TO CORRESPONDENTS.

Colonist, Issue 60, 18 May 1858, Page 2

TO CORRESPONDENTS.

" A Subscriber," in our issueofjytay.il, seems to have misconstrued our intention' entirely, with regard to any observations of ours at any time affecting th^ feelings and convictions of religious persons. We are not sure what part of our remarks has been ungrateful to him. We can only say that Catholic and Protestantwill never receive from us any intended disrespect. We are not aware ■that, we have penned a single line which, if considered without prejudice, cati fairly bear any interpretation either unfriendly to liberty or religion. If in anything, however, we have even tempted a smile at'the seeming expense of'the notions of a remote nation indulging in any pious excesses, we have not done so with any unfair intent. From the manner and animus of our correspondent's note we should consider, him to be & foreigner and claiming all courtesy; for we cannot fancy that an Englishman, and a man of letters particularly, would feel any. serious inconvenience to the freedom of his combative natuie,—a disposition exulting in healthy struggles, delighting to " think and let think," —in receiving;a rub tj or two even with regard to that touch affair — religion, which being " charity—beareth all things"—even a smile when it is perpetrated by inconsiderate folks, like some editors, who err a trifle now and then. " Advantage."—Your letter shall appear in next Friday's issue.