The New York herald., 1874-11-08
The Port Jefferson Baptist Pastor
Speaks Again.

To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD
am fully OF the opinion that you would not
wrougfuny make use OF the tremendous power OF
the HERALD TO wrong an innocent and unofrend
ing person. think the following facts VIII be
amply sufficient to lead you to do the manly and
just thing by me.
In reference 10 the stigma you seek to put upon
my name and character by charging me with a
'chronic weakness Tor writing ABUSIVE letters, u
the TACT that had suffered from the secret work
fngs OF the parties | have exposed ior nearly
eighteen years without writing or publishing line
Is sufficlent answer, ana that every Baptist who
knows me Knows did do.
Second-I never wrote or published word
against one OF these parties until tney had so de-
veoped themselves that could brlng them into
court and put them under OATH wnen whatever
was developed would be put In a shape not 10 be-
disputed nor hao ever mad any personal quarrel
with any OF them, or given any OF them any just
occasion lor assalling me. had the high written
and fresh Communications OF two OF the parties at
the very time they were detected In their mis-
chief. This was shown up In court
Thtrd-I dia not, even with the evidence OF that
trial IN my hands. publish line until they had
attacked me in the Long Island Association clan
destinely, with the purpose or unsettllng me as
they had done many times before. Alter the first
attack waited eighteen months, when my church
presented the facts 10 the association at Babylon
In printed letter. which any church mas the rig IT
to do. Another year passed and the church sent
up another printed letter to the session held last
year, In Hanson place Baptist church.. These
I was one OF the bearers, the only printed
documents 1 have taken to or circulated at the
ASSOCIATION. On the IrSG attack that made
upon me in the association the minutes OF that
body were privately mutllated, and the name OF
my church was starred, and rs statistics were
lett out for that year 10 keep my name from ap-
pearing on the roll. This bold piece OF work was
zone by private parties alter the body had ad-
iourned and without shadow OF authority; and
you say you based your statements upon the
published documents or the association What
respect YOU can have for such documents am un-
able to see. or for an ecclesiastical body or any
other deliberatlve body that would not SO much as
ask who dd this after the facts were laid before It
IN the first printed letter OF the church. The tact
OF private mutation was indisputable. They
had had our money Tor the printing OF these min
utes, and the thing was base fraud upon the
church. The minutes were worthless as de-
nominational documentS, and just the
things to deceive you with. The association
did, however, acknowledge the wrong done TO the
church and ordered It's statistics TO be restored
but the parties who took the matter into the asso
ciation did not cease to push their poln and they
pushed il Tor three years before / published the
pamphlet entitled Light for the Long Island Bap-
tlst Association" That pamphlet was published
association since lts publication until this late
session. went TO this last session in company
with some friends, but took no part In the proceed
ings and had no documents with me, as they can
testify; so that ! was not there with my usual
pudget TINS year also" as you represented.
ments ! have published, II you will read those
documents you Will take that back. Ny statements
are backed at every step by the sworn statements
and IL was not until | had been reattacked and
followed up persistently Tor three years tnat made
documents you Will put the brand OF "unchris
| tian" not on the man who bore until
/ he could bear no longer. but upon those
/ who are breeding corruption for our whole
l country nnder the CLOAK OF religion. II you look
/ at the BaDttst Weekly for last week you Will see
that the editor barely makes note OF the assoca.
| tlon's action with this remark, that the assoca.
tion declined 10 receive my church's letter and
delegates. and thus indicated its right TO refuse
the orrespondehce OF a body made offensive by
matters with which they did not deem 1t wise &c
medde.n Isn't that remarkable These fellows
a and mt nh fYCh nd rr1ah haA fhrad
/ years, and then, rather than stand up and NEE,
/ the issue they had raised Ike honest, Christian
men, they kicked the church out OF doors because
/ to their surprise and CONSERVATION. they had
| found 'matter they did not deem 1t wise to
meddle with-H am most truly yours, &c,
+. FRANKLIN JONES.
NEW YORK, Nov. 2, 1874