Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1880-06-10


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e LILY inhmates that. either from p&rtiAii-
ty or lAak Of capacity, they anjnssly decided the
question, and bring = their psoots the opinion
Of large part Of the audiences and he aazBey
Or BeHgrets the afEirmatiTe received. In reply 10
his sfst mode Of proof, win say that che per-
son evidently thoHght that ~ composed great
part Of the assemblAge o. spectators, sOr have
certainly heard not q few express themselves -
perfectly satisfied and concurring with the judges
I'm their decision, and 20 the second method Of
proof win say, that if your correspondent adj
vanees the theory that foEai tributes are sure
sign Of victory, then they make IN assertion that
Ia entirely antagonistic To experience and daily
occurrences, sOF every one knows that q per-
son who takes bouquet carries il TO some friend
who is to participate, aud not to The one who
MAY win the debate. And IL TIE friends Of the
saccsssful candidate do not care to beslow Row-
cFs % abundantly, Il certainly does not follow
that on this account the deserving side should
be deprived cf their laurels. The writer only
gave the negative credit for basing their argu-
nient on the simple principle Of fear as under
stood in common parlanee. Nov, IN . state
uient Of this kind, certainly expected q faiFer
exposition Of facts. The negative side was ar
gued essd proceed yTom three ssparafe and dissinel
ssa,p1ppimss, firstly, that The fear OF punishment
has greater effect upon the majority Of man
kind. This was taeity granted, as no word in
opposition 10 Il was uttered. although invited
secondly, that there IL no such real independent
essence a. the hope Of reward existing in the hu-
man mind, but that II IS superindHeed or crea-
ted, as II were, By this very fear Of punishment.
This was granted as the preceding. Thirdly, II
was demonstrated by sylIogistic reasoning; in
this case the major and minor premises were e.
tablishcd beyond RECITATION, and If %, the con-
clusIon must have followed as natural conse-
quence The defenders Of the affirmative were
invited to make an exposition Of the sophistry
By which these conclusions were reached, n they
considered such had been used. The judges, be-
fore deciding, waited for their defence; none was
atiemased. Let any calm-minded, unbiased per-
son weigh these statements and render their YER
dict. Eow we see that by plainly stating the
facts IS they really existed, the kind gentlemen
who have assisted The Society in their exercises
are entirely exonerated from all unjust and par
tial intimatings that have been circulated By
parties whose persOnal feelings 80 far GOT the up
per band or them that they view these who DIFF
fer from them without stopping to reflect wheth-
er or mot they are bessOwing just censares. And
now, Messrs Editors, with many thanksfor your
Kind indulgence, am, 20
Most respectfully.
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