New-York daily tribune., 1844-06-11
From the Courier L Enquirer
RFJnJYDER TO COL. WILLIAM |. stone,


ResDeclsd and Dear Sir:-On unfolding your
naner of The 6.f instant. felt g.atheG al ba!iOdns
your letter o five columns, ,nasmuch "a IL seeIleu
10 furnish the evidence o restored health III,
feeling however, was soInewha, Ganped 0v perusdi
of the letter which furnished 10 NY mind al least ~
uinsic evidence tha, YOU are sti lar 'ro oehs wen
That however, is matte! which leave IN the hand-
of the Faculty have read your long letter. hnI
II 10 be nothing but words, words, words. Indeed
II seems 10 me that have reiuted most oi II, even III
the form of words assertions "a II was presented
various times hy iir. Hiram heichum uhder MS o"
name There are but very few passages on "Dic
,hink il worth while 10 make any commentary. J.
s ,rne Won repeat some OF the assertions which nave
been made t,y the Editor OF the "raornlng paper
and which have, in his case, been proved by FACTS
10 have bsen faisekoods. II your repeuuoh couio
by any process make them true, tich ihceeu s'iou'
consider them worthy OF notice.
You have read my Two letters you nave seei
those letters composed OF facts ana arg uies, e'
you have not yentured more man hr. beii'ett !"
DENY single fact set forth by me III either. 1oH
have not been able 10 rebuff my arguments Oy '!e
abduction of single opposite fact; and so long a.
YOU leave these documents IN that silu.ton-so lo;s
will your letters and your columns and your para
graphs amount to words, words, words mere Us
serton and nothing more Now, SiI, between iacls
ON one side and mere assertion on the other have
no hesitation in leaving the matter TO the Judgmenl
of that tribunal before which We both stand
I will inst present for your consideration lew re-
Hections that have been suggested by the perusa OF
your letter. And first Of ALL allow me 10 say shall
pass over without comment the many paragraphs oi
allusion 10 mysel in which, no doubt, you suPposeG
Won were accomplishing ieats of satircal sublmit;
That you should shrink with horror IRON any KIND o.
partnership with Bennett, is precisely what antic-
pated, and precisely what caused me to express my
regret that YOU should have selected for yourself, IL
his regard the position in which my letters, or rather
your own course exhibited you. fou say
i,lr
nant tudo5nes The aSsocatpn. set forth "a spec
rneu Of wa, Of your friends hay' styled most cun
and iirucl appeal instead OF the passions
@ about much rcd taste 10 say n6thng OF It. arsu
lnent if should couple your name with that oi the cee
:'Whai Rev Sir DO you shrink from the association We!
Won mny and Will not make it. But Monroe Edwards e.
your own Church: e Ike yourself IS an able and acc2n
atiacks made him IN the pewspspeti Siu VIII n1
in the ass9e;on although ~; . eonnfy ~ ~ VIII C
rbcb cannot be any Offensive you than supposed
seoed %oSd Py n samc to the public should even
the head and tail Of TIE Roin!sh anchrist
thank You, Sir, for not pressing this association
too closely And yet il | had endorsed the notes oi
Mr.. Monroe Edwards, as you did those OF Bennett,
do not see bow could escape II. \ on understand
the value of the term in commercial affairs, ana lis
moral bearing is somewhat analogous. BESIDE,
YOU cannot plead ignorance of the character OF the
Hmorniug paper from which you copied. Not 50
in regard 10 those who imposed upon by Ed
wards Until the jt,saie OF his career, very honor
able and intelligent men were deceived by hn. Bul
Bennett had not this advantage over you, for you
knew him well. Ii, therefore, | had been uniortu
nate enough 10 be in any manner connected with
such q nun as Monroe Edwards, under the same
circumstances as YOU identified yourself with The
{" Roman Catholic Editor OF the morning paper"
should certainly feel mortified; but Go not see
that ought TO be offended AT being reminded OF th
connection. The is eSpating the guilt OF hs
boId iniu the
ating his also in his own way. But believe thai
in reference 10 both, your opinion and mine would
exhibit sufficient agreement. Ii seems TO me that
the picture of each may bc found drawn with sui
6cient dstinctness in the lines OF the poet
"He who steal. my purse steals trash; but he who fchc
from me my good name ro,s me OF that, which not enTches
him, but makes ue poor Indeed.
Which of the characters here imagined by the
poet, is the more despicable it is not difficult 10
certain. But YOU say Monroe Edwards is a Catho
lic This NAV be. The Catholic Religion has fur
nished as bad men as any other; sui wish tom
ouire whether you make this assertion OF your own
Knowledge or not. | hope YOU have not again
trusted to some morning paper but at any rate,
it is rule in logic that what is graiultousiy as
.erred NAV be gratuitously denied | deny, there
fore. tho assertion that Monroe Edwards is Roman
Catholic, and call on YOU Tor The proofs
If was waste OF words for Won 10 undertake
proving that made Speech at Carroll Hall. But
il was not ingenious on your part 10 suppress or
overlook the fact, that you among others baa en-
deayored TO bring the Representatives, OF the People
under the nicWitous obligation of refusing 10 grant
the petition, however just II might be, OF those who
,vished an alteration III the School Laws. This WIS
Ihe unseRerous trick 10 which | lately called
vour attention. Ii was YOU and yonr colleagues
Who first mingled Religion with Politics IN that
question. And whilst you recommended those ex-
clusively who should oppress one portion of the
People, my recommendation was tor those who
should do justice TO at classes
,I,. nj
Common School education have very little TO say.
Nv own preference would bs for a system which, II
n ware practicable, might a0w-without interfering
with or infringing the provisions oi the iow-eac'i
denomination 10 instruct It's OWN children III lis o"n
peculiar views OF Religion. But II this cannot he
done then, for my own part, l am resigned to an!
system in which the rights guaranteed by the Con-
srtuton shall be secured 10 the children ot each de-
nomination. equally. This is aIl--and | presume
that in this unless the trainers OF tae Coasitu'ion
made great bundcr in allowing liberty o! con
SCIENCE al all, YOU will find nothing 10 cavl at. As
~ ,bs Bibla in The Common Schools, see 10 great
oh;cction 10 it, provided il be in conformity WIFI the
nrncmIes jus, laid down. Ii You force the Catholic
R;hle ON Protestant children against their Will, you
infiict an injury, in my opinion, on the rehgious
rights OF those children and their parents anu tie
injury is lust as great violation ol night II You
foycs the Protestant Bible on Catholic children
against their WILL or that OF their parents II seems
10 me- that Won will hardly question The correctness
Of this yiewand you do not, then there Is nothing
between us 10 dispute about. As 10 Inc PROTESTANT
version 10 the examination Of which you invite my
attention, think i, would be work OF supereroga-
ton. Or, il you determined on that subject, YOU
will he pleased TO begin by ctutins the many very
learned and able critics Of the Protestant Com
munion, who hsye rejected the version OF kins
James, and adopted recommended others, for
reasons which they alcse and "htcn You can al
tempt to reute ii You please.
You seem disposed to hold me accountable toT
whatever may be said in the pspers that are nomi'
nally or really Ca,holic-such the Freemaas
Journal and others Ny last letter ought 10 satisfy
YOU that regard free press essential 10 the
woll-being OF, . free country" Accordingly, | ex-
ercise no censorship OF authority these or any
other papers. Each OF them has lis own Editor
and 90 far as | am concerned | wish him to cujoy
the same rights, subject to the same responsibilities
which are enioycd by the Editor o. tue Commercial
Advertiser. III h. violates the honorable irast repos
ed in him By the public, by deceiying tnoSc who
pect truth fiom The conductors OF a public press,
then let him be held accountable. The only paper
= -. .,, ION with ,s The EreeggQNS Jour