Daily national Republican. (Washington City [D.C.]) 1870-1872, 1872-11-04
THE SABBATH QUESTION.
BURR'S REPLY TO SUNDs BLAND

Rplthrt, with VarIptious-You'rs Another
nIisauoiRtIpn Denied aud Explained
chance for 500 TO the wointn's Chris
iiRu Tome- why tlc CoutroVcrkJ Closed
Who Gn, bled AN ImpcrtInent
Fpi,iir' = Ro-luunte md the Horse
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EDlrOR REPuBucAN: Never seeking and
over avoiding personal controversy, l shrink
from no Iust ordeal. Not until Friday evening
last did 1 know that Dr. Sunderland had at.
tackled mo personally In the REPUBLICAN Of tho
preceding Tuesday. II would be dIfncult to
cram more unchrlstIan calumny and Scurrilous
mendacity in a newspaper column than he has
done. His vocabulary Of epithets becoming ex.
hausted, he repeats thom with Variations. Six
times he calls me a "Eellow, :" twice "thls man
Burr" and once a climatic" Twice he includes
me under the elegant term, "hOtss fiesi repeat.
edly he charges me with misrepresentation, Rar.
bling and falsehoOd, and "a 6Haie no classes
me among "the dospisers Of morality and rell.
glOn," and assigns me to "the company Of the
vicious and abandoned, whose lite Is mischief
and whose end destruction" These aru only a
few specimens Of the Doctors Christian graces.
Conscious Of = weak cause, no resorts to personal
, abuse and violation Of tue ninth command.
ment Can any one wonder why twice refused
his proposal for q private correspondence, with
n view 10 publication Fully aware Of this Amla,
bic trait In bis character, stroye to shun any
kind Of discussion, and only entered upon Il
RiIcT insolent goadlngs by this ambassador OF
peace and good will TO men.
with this preface proceed to answer his sew.
eTal accusations and TO show their dlsingenu
business and falslty.
/. As to misqroi.ng Afford: In my frst strIc.
turo on the DOetu''' discourse, ! named the edl
ZION quoted frdfh-the only one have ever seen
and said il was "At Ballantyue's." And vet
the Doctors last sentence In our short contro.
yersy was, "It II at Ballantyne's?" HAVING
said at the outset that II was, what need OF an.
sWerinR such a question Tho book was there
ali the tune, and having examined tho passage
four different times, to make sure that quoted
Il correctly, nov promise to forfeit 800 to the
women's Christian Home II made an error
and 1 will name Judge Cartier " no Is a stranger
to me, as umpire There being no point there,
fore in the Doctors tinal letter which required
an answer, and the editor OF the ChrOnicis wish.
! ing the discussion to end, allowed my opponent
the last word
2. The error In Afford was apparently against
my own position, but could help my opponent
only by q palpable psryefsIOn u the passage,
stuitIfying both the author and the Doctor him.
sell. could have InteTpolated the omitted word
sabbath" but knowing the character Of my
antagonist I f0rbore to take such liberty.
.. was not driven from the Chronicle" l
had discussed all undertook, except to make
good my offer TO prove how certain eminent
christian authorities regarded the Sabbath and
| Sunday. On that point prepared an article
| and submitted II 10 the editor, but having had
| enough on the Sunday question, he rejected Il.
4. The charge that tempered with my oppO-
| nent's letters, misprlnted and garbled them,
| and that my pamphlet Is "a sWindle and a
cheat" Is likewise false, In republlshlng the
| controversy had TO exclude side issues with
| other parties, such as "lniant baptism" aud
| 'tradiilOn,n and In doing 80 l omitted some
| fragments Of tho Doctors letters, but not a
| word that was relevant TO the issue between us
| two Beyond this omitted only two portions
i Of one Of his long essays-AbOut seventy i've
| lines In all-relatlny to the use Of the word
| fnsfanu. which l never RttemDfed to cOntroyeft
| II was A dry exeyesls and was willing 10 con.
| eeJs what was sought 10 be proved, which I
/ Stated In four lines
| a The charge that I aarbled from tho aeFIp.
| tuTes IL silIy and mean i had convicted MIN 5I
| varhIInV 0rotIus nv renderInF the phrase In
| 1SSfo iSy,porS later duo SabbaiS-"In the Inter.
| mediate Slbhath;" bnt he auincIeusiy Insisted
| ,bsi tbSt vas moi yaThiInS 30 n mV 1amnhIei