The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1843-08-15
Communications.

SOIElIuuicd
ANSWER TO THE ASfERSIONS THROWN
ON Il. DUNLAP By d aim u CALDWELL
: Mr. r. J. Hoiton Being supplied with cert
hcates in abundance 10 contradict the vile Sian.
dcrs Of these pouId be gentlemen, | now proceed
10 the painful task. say painful, for am sin.
cerely sorry, in Standardization, to be compelled
to establish ialsehood 90 men | could Hish TO
think well OF.
! The first charge they present. is what they
wish 10 make appear as false statement With
respect to the origin Of Methodslu at BuekhIll.
They refer to Mr. \. Moore's history 10 prove
that certain i. Garrison and not Dir. ID. gave
Tie FIRST lessons in netAodism to Mis-. VI. Now,
had they not CaTbied his statement there was not
sy!l4bio that would 90 to contradict the state.
ncnt made ia the memoirs. have his whole
account fion under bis own hand. as be SAYS
w9s repeated 10 ]. ". u Cs!Iwcl. VIII any
uIan u sense conclude that because A. earn.
son was lot mentioned, that therefore tie bal.
auce was fa.se WI! any one Genv that Mrs. u
DID come 20 ny house--th she made the eEqul-
fy-and that. subsequently, there were prayer
iheeliags at her house With regard TO the for.
nation Of Bethesda Church, ] never claimed 10
have any thing TO DO. ! merely gave the listo.
y as ] received It-they attribute the whole 10
expelled member CT the Seceder Church. II
there = any error IN Tie memoirs, ii is Ia using
the ord they instead Of he. Nh Moorc's com.
mun.cat.oA, nov before me, saws, That il oaed
iss origin 20 an communicated Seceder, il IS
true but what moved him TO get up tho society
know not. He might have been at Black Ri.
yer Campmeeting for aughi ] know-ihis do
know, that previous 10 his getting members TO
put down then names a society in order 20 OBJ
tain Methodist preaching, some how and some
where, has mind had got very different religious
turn from whst 1t when in bis own church"
Does this contradict my statement, or prove that
lie aud osAeis might not have been at Black RI
yer Campmesiiug
nos proceed 10 their assertion Of what they
call the facts in the case" viz that was
pended from communion in tho Presbyterian
Church for incest; aud subsequently joined the
Methodist | acknowledge that when | read
tt.is, my very soul was filled unuterIhly foil Of
indignation. Iacest IS generally considered one
among tie baecSt alckest crimes. Then whV
DID they rot, IN tbIs easo, state the nature Of II
Or why did they leave every reader to put the
blacklist construction Upon il thai his own ina
ginatlon might suggest answer, for no other
reason than fear lest others might not consider
iAc the tutesable monster fbsg would wish rne to
appear. The father OF les has mora sense than
to tel! lies without some mixture Of truth TO give
them colauHE; bat here is falschood without
STATE Of So4gL Cqroliua Faiffe!d Disfrjct.-
Personally appeared before me, Dr.. Edmund !cn.
uincs and made oath, that he IS well acquainted
with Or David Il. Dunlap, Of Charlotte, North
Carolina, aud has been for nearly forty years.
and during that long period lio has had It in his
power 10 know him thoroughly, from the clycuUu-
stance OF his being pupil OF has for years, IN
his youthful days-he acted as Clerk for him IN .
the mercantile line nr. Dunlap married one of
his sisters and after her death some years, maS.
ricd second sister. lie never knew a mora hon.
est, upright, uniform and consistent man in all
his acquaintance When he frs, became acquain-
ted with linn, 1t was he thinks, in 1902 or 1908
he was then, be thinks. Presbytcrlln. lie
married bis sister Eliza IN ls04--she died IN 1919,
while he was reading medicine in Salisbury, n
G. lie had the happiness TO see her expire her
las, breath in shouts Of triumph, She and DR..
Danlap ioIned the Methodist church some years
before her death--tho number OF years he cannot
toil but il could not be less than or years be.
fore his sister Elza's death they united thoui.
solves othe ~ L. Church. lie qualities that
there never any organized Presbyterian
church il Wadosboro' during the life time OF his
SISTER Eliza, nor during the time DIR. Dunlap lIy.
cd there and | think there has never been one
there since. The charge Of his Or d. X. D.
bong c1pellcd from the Presbyterian church for
marrying his second sister, Charlotte, is false
he married Charlotte in the year 1914 and moved
10 Mcoklonburg Al the above statements are
true, and ho the said Edmund Jen.
nings has subscribed his name to the above oath
in my presence, this 2sth July, 1913 i
Signed +. JENNINGS.
WN. i. PEARso., Magistrate.
Again
STATE Of SOuft. C0rcliaa, Fanfeld District
Personally came before me, Mrs. Eliza jennings,
wife of the late Mai. John jennings, and made
oath, that she is well acquainted with DR.. David
K Dunlap, now OF Charlotte. n, Carolina, and
has been Tor upwards of 10 years She has hoard
the affidavit of DIR. Edmund Jennings, which is
inclosed, read She is knowing TO most of the
facts confirmed therein, and knows them to be
trutha. She says there never was an organized i
PRESBYTERIAN church in Wadesboro, nor Is there
one now to the best of her knowledge Dr. Dun
Ian never was expelled from the Presbyterian
church, nor even censured by them for marrying
her cousin Charlotte Jennings, or she must have
heard of it. The Doctor joined the church Me
thodsi before the death of his FIRST wife, lie is
az honest man as any that lives, in her opinion
Sworn to and subscribed before me, this 2sth Ju.
". ls43 Signed, ELIZA b. JENNINGS.
WM I. PEARSON, Magistrate.
No,e.-Dr. f. Jennings and f. b. Jennings are
too well known to have their affidavits doubted.
Andrew Crockett and Agniss c. Crockett, of
lancaster District, S c., we'll known TO the Rev.
w. S. Pharr, certify that DR.. Dunlap never was
expelled from the Presbyterian church IN the
WRxhaw congregation 10 which he belonged
tExiract--See the Originally
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