The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1897-12-31

Having closed NJ review - my oEiEIb''
| article, Prof. Wright SAYS: e. see that Dr.
. Brand has replied to my former >ommuhlcn'
! ton venture to think that the Professor
( di, more than glance nj the reply before ne
| .anr his second paper to the printer. He con-
mans my uuiecture by saying, II viii show III
! a future communication that he has forgotten
what he wrotc in his FIST letter to TIE tg'S.
! Doe. this mean that answering my reviewer,
and rurpUSiEg to 10 this only. found 1t eNpe-
! dfclt f. change nay ground-to seek to put out
Of sight any assertion !aa'i" -" opinion express
ell. If have given Mr.. Wright reason honestly
/ ta think ihis. then have dnac myself injustice
/ have read again what ! wrote. There is not
| a single word trut ! could wish others to for
| get.
! The second paper of the Professor does not
! add much 10 the argument Of the first. 1t is
the same strain with variations. But ii notably
contains a setting forth Of the principles that
| have governed nm in hIs review of my article.
| Nj " r,ghy says. There is always room IN
: controversy Tor satire, IrOly, sarcasm" IN
e,,gy contrc, rrsv: Let my reader ponder
these words. There is not one which does not
! imply al intent TO hold up to ridicuie, if not
! contempt and scOrn, an al gumcnt or an act =;
and thus the person guilty OF it. y paid advo-
cate a disputcr who merely seckst to confuse or
| to gain Il victory over an opponent, may con-
| sistcntly act on the prime pies aEnwcd ny my
| reviewer. never lover ct trGtr,.t =.'-.s 81
| truth through discussion viii nI, VII '" '..a
| esty is conceded; with OF, ", 70 q, N,EE ..'..
! be ready to grasp frirnat! ..H' t."l n.
uttcranccS in contrUvcrsy I'd i,''ss r." e..
| Christian gentleman should u.- 90 .-.. .r. -
sicct he owes to himself as s..gn. $50. H-..i
IN honest end only by honest oceans. a d.
Christian he Will bear n :n:.4I IL MEM Il
speaking the truth in love A. q Iar A'A
he will cndeavor to discoyg~ H." 4,aui ., ~,
his opponents words, and ..'..T lrs"'@ .'
arguments. He will not lu#u, sy' .....'.-l ar
adversary charges which be il ls>,'I rD.. ..5
believe. Here is Al statement, C. '...sa $50.
made upon scholarly reHGs ~ u i.l f.r '..-.
ing of the papers that have ."v,I',"' ~ p.
present controversy: "rroi - s.' >''-.
struck me as hard to ;su-v'"r r-'. is.. W..
ignoring OF your mcaa'ng- anu t'.- ta
your words. But YOU hay, Al "-ts~ ..' .'.
clusvely." ANY candid W"i5a# VITO ..i- ....
our papers will Justify The C,r"Hseui hol, .lt..r
on Prof. Wright : mode 81 ,aEiiorrra.. LD...
at the heading OF mis- second paitr: ''.n2 cul .
tinuation of Prof. Wright, rIv.rw vi NJ
Brands recent plea for .iacus d saluu - Per-
haps this is the work of it's dIJ"r ri"Ga. Bat
if has his sanction; fer h" sentence was
placed ut the heading # I'll, Hr-t :.uC5 If The
review. l am here maI;.. ave !l,.j 5"r;;.i the
evils that rise before tn npjI,i ii tic Prohibit
zionist as he reads SILDON. Tor, JIireS adr0it
ignoring OF my meaning and sAillul twisting
of my words to intimate that desire what my
Reviewer should know l abhor as much as he
does. In all that | have writtCl there is not
one word-h0ReSB taken-that can justify the
suspicion that | do not abhor what the author
of this heading meant when he wrote 'Sdioon."
My article was consequent upon the report of
the grand jury; and what | wrote was a com
ment on their declaration that our present law
is failure: that II should be made efficacious,
or give place to Il strong license All thai
was written by ne was what no man can deny,
though he may not like TO hear it. TestifyinE
that testimony on The subject is contradictory.
| related the evidence that had come to me.
Once expressed my own Judgment. After
passage in which spake kindly of men who
speak unkiudly Of me, [ wrote: Now-I am
speaking my own NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Is 81"
Gggyt society: ,,d as such stOld not OHiy Be lcatc
81 against. hat pffisied' But who that has had
his prcjudfles excited by the assertion that
have entered u plea for saloons will give ear to
this declaration.
2.st4i iltE tditlBli lOi tif - l'tlltltii-- liz
preface OF my views contains this sentiment,
whether approved or motif it does not im
pose violation of consciencc-law should be
Gh"ycI. and should be enforced" This was
written with clear reference to the law which
Mr. Nri. ht would maintain unchanged. l adj
ded lHaU once ! had sought what our grand
iury now Egcommcnds with an alternative,
viz, the making This law more eiHcacIous by
tl,,. I1.rrfr srf,.,.
aud prescription evil. Had my words been
treated as those Of Il truth-tclling man, they
would have saved Il good deal of criticism OF
the personal views and argument of the 'bibu-
ious parson'' who, it il said, ofIer3 plea for
saloons" But thus did not my reviewer. Pass
NJ by, and sever rcvertng 10 my expressed
desire to check evils, which all alike regret, he
warns his readers against an approved axiom
lest it be found TO render all the more dan
-erous the falIartcus sophistry that follows in
its wake" This passes The bounds Of satire.
irony, sarcasm" White it does not excite
Anger I would not like to say what it does
suggest In what is called 'azionutic' l intl-
mated that civil law might impose violation OF
conscience. BY his quotation marks Prof.
Wright, INDUCES his tendency Is a contrCver-
sialist 10y say that the tempe r:,ur. men %
Hartford, but for druukeEngS., Nu9jg l:rNrr
have interfcred with the use ,,i w.uc-- "a!
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