The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-11-25
Rnbbl wisc on bob rngersoIl.

Cincinnati Gazette OF Saturday. .
The speaker said he was not angry be
cause Col. 1ngersoll spoke of the mistake
OF Moses. The lecture WINS only ridiCulc
and n thing over which We laugh leaves NJ
impression behind. Scorn is II tcrribl,
weapon TO achieve momGntary success
but it is worse than worthless when thu
sober second thought comes. Col. 1ngcr
soil is no reasoner. He can speak, but h,
can not think with philosophic accuracy
He never says anything original. III
shows that he has never read through tn,
great philosophical works ofthis age. II,
makes gross mistakes, even in natnra
philosophy. When he speaks OF the In
finite, he becomes infinitely ridiculous
Such man can not upset the theology Of
Moses. The law OF Moses is also secure
from his assaults. When Hugo, Grotiul
and Blackstone, and all the great writer
on law during the past $500 years OF his
tory say that the best law system is fOundet
on the code OF Moses, their conclusion chr
not be upset by any one man to-day, Col
Ingersoll says he can write n better dcCa
loguc than that Of Moses. You may RESI-
secure. He will never do it. And il he
can not successfully attack the theology
and jurisprudence Of Moses, why object
to his lectures? lie makes fun for the
masses.
1--WE are not Mtetalists, said the speak
or. 1--WE do not believe that the serpent
really spoke to Eve; we do not believe
that Balaam's ass spake to him; we do not
believe that Jonah was in the whale three
days. These little stories do not change
the Jurisprudence of Moses. Here again
comes point which makes me feel bad. ]
would like TO like Col. Ingersol. ! would
like to like him for his eloQucncc and for
his humor. But why does he repeat the
old things which have been said again and
again, and which have been repeatedly
cOntrovcrted? Worse than that, he ignores
his opponents. lie shows that he has not
read the late works on the subjects on
which he speaks. There, for instance, Il
the work OF J. W. Dawson, OF Montreal
which he did not even mention, yet which
completely upscts his statements. II the
man can not read he ought to give Il up"
Tho speaker then began TO instance a
number OF blundcrs made by Col. Inger.
soil. The book OF Genesis does not DIES.
cribe the creation but the bcginningoi the
world after the creation. Tho Colonel
jcsts about the production OF vegetation
before the creation Of the sun, Genesis
does not mention the creation OF the sun,
but only say that God distinguished the
day from tic night by name. Moreover,
RTl nj 10 Ir,, 4 I, 4
there Is such thing MS cosmiC heat and
cosmic light. Yet science shows that
there has been high degree OF heat with
in the earth. Is this NIL Ignorance OF
natural philosophy? lie Says that II
Months ark Ind been raised $500 feet on
tho water, tho water there would have
frozen. II Is u disgrace TO be so ignorant
as not 10 know that water develops heat.
Does the eloquent lecturer think that
every man In Cincinnati is 40 ignorant rs
not to notice his many blundcrs?
Col Ihgcrsoll says TINT labor IL no curse,
but n blessing. Tho Colonel, however,
does not seem 10 labor hard. The Sweat
OF the brow" points TO hard labor, which
rests like q curse on q poor man. lie icsts
about tho creation OF women, and docs not
know that II Is ono OF the most difficult
questions in BIOLOGY to determine The
origin Of the sexes. He talks nbout the
littlcncss Of the ark. Yet there no snltcs
Charles Darwin in The face, for on tllatvcry
bitterness Darwin iounds his theory Of tho
Of species. lie sCorns nj
tho Gbd who destroyed his own children
and undertakes TO teach tho Colonel, Of
Peoria, how hG should educate his. ltull
depends upon what kind Of children one