The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1875-06-02


that Mr.. Taylor has nothing to fear iron
the comparison (contrast) in intellect OF
morality. There | leave him for the
present.
Your Indictment of the cause anC
these men has no moral or logical value
and would utterly fail as Il legal instru
mcnt. The attorney who could no
quash it should be sent back to the greer
bug and swaddling bands of the profcs
sion. An indictment to have legal OF
logical value must contain specific
charges. and certify sufficient proofs.
find your indictment Of the gentlemen
and cause destitute of legal, logical OF
moral value, except to expose your own
IGNORANCE of the rights and duties of Il
public teacher, the methods Of true an
alvsis, aud the equities Of society.
1t is faulty in these respects:
l. The charges are vague.
2. They are frivalouS.
,. They are not sustained by definite
proofs.
pucrije,
>. The animus is contemplate.
&. As Il whole it is editorial hash, COM
pounded of poor materials and badI9
scrred
go wad some power the gittie gle ms,
To see ourSclS as itherS see MS,
'Twad frac mony blundcr tree us, .,
And foolish notion
1t seems not to have entered youl
mind that the value Of an editors opiu.
| ions like those of common mortGls de-
| pend, on his knowledge of facts, and his
capac ity TO comprehend them; and thai
| for the most part, they are not intallibIc
The failure to get a hearing-to com
mand attention or make II fortune, is tn,
common lot of the vanguard of hmnani
tv. and may be the very best evidences o
virtue. But the vices and failures oil
Tavlor and Wolf have less to do with
the facts and phiiosophy of spirltualisu
their truth, falsity or value, than th'
| ignorance and corruption of partzaI
editors have with the present demorali
zutlon and danger of our country.
You say that the letter of Taylor
brother is commonplace and meaning
1 less. as nine tenth, of all such communi
cations are rctort-your whole arti
| Gle is commonplace and meaningless
illogical and libcllous; and if you can dc
no better when you get orer, 1t is to b
hoped for the credit Of spirits, and tn,
common sense of mortals that you vii
refrain from a display of your peculia
mental PROJECTIONS.
No sane man will say that that is com
monplacc and meaningless which salts
! iics an honest, doubling seeking mind OF
81 subject more important than ali othcl
subjects The writing with inviSIbl,
hands on the slate proved to DR.. Taylo,
/ two things of great value: First Their,
! is no death. Second, his brothers pres
cncc in proof. Your astute editorial mine
has not reached the comprehension ofth,
fact, that the form of tn,
word is a dead figure, and o
no value except for the spirit OF
information communicated. You for
get that your own book says that certain
great things are held from the wise ant
communicated to the simple. What ar,
all the forms of written language all Tn,
sounds of oral speech, all the objcctiv,
experiences of the senses, but vehicles o
thought and knowledge To you they
may be meaningless as scientific lore /:
to the ChiniDGh.ee or idiot. That is YOU
misfortune, very serious one in thi:
case. ms they have been of little use il
guiding YOU into scientific, logical OF
vcritable methods. For you are about tC
launch upon an untried cccan-depart tc
tcrra nlcog,,ita, in utter ignorance of ii,
conditions and methods; and you paus,
to ridicule the oa!y araiiajLe source of IN
formation, whether that be much or little
This may be wisc-l fail to see thC
wisdom.
You call my attention to Mr.. Taylor
as if | were his keeper, as well as tn,
keeper of the great interests OF the caus,
Won essay TO belittle, and thereby display
your own exceeding smallneSs. You asl
me to go one better, but do not tell IN,
in what. The sole purpose of this aliu
sion seems to be to get personal films
~ mo by r,,aaendO, which is both mear
and cowardly. You would cast a shallow
J,rlcp NV reputation, lessen my inhu
cncc etc. etc. Why did you not TEL
what | wrote, and why published rs
did? My name is to the writings. The,
contain the first grand expose Of the rot
,eaness and CORRUPTION of the present nd
miurstration endorsed and supported b,
the bgielligeaccr) in the management o
Iudian affairs, now so amply proved
For the sake of the country, | wanted
the widest circulation; but the partial
press refused to publish the who'll
truth, and Mrs. Woodruff did not refuse
l know editors and preachres, no bette
than they should be, and not as good a:
Mrs. Woodruff. The intention is to de
duce that because wrote for her paper
| endorsed her social views: whereas
have pcrsonally,,to her, and pubicall,
controverted these views, l do not STATE
this to defend myself; but to exhibit tn,
cowardicc and dishonesty of the htelii
oeHcer. l do not allow any one to speal
for me n'any question; uor do | hold an,
/ doctrines on any subject which fear t,
avow and defend. | have no more TO d,
with Mrs. w than with Mr.. Taylor
views or methods. have written fo,
many ofthe leading papers of the country
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