New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-05-23
coLoyrL IyGLESoLES GGlAT EIIDLLS.

Is HIS TREATMENT oY rIirIE nIsroRY ACCURATE
How rHE REfIGtor~ rrriTr Clause "t7
PIT IL IIIE ,o>sIIIUIIpN- LElTiH IEOM
PRoFr ssoK c. j. LITTLE.
To ne Idttor ~ me 7r'huHc
SIR: Colonel lnGr>oll Seems io hc very
brilliant taller. hui IT, Lr lpr"n~iy n''iira'ri lr
fore tc lir David Frederick s'rirrs lectures on W."
tnrc Colpnc' lng,rsu ha- perhaps heard Of strauss
and ll hnf,l, onf,uud hlin with The Archhsh"p e.
C,nt,llm, or the Pope ~ inine N"W what i"o- o'rl--
say Of Volinrc: Lacking back conicnplAu'"ij ni"n
Voair.'- NE ~ must cunr~dr That hrs" pnrt Of hlH
nature vns ~ the earth arihy and that l." speak VII"
the nigel, the second part Of Fai- IL In not clean
And thi4 not simply hccnu' Of human ~rtkneHs ~ j.
the cast, with Tie d'i't- "frNrn the mobiles m'n Win
Votrc weakness was hcrurd with hn-"nc~s hud taes"
spos far from disappearing Ia the splrnd"r % hi iut-
lecinal upcrnrity are o,l, unc the o'uS
D, " for they his int {" reflect an unst' iF nn
a sr.c.oue radiance Heat may mar aud party favor
b,Aufy bis fAturcs. bat h. nature was fu ~ contu
d.ctinns which the fore going pages have forced them
r, .,,- upon us uupcasaaiy cnoash'"
Losing w. mother ir,-t nor pr'ac'rr. hri I.--.-
d.sri.l Volifr: Frederick drove him urn, frnm DIS
court IN d. grace hut then Frederick monarch
Grim. M COLONEL lug rsp eyes only slightly Ices thu
i,.iarn Christian Poor -.l'lcrd nilfrn' never
th,,ss tho i.asionrr nj devoted vor-h!rpr OF Tat
Cl,tcmncrrt, ~ the Nortn Catherine Tie SECOND The
clear beaded Empress rtIls &" have had pc
fouud contrflpt Tor plrroi's siai,c-an, bat
no Doubt had rad win DELIGHT those plays
whose reading -' 900 fI.os,, n'cordue to Carly ic aud
MORLEY by frequent b.'h- 100 uc ricl1rsi ~ 90 water
Tho difference htwrcn rrlt'~ me cIlurium Aud I>pu-
sinnate pras, can De- readily dl.ccrnrd hy Those o DO
turn from colonel 1n-rrs lie lecture tp NJ. JIu,ts fine
nrtirc 1t rho-ophe de- Didcrot" IN the lart number
Of The Ntn1i,enu Century, the rst ~ which lies In the
closing paragraph: "DIcro had Ia him always sou,.
thing coarse nnd srr~1al which prevented him from
Ing to the rank: nt he il r' IN the Of genius
OF the second rank" T. deny The ability Of thr warm.
! bnnded cutters would he supreme folly, bat.
! ~ strauss said ~ Voliare," he f. not cedn''
Hni now take the statement that # wiz IN great part
due t. Paine nnd Jefferson that Jehovah was retired
from potics and TIM; the Constitution OF the country
Was % lopcd" D!d Colonel lngcr,oll Elliott
Drbatcs Ia Volume Ill he viii discover that Jefferson
was not only out OF the country long before and duraS
the framing the Constitution but that his aittu le
toward ~ was IL matter ~ sharp discussion IN the liz
puia Convention. Patrick Henry claimed that he was
opposed ratification. whilst Madison claimed him
for the other side deprecated Introduction OF m
name Great as were Jcforsons abilities aud lis public
course toward The nascont FEDERAL s5sr n rl
hi c"wary conecalmcnt Of lii All horship Of Tho Ken
lucky fact not revealed till ls death n
after luoking INTO the third Volume Colonel lngerso III
Massachnsctts Convention. ne will DISCOVER his amaze
Who we're members ~ that body who defended most
srenuousy the clause 20 which be REFERS that providing
the Constitution would have faiod IN the BAY state
which common consent, meant failure every where.
Colonel lngerspl by his eloquence, ha wit, his start
ling audAcy of utterance, has caught tho Of thou
sands OF young 30 positive IL his mhauer, 10 en-
phac his gtterhg epigrans, 40 thorough 10
be his belief IN hi- own A-soFtons that they limo
| Gently accepted really true nod Trustworthy. News
paper repOrts. know furnish hazardous bnsis for
critIcs hut the tone ~ Colonel IngcrsOl il nnmirak-
! able II Il that tone which resent The attempt to
canonze NO,rc and Didcrut, aud to gl0rfy Paine and
Jefferson the founders OF Religions liberty alto
Rter apart from ia moral bearings II calculated
the gorge of ono To whom hisory las beel aud Is a
| serious study. c. ). l.
| Carlis!e Tenn, May 2, 1881.