The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware advertiser., 1827-03-08
TO TEE TUBLIC.


In the "NVilmingtohian" Of the 18th inst,
a very scurrilous publication appeared over
the signatures OF Peter Pierce, Bernard M
Gu;gen, Bernard Nj Cam and John Durnin,
self STYLED Trustees of the Catholic Church,
in Wilmington, in which my character has
been uniustv assailed, and most wantonly
slanderetl. / feel it a duty owe to myself
aud my friends. to iepel the unauthorized,
base and unfounded charges made by those
calum1lators, and expose them to that con-
tempt they ~ rit; BY exhibiting to the pub
lie a stst. nent of the ftcts connected with
the Lottery case allNdcdto as briefly as prac-
ticAbie, Wlth a comment, from which they
may be eua1letl to form their Judgments.
Il may be recolccted, that on application
q. the Trustees OF st. Peters Church, at
Wilmington, the Legislature ct Delaware,
u 1922, authorized the raising by Lottery,
l3htbc usc If the CEurch, and payment ot
ucb,s, the suin Ct three thotaAi d dollars, (o-
yer and 5alcna all eAPchses) aud in that
law named certain MaueSer, to Superntend
tlr Lottery some in Wilmington and some
III Philadelphia. III conformity with the
rayisloh, Of the Law, tne Managers pro-
CettlcL to discharge tic trust COT tided 20
them At,cr this period the Managers u
nittt!, ~ opinion, that one ot them should
sign the Tickets. and receive and make paw
II. eut If priaes. Unfortunately for me, or,
as thc self-crrAtcd Trustees would have IT,
TOR the Church. was selected tor that pur
pose, the residue ui the NJ lnagers giving me
their bond of indemnity against any loss in
the performance Of that duty.
The Scheme Of this Lottery was sold to
Thomas Hope, Hyokcr, by. and with the
consent Of the Managers, for the sum of
4 three thousand doldrs-to be drawn in Six
classes, payable $500 at the drawing of each
t class Under that arrangement Mr. Hope
| Vent on, ana drew two classes. For those
two classes paid the Church in cash and
Note, and payment OF her debts the full a
mount and upwards, say sixteen hundred
and FIVE dollars and fourteen cents. The
| Third class of this Lottery, was subsequent
4 v under the direction OF Patrick Higgins,
and conducted by him, and many Of the tick
cts IN that class remained unsold. The phi
ues in that class ! was called OH for, aud OBJ
lised to pay; by my signing, ] was pledged
t. reicem them. On Hope falling in his en-
Eagtments the Fourth class was sold to
Z Messls Yates and M'Intyre, The moucy
received for the class drawn by them, ac-
cording to contract, was applied (and pald)
Is the deficiency Of the Sd class, conducted
by Patrick Higgins. All of these facts, |
remain ready and willing to make appear ii
defence of the suit tcn erAi'mg'y shoten Gt
but 72hich has never Uetn commenced, altho'
80 boiiy ASSERTED.
As ;athc etnlitaietian 81 nv services, bv
thps, "!tuSttesn, il is .rLtY idieulous. /
k!n.. Of NJ powers they possess to grant to
NO. .Ng Ep;er"s art from 4 higher and
r"rc r@sp,c ct,aic source lhnsc men need
enlylpy aen. themselves, and they viii pro-
habty receive i, Of 'ht kind in legal way
not con t3rtable TO thpm. a pacC Ut thu. fWnds
of t!lr GGurch, w'llI. 10 doubt, be very con
Ncatent to uUr "tIentlemcn Trustees" but
#hcA Il is hoped thc good sense Of the con-
Grrgation will prevent them from handling;
aha very unfortunate indeed would 1t he for
the Church, to confide her concerns in such
hanas, 7ab2 have not sufficient discretion to
conduct their own affairs. | would observe,
that ~ dissatisfaction would have arose, but
tor two ,llsorganiling members, one OF whom
undertook to perform part III the Lottery,
which his incapaCity untitled him for, where
by he was abandoned; and he did not reap
50 ricl harvest as his fancy led him to ex-
pect.
would further remark, that the second,
is certain nondescript, d pettifogging Doc
tor, who is every thing by turns and nothing
long, affecting to be a Catholic, and who,
Hogan ike, would destroy the Church. He
has been sowing discord and dissention a
mong the members since he came to WI
r mington. From whence he came, or who he
is, God only knows. 1t has been said he
, formerly resided in Lancaster, hut for what
he left Lancaster, whether by day or night
: for the safety Of his c0rcuse, or by the advice
t Of t7rclve honr@ yeomen, l know not.
Z | am attached to the Catholic church
2 which affords me satisfaction; and | feel q
n pride in promoting the interests of the
: Church; and do hope the congregation vii
\ be on their guard against the tricks attempt
ed to be practised on them by such an un-
principled renegade.
) feel consciousness of the correctness
:, of the course pursued by me in regard to tht
= Church, and that it has not only been just
. . and honuurable, but that instead of gain
= have sustained a toss, by my attention tt
e her concerns, which | can make appear sa
o tisfactorly to any unprecedented mind.
d VIM. LARKIN.
II Wilmington, Feb. 18th, 1S27.-22--Atp.
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