The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-02-05
fFor The nisps'ch.I
Letter In Three Parts.

rye omit the first part for two reasons
which win be perfectly satisfactory 10 "o'o
pom,nion.v First, we have, as wc saio
few d,ys ago. General HeurX Lees entire
Grafton delivered on the occasion Oh Tue
death OF Washington, and In that ora''ou
ocouu,rymen " Is tue word used. The book
IN which IL appears was published by order
of the United States Senate. Secondly, MT
webx,or,s famous phrase is not wha, our
correspondent supposcs il TO be, but =" I'D-
er,yaud Uaiop, row and forever, one anu
;nssDarqbie.v "Tndivisible does not ex-
nres. the idea at all Eds. Dsspdfc'N9
III.
Hegore The philadelphia Press clsmors so
yoolishly for change In The phrase " spare
rho rod and spoil the chill" u wouio ne
wen for him. and the learSed Hebrcw whom
no o,,otes. 10 give the chapter and verse In
So,ouon,s vritine where that text Is found.
Moreover. sraniiag that Solomon ala utter,
In substance, such a proyerb, the exegesis
of Mr., Cofslera and hrs admircf The PTeSS,
seems 10 be far removed from the meaning
of the wise mau. lie meant, says Mr.. Cor
<lera, spare the roc. even iff Goes Spon Me
child. Now compare this Interpretation
with what Solomon did say-Proy. 10, iS
"Chesten thy son while there Is nope, anu
tet moi thy soul spare for bis crying
Prov. 2s. Is: Il Foolishness is found In the
heart OF a child. bat the rod OF correction
shall drive il FAR from him.; Prov. %,
1914: "Witbbold not correction from The
child. for IL thou beatest him with the rod
he shall not die" "Thou shalt beat him
with the rod. and shalt deliver his soul
from DEATH Other passages migbt be
cited, and no far-fetched Interpretation can
eyer make Solonm teach the dec'rlne
which these writers impute TO BIN. III he
were among us now he would see reason
10 enforce il with more emphasis than ever
Whoever invented the prOverD "Spare the
rod and spoil the child" 1t Il mere triiiing
10 assign any other than the obvious mean
iDg--that is, that il YOU spare the rod you
will spoil tue child.
III.
The raging in6deliiy OF Mr.. G. ". Smalley
exhibits itself in a very ridiculous manner
in his account of the disaster at the Tay
bridge. near Dungee, copied by the Dis
patch from the New York Tribune. The
letter which Mr.. Smalley condemns, for no
reason that one can see, except that the |
writer read his Bible that night, contains a
graphic description OF the terrible affnr. | |
have seen nothing on the subject more IN |
teresting. Incidentally the author men |
toned that at his residence, overlooking the |
bridge, he was reading, it being Sunday |
night, stories from the Bible to his children,
and bad selected, rs appropriate in such a
storm, the account OF Paups shipwreck.
For this he is abused by Mr.. Smallcy in
most remarkable style, and the newspapers
of London for spreading such stnff before
their readers. Mr.. Smalley finds fault with
this writer for sanctimoniousnesS, &c, and
for the deliberate arrangement Of his eX-
pletiyes under such circumstances | failed
TO be struck with the former, and rs 10 the
latter the style is. not so studied as Mr..
SmaIley's. II it is 10 be condemned for
being more religious, this is matter about
which readers may differ.
Yours truly, OLD DOMINION.