, 1880-11-20
A WEAK ARGUMENT,
10 the Editor Of The CbieaRo Tribune,

To the Editor of The Chteaqo Tribune.
SAVOY, ILL.,, Nov. 1o.-1 desire to protest
against certain points In Topsy Tinklo's OK
ceelingty valuable letter In The Home Of
Nov. Is.
The vfvucious namesake OF somewl,at
more celebrated person who "just growed"
Will doubtless ndlnit that, as1ttu from her
own particular position, tlleta Is Some slight
difference between plausible sermonizlg anil
rntlonnf demonstration. 1t IL not my il'ten-
tfan to specify catcgor'ealIy wherein tlts dtg-
ftrcnce consists. ! ean merely suggest Ita
existence III general terms. u 1l,ure asscr-
tion BY pcrsuh or set OF persons tllat prIn-
clpe or thing Is good, or thut 1t Is evil, Is ill.,
competent except to the extent Of expressing
tic simple fact of personal conviction Tho
lnere showing That certain Incidental effects
Of anything ara productive at transient evils
rptillE systems mud destroying the fruits OF
well ll-lntenti1ned effort, to tho purely physical
accidents ut scientific cxper,neht--sluus not
furnish proper data for rationai Judgment
That tho ideas which poryatle the pages Of
elites ",Jana Eyre" al,d st, Elmo " rs
rc}pfescltatiyes, 1n1y have bcen. through
cilentai eyll. no faIr persan = wio Is &c. &c
quaintctl with them md with society will DO
disposed, think, to deny. But It IL also Il
inct that simllnr trll l,as resulted from lll Of
"s9 ,n, n ,'..ht'Es o. I III St wn ayo
ha rgns,s..f ns ,,I;fol mi Gi,n nM"1 toMa lo
Again, our ,Saylur. embodied n mighty
}ss ty tnnt M ts Sa St'kI w. epsfq. 5 r5f thy ad Or
f3ut nt,lv ' II" atl,er % e I'M ,ooa y, y, sr-
tliusIns;i stw1lent ,,,n S retiu ~, 9h ~ ~
octnnfv NJ ufsS ,ssaa n noK I,atelIfk @ an
~ "n titishstca n. hn! tmo tAt,io na lllEcls
sion. tbat ~ .ouu ~ u 1scoup1e'teh'
N.ttiar s oniHo.in:, "H5 ~: H., t,+.,,o. .,.
,n9 GnMg,Ist9nllu alM atprec'ate the nature of
fIEle@ fI|s ~ fexaeFlmcnts nva a the logical eostl
'n EsrtnIniv ~ Iyi1 ,,erc ch,,,lpu a,o,,d MT ord.
slt5st,H ~ n!"SW !.t 4'1 ~ pny y. eltoL-though
thn ha'Sim,!y ainy ent M!tGes 0r mtt!o scratch from
uai,ahls III GshMs o,t =, onaM Mny M.etl1ncs prove
St E,na @ 'ur 1,'iSs n.inet for tcoch,no
Sam,iiw ;e,nn,, u .'', i,i,t y & tos
valuable 9as, ~ otlgt ", resIsets; ;,,. ..-
unco '9 of loms y.ais of a2emrv nlnr 1aks md e
ssnIx sssntr, aL gel',.s e. , i!oes III a mo.9nt what
Peass%G. Ut: ,,,,,o =, anovo, .x.a.,.u,, t. ..o
,,cso, yaS a, g q .nsi in9vei espes!alty IN the
G1lGny I... u ~ MItistso li1t!tehces. ~ u tno
ny u,y " ule l.use'ist, hot 70 pTqnn1'8ale or %
ex""st1n,, - Vnslaa onf II in ~
sSEgs St. ; H,aH Mla ,h9 kn9%ti ~ oAisL NOW. u u
vt'S p1sSao!o' Wltt!!tl W. Nna!t hna sc9po "
w. nftaa4"1S wnim u u nfa!oil. 10 uellileatY
te1s acs t,,e " t,,, cona"tsveY " W lyMs; anti
sla!ioH IA mil N intrIctS i blennrs ~ faca W.
~ u silsl!S o,w,il,K 70 !1ie;O t'cts that our
ahr nhors} M1. MHIat!1aS o. osnors aTo gol''9;
In got ",'r1sa5 n lust uv H. Sf eif fns eat y
!!Sle! ~ IVY Wo9lls Nfeaihets, tho rehdllss
u tIH t!an Ga.9n . hoFets espocaM!iy wl'e1; o."
svSeoi ~ t": ~, Moes w. sostitato ilter-
1nr Or Erains OF wheat constitute luat Of
bEsad. ~
ca., nefce W'fh Eopsy ana her friends on
a Ei ,s, sHs M y r sata l 90 ''ysrsat!y ~.