Litchfield enquirer., 1835-07-23

bove alluded tO, lO De seen GOr sqnares-ShelrI houses were completely deserted. and many. we are assured. passed over the FsReF. and slept, or attempted tO sleep. throughout the night in the open air.
 Long before nightfall mothers with children in their srms-shOle families. from the grand- father down tO the erAndchid-might b~ seen hastsniDg from the sOuth-western part Ot the city, trembling with apprehension and eager iO discover sOnle place of shelter fer the night. A large number have left the city. and are scattered throughout the adjoining cOWntiss, while others are preparing io leave lhs snO- ment they can obtain sufficient funds to bear iht expenses of a journey.
 Frem the CiaciRnati JosvRal.
 Cineinmafi Presbyterg. BEECuRA.--t will he FeInembered that some M0Ollns slnct the Rev. !. l.. Wilson, ID. D. Wf this city, presented to the Cincinnati Prsshytery, cer> tain chNrges Hgainst Dr. Reeehes. Oa Tues day Uf last week. the Pr~shyteFy held meet ing. at which these charges Were takea 0v>- The crimes are, |. Her~<y en the sMhlece @F ability. original sin. aud Christian P<ets|cslSa> 2. Hypocrisy, in Dr.. Br~chrr's saySax be A>~ lieved the Confession as Faith, g. SlaatasF. in Dr. Beechef's asserting that ASs stsaAeRs had been the oPinioas ef lAe ESas&Seeat
 At the commeperasees sf,Se srsssA Hs> MI son, according to the rales sf sar sAsaseA> was duly warned that # he ealk<a to asaks esk hiis charges. he hims~lf shoald h& e~asaRvd as a slapderer of the Sosrel msnSssry>
 The trial commenced on Tuesday. Messrs> MoufOrt. Ga1ley. Hayden. KsmpeF. Aten> Gains. Vail, Stowe. Bullard. Barnet. Weed. Duncan, and Brainerd. were examined as wit nesses. On Thursday afterOnon. Dr. WlIsan began his speech, and continued 1t until Fri day noon. He endeavOred to show. that Dr. Beecher's sentiments in his sermon m the Native character 6f man. delivered in Bos- ton, and published in the National Preacher ten years ago, and also the sentiments of the sermon on Dependence and Free Agency preached in AndOver, Massachusetts. three years ago, were not reconcilabie with the Con fession of Faith. He also made severe com ments on Dr.. Beecher's published sermon on the Faith once delivered to the Saints,' and endeavOred to show. that its sentiments were heretical and dangerous. He then read MT. Rand's letter to Dr. Beecher, to show that the Doctors. orthodoxy had been questioned in New England; also letter from Perfec- tiOnist in Connecticut to Theodore D. Weld. in which letter. Calvin. Luther. Whitfield
 
 Finney are praised. After attempting to es- tablish Dr. Beecher,s disergency from the Confession of Faith. he inferred that he must have been guilty of hypocrisy in saying he a. dopted it. The opening address of Dr. Vii ] son was, in general, good tempered and delib' crate. Dr. Beecber began his defence On Friday afternoon. He said he had not expected tO be tried hcretic ailhis period of sifes but as he was now put upon his defence, he intended to make thorough work oft. To counteFact the iDAue0ce of Dr.. Wilson's statennealts and read- ings. he requested the reading 0fstssO letters from Dr. Green of Philadelphia. and Dr. Mil Ter of Princeton. These letters were written to urge him to come to the Fifth Church iD Philadelphia, in, 1898. His sergnOns on the Natiye character of man. and a1 .sThe Faith once delivered to the Saints,' had at that time been before the public for years. The latter Dr.. Green had reviewed and apprOyed.- Was he now to be driven from the church for holding the sentiments of these sermons Did Drs. Green and filler mean tO tempt him to commit ecclesiastical perjury when they in- vited him SO earnestly to come into the Pres. byferian Church?
 Dr.. Beecher also requested the reading of a letter signed by Dr.. Wilson himself and di. rected to the Hanover street church, in Bos- ton, to persuade them to allow Dr.. Reecher to come to the Lane Seminary. This letter speaks in the highest terms of Dr.. Beeeher's qualifications. and urges upon his affectionate people in Boston every moving motive to sur render him up. Dr.. Reecher asked how Dr. ] WilsOn could send such a letter to tear him away from cooiding people. when for sev- enteen years. Dr. Wilson, by his own comics sion, had known Dr. Beecher's sentiments on ability-the main heresy charged.-l Was it right. thus to reach out hand to beck. on and even draw him away from Boston, and then meet hirn with club us soon as he reach | ed the West
 Dr. Beecher adverted also to the fact, that l Dr Wilson, without waiting to prove him guil- l ty, or to have any court decide upon his di- | vengeance from the e Confession of Faith" had | sent out streams of newspaper charges, by which to pre-occupy the public mind. To these charges, pr. Beeeher said. he had new 1 CT replied. He was unwilling t0 agitate the church by crimination through the press.
 The Dr. then asserted. that on the points | charged he did hold with the Confession of Faith, if he had been able to understand that formula. If he was mistaken as to the mean ing nfihe Confession, he was not t0 be char l ged with hyp0crisy in its adoption. He be- lieyed he was not thus mistakeH. hut he was Willing to leaxe ii tn the c0nris nf the chiareh to, decide between him and his brother Will son. In adopting the Confession of Faith, he adopted 1t secOfdinG to ito real and proper NAea ming. nr. Reecher here c0smDared his