New-York daily tribune., 1857-08-24


t,,ify for wbv was CGIe while was three thocsssd
mile. away. You know tbat IWer saw or tesrd a
lie article in 7Hs Times OF July u, ths. had os
control over Is pubuoston and no Hre nora or PES
ioDs responsibility for Is appearance, tsae yoa hsa
yoursef II quite competent for you T. reply y
H. to expose sny uissatcmer,s Il nigh. ccnte;n sId
TO deroupoe, with inst as much yehenSepoe ~ ycu
might chCose, 'be paliss vho we've socessofy 70 ,ts
pUbliCaoo. Such course. however, wou.a nof suif
your " ips,iac;s." You must have perscssal mssk
fer your battery Of lhI sseate. controversy coa-
cerIlng principles or iset Is too tame and irsip'd s
Your refined ecclesiastical tsstes. You require soIss
pys0r 70 whom you can apply tpihois, and rpou
whom YOU can exercise bc oily !seul,y which in yo
case does not decay with age, ol lose anything Oh S
yieOr by constant ne.
As 10 the article ,fe'f have nothing 10 say. Ycs
have replied TO il in style with which hcpe ycx
and your friends are peFiectly satisfied. Upon soHo
of the points involved think it possible that you arc
right. | presume it is quite certain that you wiz
reyer resign your ofce until YOU are required or re-
Quested 10 do so aud that then you VIII. am NOT
prepared TO say or show that you have ever treated
With dsrespect the newly promulgated doctrine Of the
immaculate Conception presume 1t slso quite true,
as You assert, that no eccesiastlc worthy OF tho
name ras ever pretended 10 rival the Archbish0p
"eiiher in talents influence and that your auhor-
i,y over the priests ard people OF your pecese Is
quite a. absolute and slbiirary as you assert 10
be- II possible alec that the Bishops, priests and
other subordinates Of your jurisdiction are rs entirely
satisfied with this state of things a. you woch have
the public believe: and that the great mass OF Roman
Catholics American well as Irish, who are sae,ees
TO your authority, are charmed with the aehshiiui
manner in which it is eXercised and pray for Jour
continuance ir power until " about the year lS9.'
II they DO, il is for Pro.esisnts TO quarrel with
their tastes question the sincerity oftheir peicns
the worst thing could ia fairness aud courtesy
wish tn, m wor ] be, that they might be answered..
But with al this l have nothing now to DO. Ihe
IsmeS published the article referred TO, aud when
ever it feels under any necessity oil 80 dong, IAc
Times " III probably sustain il. My ceucein at pre-
" fke seDal attack Wli(h that
article is mace the prettx X. and have nearly finished
what have TO say rron that subject.
Ihave spoken Of the ire letters which you pub-
lishtd in THE TRIBUSr. The first issred under
10 which have referred I.s effect does not seem %
have been quite satisfactory. The public probably
regarded i, as " urdgnifed" and unworthy a Rinis-
ter of God.' You reeded backing and q defense ct
your proceedir "a diLgy appeared in THh TRiB-
uNE Of July e5 purportirg to come from yolunteer
defender of an injured and nslgned Archbishop, who
was compared in one paragraph 10 st. Paul, cap
tive defending himself sgainst Roman persecution,
and in the next to 81. Lawrence the martyr, calmly
roasting upon his own sndiron, and, instead
of writing abusive letters 10 the newspapers.
facetiously requesting his tonmentoIs TO tGn hus
over. The Archbishop was lauded as aoonndns IN
"urbanity courtesy ard poiteres towatd all who
IRE at him th proper reverence and respect ana as
being severe and scuuilous only toward those whom
he Cces not like. Aud even toward them he was
Represented as taking this tone only when be deemed
il tie way "best calculated TO accomplish his pur-
pose.' All this is very eoiiying, and would have
been very impressive. as the judgment and testimony
Of dsnteyested parties. But the eulogy loses aome-
what of its effectiveness wien il ia known that tho
Archbishop is his Own laureate. counterfeit passes
current only until its character Is detected. Pfscuces
of this kind akin 10 what are known IN tue Court
of Sessions as a mpts TO obtain goods or credit ander
false pretenits.
The tone of this second letter indicates that you
were disturbed and disappointed with the effect Of the
first upon the public mino. In that you had ndi'gea
in random and reckless TRADE against ue sna naa
endeayored TO Justify it by elaborate msrepTeseo-
tation Of facts which the record would not pe!m't
YOU 10 fasify quite CROUCH for the accomplishment o
your purpose. Ycu had pretended to doubt whether
had .ak en- any steps toward detecting the person
who had forge the name of Dr. McElroy as tho su-
thor Of "Equitas." The public saw from your own
statements that these doubts we've feigned. La ns
second letter, therefore, You profess TO have mane
fre sb dscoyeIes and after an exceedingly soiemr
thank giving 10 Almighty God, onr Creator our
Father and Sovereign Judge, the supreme guardian
" of innoceIce and tho ayepger OF oppression sod
wrong Through whose Providence IL sometimes
"hspress even iu this world that nnonconoe Is al
"most miraculousy provided with unexpected mesns
" of righteous self vindicaton you proceed thus to
"unioid the mysterious aud poitentous revelation:
"In the year le4 Alehbhop IIu she, received er The
writer Of which wa, to him ursuow5 aud nDt then unhsd
c s not at no s spde 10 as IA L az
brs m h.rpered yeseday unexpectedly to End among
L papers. Having tie Of Eqahs II his hena ss
aSmrsea asn%, e% the two xs aud sthoush Art they sp.red
diff eIt hands Jet on closer examination tAe es
Submitted them to ore or two cashiers who experts de-
both documents had ard the origin as to sgthor ,ap
although they net after such spe OF time wfst %n
sYs Eitd Of INK The one was private eerthe other
thrown of IN style for newFaper The one prcte,'ei y be
tents that anihor would be sf'd II not shanedSbS
es!ssisd s'ias aV'a0r''
The object Of this paragraph was to convince the
public that YOU had discovered the author of "Equi-
tes" Who ne was you DO not disclose; but eiteisi
long and wholly needless apology fox using priya .
and &C confdn'sl letters for such purpose, you close
your second epis.e with the following threat;
ont gs a.. e trpeyts Mint a. he consequence. ~ place M,
Fpnord in portion tlst di,arn Ne rorst enene' @erk
nd b mgcncrors b pre ii' satsr grhe' '"m &c "o"
Dc - tho pot 10 onsre' for h'm'ey"
Mr.. Raymord is at last on the spot to answef hr
Linself ana he new demands at the hands OF Arch
bishop Hughes distinct explanation OF these cou-
ye1iently vague, but evidently serious insinra9gs.
Tie impression sought TO be conveyed to the peblc
is that Equitas" was either myself or SONS ons
writing with my knowledge and conniysnce that
wheu called upon for the author resorcd to the pa
tense of having supposed to come rom ine Kew III.
NcEroy, and Of having conespcnded with him Poa
The subject sent the correspondence TO Atchbshag
Huplcs, as q means Of eysdng the demand: tnai !
leterted 10 all this machinery because was afraid 10
nite orpubsb anything against the ArcholSuoI upgn
ny own responsibility; and that ne has nov II ms
hands the document which Will Prote al his 20 tue
,b;rk II wopld be "tngentrous" to do more in NY
absence than to pu5iM these slanders You content
yourself Therefore, whh ntu,l.g taeia mo 20.
srSdfss 1es esd sssthoitysnd itS ShhodHg all evidence
Of tleir truth on account Of my absence from
the county. This is the generosity OF On Archb"hoP'
Ills !, be iutlce and the courtesy OF Prelse who
permts hn.elf to talk os the instincts Of gsn'le-
man and who processes 20 have been instructed cor
cerrlng plausible ireachsry by mutual fiesd,. :,
Permit ne to remind you that the mancsc,ipts ~
-. helm me ~ Dlaced
yonr hands by my.e.f, and that have from the be-
ginning beer qui;e anxious az you could be 70 oe
tect tie au,horsLip Of "Equitas" iou Pretehd 20
have done 90: you will obige ne, then, by piscie-
- a. nhiin zhafeI er discnyerie- YOU may bevo