Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1827-07-12

the part on our cltikens, Wnlcn, from
respect to the feelings Of those immedi-
ately concerned, should not be advert
ed to BY Us, were it not for the strong
expression of sentiment, solemnly and
publicly elected On the occasion, in be.
half OF a worthy aud much esteemed fell
low citizen. Without catering MO de-
taiis which we could s,sn we're buried
in oblivion. i, is sufficient to a general
under tanding Of the case, that refer
ence DE made 10 the s~ubioned proceed
ings OF one of the most orderly aud ras-
~peotable public meeting we have even
witnessed in Loudoun; aud, in unison
with this remark, we have the testimony
of gentlemen, not residents OF the stale,
that they never Witnessed a more digni.
fed and respectable assembling of citi-
zens convened in apopular manner. II
may also be in place to observe, that the
prevailing feeling, $50 highly honorable
to a community was that Of sympsthy.
The preamble ard resolutions, present.
ed by slr. Mason, were passed without
a dissenting voice, and a subscription
Immediately opened. We have since
ascertalned that upwards Of three hun.
died dollars were subscribed, and near.
ly the whole amount paid ia.
After thus noticing what may be ter
med emphaticaliy, the feelings i a large
conammity, (for the meeting was BY no
means confined TO citizens OF u town.
we regret to state that, IN violation of
the laws of q cd, and Of the land, and 10
the face CT public sentiment, the Rev.
MIR fusion was, In the after part of the
same day on which the meetiax was
held, deeosed into a private apartment
at a public house, and there violently
assaulted. The offender Immediately
surrendered himself into the hands Of
the civil authority, and was held 10 bail
for bis appearance at the next term, in
the SUN of one thousand dollars
At a large aud respectable meeting
Of the citizens OF L~eesourg and its VI
cinity, held at the Court house, On
Leesburg,) GA Thursday, the 2sth day
ofJune, 1877, pursuant to public no
tee
On the motion of DR.. Henry Clagstt,
Richard IA. Henderson, Esq. was called
Ia the chair. On the motion Of Capt.
Il D~ulaney, Col. Samuel NJ. Edwards
was appointed secretary of the meeting.
The object OF the meeting being ex-
planned from the chair, w 4. Il. Mas
on, Esq offered the following preamble
and resolutions, which were unanimous
ly adopted
Whereas The Rev. Septimus Tuston
has resided in Leesburg for the last two
or three years, and his conduct and
character have become known to us,
and whereas he has been lately sri ed by
the presbytery, and the issue of that fri
al has been a suspension Of DIS ministe.
rial functions, although We disclaim
any interference in the church govern
mens, or church discipline; yet, mas
much as the proceedings of that trial
were publicly held, and almost obtruded
or the public eye, as portion of hat
public, we deem it our duty not only to
an innocent and injured man, but to our
own moral characters, and sense of
Justice. to refuse to sanciion by tacit
acquiescence, proceedings abhorrent 10
u sober Judgments.
Therefore, Rssolusd. That we consid-
err the Rev. Seplimus Tuston, with
whose character we have become ac-
quainted, aud some of us Familiarity,
since his %sojourn amongst US, a gentle
man of the highest integrity, a Christian
of exemplary purity and fo~rbsarancs,
and as a minister of the Gospel, worthy
OF bis vocation, and alright ornament Of
the church.
Resolved. That we consider the pro-
ceedings of his late trial, as regards the
frivolous nature Of the specifications of
the charges, the mode of obtaining evil
dence to support them, and the restrain
ed and shackled course of defence in
posed on him, as unjust, hnquisisitoriaI,
and ~tyrannical,a and we view him in thus
being derobed of bis sacred garment, as
the innocent victim of a relentless per-
secution.
RESOLVED, That, as the late sentence
of the P~resbytery has most undeserved- |
ly thrown Mr.. fusion and his amiable
family destitute and pennyless on the
world, that an immediate subscription
be opened for their present relief.
Rssolved, That the proceedings OF this
meeting be signed by the chairman and
secretary IN behalf of the meeting, and
Al "