The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1870-02-23
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WEDNESDAY,. FEBRUARY rs, 1871
pcr. Arthur Bogslar.

Rc,.. VI. Bogddn," YOU republished n
letter from the Raleigh Standard signed
hv one Fiske f. Brewer" which by no
means reflects credit upon me. and having
m honest name to vindicatc, humhiy ask
YOU to grant this letter space in the col,
,,mns of YOUR valuable Dispatch. DO no'
blame YOU for rcpublishng that ietter
Won have done right: You have periorm,Sso
your duty rs public man. In TACT, iluity
endorse your action in the matter, even II
i is at the expense Of the reputation OF my
name Now to the subject Who this MIR.
risNrE. BREWER is know not, except from
what I have learned from the Wilmington
.7ouyaal, which speaks of him as "6e,ng
n reconstructed Professor at Chdpet HlH.'
Furthermore, the Journal says WILL
prorrssor ~ BREwERPLEAsE INFORM THE
r,.p,,c WHO HE Is? Is 1T NOT JUST POSI-
RYE THAT HE NAY RE AN IMP0SrERl he
CONES TO NORTH CAROLINA IN MOST
QUESTIONABLE SHAPE.
Vow. as regards the charges made by this
Professor Brewer against me, will answer
70 them plainly and conscientiously.. In
tho first place, he asks how con be born
in Bethlehem and be HISTORIAN at one and
the same time? In asking this question
The learned Professor has displayed most
profound stupidity in regard to the reli-
rious and national history of the eastern
people. At the time was born my parents
happcned to he in Bethlehem, and this
fact entities me to look upon Bethlehem
as nv birth place, although l did not
live there. know many American fathers
and mothers whose children were born IN
Asia. in India, or in European Turkey, and
vet they are not Turks, Egyptians, Hindoos,
or Chinese, religiously or nationally. The
learned Professor no doubt is ignorant OF
the fact that there are two classes OF Nes-
,orians-those calling themselves NATION
ALLY so. living in the Province Nestoria,
h,,t who arc of the Chaldean Church, and
those again who call themselves religiously
SO, being the followers of Bishop Nestorius.
The latter class of HISTORIANS, to which l
personally belong, are scattered all over
the East. and thcir largest number is to be
found in INDIA, numbering 100000, who
we're discovered some years ago by the Rev.
DR.. Buchanan. About 60, 900 Of these Ncs-
,orians are scattered over European Turkey,
where they originated for Bishop Nesto-
rius was the chief Presbyter of CONSTANT
nople and It's European dependencies. The
HISTORIANS, being very penetrating mission
aries, carried the Bible into all the lands; ;
and HISTORIAN, religiously called so, 10
confined to 10 country or nationality. In
after wears the Politicians and the Nesto-
ri.us Joined hands in European Turkey,
anl the Provinces inhabited by the Sclavo-
Wan tribes, such as Balgarians, &C., be-
came the fields for their missionary labors.
MI nv friends who know me intimately will
bear witness that always claimed to be-
lon. to European Turkey.
In regard to the Island of Crete, the
learned Professor says that can have no
thing to do with the Cretan sufferers, be-
cause live thousands Of miles away from
Crete. So | DO; never was in Crete in my
life; and / always said in my discourses
that the Cretans and have no fellowship,
rclgiouslv or nationally. We are related
TO one another only in common sufferings,
indicted upon us by our common tyrant,
fer both Crete as well rs my province are
under Turkish rule. What have done for
the Crctans I did 70 in the name Of one hui
manitv. of which they and / are members.
The learned Professor says he wrote to
the secretary Of the " Christian Alliance I"
about me, who replied that he knows no.
thing or me. So don't know anything Of
the secretary Of the "Christian Alliance"
which places ME on even terms with him.
But when he SAYS that the " Christian Ahi-
ancc" aided the Cretan sufferers he ut
tered q ,fdtSehoOd, for lie cannot sub
stantiate his assertion.
Again, the Professor says that 10 appeal
came to this country from the Crctan suf-
ferers. must say that this assertion is m
intentional pcrvclsion of truth, for every
man that reads the papers knows that ap-
neal after appeal came, couched i'll most
heart -rcnding language: every man ac-
uuainted with the public events of the day
knows that public meetings in aid of the
trctans were held in Boston, New York,
and Philadelphia that committees were
formed in all these cities to solicit and re-
ceiye aid for the suffering Cretans that
thousands Of dollars were collected
in churches, and that one vessel loaded
with provisions was sent to Crete under the
charge of that noble-hearted man Dir.
Howe, of Boston, and that even now every
vessel that sails for Greece from tho shores
Of America carries some tokens OF Chris
tan kindness to the suffering Cretans.
Here is the first appeal in behalf Of the
.Crctan sufferers, made by the American
Consul in Crete, Mr.. Stillman, and as read
at the mass meeting in Cooper Institute, N.
Y, and published in all the papers of that
city. The Consul says: "In the name of
humanity ] appeal to my cOuntrymen for
immediate help for these starving and
naked victims to Turkish barbarities.
Twenty thousand women and children are
now in state of abject poverty, the Turk
ish Government refusing them to return to
Crete. The women and children in par
ticular are suffering terribly. Send all
the help you cam" &C., &c, &c.
Some months ago a mass meeting at
Cooper Institute in aid of the Cretan suf-
ferers was held. At that meeting a COM
mittee was appointed of one hundred Lead
lug men Of New York to see to this matter ;
they again appointed an executive COM
mittec Of nine, with the Greek Consul as
the chief manager. The appeal of this
committee to the public, and published in
the daily press of New York, concludes
thus: "Thc undersigned were appointed a
committee to obtain aid to furnish these
despoiled and starving Christians with food
and clothing and other necessaries of life.
Their lands are ravaged and their homes
burnt by the cruel Turk" &C., &c.
Mr.. Brewer says that some Greek priest
was here some months ago, and he said no.
thing about the suferings of the Cretans.
Well, that may be the case; there are peo-
PIE in this world whose ears are always
closed to the pleading voice of mercy and
of charity, especially those of the PRIESTS.
The Greek Consul, under whose official au-
thority ! have been laboring in behalf of
the Cretan sufferers, tells me in a letter of
but recent date that the sufterings of the
Cretan women and children in Greece ARE
FEARFUL" aud l believe the Greek Consul
in preference to the Greek priest and Pro-