Holly Springs gazette., 1845-01-10
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II DEAa SIN Ia he l6eat 81 the I7th Dee.
fnd cosnmuaieae - addressed sothe editor q
hat sheet, and signed sEn gene III ssssnsy. ufiel
calls for some attention from the friends OF tr rdI
and justice, moi beca nse itconfains much offrti
or fair dealing bal tecause Of its paiPabe false
hood and misrePresentato lions.
The article suppose was intended as a salu-
tary rebuke . the Memphis Annual Conference
oC ne Methodist Episcopal Church. for having
dared At IFS Iaie session in oarnereslle, to pass
certain resolutions on the spread of. RoEsanisnl
10 lie Uaited States, warning The pe0pleof their
charge, against the insidioas snares into which
there is an attempt to draw hem BY the jesuiti-
ca! teachers Of the self-siyled Catholic Church.
The following is an extract from this exlraor-
| dinary production. "Mr. Van P-lt on looking
2rer the Eagle Of the 9sh inst, see piece head
! ed 'Protestantism Awaking' The article thu
headed is the preamble and resolutions passed at
a recent session of the Methodist Episcopal
Church. held al Sommeryille II ttiS preamble
it is declared that if the church had acted in
good faith TO the Christian religion, they woult',
every member o. it, have vindicaied it at the
ballot box last month. For if any one power ev-
er gained triumph, the Pope Of Rome and the
Roman Catholic worshippers. gained one then
over Protestantism. Now sir, see by this, thai
our friends the Methodists, are about preparing
a christian party in politics sure enough"
Now sir, ii is rot my intention to enter into any
formal controversy with the writer Of this arti-
Gle in defence Of ProteztanliSm or for the plr-
pose OF exposing the errors and heresies of Ro- |
manism Even should seek controversy with
any one on the subject l could never consent to /
the degradation CT breaking 4 lance with so un-
fair & unsklful an Antagonist as this newspa-
per scribbler. In relation to he above x:ract t
have only 10 say that. in the whole oft, there is
no. one word OF truth, except the simple fact the
article alluded was headed as he states. By re
ferring to the Eagle Of The Oh Of Dee il will be
seen that the heading and the entire language
quoted By the writer as a part OF The preamble
and resolutions passed by the Conference, is he
language and views ofthe Editor of the Eagle,
cont aimed in a brief editorial which pfeceacd he
preamble and resolutions. This fact was known
c Mr. Magevney when he wrote the cummunica-
lion for the Appeal II is a moral impossibiIi.y
hat this could have been an oversight, and stu
1idity should moi at least be attributed 10 peda-
;ogue To what then mnst we attribute this !
srosS misrepresentation, since It cannot be set G
ownto the account Of ignorance, except to . j
oftIuth aad studied disregard Of [
cannon honesty. It is manifest that failing to d
nd anything in the preamble aad resolutions s
y aaimadverting en- which he could eralif, his '
Morbid appetite for slander. he seizss hold on 2 >
arr Of the editorial and SETS i down as The Ian
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