The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-01-18

Spanish lnqutsition. as his proof Of the,
Shocks administered by the Einstita-
ton with which, etclss. ~ In such a
case I shall remind my opponent that
Jno. W. Draper. his witness" who
surely was not there, must bring forth
The proofs OF his assertion that 'the
inquisltion between lA9l and 1908 put
to death BY flames nearly $1,000 per.
sons" Is Mr.. Alusgrare certain that
Draper ever said such thing? II so.
! would be pleased to have Draper's
exact words With Indication of volume
and page. My opponent should not
blame me now II l wish 10 control his
quotations. bad my own experience
nth him. More anon on this subject
when called upon. KIT 81.
One statement ma4e, which t1t.
Mussrave contradknd. = for $, which
therefore he has a right to demand due
proofs. stated that Vo.taire was an
infdel Of the deist stamp. ! had TO
fall beck on good Webster to show
wha, I exactly meant by the word in
fidcl when | wrote in English. In his
reply OF Janua-yi9, Nj. M,lsEave hal
declared that all Protestants were in.
tidcls according 10 the strong insInu.
atoms Of MY creed. This strenuous.
ly denied In my retort Of January 10th
published on the loth). Now my
Webster quotations make MIR. Mis-.
grave laugh outright. Yet. they had
their effect, since he has no other
escape. except to return to the tao.
ties which he cannot possibly give mp.
He etracts but he requests ME ito
have the articles that bear on that
point brought out for examination. It
Is the same old story. You are
THEFT am MOTT rctract, but
prove that YOU are not" And Mr.. Mus
grave lets out his customary pean.
| beg to repeat 1t once more to my
opponent: The burden OF the proof Is
not OIL HE: let him prove his asser.
ton or retract as n man and plainly
declare that his assertion Is ground!
less. ~ vi
But we must come back to voltalre.
our beloved master. That Voltairc be.
lievrd In some Supreme Being. whom
he called God. is admitted That he
rejected Bible and Christianity We
know from his writings. hey to
quote on the subject Geo. Sa!ntsbN,?'.
the we'll known mthor Of Short
History Of French Literature" part OF
which is found IN his article. Vol
taire" In Encyclopedia Britannica. Use
less to say TINT Saintsbuyy Is not a
Catholic. or Voltairc's Treatise on
Metaphysics" our author says: "Of
metaphysics proper Voltaire. Vlcllher
now (1134) nor at any other time, nm.
derslood anything and the subject. like
every other. merely served bin us I;
prctext for laughing at religion. with
the usual reservation OF i tolcrlbl}
affirmative deism"-Of voltairf's
philosophical Dictionary" G. $. says:
NO one! Of Votaire's works shows his
anti-religious ~ - aninuls more
strongly. The various title-words Of
the several articles arr often the me:-
est stalkinehorses. under cover Of
which 10 shoot at the Bible or the
church" OF his "Rannnces and Tales"
the same critic states: Some arc
mere iampoons on the Bible, the un-
falling source OF Voltatrc's wit"
George Saintsbury concludes his ar
ticle on Voltatre rs follows: TITS br.
lief, or absence OF beliefs, emancipat,
ed him from conventional scruplcs:;'
and Il must be admitted that he Is not
a good subject for those who nHia.
tain than u nice morality may exist In.
dcpendcntly OF religion. He stuck at
no lie, found no weapons too foul 10
list. His course In the matter
was marked BY alternate crIngtns and
Insult BY Alternate abuse and lying.
voitaire also dahhlcd With history.
but the only principle ~ he faithful.
~ adhered to in his constant attacks
against Bible and Christianity Is the
one bis own pen so elegantly express.
ed: "Mentez, mentcz. Il ~ restera
touiours queAuc chose" which bee
10 freely translate: ''Tell lies, tell
lies. some will stick"
Are any Of his followers In So'h
faith when they repeal his lies. leave
to others 10 decide. Let me add FEW
liues FROM Alfred De }lusSet 10 Offset
the blaSphemeus words OF Victor Hugo.
quoted by Mr.. Musgrave. De MuSset
was a contemporary Of Hugo, no less