The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-08-10
TO THE PIBIIo, AGAIN.


To the Editors ofthe IntellIRencer.
An article from the pen Of &c. H. Col.
liGr, W. NJ. Ohio Lodge, No. l." demands
from me aFprd oFltRalp reply,iE nj
I. made a statement from my pulpit
on last Sunday evening Of, THO occurrence
at the grave Of Nj, A4mfItoh, simply be.
cause the question dnY9lYe1 WAS in Cmy,
| Judgment, very fppotl AT one to the
members OF my efiurch:a Ana i did 'I0e
appear in the newspapers, until. after j
and my church had been anonymously
attacked. Ilhayepe etop6 iart Nre
Collier, or any oneselYe pFelopnollg The
Impression made BY my remarks untrue.
Whether pronounced in hiF priWtesSF
Masonic, capacity, the matter does not ai.
feet me Or my Yeracity.. ga gIAsI 20
1.-The W. M,-insists that / was angry.
have answered this already, but as he
offers witnesses to prove Aone Of his
statements, l can ,bring,themt necessary,
to proge that there was n6ibdicadon Of
anger on my part a positive man whose
convictions are strong and whose sense
of wrong attempted is keen, Is, II
he be bold enough 10 maintain his ground,
very apt to be thought angry. l do
not say, in my "private capacity, !"
or any other wise, that Mr.. Collier, as
such, or that thew. N. Of Ohio sIIodgei
tellsanpntfpih This would not bee dIit!
te0us to% I'D tcnewho Is manly en6ne d 70
come out over his own signature. 1only
say that he was mistaken. was not an.
CRY, as l have already said ppblicly.l,o2y
5. In the "private conversati ION 2 alluded
to by the W. NJ, l showthat H0imsale was
intended to the Masonic body, and that
had no "premeditated design to Illustrate
a Masonic burial" Never before in the
whole course Of my ministry, has any one,
whether the Master OF Masonic lodge,
the Noble Grand Of an Odd Fellows
lodge, or any other officer. attempted to
interfere with me. Had l known "that
the person who addressed me was brother
Collier" l should have supposed that, be.
ing Methodist as well as q Mason, there
was some strong reason for his interfer.
ence to prevent the reading OF the Burial
Service Of his church. And the eonstruc.
ton put upon his language would have
been different had known him to be o
member Of any Christian church. ! re.
garded him simply as the officer Of hu-
man institution, stepping in the way Of
the Church Of Christ. IL ( J II
4. l do not think the gravity Of the
principles involved in the question Of Ma.
sonic or CHRISTIAN burial, or that the dig
nifty Of controversy concerning the
comparative rights OF, the church and
any puFelyShaman order, jtslifieS the use
OF any personalities. Such mode OF ar.
gumenk maybe relisbed By, sone writers
and readers When tknnwcwho mFuops
ponent Is, 4 never stta K liis o. atSctef.
| That speaks for itself, N he tliScnA si6n
Of asques,iOns the pub ieu lOessnol Scafo
what a thinks Of B, or B thinks, Of A per:
sonRlly. 1.-The point slnpl d, whichPis
right on the question: 1'tHereiote pass
by the language, "and deem II an egotis.
teal desire TO create o sensation, y with the
simple remark that any man who dates to
come in conflict with wrong Is very likely
TO BIO called a, sensationalist. No great
reEormef- has ever failed 70 be 80 called
Luther, Calvin, Kpox. Wesley, Of, thu
other day, and Plus N, Dollinger, Han.
rnond, Earle, Greeley, Sumner and Jacob
Of the present day, have not escaped ~
charge--front tier opp0neiltS L ,PheTelii
: not much logic in that II does no
look or sound well to those who
are neutral, and 1t only stlrs M
: undue opposition iron 4 those who
prefer living sensation t0itaASdeathlJ
stagnaaon, Think that my good brother
! Collier would not talk thus In cooler mo
l ments. l19.I lioO- %
8. The private CORRESPONDENCE o
which the W. N. speaks was no NOR
! private than the "letter signed BY Mr.