, 1870-01-16
An AstfOll o III ical Protest,

Isptrs the Nlt1s er's ate his nr,ya.e 40 coE1c
spohaencst TIE property, 1ot OF the nation, but o
An Astronoln ical Protest,
From TIE Cincinnati Chronicle,
It must be censolIug to The co1serya.lye mind
xexeo bl me constsnt difficulties thrown III nj
way Of received rel!goua 0piuion5 hy ppecalat1on,
na1, 10 hasafa fsenee inst eyen TIE Oldest and mos
DT the EtfkieL dly eplrlt OF irboyattoa aud secnt
GIfm. VIA tie tane comes the antidote. Tnr
CoperElcan theory OF planetary Il o,.ous has been
Years Even TWO hutdIed and 1fly yeara mo-
hoIn bacon: suppoaed in his tine to b toiera.
9y n9efn "a and piogrxEstse tesrcaer after truin,
ohpuNo Ene neltocentHc hypothesis and held.
Wiih Ptolemy, as all tho enlightened had dane 10:
Nitten nnGoied rears and more, that the san ar.
Ths sns ea5sn ait az
more d!Aturhlng 10 the orthodox religions m!ud'
uEot mere teprgnant 10 Tbs plain letter Of Scrip.
tEe oobO1ioEB teachlIg OF Cope1utcus rapidI7
gained ground, and, BY tue MD or tne TELESCOPE,
Is Sas specify pop9laE.zea For ihe last two hun:
ton las much 80 as It wns IN the oays OF tho
se9oo!men 70 Ieinsa unhesltauEg assent to tae
\ 1llbere l. anything supposed to be absolutely
se1iea ~ natrIai history It is Tie popn1ariy.re.
It's laws. tet fonl BY Copefu'cns, Kenler' a5d
AeWton All Religious and theological diflcaltIea
nn lhfa score have long eiLce been lost slznt Of,
H.
lfad:cted without further objection, Ia the i;cbt
o. o. n9n scientific deno1auauons which few IN
oe1s'ana* -...-...
bcI OF protests eca,sf TIC current teneis ~ ea
tfccoutrf, from other than merely i9noyast
souises. Al entirely new theory Of onr planetary
SO acecnna1te MI ~ at1.i IT, ~ 1ears
an,hor maintained, in brlri thst The snn and n,an
Ssst]y .ma1iep d,siancn tae f ea1tn aLd arc q:
inpgnt In the orthodox te1tboots. IL atrsc,s6 6
cen,riefy E5Gn he rTest 70 t4is e
ot1ore hin, disputed Inc concasions 81 Seaton.'
on nla nart atout the Ehn;r atTrnnnn1ct n1SMla st
ness. Nor have other trdenrndrnt nnnhtsr.tnsr
~aGtne elsewhere. we are specially eoaceroed
ops pndsriskirr al tlIa so1 m cn oa ~,
conc 70 our knowledge, aId il ille!1 to produce
kelsat:ou.
Faisro. Formerly State Geolog1st o! Louisiana,
Iesf 1his IT, scsesf essSias i
The planetary uLtterse, III which he attempts not
only 70 delnot s:sase tne 1alsity CT tut heEocen-
i1s n5r1sht.ts, iot also 70 dlsrIore the fsno4s
":aWs e. hep'et,' AID Sewtou's tceory OF grayl.
tAtiot. Ere i4u:ca! c!atacttr Of hls t'ciIctto1s
ns uT Juokta ,toR W. Iiastons "thsaes -n1
OF heaolrg-ss given Ia his own Language:
core,,,, L..sl, 10 ne tesctirGs Of Lbs sJstcrn OF
as,te,nm1 ns on,s one , tnat now gises law to
- .EG run ~ not Placed 10 lac ceItrc or
tIs ,n nnt rs,n,x' aEa aaH ssf,n and me plan'
urpa-y ' "A"0A' Sa0| 'a-
HCoLtra,y TO the belief ii, the a1z,a,n n, .,to,a-,
the earth "a tot ktratt Il Il, 1hc r. niI ~
verse Id thn suu and IN. Mar sTs ~ ~, I4r ua-
pish their anIuul rnyoinnnns hv rssr1v,a.-
iuoauo III ~ A0'~'"s
"Iv1uary to The systen, OF Tyco nrahe .he
Garth is rvi uollorjess i, The cectTs ~ ny % sne
ethry FytIeIu aEu tie sni1 nnes NM 1.ro1ra aps,
ally aI6uld our gitbr, carl5,nr with IL IN ia
revolution all the pauetg lhat cirrujnre arnTnt r.
"CoL,rs1y 10 The doctrine Of tha a1,rmnmrr. !
Of our On, T. the oibft Of The eartI nrd 49,. ouiIi