The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-04-26
THE PUBLIC FORUM



heavy spring work TO 90 10 the bow
vows whils he has Iab0rioussy copied
ne zTIlels q his Assistant Preacher
s0r your Forum ] an truly pleased
% know that the Captain has secured
such an able recruit Il viii be =
pleasure 10 answer a man that knows
Ehzt he is talking about
OF course, the Captain does not say
when ne signed the article in question
that this IS collaboration between
himself and his Priest get paraphras-
ing Bible test: observe The hand
IS Esaas Captain white'si but the
IDEAS are Jacobs gHis preacher as
Sistantl The Captain sill no doubt
wonder Why that this secret Of his
vas 50 readily OWNED and / viii tell
him First. There are one or two
new abusive words added 10 this
screed. and this IS mere than the Cap
sain's zoo word vocabulary of mono
syilables possesses.
Second: Three new words Of three
syllsbles e h are introduced in con-
nection with a whole paragraph that
IS taken rreputiously and without
any attempt to credit from Boiler
Plate-Barren sermon which is drilled
into every young preacher from the
time he enters the minister-factory
until the time he graduates and is
given the Keys Of the Kingdom,
seeking whom he may devour." This
new departure starts out with the
postulate that the question at issue is
not one that can he argued, One that
admits of no argument; and ! inquire
at once if there is no use or arguing
question, why argue it? To con-
sign a man to perdition without allow
ing him a chance is rather peculiar.
To this Preacher Assistant, or two of
them, (maybe l am now dealing with
Trinity / will say that this discus
sion was preeipated by Captain White
making the assertion that the Holy
Bible was the foundation of Truth,
Morality, Justice and Civilization. In
my feeble way | have shown by the
: Book itself that it is the foundation of
Polygamy, Adultery, Murder and Can.
nibalism; and have in every instance
cited the scripture for my position. II
is no defense for this distinguished
preacher to claim that have no right
to place my beliefs or my conclusions
before the readers of these articles be-
cause / was not believer or that my
reputation was not such that my argu.
ments should have any weight and
that no attention should be paid to my
statements.
I have never said anything against
this Preacher Company's reputation,
nor do I intend to at this time; but
will admit that if it becomes necessary
to take up this line of argument,
am not wholly unprepared. have
contended all the time in this series
of letters, and the readers of the Chief
tain will bear me out in this, that this
discussion is one in which personali
ties should not be allowed to creep in
AS able a man as VIM r. Gladstone
discussed with the arch-agnostie
Ingersoll the question of the Christian
Religion through some three or four
issues of The North American Review
and they did it in gentlemanly style,
closing without calling each other
names or without resort to innuendO
or insinuation as to character or repu
tation.
When an antagonist allows himself
to be so worried that he tries to in
woke the aid of laws to silence his
antagonist, then it seems to me that
his case is truly in serious condi-
tion.-he realizes that he is losing his
grip.
hope that the next time that the
I Captain copies the preachers effusion
he will copy into it in some place a
recognition of ]. HIS Small Pox
argument-the argument which was
first used by ]. H. last Tuesday, end
the same used again Saturday by Cap
< Co, without giving credit TO the
author. j. H. first thought OF this
method to silence the opposition to
the idea that God so loved the World
that he intended to damn the most OF
us. all for his own glory. This dis
tinguished company of Superstition's
militant defenders are in rather bad
condition, for their peculiar brand OF
religion was under fire in Kansas City
last week, and two of their religious
editors almost came to blows over the
proposition whether or not a plouS
man could be accepted into the fold
without being immersed. One faction
insisted that II he was a good man, the
baptism didn't make any difference
The convention adjourned without TAX
ing any action and so there will be
trouble now until the matter is finally