The Benton democrat. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1871-18??, 1873-04-26
UNseRUPULoUs JOURNALISTS.

lowest type of newspaper pettifogging9
in order to make capital against us, by
wilfully misquoting and torturing an
article which appeared in our issue of
the 18th The matter is scarcely worth
a passing notice, as the items in the Ga
gette are most puerile efusions, utterly
devoid of logic, reason, sense, good Eng
lish, or correct photography. But as he
drags gentlemen before the public, we
deem a simple explanation necessary.
We said the white-robed minister of
God descended from the - pulpit, and
took position ON the floor of Church,
saying to his auditors that he would
come down and talk to them ON the
level Of citizen, and expressing
wish that the day was other than the
Sabbath, and the place other than the
house of God, that he might" speak
with more freedom. Here is the extent
of our 'e cowardly and malicious attack
on Rev Joseph Emery and DR.. John
Boswell" as our sickly cotemporary is
pleased to denominate it. We made the
statement on the authority of gentle
man who was present, and whose ver-
acity we have no reason to doubt. If
it were not true, why did not our CO.
temporary deny it (? IF it were " cow
ardly," we repeat it, and respectfully
ask Rev. Joseph Emery or DIR. John
Boswell if we have been mfsinformed.
We say again, that it is sad commcn-
tary on the holy Office of the ministry,
when he who wears ecclesiastical robes
admits that he is full of sentiment that
he cannot preach with freedom in the
building dedicated to the worship of his
Maker, ON the Sabbath Day" Our
Bible tells us that we shalt be held ac-
countable for every idle word If the
minister felt that he was right, why
need he fear to preach his convictions
from the very sanctuary of the Most
High +? Good works and good words
are always acceptable in the sight of
the Lord" and should be proclaimed
not only in the sacred sanctuary, but
from every house-top through the land.
The Gazette calls us an +" infdel." To
those who have known us for any length
of time this charge will come and go
as an idle wind. Our belief in the Di-
vinity of God and His Son, Jesus
Christ, and in the religion of the New
Testament is as firm and abiding as the
i" Rock of ages When thus assailed,
we gather consolation from the reflection
that the Prophets were stoned, the
Apostles prosecuted, and the Son Of
Man cruciied, on account of their be-
lief, and can complacently "smile at
satan's rage" The several writers for
the Gag ette, last week, were certainly
hard up for language, as, in every point
they wished to make, they copied the
| words of the DEMOCRAT, and then made
painfully abortive attempts to torture
them into an application to their own
| ideas. Not one evinced any extended
acquaintance with either Webster, Blair
or Bullion, and the way they cruelty
the Holy Scriptures is enough to cause
St. Peters bones to come out of THEN
grave. Our friends knowledge of
Latin is SO limited that they all use a
quotation of ours, without the slightest
regard to its applicability. One of them
makes us use the quotation I" Mortao
leoaai ct Zepores insatltasat" in regard to
the two ministers, when no contertion
of the English language will warrant
such an application. If the writer can
read his own vernacular, he will find
that John Murray is the :" lion,' and
w. B. Carter the Insignificant "hare.'
COULDN'T THINK OF IT. = Observ-
er," in the Gazette, wants us to recant
what we said in one case condemn what