tors being
ashamed of themselves, the Rev. John Marsh tried to defend himself and
his coadjutors, but Mr. Greeley very summarily brushed his sophistry
aside, and placed all the actors in that disgraceful farce in their
true colors.

_The New York Daily Tribune, Wednesday, May 18, 1853._

THE WORLD'S TEMPERANCE CONVENTION.

_To the Editor of the New York Tribune:_

SIR:--Your "Inquirer," it appears to me, is bent on throwing
firebrands into the temperance ranks, and the worst kind of
firebrands, those of vile sectarianism. Will you permit me to
answer and remark upon a few of his inquiries?

1. "Are there to be _two_ World's Conventions?"

_Answer_. That will be, I suppose, as people please. There may be
a dozen; and I know not that any harm will be done.

2. "Did Mayor Barstow occasion the schism in the temperance
ranks, by refusing to recognize the feminine element in the
movement?"

_Ans_. No. The schism, such as there was, was caused by a
proposal of Rev. Mr. Higginson, and a persistence in it, that a
representative of the Women's State Society should be added to
the Business Committee of one from each State; and this after the
Committee was full. With as good reason, it was said, might one
be pressed from the _Men's_ State Society or State Alliance. Mr.
Higginson pertinaciously pressed the matter; and because he could
not have his own way and rule the Convention, he refused to serve
on the Committee; and hence arose all the disturbance and the
schism.

3. "Did Dr. Hewitt rule out from office Mr. Barnum on the ground
that he (Mr. Barnum) was an infidel?"

_Ans_. No. I am confident he used no such phraseology; and
"Inquirer" has no more right to ask such a question, than he has
to ask if Dr. Hewitt did not rule him out on the ground that Mr.
Barnum was a horse thief. The very question amounts to an
assertion (as is announced in the next inquiry) that he _did_ say
it; which, if he did not, is calumny. Dr. H. _did_ object to Mr.
Barnum, as he had a perfect right to do, as one of the Appointing
Committee. It was desirable to find the best men to get up to the
World's Convention. I proposed Mr. Barnum as one, knowing his
amazing efficiency. Dr. H. objected, on the ground that he
(Barnum) was a very exceptionable m