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As Open Letter To The Editor Of "the Ann Arbor Register."

As Open Letter To The Editor Of "the Ann Arbor Register." image
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Day
31
Month
October
Year
1888
Copyright
Public Domain
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K KlTTHEUUE, E-q. Siu - (Vrtain pheuoiueua incline me to accept (odien hypothesis of evolu;.,,, becAHse It Beeaw to anord the best eXplanatlön for cerláin thing in tlns mysterious universo. As mi editor, aiul therefure mpu ól wlde ceadTng, yoü, of eourse, knpv the teaching f evohitioD. V i ¦ n lii.vc iimiI tlmt if "(Unetentiated pn.ldpliism" (a BOUlless product of crrtahi ooinlilion-) takes upon itsell the sliape of au animal tlmt háí a puny trame WQiíc, adeflcleut nmsouliir developruent, no courage, no maerianlBlty, no bremltli, DO deptb, np bowefg of conipaMiQn but only a 'gut' lor purely digestivo purposes - yuu know. I say, tliat such :ni unfortunate animal is but poorly eoflJpped '"' ¦Ml o Btriiggle for cxisuncc." Wliat tfteti ! Evolotioii 8yB iliüi the rdcntless necesgitiesoï ils environment invest Hieh :ui animal with qualitics necessary lor the preeentatlpn of even its exlstenee. I"steail of courage t lus low cnmiiBgj instead of (Mini'aísion, craftinea nwtoaa dt mapnatilmlty, nmllcc; and, sir, tlns pitifcl thmg not only nnkes out to exi-i biitcim also propogate ili species! It is a relief to me to tllllik tliat evolution alone Is responilble for tlie existence of such thinj; and sucha product appeara 1 1 me as au appropriate apotlü Osis ol the Üospel of Soulless Slime, and yet I fmd evolution utterly inadequate as a "work¦ . _ t .dial laM t r liiru lu1 nÍTl(I VOll. I say live, lint CTM; "thlngs" exist; íííííí live. I iusist upoii the distinction, and, tüerefore, I utterly reject eyoluMön as :ite to account lor men, Wlille 1 fVaiikly admit tliut it seems tu "lili thé hiT' wlien applied ti) tliitnj. Il o i ves [Be ptin, sil-, tu be olilijicd lo ask yon niost uiuqnivooilly - an u"' "" erolution product ? Yon Imve tile almpt' and remblance of man;you cm nw Hie os sublime to t lie blae déme of infinite Tht earlier anatomista thougtit ti 1 11 1 oniy man cwild do that; bi;t pslmw ! the nioiikey ni n il it too, and evolútfon proudly polnU to a '4ialry ncestor, with :i preliensile tal I, antl probpbly arboreal in res habít?," uid tlien, sir, I trenibte tai botli myMH and fOU. l?nl, ir. fi" yonr conflguriitlpn " can Lend tbe knee in prayiT ns cur motliere Ü, nd GÓd's searcMntftet sunllehí never Btifwii upon a '-Oorilla ilami'iHcfttlou "f m mkin.l" and t ('lnist's kind who eonlil, or ,vcr cun, do th.it. Alas', sir, the knée -:in hond to prayi can also ilex lo fawn uiid orook lo crüwl - liow does t liitniíi explaln tbat? 15ut I will not baudlcap j "ih qrterti-&i my flrrt queetion U load enough, and before yon cm n-.!y 1 will uive yon the groundi of my justilicalioii tor :isláiig it. Tou, sir, aré one oí r pííe'gthood thau which 1 ti iid none more t-xalted. Vu wleld a weapnn more ilre;ilfnl to a nint Hum uynamire or ougniintu uweinlitry cim ever aiford. Not arniies, nor navie?, but only a littlo Ipaden type Hiat m child can break in lis linjjers can iibojish tlmt crownin;i curse ut uil ('biistiandoni- Silierian Klavery. As in 'editor,' bavlng these leaden invlncIblUtiea ut your öomnwnd, Jo yon realize yoor uwful responslbility to Oód and to your fellow men for sucli vise ns you sbr.il nuike of tbeui f Do you fecl in youi' lieart tbat tlie 111:111 who could be entiustcd to control tbe functloü of a lenden typ could algo be trusted to direel tlie lijjlitnlng nnd the ea'rthqnakeï Tbeie dtreftil agenta can only kili tliat agftregatlOD of "dMEerentlated prótjnplapco called a man;" the prostRuted ledden typie cun íiifllcí :i pang besiüe wlllcll diitili uore B boon. Are you sure that you are go large-soulcil and w uniliiaiicd Mini an.jly-iiiiiiniil as to direct this beuetn), or boonful, function ol tne lenden type wiib :m ey .inle to tlie bonor, tbe dignlty, Ihe maiesty and tbe Minlit of the l'rieslhood t' tlie Press? You aie to nnswer, net I. 1 slmll not ludfte j "ii ; on sbajl be your owii jadge, and your bwn Jiiry. BeTt mine sttnply to put ín the cvidiiicc. Here it is: AiUS AniiOü, 27tb Oct„ 1888. RVlItoi of tlie Iit'iisier: I mu one of a fust Incrensing number oï your renden lio regard the manner in 'wliicli the líev. Dr. R. H. Pope has ticen treatrd in yonr columns as unjust, mi trtie :i i I inhuman. A yon bave peímltted tlie wrong-donjr yon are in honor bound lo assist In nanking reparatlon, nml as a itep In th ia din i tion 1 now ak- Will you allow me ilue si.iu'e In you ucxt i?sue íbr ;i word in the wronged oue's behulfí Of cótirg'e you will he ut liberty to reject niv Ms. if su piense you, l:,-.rclluliy yours, Samuel A. Jones. K KriTKHDOK, E q : At 3 20 p. ni a. copj of t lie atiove vis presen ted lo you by ;i trusty messenier, w im -lid lo yon on dcliverlng it - "Ir. requysted me to ait lor a repjy." Ai .'! 25 n. ni. lie reported to me as tollows: lir s:iys lie 'is so busy that lie cannot ünd time lo wrílc yon mi msvver now becáuw' he lias 'wort bhat wil) keep him until midnight.' He suid lie 'wwi.tid to make an explanatlon to you. If yon were gólng by lliere and wotiW dron In be wonld havo lus inind minie UD iind would aive yon an mswer." At 11.45 1). DI. you telepboned to my c LliiiL you "wniild accept niy paper but would i (mi ve tlie riglit to leuve oul ilion parís hs you did not like." I do mil kuow tlmt I now (jilote your exact wonls, but tliat I (jlve your mt-auing, I know and so do you. Did it t:ike you geven liours and tu cnty five minute W "miike up your inind" conoerning a propositlon regard ing wlilufa an answer would liavc lespi IVom tlie lips of a Milu iu one hcalt tDTODÍ GWd help vou! Alas! sir, wben ni.v masKDgei returned and gave his repon I luid no use for un y '"cxiilunation" tli:it yon oould niake. You ii;ul airead y explained yourself, unkncrwn to youreili', In obedieuce to & kv as imerrtng as tli.it of (rmvitatlon, and tlmt unconscioilS "erplanatiofi" had glven me ih mensure of your tnanllnesa - and mucll be-id'1. My "inhid'' - be it wtmt it muy - Is quickly "madü up'1 in tliose eupreiB nioraents (¦!' lira when haltíng doubt is Miuiliood'a Knrll, mil I turncit fronj you witli sncli a coinini-cruliDii for you ns you hail not for n li'llow man on whinn, wrongly or rlghtly, has fallen liiV's soi í.flrcUiui. I ti-lt tlmt yon lar inore tlmn he had nrcd of wlmtcver pity I cuuld :;ivi'. I feh alfw tlmt I could necepl nolliintc (rom a 7i) man as a favor that b whole niMii wou Id Inte iceo'iiied as uiy ri'hf, so I tlien and Hiere "anule up my inind'' to at once ask from BnotbOT editor tiiöt which you, as an editor had to consult the stars to fincl out wliat your "mind" was concerníng it. Henee, slr, this Open Letter it la, and where ít U. Y,,,, had tlieflrst fchoièe. and yon licsitatodi I found B man while you vtere try ing to "make up your mimi" wtielhei ymi u4 om ét not. I - iid in my noto to you tli.-.t I was mifl of B fot increaslnp number who JB the nimmer In wliitli the lU-v. ft. o. Pope bw toen treated in you columns 8 uniust, vntrue, and inhuman. Iid JO then ""'1 Uète fk yotirselt,- "II'ivc treated u mini, whose rc(m ta now üetlironei), unjuxtly, untruthfuüy ana "- luiiwmlii' micIi an iinfortuiiate is Incapablfl of defcndliift litmsclf- Imvo 1 Btrack a defeiiCBleÉB ittn; Ims my M" tallen mIso oh liis vvifu's WeedkUg lu-art.' I liiid no i vidt-nce in your conduct ol mhIi a Miise of justici-; yet you a-e one who may lose I lie "inlnd ' tliat is so Imri tn "make up," imd you bW ' wltulul wite whose liékTI muy blöotl liom the uniust blow tfivcu you. Could not your love (or your own wile Imveled vou to pare his? You lmve your reuson, :md you eau delend your wlfei lie omnot .Hield his; and, f Wf Uta iiilirniitv, Bóme one else must delend iieii 1 küow'thi-iu IioLIi, uiul Oount UJelr kinoïieos to unworlhy me amongst the bencBoencei of a si(lly chequered lite. I also know, to my sorrow, h9 assailant as a „,:in "of wfcOM lil's tlie only natural Unfluage is B lie." You have been OMUfl the dupe and the tooi of even such a one, andYOUWlll nat allow honeat men to prove it. You will not print tliat wluoli "you do not liko" even to do juuce to a iiian wlioni you have wroMsd. Now. Bir. ior each special cliarjre, and 1 You have been uvjiftt to the Uov. H. li Pope in thatyou have allowed hlm to bc assailed on the ex parte evidunce of n eneniy. This can be proven; uut ï. PWilson dre not detuand the proofwhic'i, I m:y ádd, is In safe enstody and in hts own hand writing. 2. It is unirue because T. P. Wilsons Cleveland coininunication ia untrue. Hildrrtli to-day ia outside the pale of every Christian thurch ; he is n f ree lunce of the OonwftJ kidiuy, and tlie very authorilies whom he eluded when the Be. R. B. Pope anaigned bim have now no doubt of his guilt. . As one unworthy of the frieiulship Ue Cave me, I say, for Mr. Pope, to UiConways, the Hildreths, and the Wilsons, the brave old Father Vulerion's historical MENT1BIS IMPUOENTI9SIMK.! lird. It Is inhuman becaBSe cvt-n OW Indians lejrarded R man bert-ft ot hls rt-nson as if the fBgli of God w re over hlm- sucll a onu with them l "Me from all hurm. l'erhaps an "editor IB this nint'treiitli centuiy of livili.iilicii c:in learri the hnmanlties froin au untutored Barajre. Surely, au ¦¦liter of the needed moral Ptature should know that whereviT justice can find an abiding place the great henrt of humaniiy awanls the assailed, or his representaties Ht least as miicli as he allows the assailant. This, sir, is U3t that which you havr either forgotten, or Ignored; and, in the nainf of jBstlOS, I declare tuut an e.Wor who leeognizes tbe Mi e ty of hi olhce and the miignitude of lus responsibiiity can do lUMlhrr.

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