The broad ax., 1897-03-20
ANENr THATCHER.

IHB ETOFo EEQulfeT OF Mtrcn
5th, contains an a0pen Letter" adj
dressed to Moses Thatcher BY Prof.
N. L. Nelson. It Is IN uncalled
for, snake-tailed, old womanish
sell-tale, and although full Of IN
teresting situations, it is Is thorny
and ~ horny Is q porcupine rolled
up into . dangerous knot, with
egotistic bristles sticking out with
the tension of q new barbed.wire
fence in . squstter's field. 1t does
not fail to display the spirit of
Strephon and Chloe, whose ghosts
are seen to kiss Is they part with .
hang-dog look.
The fact Of the matter il, some
restless souls are very much on net
ties TO attack their superiors. es-
pecially champions of liberty and
justice; but it would be beneath
Moses to take notice Of or even
look back at the snarling dogs at
his heels. There are times, how
ever, when the rabies is prevalent,
during hot weather, it becomes nee
essary to lift the old hickory stick
and strike that cross-grained spiral
chance protuberance called the
those" of the Skye-terrier, whose
vixen aptness to show teeth is as
bad as the dicky-bird to make
noises.
Of course, dog-Latin in dog-days
10 something not 90 rare as gram
mar during the confusion Of tongues
1t the Tower of Babel. Saints and
sinners alike rush in to break Pris-
cams head and generally some
body's head cracks at the effort.
But professors especially loose their
dignity at such efforts and good
people only lower themselves to
answer them.-Ame,icGn Eagle.
Mr.. Eagle we are Of tie opinion
that you have hit the nail right
square on the top of Its head. And
We suppose Mr.. Eagle that you are
aware of the fact that for the past
ten thousand years, the church,
the priesthood and its seryile min
ions have tried every imaginary
scheme that the human mind is Ca
pable of conceiving of to destroy all
the champions of liberty.
When we speak of the church
the priesthood and its servile min
ions, we do not wish to be under
stood Is referring to the priesAssDd
Of the Mormon church exclusively;
but We have reference to the priest
hood, and the servile minions of all
the orthodox churches throughout
the world.
The orthodox theologians can
never become reconciled to the fact
that "out In the intellectual sea
there is room enough for every sail;
that In the intellectual air there il
room enough for every wing"
They can never learn, or they win
never learn, this one fundamental
truth, that the man who does not
do his own thinking, is a slave.
Ever since the foundation of the
world these little six by nine d.
vines have insisted upon doing all
Of the thinking for all of the
people, and whenever they, 1.-THE
come in contact with q |
brave man, or with q brave woman,
who insists upon doing their own
thinking, then these high priests
immediately brand all such as rank
infdels.
Or, If any one is 30 unfortunate
y TO doubt that wonderful Bible |
tory of Jonah swallowing the
whale, or of the whale swallowing
Jonah, or if every person does not
believe that the sun and the moon
stood still at the same time, in or
isr to permit one of Gods agents
10 continue to fight for the Lord,
hen they are regarded by all of
'hese inspired men as being nothing
nore nor nothing less than atheists.
For two hundred and fifty years
II the leading orthodox ministers
II this country were in favor of
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