New-York daily tribune., 1844-06-07
TgE 'TRTBiINE
LETTER FROM WILLIAM /. STONE
To JoHy HUGHES, uko sty!es h'mst.f Bisaop Q
Se,r-T TsrE

Ii, sail "a under cover OF a communicate
70 our worthy Mayor, you cndeavored TO give pro
n;nence 10 nv IN connection win ccrtsi', !.-
,uIt,es and disagcceable associations III winch you
IL is,slv becomc involved. feel called upcn no.
;,,stsndins nv continued Illness. 10 make some
renly had some thought OF leaving you IN -
Gladiator attitude in which you have vo"ntrriN
nl.ceJ Yourself in Your contest with Benhett-e
rone., in which present the most sing uiar spec
tsclc OF a wang ushed man ashamed OF the an'aSon
whom he had himself assaied. and by whom he +
vd.nIly been dei-a,ed. In your second letter, whi
I did not see until most. oi what | now address ~
you was written. Ia fact by In" way, which viii s"'
count for some things liz Inns which would other" -
have heen pu, in u somewhat different shape yup
address ,surseli 10 personally alih hnugh II =
m,ossible 10 disguise the miserable Tuse in "h ~
you seek TO give respectabty 10 contest oil WHICH
you are sar,ilv ashamed, by placing al the head o
your epi,e the name OF one individual, when youf
f,c,. vour arguments, assumed dignity. y"ir
forced galvanized wit. ali bestowed upon anolhrr
should no, perhaps have regarded this OF li,s
name in your-cock fight with tine Herald, and ml.tt
have permitted YOU employ IL for the amuse;nsh
of the ring bn sir flttery in certain quarters his
made YOU ,nsoent YOU aim To carry II with sone
portions of the public hv assuming swa5sering Hir
which contrasts strangely with the affected m"el-
meas appearing in other parts Of your first teplste-
The bad ofueuce O, such tone might be increased
by INV remaining silen, under Sour repeated and M
s,,ltinr .se OF nv name. Besides, whether YOU
meant not there are some tlings IN your Letter
Of grave moment
There arc conclusions from ii TO which wish 20
call the attention OF thu public, although your wa
ty NAV have entirely coneeaed IRON you the leg IT.
mate differences be derived rcn oi your oT7n
most enphatc declarations. ln tnus eddfess's
YOU. sir. shall use language piln and distinct 10
Us muck courtesy due rrsari and proper u
swer 10 The JesuI,sm of your letter TO Msyor lIrr-
per will permit. shall take shelter under no ti-
frmations of meekness 80 often repeated as 10 b.
come stale and nauseous even 10 the least ihstii-
Gus. shall not, in almost every paragraph call riy
Maker witness the purity aud sincerity "i my mo-
tives. | shall affect mawk!sh, sentimental love
OF peace. or seek to initiate thar gentle nssuInp on
of meek and quiet spirit, in which the mid author
Of the Carroll Hall hsiangues sres ut 10 indulge
There is some faese too fine. There is not only an
ambition overeaps. but also an art whIch o'r-
reaches itself, and produces other effect than 10
blind the one who il 10 what is pslpabiy visible
TO every other eye.
The acts aud f,cts on which take issue with
you done IN cornrr ] here Gre those
who are familiar with the .tate oil things IN regard IL
our puhiic schools before YOU came upon The stage
of religion. and political acton III New OK. Thy
know that these schools pr0sp' rous peuce-
full harmonious and attended by the most encorr
aging results before YOUR name was associated wi'h
the question; aud they also know that simu!irG-
eous with your uncaled for interference, s:rie, DIS
cord and the most unhallowed passions have Tor
years been rife. The papers directly under lcur
control-so directly under your control, say. md
| shall prove mat YOU iiiN 10 all lUtefts Dt r.
garded as their responsible editOr-have certainty
not been disrug guished Tor iha, lsnblke spirit, thai
breathing of love God and good will 10 man, in
which your letter 80 sbuund-, and whIc. seems 10
have so enrapiurcd some trauscendenial editors who
would have us believe TINT they belong TO The most
liberal party the universe. aud that therefore, b.
cause. they are 80 far removed from Rome, they
entitled TO be considered the most candid and npgI-
tia Judges that could be found.
In the oveIhowing rapture with which you con-
templated YOUR own picture of your own eXuberan;
charity, love, meekness and humble resignation to
the Divine WILL under prosecutions for righteous
ness sake, you seem 10 have utterly forgotten that
there are Pro,sstants who read the Truth Teller
and the Freernan's Journal, and who are familiar
with the tone which has for years been manifested
by those pure religions papers. Ii must be well
known, indeed how free they have kept from all
political strife, in comparison with other Journals
like them, devoted 10 the Interests OF peculiar r. IL
eious sects-especnliy, for example, such party IL,
cendiary prints as The New-York Observer, Baptist
Advocate and Christian lntelliseucer. Above all
must YOU have forgotten your own report OF that ~
nous Carroll Hall harangue, the remembrance at
which you Supposed you could obllterate by col-
Meeting il with the name Of Beunett. Whatever
claims you may assert TO the gentleness and meek
ness of the dove cannot charge you here with Tie
wisdom OF the serpent. on should have examined
YOUR files of the Freemans Journal before you ven
tured upon what doubtless seemed 10 YOU Your
most triumphant and impregnable position. You
might in that case, have been saved from the ms
erahle apology which you are reluctantly con-
PEELED 10 present in second letter. NAMELY, HAT
Bennett did not report you right, lalilough wo d
for word in direct continuation with the report oi
YOUR own organl simply because the latter caa-
,aned more the same rhetoric yet IN no respect
altering the meaning force oi what YOU re-
presented in the Herald to have said
Ever bear in mind, reverend SIR, that you did lot
call that repor, simply dcicient censuie ii as con-
tanning ONLY part of your speech, although coutct
as lar as went, but YOU 81, led II peryersion,
caricature. burlesque, The base coinage OF Ben
neus own brain, or " such speech as his reporter
thought proper 10 make. OuT prote slant Bishops
whom ' on visit 80 prousely with your meek a!d
gentle censures would not so easily have forgotten
circumstance OF such nature. 1t would have
formed marked in their lives, which would not
90 soon have escaped from their memories. So r,~
quent, so long protracted have been your political
conflicts that YOU NAV be readily excused for Rot
remembering all your political speeches, all the
circumstances under which they were reported
And well ior the dignity and gentleness OF your late
Episcopal epistl- that twas The stirring Hlher-
pian rh.torc of that Carroll Hall harangue had ii
arisen TO your recollection during the placid hours
in which YOU were writing that most Catholic pro
duction, would have made harsh discord with the
holy emotions of love- good viii and gentIe charity
with which your heart WAS ted. The laundering
sound OF the shilicans, III all Your EpScopt
dignity YOU called upon them not To finch III the CO.
ming political contest would have actula,ed llie
milk of human kindness; the tunultuOuS uproar III
tho Irish cheering would but i'll have 5, ,mpathzrd
with tho train o, calm and pious meditation IN which
you indulgrd, on The deprayity OF human nature,
exhibited in the wickedness Of Bennett, and in the
wanton persecution ot so quiet and unobrusve an
individual as yourself.
But, sir, to ,he point. Was that Carroll Hail
speech actually made and in substance uttered Us
set down in the Herald and Freemens journal, and
afte.ward copied into the Commercial Adyertiseri
This, si, is an issue OF your own choosing. Ii is
the true issue and YOU know ii. 1t is matter
Of more or less but did you actually say what
Bennett reports you 10 have said How much
more oi the same you may have ute. ed makes
no difference. Is Benefits report burIesqne,
earicature, false representation Your assertion
that il is so Us the foundation ot all your positions
| nigh, r. gard what YOU say IN Your second letter
asa cognovlt on this poiut, but prefer making ii
matter OF argument, because can thus more easi,
use il as the ground O: certain views | wish pre-
sent, With YOU it is Indispensable position. II
is the basis OF all Your charity 10 ycur encm,es.-