New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1847-01-22
lCoHMUNICATiON

hr Editor During the months OF July and Au-
gust last there appeared several anonymous com
nuncations in the New-York Observer and Ihe
PRESBYTERIAN, sectarian newspapers published IN
the cities OF New FORK and Phlladephla' "hich We
deem it our DUTY TO notice
The writer in the Observer, who signs himself
B. w. c. and who purports 10 give an account OF
the " finnish" sect las he terms them IN the MIA
mi Valley, has shown such an utter disregard OIL
truth that we should have deemed HIM entirely I'M
worthy Of notice, but for the fact that The observer
has an extensive circulation and is looked upon 10y
many) as a respectable religious newspaper, the
Editor of which, being considered responsible Tor
whatever may appear in its columns, gives curren'
cy TO the falsehoods promulgated by b. w. c.
Our object is not to defend the people OF whom he
writes nor 10 enter into dortrina controversy
with any one Our object is TO state the truth
Tho charges contained in his account we Know
To be I'm the main untrue; nor have we rlght TO
believe any part Of it until vouched Tor ny better
authority than Il. w. c. who, whether he founded
his assertions on mere hearsay, or manufactured
the story himself shall leave MS merits 10 inc
decision of an impartial public
The society 20 which the writer aludes are n
congregation of MennOnst Baptlsts, who emigrated
i'm a body from Germany, and who, II they were
guilty of the practices and proicssed the uoC
trincs imputed to them by b. w. & coald have mel
Their fellowship nor privileges with the man BODY
of the Mcnnonists Having been born and brought
up among them, we feel some satisfaction IN beng
enabled to testify, that in point OF sobrety INDUS
try and good general moral character the different
| denominations of Mennonst Baptsts VIII lose no
thing by comparison with other denominations oi
Christians. And if they should be exceiied by
some other societies in this respect, We trust we
shall never be engaged in detracting from the mer
its of their superors by defaming them through the
columns the Public Press.
With regard to the personal attack and charge
/ of bigotry bv the writer in the Presbyterian, who
] - A. .lI wa
nil our intercourse with mankind we have never
! vet met with person OF much respectaoiiiiy or
| GOOD threading that would make one dress sub
| ect of public remark or observation. Those VINO
| do not belong to this class We seldom notice 10
the censurc for panness OF dress IN It's general ap
| plicatiOn to the McnnOnist Baptist, our anwer u.s.
that while we freely admit that it is a matter OF no
| moment whether we wear buttons or hooks upon
our coat, what may be the cut OF our garment
we contend that II is matter OF some consequence
TO the poor and unfortunate OF a society TO know
that their more favored and wealthy brethren VIII
not waste their income by extravaganza in dress
and other prodgality but will lin OF necessity
apply il 10 their relief And that they do not as Is
the case with very fashionable and rcputedy re-
| spectacle denomination, with whom n. ii. IS prob
ably well acquainted permit the respectabllity OF
a member of their church to rise and fall with his
wealth; nor display their brothery love and Gins
tian charity by permitting those of their members
who arc incapable of supporting themselves to be
/ como the tenants OF a poor house
The Mennonist Baptsts do not, as X. III. asserts,
! profess to be disciples of Memo Simon They de
pend not on any peculiar notions oil Memo simon
/ or any other man. With them the Bible is consd-
cred as the only rule OF faith Memo Simon is con
sidcrcd as an eminent Reiormer, and rcviver OF a
! doctrine which. according to several Mennonlst
Calyinis. and Papist writers, was held by the an
1 cicnt Waldenses
| To the sheer at the obscurity and ignorance OF
the Mcnnonists. it may be replied that If they have
not been DISTINGUISHED for great deeds and tempo
raj rcnown. neither has the escuicheon of their
fame been tarnished by the blood OF the innocent
| Quaker Nor does history give us arecord OF theis
having been so supremacy ignorant as to have sac
rifced the lives of their old women at the shrine OF
\ q relentless and hesthenish superstition.
Bv ridculing aud deiaming other denominations,
/ men be they ministers or aymcnl mag operate on
/ that pari OF their own particular sect who close
/ their eyes and their ears with determination tc
read and 10 believe nothing that does not avor those
whom thoy pretend to follow but they cannot 10y
such means subseye the cause OF God nor conduct
! to the best interests Of man. ,. Il.
KistacoGHaas, MiFia Co. Pa SPt p lsio.
! FlRE-Last evening FIRE broke out on the Sc
cond door of PIC Riycrsrect occupied AS Bndery by
Messrs NJ H. w 3. fraser. and immedisiely over IN.
Bookstore OF Messrs Young HART Most oil the slocs
of the Messrs Fraser was destroyed either by IRE Of
water and the large and valuable stock oil books IN h'
store of Messrs Young HART was eSrnsiSey inuIe'
by the water The hrc was confined py tne eNst'iUh
OF the hremen 10 the door which Il originated Ih'
accidental falling Of lighted lamp into box OF psPe
shavinss was the occasion OF the tire. Both The FRA
sers and Young s. HART were fully insured
Troy Wing. Tuesday.
! SUSPENSION BKIpGE-The Bill for the erection
Of suspension bridge the Niagara River near IN
Falls having been sanctioned by the Queen, the book
for subscription the Toronto Colonis states VAL shor
be opened by the Commissioners Ihe ~oIN WI % o'