The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1843-08-29
Communication.

| Mr. Editor Tho communication YOU did us
| the favor OF publishing on the 18th ult was do
signed merely as a vindicaton OF our father. IL
was not our object to calarnnia,e DR., ID X. Dun
lap, but 10 relieve the memory Of our father from
aspersions he had thrown upon Il. The Doctor
I assures the public, that without being " tempted
10 anger he endured the opposition and censure
Of a man, whom he has represented TO persons
&" well known to the Rev W. = Phafr" as being
better fitted TO command an army than to preach
the Gospel" and YET when the d.gener rate sons
Of the Same man proved 10 him and 10 the world
that he had traduced the characie' % their faith
er, he unable to control his passions. We are
I graiifcd to know, that although his exccrations
may be measured out TO US with unabating libcr.
atty, our friends and fellow citizens approve what
VIC have done. Some of the opinion that our
work is already complete, while others, ihoagh
satisfied themselves, desife 10 shed little more
light upon CERTAIN Incidents "a the history of the
past, which have been introduced to the AI,en.
ton Of the public.
In our .indicalion.r We stated. no, as 0 prin,
eipal bat Al an incidental fact, that tho Doctor
bad been suspended from the communion Of tho
Presbyterian church for incest, as dsGacd By her
standards We we're not the authors Of this stale
ment, We heard Il IN the days Of our youth. Ii
has been received ia this community, as hsto.
real fact for the last twenty time years ard We
cannot but express our astonishmcnt that i has
not been corrected before this time. TIE Doe.
tors long and distant separation from the Wax.
haw church, Of which he was ntemhcs and its
being destitute Of Pastor al tie time Of bis
cond marriage, 1t Il probable. 4 regular process
was never Instituted against him, and that he
was never accommodated from bis 4" Mother
Church Bot that be was debarfcd privileges In
the church Of Sugar Creek. because he married
the AZ his sAcra.a~a sstfs hn.
Prior 10 bis second marriage ES may have united
with tbs church 10 celebrating the Lord's sop
per, and our father IN courtesy 10 him AZ D sttaa.
ger and relative may have secured him a token,
bot after tina, evNntfui period IN BIZ history. 80
far AZ NC ran learn. be never united in the pea
pie Of Sugar Creek 10 tho observance Of that holy
ordnance, with the consent Of our father md OF
the Rolling Eldsrs. Ii any one desires a conhrna
ton OF these statements refer hlm to Maj Tho.
Alstinder. Amos Alexander. James W sun. sen.
and Jno. Johnson. uow OF CAbarus al OF whasa
have long been known Elders Of the church
/ Ii matter Of perfect difference 10 ~, " no
c1sf'cd ths hrs; iahaence which tondrd 10 tic or
gAniEaiioa Of the Buckhlll and Bethesda church
s. We merely designed 10 inform ". jan las
that %" history Of tier origin fonnl in has me
NOR was ines. rect. Ii ha all eonisr wth Mrs
cannon, from whom Ne received our in form. tion
rvllilse 10 Buckhill aud with Mrs Tucker who
IS well Informed co the subject and also with
Mr. Moore and Trivia. of the Sccc,ier church.
nc can obtain all the information ~ hich IL nc.
esssay
Tie Doctor afhrms. that 10 one year after be
eceame connected th tins Methodist church, he
WITH ~ his heart enrhfaccd her doctrines which
according 10 the oath 81 T. Jenh,ngs must have
been 20 1910 and ut We have ptoyod BY posItiva
and lndubltablo testimony that 10 1914 he dcelaf
cd himself Presbyterian in feeling and prinei
pic, and sought eonseKion wIlh ihe Pfssbyta
nan church. We caHhst reconcile those conflict
lag statements, without supppoa,ng. that IN 1874
he desifed 10 wtn The confidence aud patronage
/ OF the Presbyterian population Of tbs country
and that after that tune. bseanss Dr. Mrkehn5e,
whom he upgrnefOusly snd sl4ndcyously stigma
liics 90 an "avovcd inhdai.~ commended btnself
70 sh' people BY lis superior wisdom and ability
a. practitioner % lha healing All he concerted
'hr IDEA Of becoming pruasyglng Methsd,sf
ana o. building up that church afouad htm. that
ne ngh, live upon The Diseases and industry Of
Ter people. II tins supposttIou 10 correct. the
Methodism Of The man. = no claim. the o.te,n.l
honots Of the Methodist church m tins eonntv
must nave been ss mctgen4fy after lsI4mHwas
formal 40 1909
~ reference 70 those persons who we're slspcn
ood rom tho Presbyterian church for commnptng
WIN I'VE Rev W &. DAVE, We would makea few
REMARKS lie statement N tbs memoir 10 which
"e OBJECT - the, Seeing Nicholson tbus,p tro
unced INTO their midst, the Rev ) { G. adv iced
Wefn TO return 10 mother church aud prof,ss.d !
Willingness 10 receive them witloui eknoWtcdg.
mhht'' This invitation they refused 10 accent.
ltoirssihg 10 be perfectly satisfied with their
ehahse and wiling to bear the rcproach Of Me-
'"ouisui ne design Of tins statement IL 10 cx
hi0it the strength OF oar fathers ooposit,on 10
tho MelngGtsfa Al Il -
"on 70 an unconditional restoration was given
ahd rejected, Andrew Moore was Pfesbyt.ri.n
n state OF suspension. lie was not a Mrtbo.
dlSi ana consequently could not have been onc az
'noso 10 Whom y was extended No argument
'n"'e'ose' can 10 drawn either from the fact or
manner OF hs restoration. to prove that our f.,
'hef made an effort to break up the Buckh,ll so
eiety at the sacrifice Of the Discipline of tho Pro.
'yteFan church. The word ack nov ledgment.s
"hen used IN an ecclesiastical sense and az ord,
hafi'y understood ~ general term, including All
eo"c'ssioh' and engagements OF subjects Of dis
spine Va all novel cases OF discipline the
chufch session requires Of offending mernbcrs
u.u'i confession Of guilt, connected with d
.'o'on " fepohlance, OF, merely an engage
'neh' 20 ABSTAIN 10 future from tho ofTsucn charg
ed against them. Their case ,yas a novel 90
IL never had occurred and was not likely 10 nc
cur again. They we're Induced 10 commit tho
n'eguiAfIiy into which they tell, By their warm
Ieohngs OF attachment to Mr.. DAVIS az n chris.
uah aud az minister. They had no evil design
~ oottnuhIng with him, and enormously suppo.
sung bc was not constItutionally depoaod from
lho ministry were not conscious of n mo,aI a,
for IA What they had done. They we're not there.
lore required TO make any confession OF rn,l, or
my profession Of repentance, bu, merely 10 &C.
knowledge themselves TO be willing IN future 10
CONFORM to the rules of the church We ara han.
~ " y, a',o 70 state, that with this WOW of tho
iiiope"eIi church, perfectly agroca. And,ew
noo'e was received IN this way, precisely ON The
samo condition offered to those nssoc,,isd u,,h
'iin IN ms irregnar,ty. lie was tho only ono
"ho consented TO this, the only condition of res,o
1911 nc pcoaine Methodist IN a few months
,Sef h,d been an effort made BY our father /, a..
'"'e 'D' members Of the Bucihtll Society from i