Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1848-09-09

appears that which pufFbfLs ~ lte d reply
~ Cttftlils. ". does admit the i%fipf4pfie@
II uf his publication IN relation to q res
t,eetabls Minister Of The Gosppl, II he had
tlpta this The whole matter would have
been Terminated. w. seems 10 be Bnable
or unwilling to understand thH oIiert aud
reasoning Of Guftius; aud The issue which
be- has thought proper 10 make with w.
! H. saBlns to bH hpwildpfpd and confused
# bout other isst,ss ard other Que eti10s
Witch Cnttas deems II itt1iinB6rtaHt IL dis
r,lss. Ffum The severe epithets which he
sotnntildaz uses Il IL supposed thai hs IL
somewhat httilHd. There IL no need II
excitement 81 The present 0ctation. II
affords no aid in Discussion where fHa SON
alone pefvajps. II IL II bad substitute for
atHtrnent. Hfd II faihpf dangerous to
hsaltlI tlis het weather. Il IL hest for ia
both to keep perfectly eUnE aud we ellail
understand one another better, and ina
yet learn 10 appreciate onH another tight
~ The bpwiIjeftttaht alt0tlt objects and
izsuas aud nttef matters bss probably Afi~
sen from excited feelings, nj all events It ls
necessary IN Ibis state oflhinEs 10 he so
eIeaf ard distinct that arpfy thing IN Ilis
matter o~fifnpettahee tnaY BE- easily undar.
ztnod. The 0Iijaet Of Cittins was IL OPP
pvse au attack on personal character in
The public prints-ah attack ~ which the
press interIerad with the pulpit, when the
Minister was lawfully exercising biz 6wh
tights in sustaining The uHagss Of bis
church, This was the position assumed
by Cuttifs. Ills nov and will bs hereaE
tef maintained ut MI hazards, notwithslan
Ding the tbfpathine inlinations of w.
Aud this position wi ba susta ined by The
good sense Of M intelligent community.
For II involves the freedom anil rights ot
every church In The land.
II il moi i personal matter. The TACT
tiHt w. was personally unknown to Our.
tits was thought 10 he Il sufficient glatan.
leo against Ito being considered a pnrshn=
81 affair. Thn question is moi whetIief
the minister lid ~ dill moi sustain the
position which he took in %tRlhtion To dan.
cirg. With This Cttrtihs has nothing to
do. His position might h i've bsen right
and badly sustained, of II might have been
wrong, II is not known to Cuftitts what
was The position taken except from uncer
tain repoft, whaterefit might have been,
The Minister had n right IN chou Is HE own
position md sustain the taagss of his
church In hta owl way. w. urges Cnflias
TO take this p sition MI dHfes him toDfhs
discussion, This il strange ind fd, when
he knows That Cuttius has expressed Tho
opinion that ''sttfh papsrs as 3bo Gazette
and Advocate were moi intended Tor The
discussion If he merits or elements of dan.
cling, but for bihef PURPOSES" Aud when
he knows that CutttIs has A lrea ny pointed
ont to him "atnple ields' in which he can
exercise his abiliti 8 rs the champion Of
dancing without infringing on The rights Of
htlers. The Consequences Of such discus.
sions In ths fapers bas lately been seen in
n nrighbofine city. But Tbs question IL
whether such publications as w. has
made Ii tight or wrong I Whether pubIi
cations attacking personal character and
interfering with lhe pulpit In sustaining The
usageH Of The church are 10 be allowed In
thia community az things proper and
right.
Hut what was The language Which he
used in his publication 7 lie expressed
himself in The following manner, in rela.
ton to the Minister 4: "Candor cotupels
me 10 any Of him that with n lack Of n1d.
fsty That was al once disgusting and in.
sultina 10 n respectable hndience-~-he
launched fofth IN II noisy and senssless
TRADE againet dancing In The abstract,
alike unworthy Of his calling Of Of The Dig
nifty Of The sacrcd desk"
10 justify ibis personal attack Of amin.
lister in the public prints, he now under.
takes to maintain that the clergyman was
the asaailant aud that he was tho assn lied.
Bu this could not have been the case iftho
"tirade" was against NJ one personally,
but ''against dancing IN the abstract" un-
less he and dancing he one and the same
thing. But surely they are not identical.
II was not himself but the practices in
which he perhaps INDUCED, which we're
assailed. l. i proper and right for every
one whose practices nay be condcmned
from the pulpit to console themselve "as~
sailed and ~ Il matter OF self defence to
attack The preacher by means Of the press
or in some other way. Ifthis were al
ways done it would be productive ofa
singular state of things. If The press could
always be used for such purposes when
persons thought themselves aasaiied, every
aspirant after literary distinction could
have an opportunity for the display Of his
abilities in jnsttfabte attacks on the pulpit,
no QUESTION nn morals OF theology which
condemned the practices Of these writer's
could be touched by Il Minister, except at
the peril of being dragged into the public
prints TO defend his doctrines aud even bis
character there. And as all conscientious
NJ nisters would maintain their wv doc
trines at all hazards, the political and fami-
ly newspapers would be converted into an
Of moral theological and personal
controversy.
w. may rest assured hat such a state
of things would not be permitted, neither
by the press nor by the people ofthls city.
Having disposed Of the main question it
remains TO notice some incidental things.
The poetry al the head of the introduc.
ton looks somewhat warlike. Bot il Is
considered as rather harmless and excites
no fears. In the first paragraph there IL
attempt at wit about the six weeks
which elapsed between the appearance Of
the two productions, and W. speaks ofthe
''labonred journey of siz weeks" It is
unfortunate for the witticism that it is
founded in truth. Did he not see the