The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-08-02
INDEPENDENT JOURNALISM.

The last number of the New York Indepen-
dent contains leader which deserves notice
both on account of its subject, and also for the
manner in which it is handled. The subject is
the passage of vote of censure on the E1am'-
ner, the New York organ of the Baptist denom-
ination by the Baptist Pastors Conference Of
that city. The vote of censure is in the form
of o resolution adopted by that Conference,
protesting against the teachings of HENRY
WARD BEEcHER; as published in the Examiner,
on the ground that they arc 'unsound and
dangerous"
The editor of the Independent INDUCES in
some spicy structures on that formal expression
of disapprobation. These comments are
marked by fine display of humor. Like JOHN
GILpIN, Mr.. TILToN "has pleasant wit" and
like many willy dialectician before him, when
arguments fail, he resorts to ridicule. 1t may
be known to some of our readers that the Inde-
pendent formerly enjoyed the exclusive right of
publishing the sermons of Mr.. HENRY WARD
BEEcHER Every issue of that journal was
enriched with one of that gentleman's piquant
pulpit productions. Whether from their in
trinsic merit, or only because of the reputation
of their author, these sermons were source of
large profit to the proprietors of the journal
that published them.
All at once the world was informed that the
Independent and Mr.. BEEcHER had quarrelled.
MI i. ...o;,o ,oi,,,o of tho ouorro1 mn ho1iayn
has never TRANSFERRED 1t may be that Mr.. B.
struck for higher wages, or it may be some
other cause At oil events Mr.. B. made other
arrangements. Forgetful of his denominational
fealty, he contracted with the Examiner, Bap-
tist paper, for the publication Of his sermons.
The Independent soon after ceased to profess
being q religious newspaper, and at once lost
uany thousands of subscribers. The result
was different from what had been anticipated.
Anxious concerning its low estate, and appre-
hensive of final ruin, as we'll as envious of the
prosperity of the Baptist organ. MIR. TILToN
brings his wit into requisition, in order to effect
breach between Mr.. B. and the Examiner.
That pastors protest furnished the opportunity.
The disingenuousness of that assault on the
clergymen composing that Conference is evil
dent, when we consider that the Examiner is the
official organ of the Baptist Church in New
York. They speak as Baptist ministers, and
as such it is their right and their duty to give
expression to their disapprobation Of "teach-
ings" their paper publishes, which, viewed
from their stand point, they regard Gas un-
sound and dangerous" To hold them up to
ridicule as "behind the age," as "petrifed
relics by the way" etc., is at once disingenu-
Gus and impertinent.
1t is not our province to examine into or
point out the errors in Mr.. BEEcHER's system
of divinity. But unless we are much mistaken
we have heard others beside these Baptist pas
tors question his orthodoxy. However, the
whole column -and-a- half article in the Tndepen-
dent is palpably nothing more nor less than
bid for Mr.. BEEcHER's return to his indepen-
dent fold, where he can have the largest lati-
tude without fear of censure. Such is radi-
calism.