New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1843-02-09
A Gard,
To liz Public attending tie DEBATE on C6ptia'
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A Card,
To ta< Public attending Tie DEBATE o" CoPtlA'
O. tie Tabernacle
An impression appearing TO prevail iliat ln,s
hate ras terminated on the last evening ssuch
inc been the original intention and announcement
= ,ro,er To announce that sach Is not the faes
7, wilI be resumed on another evening, the earliest
On which the Tabernacle can be engaged. va 'i,'
lest evening no opportunity was afforded LOT fep'
~ the Discourse OF the Rev. MIR. Cheever' ihe
understanding had been positive and distinct oA
,be Dsrt of both the undersigned and OF the gem
teman tnroug Oh whom the arrange ments were i'A'e,
that on tina, evening Mr.. Cheever was 10 pro0eeo
s,t !, continuation of the discourse OF when tue
s,s, branch. or first half had been delivered oy
him on the evening before, and that ne was Ihe"
TO be answered by me. This was what came eN-
pecting to do. But at the last moment Nii.
Cheever refused TO proceed first, on the srounu u
no, having so understood it. and OF not being pre-
nared to speak first as he could not know whai ar
guments would be advanced BY me. Presumins
| him to be thas in the same position with myself
and unwilling to detsin the audience, 'heseio'o
Welded, and wen, on--with the condition OF NAV
inc a half hour at the close for reJoinder. "hen
Mr.. Cheeyer did then follow, it was in discourse
of which nine-tenths was written In advance. us
length brought the hour forward to "ltnln ie
minutes Of ten o'clock, at which time 1t was OF
course eu, Of the question 10 wish to detain 'ne
audience. The affirmative of the argument was
thus subjected TO the double disadvantage 0o.l
that ia advocate was forced on at moment
warning to total change Of plan and eHPecta''o"'
and also tina, an deliberately written discourse
closed the evening, remaining necessarily exempt
from all refu,ation or reply-wth the exception OF
few minutes in which nothing farther couio DC
attempted than mere invitation to another meet
ing-which was accepted. Under these clrcum'
stances am entitled to ask that all judgements
on the merits of the subject be suspended until
this opportunity be afforded for that reply by
which alone the force Of argument can be tal'iy
tested. The engagements of Mir. Cheever' and
of the building precudiHg an earlier evening, Fri
day of next week has been fixed for the purpose
In making the above statement have no pur-
pose TO accuse Mr.. Cheever of Intentional Unfair
ness simply feel called upon to state the facts
of the matter in justice to the side OF the 4ues-
ton against which all this heavy disadvantage was
thrown. }. l.. SULLIVAN
Ney-Yort, Feb. g. 1918
To the Editor of The Tribune:
Some of the papers have spoken as II Mr.
Cheever had taken an undue advantage in the de-
bate on Capital Punishment, in having his argn-
ment prepared before hand. Now the truth Is,
that Mr. Cheever occupied in the last evening
some twenty minutes in an extempore reply 10 VT
| O'Sullivan on points which in his written arsu'
ment he had not anticipated, but when he came to
points on which he had prepared himself before,
| he of course chose 10 adhere to his notes. LIN so
doing. one thing is certain he saved great deal
of time and succeeded in lifting before the audi
ence much greater amount OF argument than
| otherwise could have been possible. Mr. Cheeyer
was right in refusing speak first, tor he came 70
answer Mr.. O'Sullivan, and he could otvery well
! do it until he had heard him.
r We understand the objection to MIR. Chez
ver's course to apply to his declining to SPEAK
first and not a, all TO his coming prepared, which
was most commendsble, and we wish were gene
rally initiated. On the other point, we said all
we wi shed to say on Monday. Ed.
20 The Ladies of Philadelphia are making
offers through the newspapers to give up all their
jewels and plate for the payment of the State debt
rather than suffer it to be repudiated. The Editor
of the North American says he is personally &C
euainted with two of them who have made the pro-
posal, and though they are not rich, the sums they
offer are equal to 500.
~ The Free Trade Association Of our City has
indirectly but plainly nominated JoHS G. CAL
| HouE as their candidate for next President
Right An open field and fair play is what the
honest on both sides desire.
~ THOMAS HARRINGTON of Tioga has been
reelected Treasurer Of this State.
W A woodsawyer in Rochester was suspected
few days since of having perpeiraled some theft,
ard on searching his house some four or FIVE sleigh
loads of all sorts of small articles were found which
he had stolen at various times
THEWABAsH AND ERIE CAsAL.--It is expect.
ed that boats will run The entire engthof this canal
in the spring from Toledo 10 Lafayette, $50 miles
From Toledo to the junction with the Miami Tx
tension, &C miles, this canal is sc feet wide, and
6 feet deep. Thence 10 Fort Wayne, "A miles, so
feet, thence TO Lafayette, 100 miles, 40 feet wide
II il understood that Ohio and Indiana have by
compact so reduced the toll to send produce
from the Wabash to New-iork as cheap as it can
be sent TO New Orleans by the Wabash, Ohio and
Mississippi A Line of packet boats are be put