The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1885-08-21
Gaars MIL, Wi,n parish, Aug, 1, 1855.

oii .iie iiicuu i.oih tne "slam-Hp by Bri
J.J. Thornton ESQ, Which appeared i
the SENTINEL, dated June 10Th. in whie
We are fired at from an unexpected qua:
ter, though not hit, for spent balls az
easily lodged, they come slow. We ar
under many obligations to Bro. T., fo
the English Of his '.get off, forwe kno,
nothing OF Latin. and about the same q
Greek; and As we know of-no such schoi
ars around here, had he not explain. ]
we might have gonemourning al of ou
days. tie. Bro. l.. first shines our Jun
ior, and then lays hold on Us. with hi
Broad assumptions without any proof o
thing he says, rs we VIII now show. ",
are sorry. Bro. T.. in the first place, doe
not know a preface from an argument
for our piece. OF which he complains, wa
only preface. The argument is not We
come. Second, he grunts as loud abou
the advertising space We used ne If h,
was s'oekhoider, and we are get unabl,
to see him advertising himself in the pa.
ners rs Magistrate Of ward 2. Thirdly, he
says We use rs old poem as there is m
the United States. q guess he means Of
British America,) for we have poems in
the United States of America older than
the Christian era, like the pslams of Da-
vid, and the songs sung by the Jews In
those days. Four;hly,. he says our poem
show the drunkard in Paradise. The
poem was written Oh earth, and did not
come from Paradise. Therefore il can
net show the man there, neither does il
claim such. but only expresses a belief in
the power of Christ to save such. That
is that lie is able TO do so If He viii.
Filthy, Bro. T.. wishes TO hide the first
cause and first effect from the people. and
asks them 10 look only at secondarr
imaginating effect. For he saws, all ask
Of the people is that they read the las;
verse of that poem. He does this TO show
what it cannot show. Now Bro. T.. this
is not right, let the people have it all. 1t
is good. Sixthly. Well Bro. T.. has done
it; he calls us righteous. righteous prohi-
bitionist. trighteous means of course, to
io rigi1t) yer his words are righteous and
right In prohibitions, for he saws we are
righteous prohibitioaist. sure then. sure
then right. in that: yet he says we have
ruined the country, and scandalized. the
people OF It's communities. A well with
put = bucket of water. (E6-Ri-hi-to-nf-
.id-ft) This is an age when men ask
proof and not assertions only. He SAYS
re do what we condemn in Others. bat
We are righteous. saith he. Wen, we are |
Ike the Indian chief (Paus;oobeD when
lsked how he knew that the Beloved one.
so they termed God) was with him, he |
answered without hesitation: az was in |
he battle with the French, and the bull |
ct went on dis side and on dat side, and /
lis man died and dat man died, but am
live still. By this know that the Be
owed One take care of me.n SO we
now that intelligent people require
roof. and not mere assertions. Seventh
Y, Bro. T.. has done it again, bad, for he
careful to warn us of the danger and
nfairness of taking just part of the
ood Book, SO much so that he tells us
nat each word Of it composes a volume,
a book of truth and practice. Now
Six how much practice he gets out of
he word Selah. which occurs so often in
ie Bible; yes he warns us not to use
art only, and at the same time says for
) 70 lay aside everything else, all the
her parts Of the Bible, ali experience,
l knowledge, everything else but the
w select verses be has pointed out. aud .
ldge by them only. as to what he has
i'd.
Bro. T., we have examined them close
I, and are unable to find anything about /
e righteous prohibitionist running the I
antry or scandaiizing its communities.
e failed to find drunkard saved. we c
lied to find it right in you to warn 9TH ,
so earnestly of judging, when you '
urself occupy that seat, in judging us 1
being guilty of What we condemn We c
led to find the right to use whisky or b
baeco at all. We failed to find it right y
any sense, to impose an evil or a wrong c
an innocent and innoffensiye people. a
of this. and more too, we see express s.
or implied in your article. but unable b
see them in your proof text. Il
Now Bro. Thornton, when you go to p
,ot again come nearer the mark, and d
J it near by, SO that you may tip ii N
or other. So finding nothing d
your article to cali us out on prohibit CT
n, we remain the same, and wait on ii
! for awhile, leaving our Junior to al
. OF himself.s Yours in lore. y,
j. 81. CAVES. b,