Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1853-08-25


would they should do unto you'-for him
to have inquired of parties, who were
present on the occasion, as to the truth IN
this matter, rather than do as he did.
Namely: to seek to smuggle what he ad-
mits to be mere street tattle into our
paper, which was calculated to injure an
opposition clergyman, 1.-THE purity of
whose purpose he could not have doubt
ed;) and that, too, under the pretence of
protecting the latter's reputation.
We knew too much of the world to be
gammoned by any such communication;
and seeing through the thin veil of bogus
public spirit, and affected zeal for the rep
utation Of the clergyman to be thus glib
bcted, we treated his attempt on us as we
think it deserved.
In his communication to the Clipper, he
accuses us of leaning to the Catholic
church, ofnot being independent, &C., and
indirectly threatens tohave US overwhelm-
ed with Protestant vengeance. We have
lived longer in this community than the
reverend gentleman himself, and have an
idea that we know our fellow Protestants
here better than he seems to know them.
We feel at liberty to assure him that he
is barking up the wrong tree" in es-
saying to induce them to crown with
their appreciation, an anonymous assault
against clergyman of another church,
avowedly made upon street tattle only,
and without due inquiry in the proper
quarter as to the truth of its hypothetical
allegations. As fer our part, we do not
conduct religious paper, and don't care
tinker's whistle for the success of one
church overanother i'll any such squabble.
We fancy, too, that the Protestants of
Washington, as class, are as disinclined
as We are to the generation of religious
strifes here, and will thank us for treating
the effort to use US to initiate them, as
we did.
AS for our independence, which the
reverend gentleman assails, we have to
assure him that we are already quite ac-
customed to having it thus questioned.
Every fellow who fails to get us to grind
his axe, is "down on" us with similar
insinuation. Men who fail to get office,
and then fail to get us to publish, gratis,
their attacks on those who have refused
them place, say that we are not indie
pendent of those in power. Toadies of
Cabinet Ministers and Heads of Bureaus,
whose puffs of their patrons we reject as
balderdash, designed only for their own
benefit, swear that we are not Independent
where Wing patronage is concerned. Men
who come to us with private grievances,
in local or business affairs, which We de-
cline to undertake to set right, las being
none of our business,) go off solemnly
impressed with the idea that we are pub
fishing under the influence of Mr.. A, B, or
C, where A, B, or C's interests are con-
cerned. The reverend wielder of this
("truth") stiletto, in questioning our in
dependence, because we refused to hold
his victim, as it were, while he stabbed
his reputation, is merely singing the old
song in our ears. Well tell him a Sc
cret. 1t is music on which we thrive.
We desire every one around us, disap-
pointed in getting us to grind their axes,
to growl away after the same fashion.
Their "piping" will put more dollars in
our pockets in the end, than we should
make by standing ready to do everybody's
dirty, malicious, or dishonest work, in
the hope of currying favor with all the
world.
AS for the Clippers share in this con.
troversy-that paper having volunteered
to act as bottle-holder for our reverend
antagonist-we have to remind it's con-
ductors, that when two clergymen, who
insisted on praying, unasked, with the
convict Conner, were refused permission
to do so, they were ready to fight the
world (if we are not mistaken) in defence
of religious liberty thus outraged. When
they can reconcile their position on that
occasion, with their comments on this, |
what they say may be worthy of reply. !
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