CAPTAIN HUTTON AND THE 'TABLET.'

New Zealand Tablet, Volume II, Issue 68, 15 August 1874, Page 8

CAPTAIN HUTTON AND THE 'TABLET.'

We hare received the following from Captain Hutfcon in reply to oar remarks in last week's issue :—: — To the Editor of the New Zealand Tablet. Sir, — The report of the last meeting of the Athenaeum Committee, although it may state correctly a part of what I said at that meeting, certainly conveys a very erroneous idea of my opinions. lam neither a Spiritualist nor a Materialist, but think that, as a member of the Athenaeum Committee, I have no right to use that position to advocate my own religious opinions, whatever they may be, to the exclusion of others. I voted for the admission of the Tablet, as I voted for the admission of nil other papers that I considered were not intentionally immoral. And if I mentioned the Tablet by name it was only as one of v class of papers advocating particular doctrinal views, which had been placed together on the table, and I by no means wished to individualise it particularly. By blasphemny I simply meant that these papers sometimes contained articles offensive to the religious feelings of others ; but the word was not the best that I could have employed, and T regret having used it, as I had no intention of offending any one. — I remain, yours &c, F. W. Htotok. Dunedin, 10th August, 1874.