The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-01-21
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New YoRE, January 20.-In lhe hide.
psHdsN! Of January 18th . long article,
SriIten by the Rev. Dr.. S P. Spear, ap:
psaTed, reviewing the latest charges against
the Rev. 7. De Witt TAlmags in the mat.
ter ot his contract with the Advance before
leaving the sditorship Of the Chrislian at
Hork At the close OF the article il was
hlnled that II the attacks upon Mr.. Tai.
mage did not cease 1t might be necessary
to resort 10 the courts for protection, as
malicious defamation wAa an indictable
ofsnse.
Dr. Vandyks has written q reply, which
will be published tomorrow, In 1t he
Gays:
Ina paper prepared under the advice
and approval OF his counsel, and read by
Dr. 'IAlmage IN his pulpit on 7lh OF De-.
cembsr, 1870, | am accused, In common
with other members Of the Presbytery, OF
various mean and malicious acts, not one
OF which could be tTulhiully laid to the
charge US. That paper drcla.es that its
author has 10 bic possession proofs Of Of the IA
moral rottenness" Of bis 10 called per.
seCutrs, and "materipl put 10 bis bauds
by certain gentlemen which would make
nahqmet Tor scandal mongerS for the next
This material 10 now in my pop 0 sion,
aud among " 10 an hfiiAvit Ia b., Tai.
msge's own handwriting, part oil which
wAe Rad in the ByLod, vi d the manifest
de'ign Vi httGing upon Mr.. Orc. by q Ger.
tain mean action, which be had Testified
netoTe, the Piesbytery he had not psr.
formed.
The history oil this afi Iayit eau easily be
produced. These papers were sent 10 me,
Logelh her with certain Otf err, tn which [
shall presently refer, by MSj u B. r. Cor.
"ln, VINO declares that hS 10 ready, when
called upon, 10 show how they came iu,o
MS possession, and what right he has to
use them. The documents and ther curl.
ouS hi tory are az the disposal Of the Pres.
bytery oi Bro klyn Nhtnever Il ey SIe
willing 10 make the investigation, for
"hlCh have hitherto atkpd Ia vain. -,
E.rly Ia October last Mi B K @ rRir.
who has been for many wears an { ttficer ia
what III now called "The rabernAc y, and
until very lately an earnest and even o.
lent defender oi Dr., TAlmsge, and who
probably did more than any other man 10
secure his acquital, sent me, by the hand
0t another, tue documents above referred
", together with the Contracts between
d. Talmage and o. II. Howard / Co.
Dr, Spear says that these papers are
private property, and inimates that
common honesty required me 10 send
them at once 10 Dr.. TAmsge, who is their
lawful owner. But are they private
property Some oi them had b. en- "piget n
hOled," and covertly referred 10 as ma.
teriAl for "a banquet OF scandal" and thus
daIkly used 10 tarnish the good name Of
such men as DR.. Wells and Dr. Butler and
Dr. McLelland, as veil as Of myself, They
are ready to be given up, but not to be 70.
turned 10 that dalk prison hole"
ToWaTe the clote Of bis let or Dr. Van.
dyke writes: "The Renuineness Of The
documents 10 not disputed. Their slp.
ni6cance 10 fairly explained In The letter
whlch has never been answered, and OF
whote very existence Dr.. Spear Ia careful
not TO inform the readers Of the Indrptnd.
enL The only point made in It, when he
attempts 10 argue, Is the unimportant one
about the date when the contract was
completed, and | am glad that his labored
argument on this point was prepared
without consulting his client. 1.-THE mat.
Ter ever comes into civil court this will
prove ol great advantage 10 Dr.. TalmtRe.
Let me notice one CharaCl eristiC speui.
men q DR.. Spears deiente. He pays that
Dr.. Talmage had no idea or intention
when he lett home, on October 8, OF with.
drawing from the Christian al n 0rk ON that
day, or Of putting his valedlCtory, GOOD
bye to old friends" into the next issue Of
that paper.
With a large stretch Of charity, this 10
verbally true, hut II iB not true 10 fact.
The c0mpoSitor's copy of that vaedictOry
now lies before me la Dr.. TAlmave's . hand.
writing Aside from the fact ID It il wss
shown to q gentleman at 8 O'Clock that
morning, 1t bears internal evidence that It
vas written, according to contract, before
the afternoon Of October 9 b. Originally
1t contained ihese wordB: "My con DneCtion
with The hriSlidn al Work will cease alter
few days" which certainly were
not written after be determined, &C.
cording to his sworn testimony, to leave
the paper at once. But these words are
crossed out and the following pubsntu'pd:
My connection with the ChriIiian al HOrL
now ceases" The tri2innl heading vas
a word witb:my old friends" And this
Is also crossed out and GOOD by, old
iiiends" intetlined. In all other reppects
the copy before me is identical with the
vaIedtctory inserted BY night In the paper.