The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1884-01-23
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A WRITER PORTRAYED.
All wad some power the giftie gle us,
To see oursels as ithers see us.
II wad frae monv an error free rs,
And foolish notion. Burns.

IL Wau ffue mQnf an error Tree
And foolish notion.-Barns
Mr.. EDITOR When a man puts lis
ideas and opinions into print they become
public property ; we have right TO in
quire into their merit, to develop the
meaning, to ascertain by what mode of
thought the author has been guided, and
to follow his reasonings to their legitimate
conclusions. These thoughts have been
brought to mind by an article in your
last weeks paper, in which the author ex-
presses the following sentiment:
"a town without hotel is like house
without mother, and hotel without
bar is much worse by far
Reflect upon this sentence, carry out
the meaning thereof to its only legitimate
conclusion, and we find ourselves told
that for town to be without a whiskey
bar is much greater misfortune than is
the death of mother to her children.
Well this is startling, but what startles
me most is, hoie did the aoriter find IL out.
Fur ounpider, how can any une toll how
much other people have loved aud lament.
ed their mothers, or how deeply they may
have felt the loss. Or how can a man
know how much other sons value and
cherish the honored parent who is still
the eight of the household" He cannot
In the very nature of things he cannot.
And when you come to think, it is evident
that the only source of information by
which any man can arrive at such a com
parison must be tie estim ate he places APP
on his oaen.
And then in defence of the adopted
mother of his affections-the whiskey
bar-he goes on to declare,
"The lawyers may prattle and the judge
charge verdict to find, but the twelve
will stand firm as men of sound mind"
1t Is said to be mark of genius when
writer can put great deal of meaning
into very few words, and so your Mt.
Airy correspondent must be q genius for
he has done IL in the above. And what is
it? Analyze 1t in connection with the
whole tenor Of his article aud we find he
asserts, not as superstition, but as a
positfce .fact, that juries will defy the cf-
forts of the judge upon the bench to make
them do their duty, that they win com
nit perjury by deliberately refusing to
obey the law after hauing sporm 10
obey ii, and that they will show an utter
disregard for the most solemn obligations
that can bind the consciences of men. All
this he asserts, ably condensed into three
lines or less-and a very pretty thing 1t is
to assert, to be sure. But, then, the
question must come to every mind, hoeo
can he knoo IL? What key has he got
with which to unlock the hearts and peer
into the secrets of the future jurors of
Hunterdone How can one man tell what
eleven others are willing to do until they
have consulted together and agreed upon
a plan of action. He cannot. A man
can only tell achat he is ,ciliing to do him
self, If he gets a chance.
thing, false in all, and If man car be
swayed by improper considerations in one
case, he may be in another, and so had
better not be placed upon any jury at all.
If this is not a fiattering picture, it is
not one of my drawing have only point
ed out certain features, ably delineated
by your correspondent, himself.
And now, Mr.. Editor, don't think that
/ mean TO bear down hard upon your
writer, for | don't. On the contrary,
should a proper occasion Offer | would
come to his just defence with the greatest
cheerfulness. For instance, If your paper
should make it's appearance next week,
containing one hundred communications,
every one of them from writers whose
signatures were unknown to me, and it |
should hear a very able and intelligent
critic say that one of those communica-
lions was the work of a most superlative
fool-one with big D and no mistake,
and if he wondered what it was put in the
paper for--then, Mr.. Editor, should re-
buke that critic with the greatest conf
dence, aud should say to him, ''See
here, Mr., non don't you forget that Cap
tain jack has got just as good a right to
tell his opinions as any of EN- I" yes
would; I'd defend the Captain.
In conclusion, / state, that these re-
marks being written without either i'll T
will or malice, are to have no Injurious or
offensive application TO any individual.
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