Wilmington daily commercial., 1874-07-13

In looking at the communications Of Anti-kit-
ualist the thought will persist i'll forcingstself
upon US that there is something wrong, either
with him or with his subject-matter. We hear
great noise-look in vain for the attendant
CONSERVATION. Some one speaks of a shot,
but the search for the object hit If a frlitless
one. All the difficulty il justhere. "Anti-Rit-
ualist says the "shot and the :" mark
were both % disguised This, We presume.
means that they existed only in his imagination.
At "Anti-Ritualistsn feet, then, do we hum
bic ourselves in the dust We sorrow that we
have not the wisdom Of Solomon, nor the
penetration of "Anti-Ritualist, to solve the
riddles which he himself prOpounds Il it any
wonder that ''the effect produced was seen in
the muddled ideas of Neritas 2 We do not |
profess to keep an intellectual ploughshare to |
turn up disguised IDEAS The usual rule for |
composition is lst To hare an idea 2nd To |
typress 1t as clearly as possible. "Anti-Ritua
list" however, fails, We think, in both points |
He imagines he has something to say, and then |
DISCUSSES it in the expression. He evidently |
fears the censure passed by critic Of penetra-
ton (as We suppose) upon Froudes History |
that ANYONE conld write such plain English as
that" II obscurity, then, and want Of point be
virtue in English prose, the sentences Of
'Anti-Ritualist" will surely take the prize
But the most amusing part Of the whole com
munication IL question Is lts style Of argument
When point is to be made lie either asserts It
dogmatically, SAYS il is true and can be retj.
Neither OF these modes Of proof tend to satisfy
one who would rather be convinced Of thing
by fair and candid reasoning, than be forced 10
take il at the word of one speaking. ike the
1 Pope, ,er cdille'lrd Ihs doing away with ones i'll
diylduAlity, he forgets, IL one Of the Character
istics of RomanisIn. And this il not the only
4 evidence that he himself is drifting from the
| position which his non, de plume would seem to
! imply, though ''Anti-Ritualst, like most mega
tive terms, does not convey very definite con-
4 ception. Ar far as the simple name goes it may
/ mean any one, from Darwinian up 10 a Hick-
ta.sa a Favl.a
burdened with ritual. We think, then that
''Auti-RtuaAt' is becoming somewhat superzd-
tious
He reads the COMMERCIAL on a certain day
and observes the name 'Niator = he picks up
copy Of the same paper, few days afterwards,
and sees lmIabile dictu } the word "Yentas.
The effect upon his mind appears to 5e wonder
full. The letter ''Y (perhaps on account Of
bill he owes Of that amount seems to haunt
him wherever he goes He speaks Of it as if it
his heart, Ihus we have again the oHiaous two
VS. r 1t is this word ''oninous' that has ex
posed his failing. But for it we should have as
cribed the wondrous connection between the
two Vi III two different newspapers, 10 his cele-
biated ''power Of penetration Our ''ideaA'
are at any rate, not ''muddled' with regard to
the high opinion which 'Anti-latualist has Of
this chief faculty Of Lis being. We're We ever
so obtuse we could not miss seeing it, for he
thrusts 1t upon our attention in the very iirst
sentence of each of his communications. We
again do him obeisance.
Why "Anti-RitualHtn sent those eleven SEN
tencea Of his to the COMMERCIAL OH Monday
last, we have racked our brain III vain to con-
cei' 9. 1t is III just such cases this that there
II sucli vital need Of penetration. But ''N er-
itau is not ''Auti- -Rtualist, and, Of course We
are IN despair However. there are two tAeo-
rcs evolved without 'penetratiou,' be it re-
membered !, which seem 10 solve the dlihcyty.
"Anti-k!tualist was either determined to have
the last word, even at tie peril Of the cause
which he has professcd to hold 80 dear or else
he wanted 70 show the public, with az little det-
riment u himself az possible, that Neritas
had convinced linn Of bis error and that he Lad
himself now come to the coAclu-.un that writing
newspaper articles about otLer peoples busine-.
not hs forte.
T We can think of nothing else that can account
for tie printing Of such article the one
b Ia question. When " Auti-Rituali=t' shall haNC
studied logic or become more conyerrant Will
the workings Of the great principle Of Common
Sense-to say nothing Of christian charty-h,
: will blush with shame 70 think that he eve
: penned two such communications as thor
q he lately sent TO the COMMERCIAL In eleven sen
i fences he ha- all the common Falac.e- known
: to reasouers What better commentary coult
!, / there bc upon the fate Of those who, from al
2 innate tendency 10 NEEDLE in what concern
e them not, are iu tile words al the P7alInist
2 "caught IN the nets which they laid for others
d NLRIIA-.
ie the REPUBLICAN, STATE CONVENTION.
Z " 1p Editor Qf utr EOgtntrolnl
II The Republican Party Of our State certaill
IN presents a very edifying spectacle. We all agie
~ that II were united and harmonious anon
ourselves, we could carry the State yet you
p correspondents who threaten the defeat Of til
party by 'Repnblcau votes, If any candidate
nominated except the one Of their own choic
and the Republic who aEsail the Chairman
= the Executive Committee for calling the Convei
,e ton for the Ggbernatorlal nomination at ab1r
~ the customary time certainly use peculiar meai
N 70 promote good wll aud harmony. Il it wit
81 tile purpose of cultiyatiIg good feeling amor
IT, ourselves that every construction il placed upo
-in tile call of the present chairman except the a
a.! parent and proper that reasons Tor his a
eh ton, valid now, and always before 20 regarde
are to be gnoied and acts, innocent in preyiol
chairmen become ID him sharp practice =
Have these critics ever suspected that pei
son, differing from them in opinion may be ac
uated by a. pure motives and as earnest d
sire for the SUCCESS OF the Republican cause
they Do they pause to reflect that there mi
be weighty reasons why the State Conyenti'
should be held about the last Of July or the iir
week IN August; ;-reason- which have guided Il
chairman i'll selecting the date, and which la
Nd led to the choice Of about tile same date for pr
vioua conventions These critics appear to
ignorant Of the history Of the party, or else til
are making too daring an experiment on a pi
zumed want Of memory on the part Of the pc
pie. Let us look at the facts. The chairm
and the State Executive Committee are charg
with the organization Of the party, and the CO
duct Of the campaign, work not only involy
great labor but requiring considerable time a
az a new chairman and Executive Coz
mittee are to be chosen this IA
the convention should be held at such an cal
:, day as to give an opportunity to effect an e
NJ cient organization that the election shou
not be allowed to 80 by default. Sueh il t
view that has always heretofore been taken
unquestioned, and Mr. Higgins, i'll 1865, and y
Pickels in 1872, were appointed respectively
'eat ter the spring conventions in those years I
organization then proceeded, and the nomin
ing conventions were not held until fall.
ls6G and 1870 az i'll the present year, there ",
nm no spring conventions, and the conventions
nominate candidates for the Governor-hip ",
held during the summer In 1856, Mr.. John
McI.ear called tile convention to meet on Aug
Sth tabout one week later than the time fS
for the next conyeuton,) yet dream
that the call waH 'Inade in the interests Of
conspiracy In 1870, Mr.. Anthony Higg
called the convention to meet on June
(about seven weeks in advance Of
time hercey attacked, yet no
discovered that the call was ''premature' -
wise and that the very early date was fixed
the purpose Of capturing the party. The
mers in GG aud 10 did not ''find themselves
busy that they could not attend the Convent,
,l. and the "oats harvest had not then been for