Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1898-02-26
REV. eRIGGs' REJOINDER.

again delivered himself. After read
ing his communication. we are led to
wonder whether 1t is worth the time or
space to debate the subject with him.
His argument is so absurd that it car
ries-with it the answer, and sets him
down as "laughing-stock;" not only
for the public, but for the students and
faculty Of that splendid theological in
stitution which sent him forth.
So wild7is he in his deliverances that
he is most dangerous to his friends and
least harmful to his enemies. As an
example, takeEthe following in which
he confesses. himself a quack, unable
tocorrectly diagnose the ailEent OF
his patient:
tin its issue of January 29lh, The
Richmond PLANET slandered the Amer
lean Baptist Home Mission Society,
the American Baptist Publication So
ciety and the Negro Baptist religious
press of this country. 1t never for one
moment entered our mind that the
SANDER was due to sheer ignorance of
the true meaning of simple English
word and so we ascribed the Islander
to malice. Feeling thus we prepared
a strong dose of medicine calculated
to cure q violent attack of malice.
Our bottle of medicine was labelled
The PLANET Hints at Bribery" and
was full OF ingredients having the ten
dency to make a man sweat and blister
and make loud noises. But from the
behavior of our patient since we ad-
ministered the dose we are thoroughly
convinced that we did not diagnose the
case correctly and we now therefore
change our medicine and proceed to
treat our patient for ignorance"
Gould the bump of conceit and ego
tism be larger on the Uranium of hu-
man being?
1t would be we'll Co reDeat here that
we emphasized the fact that to subsi-
die an enterprise organization, insti-
tuition and the like does not necessarily
infer the doing of a wrong, illegal OF
improper thing. We cited the defini-
tions of WEBSTER, and the AMERICAN
CYcLoPBDIo DICTIONARY to back uI
our statement. It is not what the
words meant five hundred or a thous
and years ago, but wkst they meaI
now.
The United States government sub
sidizes the railroads and steamboa
lines and certain livery establishment
and drivers of the country to secure tn
. transportation OF the United State
mail.
, The United States Express Company
The American Express Company
The Adams Express Company. TIL
Southern Express Company subsidi z
the railroads and steamboat lines to sc
cure the transportation of bundles
parcels, money &c.
The Post Office Department of th
p United States Government through il
n postmasters at one time subsidized tn
press of the country by inserting tn
names of persons mot found" in OF
4 der to secure q more perfect deliver
8 of its mail matter.
a Every large advertiser in this coul
Q try subsidies the press of the countI
Q by inserting therein advertisements
= his business for the purpose of makir
is the public acquainted with the meri
of his preparations and to aid in ii
i promotion of his sales.
d REV. SUTTON E. GRIeGs argues tn
is this is improper, and goes so far as
i claim that it is dishonest. And y
II after making that assertion. he u.s.
the following astounding language:
"The American Baptist Home Nj
sion Society and The American Bal
fist Publication Society are at libe
ty to advertise as much as tn,
Zs choose. Advertising is not subsidi
b ing, the PLANET notWithstandin
: They may ever make liberal donatio
u to religious newspaper that they S
~ are doing good work
ae And yet the meaning of sUBs1DIzE a
n, cording to WEBsTER's DICTIONARY.
81 standard authority is "To furni
with subsidy" The meaning of su
er sidy Is Support, aid, cooperation
On The AMERICAN CYoLoPEDIc DIcTIo
as AIRY gives subsidIze as meaning "
furnish with subsidy; to assist an inc
er vidual or an undertaking with none
1t SUBSIDY; pecuniary aid; aid given
ne money"
Rev. GRIGes says that we are SUITE
ut ing from an attack of ignorance-w wi
RS what is no suffering? Is it possit
No for human being to explain away /
las assertions and the defiaitions given I
de He leaps from the substituting of t
advertising department. of the newsE
'es per to the purchase OF the editor
in opinions, playing the kangaroo" &C
re- He dismisses our chnching sta
to ment relative to the substituting of Vi
GINA SEMINARY and SPILLER AoADE.
ID with the following amusing remarks
% 1--WE paid no particular attention
the charge that Virginia Semins
no was subsidized because we were d
"a cussing subsidizing religious newsI
pers."
ed And yet VIRGINIA SEMINARY is
70 ceiving one thousand dollars per q
cir mum from the AMERICAN BAPTIST Ho
sss MISSION SooIETY with the understau
ed ing stipulated in the contract ms
with the VIRGINIA BAPTIST STATE &c
ed vENTIoN that the Seminary shall ser
in. as feeder to the schools of that Soc
,ss ty. The same arrangement, with a Il
ht amount of subsidy exists with SPILL
ACADEMY.
of Rev. GRIoGs. who is defending" t
III organization in question says that Il
b. is improper. dishonest &c. We 3
D that it is not and have advised our n