The Union and eastern journal. [volume] (Biddeford [Me.]) 1854-1858, 1857-02-13
Rev. I. 8. Kalloch.

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contain the following report Of commit ;
tee Of The fremont Street Baptis, Church, ,
which was unanimously adopted by the
Church. together with resolutions declaring
their determination 10 stand by their Pas
tor.
The Evening Journal says; "While we
think il due to himself and the public that
Mr.. Kalloch should court a legal investiga-
ton oflhe serious charges which have been
made, we are happy to receive an assurance
that his future action in the premises viii
be governed by the advice Of gentlemen in
whose sound judgement the community
have confidence -
A, full meeting Of the fremont stree,
Baptist Church, the following report and
resolutions were unanimously adopted;
The committee appointed by the Tre-
mont street Bap,is, church 10 examine into
the charge which has been made against
their pastor, the Rev. I. S. Kalloch, have
attended to their duty, and beg leave 10 re-
port:
/. They find this charge has been free
" circulated in paper denounced by re-
spectacle journal Of this city as filthy
sheet, which has given itself an Infamous
notoriety "a the scurrilous deiamer Of good
mems names.
Tha, the evidence by which this charge is
said 10 be supported, !, not such as to emit
lie il 10 credence. II is unlikely and con-
Trajectory. Dea. Richardson OF the Fl'st
Baptist Church Of Boston, and j. Warren
Merrill, Esq, Of the Bap,is, church OF Cam
bridge. two gentlemen Of The first respecia-
bili,y and unques,ioned veraciy, testify that
the two accusing Witnesses made certain
statements to them Of tho affair." and then
and there declared that they stated all that
they kna0 and Saro, and 70, these srme wit
nesses have sworn TO much more aggra-
yaled and essentially different version OF the
affair. The testimony OF men who are
found guilty of falsehood in their own rela-
ton of the matter, is no, sufficient 10 con-
vince yonr committee that your pastor is
guilty, without positive, or the strongest
circums,antial evidence. Positive evidence
there is none. What, then, are the cir
cumstancesl
3. Mr.. Kslloch left home on the eve
uing Of the 5th day Of January, with mu-
tual friend Of himself and vile. who was
visiting at their house stopped at the ho-
tel in East Cambridge, entirely ignorant OF
its reputation; introduced himself as the
lecturer before the Lyceum, and called for
private sitting room where he nigh, AZ
range his notes. After the lecture he went
into the room again to rest and wait for bis
carriage. And it Is charged that here,
in very exceedingly exposed room,
rih a door partially pried open, that he
nigh, be watched, and with the door lead
ing into the main hail unfaslened, he was
guilty of the crime alleged. The eircum-
stances are improbable in the extreme, Tor
detection was almost certain, and an oPpor-
tuniiy for committing the crime charged
agains, him almost impossible.
I. The manner Of making the charge Is
Of the mos, suspicious nature.
Why did not the base paper alluded TO
make the charge Immediately!
Why was an anonymous letter sent to
Mr.. Kalloch, and correspondence request
ed? Why did his uccusers wait until Mr..
X. had gone on a distant journey, which
had been planned weeks before, and then,
when he could no, reply, assail and Willy
hint And why no, sustain the taTdy
charge with evidence accompanying p
why publish part and tell The public more
would iollOw'
In conclusion, your committee are con-
WINGED that Mr.. Kalloch has been the OBJ
jectof base conspiracy 10 ruin his rePuta-
lion, as anonymous letters Of a threatening
character have been received by him for
several months past, and that, in al least one
instance, money has been demanded OF him
as the purchase Of his safety, that he has
been watched and pursued by men bent
on his destruction that his caemies chose
what they evidently supposed TO be an au-
spicous time to effect il; that his bold po'
sition and earnest words have excited the
wrath Of ltoso whom he has so unsparing-
Is denounced, and who have received and
circulated The charge alleged with tiendlsh
exulialion; that Mr.. X. has no, the imPuia-
ton OF having absconded, by hastily return
ing and boldly confronting his accusers
and that his conduct, according to his accu-
sers' testimony, was Of the mos, open and
unsuspecting kind, he not having exercised
that discretion in his movements that
wicked man would have exercised.
In view Of all these considerations and
from evidence in possession Of your commit
tee, they believe him innocent Of the crime
charged against him.
All Of which is respectfully submitted,
ISignedl II. G. SWAIN,
WIN. w. KErCHUM,
TiM0. s. DODGE,
II. n. NEl son,
~ DREW