Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1878-09-25
For the GUARDIAN.
Fair Play 10 Z yevel.

Mr.. EpIroR:-When Equal Rights threw
out his squib, few weeks since, he little
thought it would stir up bee, but such
seems TO have been the case.
Now must ask, thrsagh the GUARDIAN,
to thank Bro. H. tor his sbft answer; and as
be writes over his full name, know he be-
leres Pair Play is Jewel" But, Bro. b.,
let me ask you, merely for conscience sake,
if you have not in your zeal, Inadvertently
fallen into the unfair way of the dirty pol
itician, in thisi that You do not fairly re-
produce what +. Il. did say. You say
che complains because several of our
best citizens should, in conversation to-
gethcr, express their opinions freely about
this last and newest religion in the land"
Excuse Inc, not 80. F.. X. says plainly he
complains not at this, but says 1--WE do pro-
test against the coatemptious tome in which
the belief Of the spiritualist was secuted
Again, yon say "hear his scripture quota
tions;' "if this be Of God il will prevail,
hut If Of man it will come to nought."
Now why did you not complete that sen
tence by adding-"or something to that
effect" and thereby prove that you were
just Brother and willing TO play fart
But know this was merely little over
sight in you, aud that you would not play
unfair for the world.
Your sly ridic,Ile Is refreshing, and no
doubt will prove good logic to the silly.
IL reminds r. X. too, tNat Nc mist State.
in justice to himself, that he was 80 fully
aware of his own ignorance, that he made
no prctcntions AZ "quolst," that being
the speciality of your calling, but only in
tended in ageusral way to refer to certain
"scriptural facts; statements, rather l
should say. But since you have kindly
put these facts or statements in due form
and place, my memory has become some
what refreshed, and therefore beg, in a
"homespun way to again refer to one or
two of them before touching ON other and
more vital matter; if can get through the
rubbish in time.
Before NE is spread out highly cotorcd
print, from the proud aud Christian capitol
Of England. A venerable old man is scat
ed on a log or stouc in the edge of a woods;
in front of him, just alighting, is a raven,
with something like n loaf of bread in his
beak; beyond this one is another raven
sailing mp with something in his bcak re-
senibiing quarter Of mutton; and beyond
this one just at the turn of the woods, is
staggering through the air third raven,
with something like gonrd or leather
bottle in his beak; Containing possibly
typical sample quart of Noah's first vim
tage.)
Permit us to picture another remarkable
story. see 4. dirty.iooking old mau, bald
headed, en- his kneee, With hands aplifted,
Praying; a number of children, in wild
alright, are rnshing to and fro; in their
midst arc two huge bears, crushing and
cruuching them TO death; q village IL in
the distance-and mothers and fathers are
running to the rescue Of their lt,le ones.
Oh, doubtless there were wailings and
cursings in that village that night
And these stories you have told our
children as 'scriptural facts
My Brother, if in'tlis Christian day and
land, You we're to perpetrute such grim joke
on the children of Minden, that good God
could not save you from the vengeance of
the people Of that good ssws; and he ought
NOS to even Try.
Now we will 60 down TO the Red Sea and
examine little. That Sea We find lays
nearly due northwest aud southeast.
The arm said to have been crossed by the
Israelites is now known as the Gaf Of
Suez. An east or west wind would cross
it obliquely. To blow the waters ny into
"a wall on tho risAA bssa and sn The len
hand, lex Cd. II, vs. p; we are becoming
exact yon seq % the children could pass
over dry shod, the wind would have to
strike the ws,af ~ tight angels; Tor if
fiou the east II would blow the wseN
te~ard ito Assd Of the Coli, ed the ssa
would fellow and svesfibw he land; wide
lndisaola few years ago. Should it
blow from the west it would drive tho