Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1854-05-17

elusive in regard to any language have
used, l will take such language back in
the same public manner it was used
This is fair and honorable proposition.
think. There need be no difficulty
whatever in deciding upon the merits of
the opinions and conduct of any man,
provided an appeal be made TO some ac-
knowledged law or standard by which his
conduct or opinions are to be judged. l
intended to make finished Job of this
before l am done with it, and settle it not
to the satisfaction of our enemies, but to
the satisfaction of every disinterested per-
son who may read my articles, both in the
church and out of it.
l will prove that the doctrine advan-
ced, with excited the holy horror of Mr..
Cooper, "that some persons are about as
the Lord can make them out of the mate
rial," is the doctrine of the Methodist
Church and of the bible. This is only the
equinoctial storm. When that is over, we
have shall delightful spring,a lovely sum
mer, and a rich autumn. One of the
greatest men of the age has said, that
" the evils arising from controversy are
transient, while the good is permanent
and enduring"
l honestly think in the meantime, that
owing to the stand taken by the editor of
this paper in the defence of our church in
several ably written editorials when she
was assailed in the columns of the - Re-
more than our thanks. l would sugges
therefore, that the friends of the NJ. E.
Church make an effort to double the sub
scription list of the Democrat" 1t
can be done, and it ought to be done as
an act of sheer justice. This would ena-
BILE the Doctor to enlarge his sheet, and
procure more substantial article Of pa
per. AS an inducement to those who
read this, l would state, that Wesley
Smith, by the request Of the preachers and
people in the different places where he
lecLured in defence Of the NJ. E. Church,
has prepared his lecture for the press
1t is clear. digniied and unanswerabIe
argument. and in the estimation Of every
diSinlerested person who heard both lee
lures, a most triumphant REPUTATION of the
allegations set forth in the lecture of Mr..
Kelly, delivered in milford, CIarksbur5
and other places, and will make a pam
Phlet of seventy or eighty pages. DR..
Dolbeare is to have the printing of it,
But the inducement to enlarge the sub
scription Of the " Democrat" is this l
will procure a copy of Wesley Smiths
lectures to be published in the columns
of the Democrat" first before it is pub
lished in pamphlet form.
Now, then. long pull. a strong pull.
and pull altogether. and launch the old
Doctors Democratic" ship INTO deep
water so tina it may never run aground.
A WESTERN VlRGINIAN.
After his usual self -congratuIations on
the success of his "clear, dignifed and
unanswerable arguments" the Reverend
gentleman asserts that sit is not Wesley
Smith Us. Mr.. Cooper. but it is the NJ. E.
Church Us. Mr.. Cooper" and labors hard
to create the impression that that worthy
christian denomination. upon which he
hangs like an incubus. is arrayed against
US, and we against it. This is so notori-
ously one of his own home manufacture,
as scarcely to need refuting, and it has
probably crept into his article in spite of
his attempted reformation. through force
of habit. If, however. the attempts of
several Of his superiors in the ministry to
dissuade him from the publication of his
abuse of us, upon the grounds that he
did not understand our position-that we
were not antagonistic to their church /;
the fact that eleven members of the NJ .
E. church at West Milford have subscri-
bed for the Register since the publication
of his articles, and that the general; ex.
bers Of his church are in accordance with
the following extract from letter to US
from prominent member. a class-lead-
err. we believe) ofthe NJ. E. Church, does
not prove the assertion false, we may, per-
haps, be mistaken:
april 9th, 1854.
DR.. SIR: l will
not associate with any man who will
compose or endorse any such stuff writ
ten by minister Of the gospel, as ap-
pears over the signature OF " A Western
Virginian." l would be glad if you
would give him the best you have got in
the shop. If you cannot do it yourself.
get somebody to help you. but be careful
not to direct your gun against the church.
Remember the church has not in ured
you. for do contend that Smith is not
the Methodist Church. That church
contains a great many high.minded and
honorable men who will not endorse his
conduct.
"Yours as ever,
We do not feel that we are considered