, 1877-06-16

that you were wrong; choose that which
you believed to be right, and nailed your
honesty Of purpose to it, instead OF cast.
ing yourself upon sea of uncertainties,
and floundering around to the whims Of
this man, and that man for favors, your
best friends would not have lost all con
ti1ence in you. No man to-day can put
his thoughts on you, and tell where you
honestly belong rs an editor of u news
paper. No party would dare trust You
with its helm. In religion it is the
same. Daniel Bagley says here Brrlah,
the Snohomish STAR is making it rather
hot tor me-Tom Merry las made it hot
for you-it is going to be Il hard task
for you to get the people to believe that
you have not wrongel Mr.. Merry under
the pretense OF necessity without some
outside sid--now you help me out OF the
Postoffice Scrape with the Snohomisb
STAR, ana Clarence--my son Clarence,
dear, good boy that he is-and "a chin
OF the old block, will screen you in the
Merry scrape." Oh Brown, where were
your wits that you could not see the
light ia which this would place you, in
the eyes OF reading observing public
And both articles appearing in the samo
issue! The public were never more
thunderstruck at your stupidity.
Never were you known to make such u
weak defense ofauything before the PUB
tic, as this sham prete'sse for Bagley's sake.
Your quotation from the New York Her
aid is imbecile on your part. You know,
and the public knows that the Snohomisb
STAR is now, and has ever been since it's
first issue, open to both sides tor free
discussion OF the various religious dog
mas Of the day. Witness the recnt pub
llcation of the Rev. Charles J. segner's
discourse on "0ur Tree Schpol System.
the Bishop Of vaTcaayers IsAnd B. G. q
also discourses Of Rev. j. r. Thompson
and Others. You say ian accidental fail
ure on the part ofa proiessed Christian,
(please stick pin in that word accidental
it sounds SO nice, and logical for
man OF your known ability in dealing
with facts) Is attributed to malicious
motives and the result of 8 conspiracy
extending through all who profess Chris
tianity." What handy thing to have
on such occasions is this word prQfesssd,
it is such nice shield to many of the
acts of these protsssed Christians, but we
will let this pass now, and ask if you
will deny that the meeting, referred to
with d. Bagley as chief spokesman,
was held, and that too as conspiracy
meeting against The 6nohomish STAR
II not, then see how easy you stumble in
logic, when trying to ioster up decayed
carcass, when you can smell it's rotten.
ness. When man attempts to cover up
what he believes Cor possibly knows) to
he fact, he is bound to betray himself,
before he gets through. You say "but
tor Christian parents to take measures of
any kind to protect their families from
doctrines which they regard ns PERM.
cious i'll their tendency, is regarded as
persecution" Is not this equivalent to
admitting the fact of that meeting. and
its purpose' OH Beriab, where were
your brains 7 Evidently not with your
honest convictions. Do you not know
that the Catholics are constantly taking
just such steps against the Protestants,
and all others who do not beliere flor it
is all q matter of belief and faith with
then) as they DO, and constantly lectur.
ing their hearers, thns they mea terribly
presented pc0pE. Ana the same wall
goes up from the Protestant side against
the Liberals. 1t all hinges on matter
ut 6ettV, the diiFgrcrge being th., the
Liberals are willing 10 test lheiE belief
with the light OF reason ard science,
while both the Protestant and Catholic
element want to be left aloGe, while they
throng our streets and obs;.uct our high.
ways TO preach ~ mo he'll BECAUSE We
'ont heIicy" IA :h"y d". l!wo r..r y