The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1873-04-17
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Nh. ED1roR Mr.. Klise dies slow
ly, but surely. His last wall is dol
orous one; more touching, and NOR
} lunatic, than the first. l have re
solved to call him names no more
but shall treat him with the reverenc
due q senior, and a profound q
scholar Also For such he must be
Please observe the facility with whicl
he quotes old Latin adages, familia
to every school-boy. That is confr
nation strong.
MIR. Klise labors under very sin
gular aberrancy. He enjoys som
lucid moments; at the next he goe
off in a spell, baking and mutterinG
like some murmuring, half-inton
Gated Priestess, iargon of nonsense
cant and absurdity; which neither h
nor any one else can understand
Yet he is raasute, and learned man
These spel-bound. utterances read al
most as well from right to left, a
they do from left to right. I hav'
been posed in accounting for thes,
pecrlliarities in style. The following
theories explain him, and solve th,
problem.
1. It may be a Hebraism; unavoid
able, from his very classic habits.
2. He may ride the winged steed
the mind 8 Pegasus, into the realm o
fantasy, where Imagination lives, but
where common sense pines and dies
8. He may, like Cali6d'a, have .
forward voice, and a backward voice
these are contra.
Assuming these theories to be true
I suggest that Mr.. Klise hereafter
speak m the Syrian tongue; that he
surrender Pegasus to the Muses., lest
he, Ike Benerophon, who likewise
stole him; catch a fall that he indi
cate by some sign, which of his voices
is speaking at any given time.
Mr.. KIise asks, '1s his colored gen
tlenaan .reIiable?' He once was, but
as he esinoed intimacy with my op-
poser, I thought perhaps he had be
come injected with his tupitude
prudence dictated caution. Besides,
does a person kyaoso what he hears
from another? Try it in court.
Mr. Klise says he grew serious
when I introduced "my colored gen
tleman." This is not strange. 1t must
be humiliating to q boastful, self-efas-
cinated egotist, though great schol-
ar, to be reminded that even colored
men-his 6lsg6ear-excelh him in every
virtue and talent, and are even ad-
judged SO by the very church that ac-
counts him unworthy of her orders.
No wonder he is afraid of "negro
equality"
Mr.. Klise denies that his first tirade
was uncalled for, and says 1 ''took
occasion to abuse and malign a peo-
pie, who at that time had no means oi
defense" &c This is gratrntous and
false, and proves that he is wholly
uniformed upon the subject, else he
wilfully misrepresented me. He in
Inmates that his people have a means
of defense now. True, they have a
mean defense. A se!f-selected de
tense, which is always worse than
none; the offering Of feeble mind;
but pardon me. I am again remind
ed, that he is learned man.
He insinuates, that I would have
not remarked what I did at Fairfax,
in the presence Of defense. I would
have said all I did say in the presence
of Mr.. Klise, or whole convention
of his ministerial brethren, without
fear.
But why did Mr.. K1ise rush upon
me, not my words, pHgeis ct cdlci6ass'
Not because his cause was suffering
The dead suffer not. But because he
is pugnacious intermeddler self
enamored and self-conceited cham
pion, spelling for notoriety. Why
did not some one else assail me? Why
did not representative man in the
faction undertake the defense of their
iUegitinaGte Zion? I would prefer it
so. I want 'sfoeman worthy of my
STEEL" If my virgin sword must be
baptized in blood, I have an ambition,
that it be in the blood of a fallen hero,
and not in the degenerate blood of q
fallen intellectual and moral Lilliput.
Mr.. Klise next ignores the classical
name, Insurance Company" I en-
ployed the most popular name, and
perhaps the most significant name;
did not coin it; I found it to my
hand, and if words are really signs OF
ideas, the popular name is not nearly
the misnomer that christian Union
is. Such it is not it is political
union. Beelzebub characterizes best
the master spirit. i&inaei is satisfied.
VIII Mr.. Klise tell which Sbimei he
means There are not less than six
teen persons of the name mentioned
in the Bible.
MIR. Klise cannot endure creed.
Why does he subscribe to one? Why
does he quote one? I hope he will
explain Consistency is gem.
Mr.. Klse charges me with being
ignorant. This is his dernier charge,
one that never fails him, the invaria-
bic tactics of small mind. Why
don't he prove me SO, and by dint Of
argument force the conviction upon
the minds of his readers? Assertions
are cheap. Smoke is free, but not
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