Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-02-02

chestnuts vitupcrative ridicuic alone
being original. the characteristic pro-
ductirnq ~ the great ingersui the inn
iiutof ~ Dan Rice ON the stage OF re-
ligtous controversy I defy you to
point to one single page Of solid con-
sccuiivc thought In any of your Trades
against Christianity that ~ not
gurblcd from othersl
. u u not true that IN Aprii. 1871.
Prof. clark Brndcn sent to you most
positive and direct written challenge to
meet him In debate In the city "
pcoriaf Did not the intidcia ~ Canton.
MS, IN August, 1871. challenge the
Ministerial association ~ that city TO
have Prof. Bradon meet YOU In debate.
and was not The challenge promptly ac
ceptcdf DID not the inidcis Of Bush
nell and GoOdhope. Ills. In February .
ls's challenge tho ministers Of those
places tu have Prof Brndrn meet YOU
~ debate. and again was not the chat.
lengc promptly acrcptcd7 Nnd did you
not vigorously and uuccremoninusiy
bnck square down and out In each In.
stnnccf As this was years before Prof.
Brnd"n published his celebrated pane
ph'ct. ''lngersull tnmasked," an OK.
pose for which II u Understood YOU
have ilttlc affection. this publication
cannot b, plradcd ns an excuse fof
your evident cnwnrdicc.
10. pid not Rabbi Brown. before a.
large nnd Intelligent audience In
Peoria. ITS. In the most positive aud
uncquivocal manner. chnllsurc you 20
dchntef Did not the same diHiiu.
Euishod Hebrew clergyman before SOW
eral gcnticmcn. IN Washington. u. g..
tel YOU 20 your face that you were nm
ignvramus. a charintnn. and q coward.
who dare not meet IN honorable debate
a representative Jew or Christian"
II. Were you not polutediy challenged
To debate with Rev Aaron Walker. ~
distinguished minister ~ the Christian
church. IN kokumn. lndf And did you
not vndcuvor 10 laugh the matter on
by punnlng ON the name of your
worthy vuuid-be orponentg
~ Did not Colonel \. A. MncGruder
one uf The ablcFt controveraialists ~
tho day. and leading member N the
Virginia har. challenge you Tor debate.
In the papers NJ Richmond. Washing
ton. baltimore ana Philadelphia
n DID not Or. y. r. Sweeney. consul
general 10 Turkey under Harrison. and
u leading minister of the Christian
church IN Indiana. challenge YOU 10
debate nt Columbus Ind And wcrc
You not also challenged while IN Eng
land by the Rev. James grurrT
~ pid not Mr. John DnrHt. Uev. !.
W. Monscr, nnd four other prominent
citizens NJ Eureka, M. challenge YOU
70 meet lffNNiuNli ~ y iufffHAs NTNl=
inE 10 deposit IN hank ts0oo. and to pay
you thcfcfrom the sum ~ 1900 per niTht
fora tcn-nirhta' discussion
u. DID not Rev ~ ~. lirooks for
seven years pastor ~ the christian
church ~ Paris, III. before large au-
dienco IN that city. challenge you a.
debate, guaranteeing you IN answer 10
your objection that you could not nf-
ford 10 spend the time. the sum ~ $500
pcr night a. be- PAID you each evening
before stepping onto the PLATFORM
10, nld not you Violate your agree.
ment with Judge Jeremiah Hack. IN
the most contemplate manner. by
sending 10 him your argument only
eight days before the date ~ publicn-
tlon of the magazine In which the dis
cussion agreed upon was Ia appear
thus giNinr him but short time In
which to Prepare an answer to over 10
pages ~ printed mntter that you had
-lent many weeks In cunpiiinrf And
did ynt not tfFuse to allow hlH fvpiy
20 your Trtic'' e. appear M the Harus
nunh"r thus brrakiug o T"sitiyo cnn-
tract