Cheraw gazette and Pee Dee farmer. [volume] (Cheraw S.C.) 1838-1839, 1839-05-17


" members of udicatory may not vote IN
the superior jud'catory on question of ap-
proving or dIssaprovIng 'he.r records" III.
page $3.50
i"c pFi"clPte has SiHcc "ccomc RUE OF
lhc Constitution, Us appears by the Book OF
Discipline, Chap. I. Sect. =, paragraph l2.
As the representatives CT those anomalous
congrg". ions therefore cou.I not sit in iudg.
n}cnt on their own controversies, It IS pretty
clear hat i: was intended they should be
represented gencraIly, else they wo"'d not
be represented al al N the coulc,ls Of tie
church, by those who nl'Shino; be Presby.
terians and that to effect L. the principle
OF Prcsby;erial ordination vas 10 be relax
cd, as regards boh The ministry and elder
slip : ana It is equally Gear tnat had the
Synods been cited 70 answer Tor the conse-
quent relaxation as an offence, they might
have ;riumphan'}y appeared az The bar Of
tic Assembly VIII: lie plan of LnioG in their
hand. That body, however, resortcd 10 the
only constitutional remedy in It's power it
fell back. 50 10 s?cah, on lis legislative lur.
sdc;ion in the exercise o!whic'l, the Synods
we're compctentIy rcprescn cd ani heard by
their Comn;s> ioncrs.
Now the apparent injustice Of the n,ca-
sure arises from the contemplation oft as
Il ju'.cial sentence pronounced agains par.
ti"s Who were n' iher cited nor heard wh!ch
Ii evidently was not. Even as a Legislative
act, It may have been hard one, though
certainly cons'Iiu Ional, and strictly just. II
was impossible TO eradicate the disorder by
any thing less lnan dissolution OF lhose
BODIES with whose existence ITS roots were
so Interwnd as 10 be mseparablc i'oG IT,
leaving their el"menis 10 'orn new ana less
heterogeneous combinations. Though de-
prvcd CT Prcsbytcr'al organization. the
Presbyterian parts where 10, excluded from
the Church, provision being made tor ;hem'
by alnwin: them 20 attach themselves 10
TIC nearest Presby'ery.
Il Is sad there is not sufficient evidence TO
establish the fact that IN" eXclnded Synods
had actually been constituted on The plan of
Union, in oracr to have given the Assem-
bly, even Legislative jurisdiction. The ies-
timony ofthe Rev. Mr.. SQuer, however,
shows that in some OF he three which were
within the state Of New York, congregations
we're sometimes constituted without elders !;
and the Synod of the Western Reserve,
when charged with delinquency on that
head, instead of denying the fact, promptly
pointed 10 the Plan Of Union for Its jlstlfi-
c@@:iaan. CT: Bu. pH:aa:: matters 1t whether the
fact were ac!ullIy what the Assembly sup
posel it to be If that body proccchcd IN
good faith, the validity ofits enactment can.
not depend on the jus;n' IS Of lis conclusion.
W. have, as already remarked, no authorl-
ty 10 rejudge its Judgments on their meris +;
and this principle was asserted with conclu.
sive force by the presiding Judge who tired
the cause. Upon an objection made 10 an
inquiry into the composition OF tie rres-
oytery OF Medina II was ru'eu '''a. Wi wni
li'e reasons iof the proceedings ol ios''
the act OF eXc's'on') "c nave ''ot"'"9 ~ w.
Ncare 20 0eterm'he on'y ",'a' wa: uo''s :
the reasons OF those VINO d'1 II arc '''''.ate- .,
rial II the acts comP'a'n4o OF "ere "''n'''
the jurisdiction OF The Assembly, '''e'f u71
clsion must &c llnal' UousN tn'y oec'osu
wrong" lMs was pFealcaeo o. Juu'c.a' J,
]ur'Su!ctiosl, o"' ''c r. 'n''',. % '
as applicable 10 Jurlsaic'oH lof purposes VI
legislation. c'tc INC PasSa-e' no Asse'
TO sllo" that altr suIeeSsu' 'I''' So, cas. ~ ~ !,
tho introduction OF eV'nel'ce o, '''c ''''' !.
Hes NOT WITH ''e ne'''o'S ~ "'o' W. ""'''
OF Il. ,,or, nm
II ta'h lAc HynooS ''' %oeSt,"1' ".'. w. af
s''u'!ona'ty o'sSo'Veu' III, .eS'y .o .e,s' " -,
winch 'h'y had ocen compose; WIZ Ts.oI 81
IeaS' ior purposes o' 'eprese''.''Io"' p.b,,o,,, ~
we'd along Win them 'ot n1 cai 'eso' A. A :
can be IN conneAIoh WIN .'ie o."eaa .ea a. a,hor M