Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1859-09-29
Written for the Yorkville Enquirer.
'tREUCHLIN" AND REV. W. C.. DAVIS.
, NUMBER -FOUR. .-.-s.- q. -

Mr.. Editor Il have in my previous
! numbers, defended the full ministerial au.
thority of Rev. VIM c. Davis, as received
by him from the Presbyterian Church, and
. continued from October, 1910, down to the
day of his death in 1881 1st On the
ground that the bodies at Hopewell and at
Rama, were illegally constituted, aud, there
fore, could not lawfully iDAict the censtres
1 ofthe Church and 2nd On the ground Of
Mr.. Davis withdrawal from, and indepen-
dence of, the Presbyterian Church. I have
shown, that, from and after the 9th Of Octo-
Der, 1910, the Presbyterian Church could
neither be held responsible for the 'errors'
of Mr.. Davis, nor rightfully exercise au.
thority over him in any matter; and that,
consequently, the acts Of. Concord Presbyte-
ry, IN the suspension and deposition of
Nh. Davis, were entirely nugatory, except
so far as they might tend to prejudice the
public mind against Mr.. D., and thus d.
miuish his influence, and, of course, hinder
his usefulness. And just so far as that re-
suit has followed, would greatly prefer that
Concord Presbytery, or any other, rather
than I, must, in coming day, meet the re-
sponsibi1ity Of those acts. ....-... 49,.
I will here, Mr.. Editor, dismiss that por-
tion of sReuchlin's' article which has refer
ence to the Rev. VIM. c. Davis, personally,
and ask the readers attention to some of his
remarks under the second question which
he raises viz: ....... ...e .-
Who arc the General Convention Of the
Independent Presbyterian Church ..
/ He answers it thus: 1T is the ecclesias-
tical court of the churches that call them
selves followers of W. C. Davis In this
he is slightly mistaken. They call themselves
Independent Presbyteriaus,' and they are
willing to be followers of W. @. Davis
only 90 far as they believe he 'also followed
Christ sReuchlin' probably supposed that
those for whose benefit hepenned bisarticle,
away in North Carolina, might never know
who these independents were, but through
the medium of the very Aattering notice
with which be is pleased to honor them; and
I doubt not but they will accord to him a
due measure of grateful acknowledgment
for any favorable impressions he may have
produced upon the minds of his readers in
their behalf. -
Any one who is familiar with the past his
tory Of the Independent church, would con-
clude, think, that the disposition to fore
stall public opinion in regard to this little
people, by exciting a species of contempt in
the mind, and by raising the cry of Focnum
habet in cornu, had long ago been fully sa-
tiated and sincerely trust that the spirit
manifested by 'Reuchlin' is, at this day,
characteristic of very few besides himself
Iwould, however, have suffered his remarks
under this question pass for what they are
worth, Gas heretofore) if it were not that he
has ventured some statements with reference
to the effort which was made two years ago
to effect union between the Independent
Body and the Presbyterian Church, which
I think are calculated to mislead the reader.
He says, In those negotiations the churches
of that body did all the General Assembly
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