Blue-grass blade., 1895-08-04

more perfectly now than we did
when it was first written. This we
feel free to do, since by his request
we wrote il in the first instance and
having done this we feel somewhat
responsible for it. We never heard
of Mr.. Moore or his paper until
some time during the first half of
last year, and, up to the time that
advertisement was written, we had
not come to realize the full extent
of his illiberality. A more extend
ed acquaintance with the spirit and
method of his propagandism con-
vinces us that the present wording
of the advertisement is to some cx-
tent erroneous and misleading, but
we will see what he intends to do
about that threatened boycott.
Seeing how whimsical, capricious
and cranky he is, we think it a
great misfortune that he ever took
up the prohibition movement,
which, like religion, seems to pos
sess the power of making fanatics
of those who engage actively in its
propagandism. Could he have con-
fined himself to the advocacy of
Freethought and ethical culture he
might have rendered more effective
service to the cause of humanity,
though the loquacious and garru-
lous manner in which he discusses
a measure is not calculated to make
a very deep or lasting impression
upon the public, even when on the
right side of an issue or directed at
the real question in dispute. Let
no one suppose though that we
mean by this to belittle our friend
or to underestimate his real ability
in the least, for, with all his faults,
we hold him in high esteem and
recognize the fact that he possesses
many gifts and graces characteris-
tic of a true and manly nobility.
With all, he enjoys the advantages
of q good education, is well read
has seen much of the world and can
write entertainingly of what he has
seen. He is fearless opponent
of religious superstition, and could
his gifts and talents always be
guided by reason, common sense and
sound judgment. he would be very
effective in the cause of Liberalism
but they are not. In argument he
is guided more by his prejudices
than his reason, and gives way to
sudden impulses that often draw
him away from the points of great.
est importance and advantage. His
methods of thought are without
any semblance of logic, and he
possesses no we'll defined policy Of
action, unless it be that of an all.
around kicker. He fights in all di'
rections and strikes at everything
in Sightt be it'fricrA or foe. HIS
moods are as capricious as the
winds and one never knows what
to expect from him. At one time
you will suppose he is your friend
and at another your enemy, as the
mood of praising or blaming you
happens to strike him. Only few
months ago he was praising the
Independent pulpit in the highest
terms, and right then he knew it to
be against prohibition; while now
he is damning it as friend of the
saloons, and too immoral to be ad.
vertised in the columns of the i'm.
maculate Blue Grass Blade.
Mr.. Moore may think we have
taken undue liberties with him in
thus exposing to view his various
and diversified idiosyncrasies, &c.
centricities and crankeries, but, see
ing how ready he is to animadvent
upon the weakness of others, he
ought not to object if we give him
a little of his own medicine: We
have not done this through anger
at what he said about The Pulpit
We care very little about that, be-
cause he had already declared The
Pulpit the best infidel paper he ever
saw. We are interested in his wei
fare as an infidel and freethinker
and in that of the Blue Grass Blade
Ifhe keeps on cutting and slash.
ing at everything in his wild quer-
ulous manner, people will quit pay
ing any attention to him. In fact
it has almost come to that now. Be
sides, many are liable to think he
is wanting in candor and moral
honesty, when they see these G lar
ing inconsistencies of position
They may not be as charitable as
we are and charge it all up to a de
feet in reason and judgment. We
believe he is honest, but impulsive
and victim of uncomfortable pref
udices, and that to be told of these
defects may help him to correct
them. He may be SO set in his
ways that nothing can change him
but, be that as it may, we shall now
feel that we have done our duty in
the premises, and if he refuses to
amend his wild, rip-roaring, harum
scarum ways we cannot be held re-