Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1914-08-21
"THE MISTAKES or MOSES"

HE lSIAk rs or MOSES"
Some years ago, as Will be re-
called by small number of the olde.
citizens of this country, acertain man,
Il lawyer, known as Colonel Robert G..
lngcrsoll made himself famous, land
infamous) by delivering series of
lectures, at so much per head C ii
rade against the Bible. lie was an
eloquent speaker, and drew large
crowds for time Until the curiosity
of the people was satisfied. and then
his audiences dwindIod TO the entire
dctrimcnt Of the boX-oncc receipts,
and then his philosophic and h,lan-
thropic lectures ceased for good and
all.
Among these lectures the most SEN
sational one perhaps. was dubbed "The
Mistakes of Moses lie perspircd and
howlcd in loud defamation detailing
the blundcrs and mistakes made by
the great leader of the Lords hosts
out Of Egyptian bondage, and even
attacked with great bitterness and
sarcasm, not only the dccaloguc, hut
the entire law known as the Mos;ii,,
which we have today. OF course, all
the leading men of the Bible were
dissectcd and their human weaknesses
dragged into the limciight and held
up to ridiculc. Ingcrsoll died some
years ago. His body was crematcl.
There were few mourncrs-no minis
ter mt his funeral. lie mas not been
heard OF since but once. twas said
that shortly after his death his wife.
to whom he was greatly dcvotcd-and
the devotion was mutual-had mes
sage Of some Kind through some spir-
itualstic medium, to the effect. if
memory is not at fault, that he was
having good time in the other land.
The above few observations and
occasional remarks were suggested
by a remark made by Mr.. Slemp,
who, when askedwhat the issue would
be in his campaign this fall. replied,
according to newspaper reports, "Thc
Mistakes or Wilson, the modern
Moses, who has led the American
people out of the bondages and grip
of the kings OF oppression. 1t will not
bc impossible for MIR. Slemp to dis
cover, if he has the eye for the task,
that Mr.. Wilson has made ''mis-
takes" for the obvious reason that
Mr. Wilson, like Mr.. Moses and Mr..
Slcmp, is human, and everybody knows
that to err is human, and nobody
knows this better than does Nh
Slemp. 1t may happen that his ut
tempt TO disclose the "Mistakes of
Wilson" and even his own candidacy
for congress, may prove to he big
huge mistake.
"ihe Mistakes of Wilsonl" Doubt
less Mr.. Slcmp will he able to show
that Mr.. Wilson's management of the
Mexican trouble, by which war was
avcrted, WAS a mistake; that the cur
rcmcy bill, and the inauguration of
the greatest banking system the
world has ever seen, was hlrnder
and "a mistake; chat the equalizing oi
the tariff rates was 81 mistake IND
that The complete revolutioniying OF
the American Government, peace
fully and quietly, was all nlunder
fully and quietly, was all blundei
and botch. On the o,her hand. he
Will be able, of course, to convince
the dear people" that his (Slemp's)
conrse IN congress has been lumirou.
and brilliant; that he has been nc
"iigurc-head" in congress, but has
stood four-squarc against every pol
icy of Mr.. Wilson, and voted against
and worked against every move at
tempted except the appointment of Il
few postmasters in his district, and
that through his untiring and skill
ful efforts the country has been saved
from ruin, despite the mistakes of
Wilson,"
The present status and location OF
the author of "The Mistakes of
Moses" is not definitely known at
this writing, but the status and To-
cation of Moses himself, and the
laws which he left, are easily identi-
fed.