The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1844-01-11


DR.. Wainwright being letter each side Ano-
ther letter from DR. Potts has been announced Tor this
afternoon, which will be issued by US in an
EXTRA HERALD
about five or six O'Clock this evening Price only
cents Newsboys, attend.
New Battle OF the Frogs and Mice-The
Potts and Wainwright Controversy.
Man mast quarrel One can hardly imagine a
much more trAing subject of dispute than the CO.
lor Of the livery of race-horse and yet, Hume
tells US that this difference created two most invete-
rate factions in the Greek Empire-the Prasin, and
Peneti-who never suspended their animoslty until
they had ruined that unhappy government. In the
religious world, thousand controversies originate
ing IN the most petty and worthless differences Of
opinion, and kept up with renewed zeal, from gene
ration TO generation have distracted and dlsgraced
the churches, from the first century of the Chris
tan The photography of word-he render
ing Of textile pairing Of priests nai-haye in
hundreds of cases sufficed TO excite the fercest
storms of ecclesiastical understanding every
ember of charity from the altar OF God
The controversy just commenced between DR.
Wainwright and DIR. Potts, is an admirable speci-
men of the thousand and one theological quarIels
which have thus, from time TO time, convulsed the
religious world to its centre--brought down scorn
and contempt on the faith Of Him who came TO
proclaim peace and good will amongst men-and
tainted with bigotry, malice, and the vilest pas
sions, the universal heart of chrstendom. Here
we have two professed disciples Of the meek and
lowly Jesus--two assumed leaders and guides of
the household Of ialth-two ministers in holy
Thugs, glorylng in the same faith, the same Lord
and the same baptisnl-rishlng, with all the indie.
cent haste OF virulent pocmics, into the contro-
versal arena assuming all the abominable airs of &C.
cleslastlca gadiatorship, and resouely determined
TO array, in fierce and unhallowed conflict with each
other, two large sections OF the religious commu-
nifty, awakening TO wide extent possible
all those feelings of jealousy, envy, hatred, which
Charity would fam forget, if Bigotrywould let her
And all for what9 For what great princlplel For
what great essential doctrine? For what important
TRUTH For what noble and desirable end7 Dr.
Potts tells Us. Hear him announce the important
and vital questions of discussion -
"Wha is the Church2"
"What is the Catholicity of the Church?'
"What is Bishop!"
Ha, ha ha! With equal propriety-wlth an equal
degree of justification of the quarrel-wth equal
beneficial results to the human family in general
and the social churches in particular, the question
might have been thus stated
"What is an oysterl"
"What is the longevity of an oyser1'
"What is a soft crab?'
We affirm, and think we're far from being in
minority, the holy disputants could have just
well exhibited their "points, - just well twtted
and reved each other-just well dlsgraced their
profession-just as well engendered strife and ami
mostly. by making delicious Shrewsbury the
subject of discussio n instead Of the corpulent
cupant of the See of Canterbury, or any other See.
And, thus far the way in which the controversy has
been managed is perfectly ludcrous Neither OF
the combatants have budged STEP There they
stand beating the air, believing about the terms of
the contest, AID looking as valiant and ehecting
about as much as Don Quixotte when encounterng
the windmill.
DR.. Potts is particularly amusing He is capt.
tai specimen of the brawling, noisy frothy con-
troversialist One of those, evidently, who prefer
the fame of the pillory to obscurty He eagerly
snatched at the expression of his spiritual antago-
mist about church without bishop recognizing
in il, the nucleus of some " new thng"-some new
quarrel-some new excitement, which could BE-
turned to profitable account And, now that he has
got the fight commenced, and exultngly perceives
the dawning prospect OF public attention, what Is
he doing "Words words, words" He beats
about the bush-talks Of OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
every thing Defined and settled, and arranged,
and fixed elegantly and exactly as the tie Of his
own white neck-cloth, which, We must say, Ia rep
resented by the best authorities as quite unexcep-
tlouabe. But he don't come up to the scratch at
all And we b gin to doubt whether, after all,
Doctor Potts be the bes, man to collect the faggots
and set faction in right good, fierce, Kissing
blaze.
DR.. Wainwright is very good representative of
his sect-a sect whose clergy have been so long
provsrblal for turning up their noses at their
brethren of other denominations, whom many Of
them at least treat as low vulgar, inelegant, can't
ing fellows, who preach in barns, and know
thing, positively nothing" Of the usages of the
drawing-room. DR.. Wainwright is very gentle
manly man-very But he is bigoted, Liberal and
exclusive. He writes more accurately than his OPP
ponent but in logical skill srsumentative power,
and charity, both are very much par; and
WILL IN all humility, venture TO express the opinion,
from what we have seen, if each of the reverend
gentlemen were to receive some accessons to these
talents and that virtue, they would not be abso-
lutely exploded by the visitation. We think they
could, possibly, find room wherein safely TO stow
away the new consignment.
However, we shall watch the contest We give
to-day the first report from the field Probably, in
the course of week, the disputans may come TO
close quarters. In the meanwhile it is singular
enough to notice that at this very time-when the
religious world in this region is thus agitaed
by this controversy-away in the far west, the
Mormons are disturbed by another polenical dis
cusslon. Perhaps, after all, these squabbes ale
useful They relieve the ennui of the household Of
faith
Board OF EDUcArIoN. The commissioners form
ing thus board met last evening in the room of the
Board of Assistant Aldermen it being their stated
meeting. After the usual preliminary business, the
select committee to prepare amendments and alte-