The daily gazette., 1880-04-20

enect In his recent statement In the
GAzETTE that h" has bad no real friend
snip Tor DR.. Caldwell IN seventeen
months. Then the offer of his hand in
IrieiInsbip meant nothing; it was con-
IessedIy insiDcere, and 1t meant In
reality, nothing more than a wish TO es-
cape a trial for defamation and slander.
NOW mark Mr.. Wilson's admissions Of
what took place between him and DIR. o.,
in their room at New Castle Conference
III March. 1879. He admits that DR.. q.
was friendly enough To communicate
Freely his views Of ecclesiastical law
ana ne (Mr. W. was constrained through
courtesy TO keep up his end of the con
Versation to ask him (Dr. C.) an abstract
question OF law" To talk about such
questions In an easy communicative
way was no proof of any apparent alb
sence OF friendly feeling on either side.
maD would have done. Would be not
have SAID: "Bro. c., have certain let
ters n my possession, that make certain
unpleasant revelations about you.
got them in such way aud for such n
purpose; but will show them to you
before anybody else sees them" But
what did that professedly sanctified mar
say and do? Mr. W. said not word
about having these documents, but went
secretly among the brethren, reading
them or showing their contents, and this
he did for many months wi iout the
knowledge of the man he was then
cal1mniatiDg behind bis back This is
the man who went among the mem bers
OF Conference In Dovef, less than one
month ago, representing DR.. u. as ma
hgnant persecuFor, causing my charges
of maiadministration to be carried there
against him. He also whispered It
around that DR.. G. had written tho
pr nted pamphlet arraIGning bis (Wil-
method pursued by him in relation to
Or. G. This is not DIR. Caldwells mode
or warfare. He meets an assai liant
openly and looks him square In the
face.
1t is for such saints as y. A. B. Wilson
to go about this work of defamation Sc.
:retiy and slyly This ID what he has
done in The above statement which can
be verified by ample testimony. Now
VIII say that DIR. q. was never in any
sense, or in the remotast manner my
counsel so far as Mr.. Wilson ~ concern
ed. The writer of the phampet, above
referred to confronted Wilson face to
tace and repelled the charge that DR.. q.
was the author, and dcnied that he ever
knew such thing was in existence un-
til after 1t was printed and IN circulation.
VT. wilson uoeS not deny In his article
OF the l4th inst. that he thus misrepIe-
sented DR.. q. to his brethren. If this is
the way the sdnctifed preacher election
eers. give as by II means the not house
politician in preference. If MIR. Wilson
thinks the above account of his cores
pondence Is inaccurate let him publish
The whole correspondents between him.
.elf and his Georgia friend. Then lot
him publish the form of retractiop which
he made to those to whom he had exhi.
oited that correspOndtn Then let
him deny that after giving his solemn
pledge to correct his stateme enrs he went
among some of the preachers and stated
that DrC.'s vIndication was not satisfac-
tory. Ii Mr.. Wilson will publish the
whole thing DIR. G. can lay his own vim.
dicatioU before his brethren and thus Co
what Mr.. Wilson failed to do, and what
he soIemnly promised to do. Let there
be no more sly and secret circu lation of
calumny behind mat u back. Let there
be more truthful and honorable illu.-
tration of the bible doctrine of sanctiii-
cation. g. 8. HAGANEY.
April 10, 1880.