Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1856-07-11
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Asr the touching eu.reaty Of the editor of IN, wb,v n
~ dvavered IRON ths preachers, Of cannot nnet
any more Discussion bis rcaess but |, /. due "a me IN
~ee allowed ies words Of psrso.ai vindie.siou. o,
chargcs made In Mr.. Reads las letter. rerr., th.. he
s"~d de from calm discussion 70 as.sl me personally
and Il purely 10 the grave charges he has made
Ia 10. letter. nov ask moments hearing.
am charged With 'suppressing the truth" la print.
Ing the d. y Assembly, action Of iss5 and the n X Of
81 parallel columns because did also print the act
al rs o. 4, which the q. Il has never formally .oo,
whilt the ~ \. has and because did not print tr =
set,o" Ut 1896, which Wa rs-aiirmaon Of 1850
aud h.s rot been printed by Mr. r. himself printed IL
th"- because In his first letter. says referring 20 ,
cry ATTIC" Of l550we willing 70 .re the text Of
y" minutes placed In side columns With the Of ours
ad "iie the is-ac did not take the intense N. 4 ac
ton oi 1868, which first the Hghf 10 my letter but
Ia" very act Of 1880 be referred to- yet ~h.n do
What he "~iiling' to have done, he charges with
sapPr~~sng the TRUTH Had "mislaid any records
which he could have furnished the charge might had
cnor nj iairoess but whcu record il adduc,
by h'n IL looks rather like oppression Of the truth
= He makes elaborate attempt convct me of in.
consistency. This he Does by taking srntence in which
spoke Of onr asssabiy in the plain.st terms. and ma
ks refer TO me as ndiridHai and then charging me-
on this perverted sentence, with mon
consistency. !" mot knowing where or who am" Sc
said that the Assen,biy had neither condemned nor
adopted the action Of 1915 formally and In detail: he
makes me say that as an indiridiai do not either
adopt or condemn 10, but remain
did not say, and which would not he tru. 1
reer letter the proof Of thi. Tact and IN. mo-,
unfair Use Of INV words that Mr. T. has thu. made can.
hoi but think inadvertently. Hut the charge iusef /. this
thai la 1916 voted that the church for sixty years had
uttered sAbldataHy the sentiments" and ia 1856
say that the utterance q all the cords and settlements OF
1918, woild be radcalism | say STILL without sl,a-
dow OF inconsistency and did Mr. r. HIMSELF n effect
when he defended the action 1918 in his Southern ma
n.s'o That action denounced slavery In strong terms
anil urged its abolition That in 1918
and as a,ref6y those FROM their stand poi.f il was
sab"anfiatty the position take in resisting
the Abolitonsts-thc position Of conservative friends
true liberty But TO say the words and urge the
Abolition OF slavery nor in the altered relations Of this
whole subject would be adicasn. To WRITE a. Jefferson
wrote once conservatism thcn do would b,
raiicalisn, and Jefferson himself would do alive
Hence, whilst Assembly agree, stbsfdntaiiy with
Bxt-r and Specie &c of 1918, they do also what the,
men lid Themselves before they died. refuse TO utter the
same words. and urge the things now Ia the a.r.
re,tiois Of this question. Hence they have awa,.
20 re-cnact the words OF 1915 though often urged "a do
&C. Mr. X asks, what words sentiments do We refus,
to -iirms Precisely those that inconsistent with
our act OF ls45 and any with half eye can see
what these are by looking the two papers Yet when
say that this is the position of Assembly plain
aud csar Ia any who to see It, Mr. X leave.
the Assembly and charges personally with being mon
comnitta Inconsistent, thrilling or uickisL ''tortu
Gus "unconsciousy driited from my former seln"-
Surely such an effort TO hold up odium s,isp
con ~ this community, such grounds Is unworthy of
Mr. r., and will be regretted.
g. Another extraordinary charge Is a follows
DIR iose, in his letter of the 2ih ult says that the
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have shown endorsed the action of 1875 "by vote OF
tls 10 80 " aud that subsequently members among
whom was has coicdy"s Rcr. r. T. Moore were permit
ted 10 ddfn"ir names 10 The dpSrinatire" Now IL NJ
Moore hal been absent, aud came in the Assembly
w"S the vote hadbcen declared il is possible that he wa.
o9ffSrdted aud voted without understanding the cues
ho. Or he may have waited to see where the fore, u
numbers might be found and having no setilef con-
rcf'" at the time, he has drftod ever since till the
southern manifesto brings him the defining of has
po"f'"H Aud now, he neither condemns, nor adoufS al
belt u l. a question of rddcdiiSH :! -"
What were the facts hereg was called TO Baltimore
TO preach the Sabbath and could hot get back before
Monday noon Monday morning the Assembly had adopt
ed this action, which had already approved in commit
tee aud AS II was an important resolution with nine
Others, who were also absent preaching on Sabbath oh
tanned leave to record for the resolution Til,
Innocent aud usual act Mr. r. acrbcs TO ignorance or
something worse. Surely such imputaons oil motive will
be regretted ia cooler moments
4. The only mistake that Mr. X discovered i'm NV STATE
ments was that "the Assembly had published Mr. Barnes
ant'saNery sermon thought that had written 'mem-
bers oi the Assembly, being the time uncertain whether
II ~as officially individually that il was done cheer
wrote what conveyed impression even about
small affair
o. Mr. X represents saving that we have a.,
southern majority, and hence suppress discussion
did not say We have Northern majority and hAy.
never suppressed discussion We think il useless and
have taste for H.
Thesr all the points that not either too trivial or
TOO gross 10 demand notice in this way will conclude
with an anecdot An Ignorant fellow Wa once listening
To some doctor dsputng in Latin and was asked how ,
could tell anything about the dispute when he knew moth
Ing about the language? lie answered very we'll for the
one that got angry he knew had the worst OF the arpu
ment r. Y MOORE