The Supremacy of God's Word Asserted: In Reference to Certain Articles Written by "Alethes" in Defence of the Fugitive Slave Bill - Softcover

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated.1851 Excerpt: ... THE SUPREMACY OF GOD'S WORD ASSERTED. To Joseph Snowden, Esq. Editor and Proprietor of the Tribune. NUMBER I. Mr. Editor: Dear Sir:--I promised you that whatever I might write in reference to the controversy in relation to the Fugitive Slave Bill, should be given to your paper. The ablest defender by far of the obnoxious bill, who has appeared, as far as I have read, is the Hon. Judge Baird, of this city. This gentleman, over the signature of Alethes, has given us a long series of articles, so eliminated, elaborated, profound and varied, in learning and extensive reading, that the mass of readers cannot give the time, even if they had the capacity to address themselves to the study of these elegant Essays; and without extended study, close application, and competent literary attainments, it is impossible to understand them. Alethes, is a Greek word, which signifies True, in opposition to what is false. All, therefore, written over this signature, the writer would have us believe to be true; all to the contrary must, in his view be false. I shall accord this to him at all events--that no other man in Pittsburgh, in my opinion, could have accomplished so much in so short a time, and in such a cause. He certainly deserves well at the hands of the South, should he, or should he not, ever take up his residence there. Faithfully and learnedly has he defended them and sustained their interests, and his debtor, the slaveholding States are, to a very large amount. I am not of those who judge this Hon. Judge, to be no christian. On the contrary, I think he is a christian, and one possessed of a generous mind, a warm heart, and kind sympathies. Part of his writings betray irritability and abuse towards his opponents, and an apparent desire to beat them down before the...