New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-01-28
PUBLISHERS And CREEDS.

LETTER FROM THE REV. ). A. GARDINER OF THE
ATTITUDE OF TIE NORTH AMERICAN REVIEW
AID TIE POPULAR SCIENCE MONTHLY TOWARD
RELIGIOUS DISCUSSION CRITICISM OF THE
COURSE TAKEN BY APPLETON & co.
To he FdttOr 81 me IriJdRe.
SIR: The literary world is still discussing
the Inconsistency OF Mcssrs y. Appleton CO. III de-
cnng any longer to allow their name to remain on The
Norh american Rcrier, because NJ It's recent articles
from the pen al Coon. Ingcrsoi, while continuing TO
publish The T0p,r Acicpce Mondy the views OF when
Journal las been pubncg charged, are certainty as
pronounced in their atuostoal tendencies Is anything
Colonel Iugersol over uttered In the editorial cor
umus of the last NoHNuy find long effort at 'N-
planation The fact remains, however that tie pubhr
ton which the Appctous have rejected is far less
dangerous the Of Christianity than the one re-
tanned. Marx the essential difference: The
MouHy presents only one side OF the most
important issue which engage Tie human m'Hd.
A man may popular scientist without believing IN
ANYTHING but matter and force and the proper place for
MIN 10 proclaim his matcria~tIc views Is III Tie P0bWGF
Science Monthly II he 50. the publishers are under
no obligation to present the side OF the question.
But The North american Rcr0r would never allow the
theory of nbciie to occupy Its pages unchacnsrd It's
motto and spirit demand free discussion We open me
February number Of Ihe Rcrc'r, and find II hali hed
with Professor George Is Fishers defence oi orthodox
Christianity Consistently with the action Of the Apple
coud now get angry and reject tn" publication on the
contrary, they will the more carefully read Professor
Fisher because they have read Colonel IngcTSoH Iht
professor has introduced 10 the public N the most
effective way possible Wren Christian quotes an III
hdes argument in order to answer II, no objection Is
made but when the ndr writes ont his own argument
knowing that it viii he examined 10y an abe OBJ oncnt
before the same readers, II Is Regarded a. dtc"uu
ihcIalty as II thus cHnDilcu would dl"Ptu '5 'nc
general public. JUSTIFY At IN sayiuS 10 these yer! Pub7
ers You have issued BOOK from the pen OF tha arch
port to arguments which would Justify rebellion, sni"d
apd dfsT9y al Tor cur SoSa
VIII withdraw our patronage from you and yours
bcnceforth and forever
Science Monthly the publishers use essentially the same
Saw tnGy II Is the common very foolish trick
rel giOus partizans TO sugmalze those VINO utr from
scheme belief ana II that scheme i objected to the
objecter is denounced as a denler OF COD"
noted: between lin who believes ,liat religion Is Il
great and sacred reality and him VINO dcnounccs it root
cry there can be no cOmH0n ground. Irne, nut Is II
religion that Colonel lngersol thus denountesf only
the other Jav he made this statement beside open
90 ~ ~ tbis1Iieln lor The living loue Tor the dead"
Al 10 luc during it's history has Tie North american
,,t free ciscussion man al present ana in every
respect has this purpose been justified True, during
tic iaet wear Der, not exceeding twenty persons
NJ i,ve nscrraiDed nave taken offence ana Withdrawn
THEN subscriptions: but something mere than of
sl TO thi, there mas solid increase i new sub
ocrners and general circulation Of ,"o hundred and
tfiX ner cent. .. a. GARDINER.
Nac-iorE, Jan. 20, 1ss2.
fine writer of the above is correct, of course, as
to the absurd hypocrisy of the pretencc put forward
by the publishers III question; but he somewhat
nisappreheuds the exact facts. Tie North american
was already going away, on purely business grounds
being satisfied hat it was better off without the
Appletons than with them. As soon the Apple
tons discovered this. they invented the conscientious
Christian scIu2e, which has aroused the laughter
of every human being that read OF or heard of
their Popuiar Science Monthly. Armed with this
Christian scruplc they rushed forward to announce
that they had separated from The North Americda be
fore it had chance to complete its already gun
separation from them-The whole business is about
ON par with the childish folly of the other story
that THE TlBJNE has published the news about
them because of an alleged grievance, which its
Editor never even heard Of