The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-10-25
THE TIMES AND TALMAGE.

We are not often called upon to defend the
New Orleans Times. and 1t has sometimes ap-
peared as II that perverse journal took ma
lclous pleasure In saying and doing things
that we could not possibly approve, much less
defend, but for all that we don't propose TO
see New Orleans journal unfairly treated
The Times has been unjustly dealt with, and
by no less an Individual than that inspired
idiot and great modern reformer, the gab-
gifted Talmage-the greatest acrobat and
orator combined that ever pranced and tore
his hair for the love OF God and money.
1t is clear case OF grand larceny-a plagi-
arism 80 palpable as to be quite unworthy
even OF q religious lunatlc, whose original
utterances have won the applause OF gaping
multitudes of fools In both hemispheres.
What aggravates this deliberate appropria-
ton by the Brooklyn gymnast OF the literary
thunder of the Times is the mean but artful
attempt to conceal the theft by mere change
Of verbiage. But this contemplate subter-
fuge ID too transparent to deceive an intelli-
gent and critical public. The bottom Or ger
minal ideas are the same In both and the stu
pendous and clearly original proposition 30
forcibly and beautifully formulated by the
Times that Everything comes back to where
1t started from" Is unblushingly, and almost
without an attempt at disguise, appropriated
In rhetorical figure, which will be found in
an appended extract. 1t was manifestly I'M
fair In the clerical jackanapes to steal
march on the Times, as he did In
bis figure illustrating the unconauer-
able propensity Of things to get back to
where they started from. The Times man,
gently and with some consideration for our
feelings. only took US back to the times OF
Alexander, Cesar, Mahomet, CharlemaRne,
TamerIane and Napoleon, while Talmage with
reckless rhetoric jerks us roughly into Noah's
Ark and Babylon. The shameful attempt OF
this would-be great man to build up an en-
during reputation by stealing the thunder OF
the Times mighty Swing OF the Pendulum, y
deserves the execration of q fearless and In
corruptible press, and the DEMOCRAT, while
advising the Times to have the article copy
righted 50 as to prevent other literary thieves
| from trespassing, calls upon the congregation
OF the Brooklyn Tabernacle to reduce Tai.
IMAGES salary at least one-half.
| In order that discriminating public may
| see what Just grounds of complaint the
Times has, we give the two extracts-one
! from the Times's articles, which appeared
| October 7, and one from a sermon preached
| by Talmage In the Tabernacle, October 10:
THE SWING or THE PENDULUM.
| The universe is instinct with life and motion
| In TACT life Is manifested chiefly in capacity
| for movement. and 1T may be said that motion
| is the most DISTINGUISHING characteristic q
| life. In obedience to great natural laws. al
things In the moral. political ana social life o.
| the universe move as we'll as In the physical
and this motion is always in cycles. around
Everything comes back to where Ii. starteG
| from. and passes through all the varied phases
OF birth. development. elimination. decline
decay. decomposition, decomposition and !