, 1881-11-06


March 1o that serener cline.
Nher.: the watching, waiting angels
Lead them from the shadows dim
To the brightness Of His presence
Who has called them unto Him.
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nT,ACE,S HEJ0TNDER
Hl1-A14A . 1@I-'' DA1> ~ 4;'A1-
THE Ex-ATTpENEY-GESf:l:-AI. EEII.1ES TO
THE LAST ESSAY OF EoEE1:r G. niger
sn,efa, ,,i,nutc, N 7,- c,tc,oo r-,,,,,
.r,,a x&',1s
letter from Judge Jere s. Black will appear
:, .+a p,,;1.d.1,,h;, t7,,.. +,,,,,rr,,,,.
ynax p.< Snr :-ra s thr E,,,,ar ~ ~, y.,;t,-
aelH:it iTt*s: ia1hoas the sTrat nettot,oAta1l
1outfais YOU a1o1se. Us lar Us SHOW, tooh alsy
amssct' Hr;cr ,rs,.s ~ c,n,nod - whai i1S ~
i;or tafied - }}ei,are ~, tho Christian Kc-
leiou'' 1t seems right therefore that yo,l-
aud. If you rleusc. yUur reuJcrs-shouJu knnw
way it Il that tho uu5ti,er lust OUT appears with
an article from Mr. l1vcrsoiI unact.,n nanied l,y
anf remarks Of mime 4'''> WAL ''1 -
WAS nor n v.,lnn1cer in This m,sincss The
rdtnr Of thu nr,.;tr 1n.,,Ia TWO iu,,rn,ys 70 nv
hunse md hesm,1ht M. tn finnish hin, win E !:
re,n1nt1on n jny,.rsnlrs hasuhc,nnns due
tr;ns wtlit.t he s., ii ,y,,rn c,:erywhcrt. nzzijnp
ia n henSc faI a ur nsrEo uIferncc
we're ut ali harmful, and II the tailh OF tho
Christian world was in dar.er was unworthy
and untr 10 be its defender. There we're in
. nv OPINION ten thousand professional thet!o-
cians who could md would do it better, and
we're in fac, doing il most encct,lnlty Ut that
very time by their words md their deeds. hut
: fhis edi1,r was uhsnr ,nonrh to Insist TINT If
did nut answer Mr. lnsersoll he could moi bc
answered AT ALL and it would thence be inferred
that the Christian system WIS false. Moved by
bis impur1uu1;cs ana influenced by regard
] n,ia-I,t MOI Irop" j aSreci that ] would nv
pend to Mr. 1ngersoil's urticle my own opinion
OF its talacy, ma thus make the two together
as IT ns could Tor publication ip a decent mag
mine.
From the beginning it was distinctly under
Eam,. nnm1ssr H. with tho .accnsntIon. The Editor
was lor ut least pretended 10 bel tir1n believer
In Christianity md he wout not for the world
ruh1ish In,.crxntfs nujsonnIts sniff without nut
tin. the titlo1c rii.ht besi,lc ito do so would
nut only intfcr bis CONSCIENCE but rrcutly tpjuro
The character ot his Iccie'c-
AT THE TIME OF THE PUBLICATION
agreed that If Mr. IugcrSoll huu any fault to
1inc with the result it might seem coward1y 1n
refuse MIN another chance Oh the same terms
! was not afraid of amy new assault be might
Three months aflcrwAri fifty pages 1T the
fonlrst and talscst libel that ever was written
against God or man was sent to me. was c,l-
1irrly willing to treat it as had treated the
others that is, give it the answer thought it de
served aud let both 20 together. hut it ctlme
could not nope to ret well for some weeks. and
So noritiei the c,litor 10 my surprise was
criticism IF ,uine or anyloily else would bc
etinwni RI uccnn,non,- tf,is nnu: ef.,sion If fth
@ was 81 10 DC n1,.u n.s thnr an. ,n w.
T.'Evh s, ,tra~ s;dn 1.,ono.,.d thnr r. irs f,uiL
.,,,I nor ha ra,1,,co n ns 10 ntln;t Of NJ. an
e, -, t 49, ~ sa.s .,1ari - cho.,I; h. nosff.nnc,,
~; I, ra.,,. .n,,ii t,a ,a.. tc.,i,. I'm: n,,n-
~. -; - -! 49,, s,.a.oa;r- n,,,ni,or tihis and
3i,as ntnor Mcr. .rnr.s ~ I'd far th cynr,.-s
reason thnt ..Wr. lu.crsoIi would not CONSENT"
Finding the Rcriclr controlled by him to suit
binsnIi IL dii ,,nt fhint, was bound TO 70
further
rruc xres offered the chance of rcpfyiur in
f,1rt:,. n,l1nnr hut thar was nor the privilege
j had harsr.t,,d tor nor the duty agreed To per-
furn1. i;csijrs. i: j would write u1, answer
what confidence could have that they would
not supprcssit: A promise Of theirs. express or
= rne. ~ ~ ~ no m - inic,cst IN rsk,1l it. Their
~ tnes i' ~. ~ ,,,,aI te.. 80 r. ,-et tho
th ;s;., Msn ~. Ia,1r - r,are n sens,t,nn md
ao'n '''1''@te.-o' ~
INCREASE THE SALE or THEIR F-1lE's'
Tam csneciu1ly blamablc for Allouin. myself
to be taken ii, by tf1cn ON This occ:siuu because
the same trcuchcruus concern had bascly be-
truyed me once before After trucking out
and hu,,f j,,r mo down IL get III, article from me
on the Great Fraud Of 1876, a subject then or
much general interest, and making by its pub-
cation Us the proprietor himself told me, not
less than SluUhj they handed ,,c and my friends.
living end dead over to be covered with il rete-
want SANDERS on II bargain that 1 should
be permitted TO rcfute them i'll their pages.
The pamphlet 10 which wnS driven could not
ceach hAlr the renders uf tue HeticE, ana tue
and certain othcr men: some OF them the best
ana wnr,nHst ~ .ne iano were :'its o. ;no
or nnusan; IL was weak IL, nc not 10 prosecute
those linclcrs in court Ut J.'stice; st.l weaker
tn copdon0 lone, tno aila nn1 ., ~ Inc
maps. also II wa uu"Ise. ~ tne n.E.as!t'ls ~
look tor better oenaslor lto1. ausentale1s Go!1-
onctlnc 1nassnaG ,a,. ~ ntrt
an ori9lhat tn'ns VI tocit ""' eAeep1 1'e' a44o
lampback. ,u,.1.,. .,,. ,uz-
II would oe pleasant u ps.sG ;.,or .1 ~, n.
truth iiay be permitted 10 aqnfess Tue Icaut.o
Ut the macaziae In question: bnt expect nv. ~