New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1844-01-08
woe. EEa. NO. S3:3s.


from rabid rage for controversy or from any
overweeuing as to my own ability, that have
thus turned aside from my more congenlal &C
cupaiion; bat from CONVICTION OF the IinPro-
| pretv Of letting 50 offensive an ctlct OF eXcon.
muncatnn pass unchailcnged.
When Dr. Wainwright, a gentleman, a scho-
ar, Christian minister IN each Of which titles
there seems to he implied the idea OF refined
teeiingS we'll as bland mannerS.) has taken 50
public, extraordinary an occasion. for the p'lr
pose Of unchurching the whole Of Protestant
Chris,endom, the Churches OF Germany, Swift
zcrIand France, Great Britain, Holland aad
Amcric5--iEi except the preiaticaE bodies IN
England and this country--it surely is HIGH time
10 demand tina. the public should be pat in pos
session of the evidence BY which SO bold and un-
iinching an assertion Is to be sustaned or If
that evidence is not forthcoming, it is equally
hlg:l tame that the cnormlty Of the assumption
should be exposed. There are hundreds who
can perform the task better than myself, but still!
| believe it is not task which requires the
strength Of giant.
And now TO the point; for VIII overlook many
Objectionable matters suggested IN your letter,
because am anxious TO reach the man point as
speedily as possible. The sooner we settle those
bearings Of the discussion which are merely
personal the better will our readers be satisfied.
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0i'c'oii'i1u az I.,'"atp" ~ IN d;soto
'n.'- g.'l' c..I oDuones IsI
YOU i.oi'i m '.io
w. ~ '','ui''oi'
posi'ipn 50 as 70 lin slc ,'1 a.. -
lrr'so az ~; l,a,
''loui" 1"ic 10y ~
5l,,u -" Ia" pn, - 49, n,ado ~ s1cI
10y VA s,sr5 NOW, ,yaro Won stood
49, o1,,,.;, ,l,o dosooadots or ,hc p,,rtans
Me'i .''I
o0 nave l'oee'! ue,'IO 'uy ''1.0 ~
s''e' % eA'uSi'.' o''' .''' 80
hot '!'e PFl'Ue y'u s.ii,Lc' Hy,S'.' n ,
oAo' 1sl1o az -, , ,o =; 20
ny '''''o' ~ ~ ,oa,Ir, C,rson, ,5oro
'si''o'i |r.,I aorod .,,,l ,,o,nr,blo nano
epNps Os G@ w. Lr, r;tIow what
-. c,sr;.t ,,n Il;,I;nn podoonor M.
"''iio"' O''1,s1 W.. - c,L..+,s
u't'HJ"' u n'S"'P' Do' ~ ~ ou' - ~
Church, III inc most esSciisiai meaning VI ''iI
phrase, is 10 DC out Vi VIC P!'ic VI s,a '",'oii' @
hence to affirm that there is no Cnufch unless II
nave d prcia'e, 10 ~ piil,ii ''i'' ''."s t,i"'
very lar toward sii0t'4i'$ !ic"'eii IS ''t 'i' "oi
OF Protestant Chustcndom with the exception OF
yourselves
Now, ithcsc consequences naturally flow from
your positions ask again II 1t IS not necessarily
an 3" offensive position. AND whether, therefore
you did moi assume an offensive attitude when
you uttered Let US scttic inns point irs' ana
afterwards consider INC plea OIL pfoNocatloh Whch
you otter Ill scli-Whdica,ioi, ana we sii 'ic'' DC
prepared " Judgc ol Tic 3FoPflcty ol your dl-
tempt to alter the issue. our object my dear
sir, IS 10 exchange places with me. 80 l Judge
from the drift OF your letter IN winch you speak
of ''thc public attack" have made upon you
ofmy having given you "a challenge and dctl-
ance;'' of my having forced you to follow me as
ga combattnt' IN "a oaiiy newspapers; ana
finally, 1T the close OF your letter you leave inc
post you assumed on The ":d pcccuocf' aiiu caii
upon me opfovc my hcga'iVeo your P'op''s'tioil'
In short, you wish to assume the attitude oil DC
tcndanl III this case, andto present Inc III the cha
rac,cr Of an ;tssal!an;. Ihls IS very ancient
eApedlcnt III controversy and IS always rcsoftcd
to by dlspu'ans VINO WISH TO avert rom taG''i,
selves if'c pu'a''oi 81 l'is'''s lus.y l'oVohou
fci'S'o"' cohlio'Irsy 'a 10 SUI "a r
lhy OF the oy-s',ioe!S' DIS ""'i'o'''y aSsai'" o'
SONS. "ui'i't ''i'' . az "'' III
th 1t eau DC SHOWN '''' 90'' o'''''o' Al S ~
stance cl'iIil IT, .......,..,
W. ,f ,,,,r boarars hn,
y upon '' 'on"o'o . s,i;,, Ch,,r' ,,,d
upon ''io ~ Wv W.T. ,,o, -, -
ministers III ''s ~, nr;nc;ne, ~ the
or mo-" 1@s So and do not chnnrc its ren i
ol"lpsS' .oies anu YOU vo hold i common with
n , ,2l nf ~, ca,hoI;c Church you can.
the S''%' p'uy u Wv ,I};sl,,
rot eVaoe ~ t p' r.Snons;
,c,so al; pl,e',s'ro ' Nnr magnc more bel
nii''l "il ,a, of rho renarks which i'm
',cca,on,n;od an arena g
,r"n'., down and l,kiog I'D Of The gauntcl-
'o"',s -. -; 7haf ,brre cannot he
l,,.,,!,', RShon ask whether was
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