The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1875-11-11
A Letter From Justice,
RidgwnY Nov. 5. 1875


Mr.. EDITOR The readers of the
Democrat have been highly entertained
during the last few weeks by a number
OF letters that have appeared from time
to time ever the signatures of SENEX,
READER, CONSTANT READER and
pUELLA. II would not be possible to
suppose that they we're all from the
hand they are so different 10 tone.
READER, CONSTANT READER, and
exc PUELLA, are evidently bv old fogies
and not at all up with the progressive
spirit of the age. Who were Chrysos-
tom, Augustin or nactantius, fathers OF
the Church, compared with "Scott and
Henry" or "Delitzsch" (?) referred to
by Senex, or what authority had the
councils of Constautinople, Ephesus,
Chalcedon aud Nice, when compared
with that of the Evangelical Alliance
in New York;"
Why must READER and CONSTANT
READER 90 back from 1900 to 1900
years for authority when they can find
ample declarations of faith not more
than two years old? This of itself
shows that they are behind the age, and
the whole spirit OF their letters, SO slangy
aud ungentle manly, shows that they are
eminently unit to enter into a public
discussion with gentleman of the
breeding, learning aud literary ability Of
Seuex.
And PUELLA, though she may be a
lady, is certainly not geutlewomau of
the present day, or she would not have
gone back two centuries to quote a
poe em, which, though it may be classic,
and known to every lover of English
poetry, is still so old as to be musty
with the lapse Of years. 1t is true that
there is not in the English, or any
other language known to me, poem or
other literary work that SO faithfully de.
scribes az addle-headed, boasting and
puny pretenGer to all knowledge, secular
and religious, as that from which
PyELLA has so literally quoted; but
Seuex is not such person, since his
command of the most expressive words
and the gracA full manner in which he
clothes thoughts that burn, are evil
deuces that he has re ,eived a oery lib
eral education. Commencing with the
first Thoughts as They Occur" we fiud
the samo easy way Of complimenting
the gentleman Of whom he was theu
writing, that we fad in the last three
column letter as applied to READER
CONSTANT READER aud PUELLA. No
one could doubt that these letters were
BY the same haul. Every writer puts
an "ear-mark" upon his productions
that at once tetrays his breeding and
education and from these "Thouehts
as They Occur" it is easily to be seen
that SeDex is yentlemaa, without fear
and without reproach, before whom the
reputation Of Bayard ladies away,
fni int nd h,, ,,I-
those musty parohments from which
READER aud CONSTANT READER de.
rive their ideas Of Religion and the
Church.
No, Mr.. Editor, when a gentleman,
having the learning and ability, so evi-
IDENTITY belonging to Senex and who
above all has done no wroag, is attack ed
10 such dastardly and cowardly man,
uer sa marks the anonymous attacks of
READER, CONSTANT READER and
PUELLA, | Tor one shall be always
ready to stand up for him and maintain
before all the world that ne is gentle
man, poet and scholar.
He would not. Tor the world fathe,
an untruth, much less tell lie, ano
though appearances are much agains
him as regards the truth, aud all the
witnesses condemn him, hold him ;
second Washington.
JUSTICE.