Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1859-03-21

rss- To he ,di,or Of tie .Spuftcya ""rchm"n,
Aierondria, Va. Dear Sir: In the Gazette OF the
18th, find your answer to my note addressed to
you in the said paper of the 18th inst stated
then that in the quotation made from your "t''-
Gle. took your mitd..t language. | might Is
truthfully have said. that in your paper you have
charged Baptists with holding principles which
necessarily lead to Lying, stealing. llcentoiSe@.
and murder You have ais" charged them with
holding doctrines. and possessing lccular!i!ts
which are in themselves corrupt and which make
the cOl"red population worthless: and indeed, You
have said much more, either by your correspondents
or through your own editorial endorsements, utterly
nj variance with fact 80 far ~ Baptists are con-
cerned. These grave charges were made. say.
through the columns Of yo"r piper with y"" s"-
dorsemsm.
An humble and unprctcndins layman in Bap
fist church in your city, being carried away ny
your protested love Of truth, union. ana fellowship
| was foolish enough TO suppose you sincere IN
your professions and therefore asked the privilege
of defending my denomination in the columns IN
which the charge. made to your own readers.
But instead of granting this reasonable request yen
saw YOU will find some to discuss our differences
"ifthe discussion be conducted in Baptist paper.
since Baptists do not read Episcopal papers.
To this it il sufficient reply 10 say. thai Eisc"-
palians do not read Baptist papers. anu therefore,
10 refue the gross charges when You pave clrc'-
''o'' '.'! ~ ~. 49,, VI, - christina,
w a, ara -, honor bopuJ either To
anu se''' - or ., ,,;,, an ,,,,or;u,,iiy
a'tnu,"" -, dns"nJ ,hrn.rIc. On The rrouul
-. ,bcv ,,-c ,,nil,d You have made the
aLo.aos ,o,,,,.,. rsod,,. not 10 Rapti.t readers :
and r vour CHARGES are Incorrect as | ae.e they
a No.. ma, ,,ur avn reader. the proper tribunal to
;rd,o of the denial of these charges? Your own
-, C rr,,r.,y will der;l. this point as have
Jec;dcd :,
y,, bov. som, siurllar yerhiage about 800
millions nf christians heinz opro-cd To- the rccul-
or;,i., Of the Ba,,i.,s But | do not intend, sill.
tina, Won shall hide the Episcopal church under 4
Multitude. Nv business just now. l. with the
Eni.copal church. and with the chnrgc. made
AGAINST the Baptists and not with all the world
and the rest of mankind. My proposition wa
and still is 10 compare notes with y"Ir d"n"mi"G-
tom in order to see which lays the greater stress
upon their recuiaritics. You say, Baptism Is 4
bnhbv with lis: | PROPOSE to show from your own
,r..js that Bapti.ln j. vour .nirotion. You -i,y
,b.t the p.cul;aritics of iaptsts are evil ! pro-
nosa IN show that. by ,our peculiaritcs you ARE
H.. mos, .,cIusiy. nroC.sed evangelical dcnuini-
na,;on ON the face Of the globe. mchwchirg
by your darling Apostolic Succession, the ~ho@e
Of eraugcIica! rkrist,ndoD, "utsjde 81 y"ms'trfs.
Ssy. more than this. | propose to show by au-
thcnt;c history iiia, since the time Of Christ.
some of the principles which yOu now Mold. have
given birth to the most corrupt ecclesiastical organ
nations that ever laid clalm I" evangelical Senii-
m,rts | propose to show. that II your rrculidli-