.
tops. SO lila. your light may slime before
men Then we shall know who you are
aud what you are. 447
Indeed. while pausing over ynur pccu.
liar manner of,acling in this matter. in
we were carried buck to our
days. when we read both il
Creek aud in Lhtia The fables Of n witty
old gentlamah naned IEsop. Ainsna
Tie 6iany good things which his writer
lett US. ilit following is remarkably rich :
At tho happy period Of which Al>op
says-:Sticks and stones spoke. aud ali
thugs made speeches.. a certain jolly old
cl,ap. commonly called 4 donkey. because
he was unlisually sagacinus Ian llis,iuct
not much cultivated in that fhn,ily deem.
ed il desirable 10 make ~ little sport for
his bio'lier dnnseys. The betterIftoac-
bis object. he torruwed alton :
garment, Into which be tucked bim,el!
as neatly rs possible. and of he set for
The woods Nlitrt his preatiIcc ai once
created d. CENTRAL cnn$teriatihn. Birds.
beasts. aniieypry living thing shared III