Show Mil McMrtlS ItlUM lit Uitilci Zip I pad Ilic I xrrp lotn ImrRrd to Him 1 DITOII IJrMocnVT Sunpl because Ire been too busy with hllportalll duties until this morning to reply definltclj to nil absurd but serious charge brought gainst mom In 5 our columns last Saturdn enlng bj an anonvmous writer of whose character 1 kno nothing excel t sit is revealed In his cominunicatiou ouhnvo jumj ed at the conclusion that I am guilt of the charge For 5011 san sa-n your editorial on Monda and pincu he lid not contradict it In the nbmie the next morning his silenco Is construed as acknowledging the charge Great Cesar I Must every honorable nan be considered guilt of whatever absurd surd charge an nnonvmous scribbler moved by some petty spite lIIay bring against him because forsooth lie does not break out of his morning sleep nnd rush to the newspaper office without hat or coat before breakfast to contradict it 1 in not so troubled about in reputations nR that And except for the hijur that meht bo done to people whom 1 respect lr oCCr l oll auuil for the persistent attempt I of your pa Icr to fasten a false charge upon mo 1 would pay no further attention to the utterly trourdless ittack mblishcd l against mo In your olumns It was entirely croundless tlWI f J 1ro fg uttered for the simple reason that I no such sentiment as was attributed to neb youur correspondent I nor nf thing I ranlcring i upon it 1 take refuge behind no laisits linyiic is you suggest My tongue does not carelessly slip into the utterance of sentiments vv Inch I do not cheve nor guile into slanders of iuoy vorth neighbors Hero is w hat I am accused of suing tc the graduating class You know as well as oI that no decent man or woman cai live in this world without embracing 3hristianit And without tring to ascertain from mo or those who sat near me what I did say your corresponden proceeds to abuse me for enlist I did not sit to charge mo with intolerance1 and uuluigotrt and attempts to stir up against mo and a vvorthv institution flue prejudice antI ill will 01 a 1 largo claus of ererhhiy 1 lernllIIUi this unaliciouto atleuulut cr111 bull 1cr I denv lIIost emphulicnlly that I uttere1 any such sentiment I could not have uttered it for I do not believe an thing of the kind In every community where I have ever lived I hare ha id many warm personal friends whom I have highl ud al1111 esteemed outside r all churches Nor is this community amuy exception Those accustomed to hear me have often heard eulogies from me upon up-on the worth life and deeds of men outside of the churches Biieh philosophers phil-osophers for example is John Stuart Mill such htcrnrv men as Thomas Carlyle such scientists nsAgassiz Vnd how utterly absurd to arraign mo for hostility direct or indirect against flue Jews when for aamiy years the one person I have revered and loved above all others was a Jow when tho books I most sludy and prize w ere written by Jews when In this very city before the siiago uo was built I had flue pleasure of giving i the use of i It111d sI t i church to 111r Jewish friends and neigh borH for their annual religious services and would bo pleased to do BO agun if they should need it as would all 1 ins olh I cial associates But your correspondent nnd somo others you say declare tli it they heard lila Ei what is alleged Well now what now code of ethics is this which makes a public speaker resonsible either for the defective hearing of one of his auditors for tlritluk of mental training which makes him unable to follow n clear enl sentence through to the end and grasp its meaning 1 But you say jou have the names of sun represcnta ii rrrzeeOw r1 live citienswho are respected liy me who aver that I did say what your correspondent cor-respondent alleges You are mistaken I for I would hive respect for no person who Is acquainted 1 with mo who would I persist in attributing any such sentiment to me iho are mist U en They he ird nothing of the kind oven if they thought they did For every ono who will allege that said 1 an thing of the kind there mo forty who know I did not toy It And flue proof that these half doen icrsons are mistaken lies m flue fact that those who sat nearest mo and hid the best opportunity I hearing I emi haticnlly deiuy 1111rt ri fe f T ie 11 that I uttered the alleged sentiment 01 mv tiling like it Out of the score of witnesses who niiLJit bo tailed I du not wish to call more thin two I nddiesscd notes of mqulr to 1rofcssor Miller and J C Hole ESI i asking them ill said 1 what Ins been alleged One of them Hat immediately in front of mo on one of the front scats nnd 1lho other on the platforlll within three feet of me Ihu following lure their replies DiMiMu McNnci I heard your 111 dicssto thegriduatcson ridu evening and I nm positive that you did not utter uny such sentiment as that which onus attributed 1 to you in bitnnla ovcnings DMKCiur I nor dil 1 think that nil thing IJfll t g was said that a Christian i or iiouuChiris linn could object to Yours Binccrcl 0 D 1 1 II I MM n n hum Hlli 18Rli RUT Ltki CITV Juiui 10 18K KM H G MeNiici II I D My lInt Sir I hne before mo your luiluuiry < Did i 1I utter tho sentiment attributed to mo in haturda Di MOCUVT II In ropl 1 I would say that Hal closo to youu 11 lIOn ou were speaking nll1 1 hall every opiortunlt to hem what youi multI f IrI fl 1 do not lielleve you multI it ur urn thing that could bear Unit coiibtruUlun Iniii Mtishcd thu writer III the Di I iauo tint IH mistaken und without any re flection on him I deem thu nbovo platt nit nt 11 run lu net of f justuu to ysui ii y oursvcr restoclfillly j OJ WI lt loMriuvO KOMI Sin others ItcsilIs SIr Holo bal Oil the platlurlll hear 1I10lIIon 11 hlJ arll lIecutolllell to hoar III voice rJW sssull all Ioivt hellI Htarlloll 10 hoar limo suet Ioclrino frsuu lee for fhiuy all kIlO I ifs list icliose iuii uucl lctrliui ash I II I 11It they I uulI huius 1 iliI litit I iuhher uiii5tldmig I jt 1 I the kiwI Now 11111I I toll ysii pltcicly 1Ihull I tlill Ha III flit lollnIIOII roloflCtI to I Whulonr else youu lIIay 1m illilillowlIl 10 I urge OUILS JI1r friend 1101 tu ito ill tlillercni lu the great lruthH utili plill I clplos 01 liiistiumuIy Fr yiuuu kiusw tiC vuiuM IN at hfur the Plot uiuhu i n eiutuul ice Ihiioiil dark IOJII luus on tile I U tartlu that have hum main light niul 1 1 chaiued into dount lilacs for diccnt men und woimii In livo In HUM HUH I ill inw largely to the Iriillm anlinin I ilplcs just rcferre 1 to I Ihuu JUH halo il crbitiin AIIII thero IK nothing ju a about i uliLi ireedn lor ettuit Iio If I I nil onu still ohjei U to J I this tie In wcleoinu lo do HO lIulllllll I ircarcd to Bland b it as one if nn holiest convictions I Jiust a uur1 llii iii rtgiurl Ii lilY IIssuilall I 110111I hy IJirth amh < 1 lruuimiiug II 11I011I1 war rlor for trulh uuiuI < 1 rldal IIcutnIl1l11 lor ears to gin I flue 1II0IIliroci III0wH in the open 1I1ltl 11IIlnt tI I I IIIIn uuil 1 I tlihici I deem II mv duly to ole Jo I naturally oxiwct in return pose mid am prepared to receive tho hardest kind of blows from au ojxiii Held Hut l do protest against being attacked from the rear bv any man who nets the I cowards J I tI ards part by concealing himself behind an ambuscade sod shooting tolin Up r loi I I IJn arrows In addition to this mv opponent has tried to palm himself oil for a lion and a Christian lion at that lie rushes forth to the defense 01 worth ircoplo against my iegohf tiS l as thouth they vvcro not able to defend themselves But unfortunately for him like Aesop poor hero ho forgot one fo lIr very J tSalOl thing I when donning the garb of a 1 lion and that was to cover up his ours I Others have called my attention to tho places In his article whcro the long cars stick out 1robablv ho has some grudge against me but I have none whatever against him Although 1 Al-though Ins article seemed tome and oth era to he unnecessarily mean both in its spirit and purpose still if ho will come forward like a man and frankly ae knowledge Ins wrong in attributing tome to-me in tho first plaeoanv such nnrasomiblo sentiment without asking those who pat near me what I I said and then pcrsis ting in his charge in the face r 11 its de ninl i I will heartily forgive him i and rllj lj fs osa rl rIIO shako hands with him and say no more about H In any rouse this must end all discussion hi mo in your columns JXIIC oIt 3 Mclsttei SVIT Iki Cm JUM Iftli 1880 < 1 |