Daily national Democrat., 1859-10-21
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card appeared in Saturdays issue Of the NATION
Al DEMOCRAT, over the ii ignature of sanuel T. MeD-
ster for the purpose as the author states Ui setting
the pubic right Ia regard to an aruce netuel 70"
in the Colored Baptist Church., published IN that pa
per on Thursday last, which he charactfrhes as "a
SANDER" lie says hcis sorry that necessity compeis
mm to appeal to the public in answer Deihg' as u
churchman, opposed to discus ion IN pUbuc prints
This believe TO BE- liz ally true; for a. church,
with he am Thomas Randolph, as its cheI iuncuoha-
res, II VIII not bear public rNannatoni pu since ne
mas had the audHcity to creep out Oi MS hlhy con-
cealnent, AMI appear before the pab.c IL IS hoped
that he viii give them the satisfaction when ne ha' so
peTsistenty refuse to give the members Of MS chufCh
TO wit, an account OF the moneys collected IN tno
name # tn church, and what h rs been done with ii;
besides the hundreds ofdolars that has been taken N
at various festivals, for the benefit o the ceurchi
ana why h| will not allow the church papers eNainh-
cd, or the church Incorporated, why he aud his 9th
er SELF Thomas Ran olph circulated lies about Droth-
er Copeland TO prevent his being ordained to preach
in the church, and had him turned out. with every
other one Who dared to favor an examination "t the
records-Trustees not tpted-and why he wants TO
force upon an unwilling congregation pastor honest
ly aud intellectually incompetent, and in every way
obnoxious t. them, when IL was enbeyohd per-
adventure, that he had misappropriate' the church
funds, for which he silencsd in the pulpit over
year ago, and the charge yet stands against him. un
less, indeed, his hig-prest Webster, has absolvSd
him OF the sin. These some OF the things which
the public Interested in and while he is in the hu-
NOR, he "ad better enlighten them IN these points
lie says in his Card-Nhich, suppose, he ihought
would put quietus to all urther dscussion-that the
Democrats intormant, chatng under his recent dis
mlssal from the church, for iasehOod had circ Lifted
this foul SANDER but this Is false, for have never
been suspended, that or the public know, except it
has been done in caucus, betWeen Webster and the
preachers family, aud certain woman who always
with brother Webster, IL ht wrong; but did
send in my withdrawal, stating that would not be
recognized with such heter 'geneuus mess however,
understand Webster said he would not it; he
uld have the proud satliacton Of dismissing me
His very modest alusion to uy defective edu alton,
carries ITS own comment. am proud to say, howev-
er that he holds special advantage over in 'hat
respect lie unintentonally makes one true assertion
in his card. that 1.-THE Democrats informant knew no.
thing Of the monetary affairs of the church." There
are many Others IN the same fix. hence the dssats-
action amous the members. " We had an investiga-
ton which proved satifactOry," says he. Who does
he mean by ''lce?" Surely not his congregation, for
he has not enough left to constitute quorum. Speak
ing of the preachers wife, he says "she is member
Of eleven years standing, period sufficiently Ing
cOrdng to rules to entitle her to a yote"-a state
ment false in every particular. l do not know that
hc belonged to any chCrch, and certainly not
this, until she was smussed IN, short time ago, in
order that she might vote FOR her husband to take
charge of the church here. l authorized by bro
ther Wm Bland to say, that while he was a Trustee in
the church, Webster made him sign note for S63n, in
part payment Tor debt OF @SIO which he said the
church owed h ma piece of ainy that would never
have come TO public knowledge, hal not the present
controversy in the church. This he cannot deny,
for he tried the indie with other members; but
finding them less guible he left them alone but
about that time n ntroversy arose in the church,
and Webster wrote all the way TO Fraser river, for
brother Satche and take charge the church;
for, said he, ''the devil has got in the church. and
can do nothing with the people" After Satchel got
here he went to work to straghten up the papers and
| church books he found that Webster had charged
the church $I00 for which he could not account =
| Then, on examination of the church funds in Web
sers charge, they found 800 Short for which no
account could be gven-making Websers claim
against the church sink frcm the huge sun of $S00
to the ptiful amount of SOD Webster then got an
cry, and would not let him complete the examination
of the books, aer he (Webster) foied in the at
temptto swindle the church of $S0 he then, through
fear shame, released Bland OF his six hundred and
vllainou path and had to beg the assistance OF
another, to help him out, b and il satisfied he would
had that six hundred and fifty dollars to pay. Find
ing Sutchel too honest Webster deposed him. nd
/ back. We then inquired what had become of the
hundreds Of dollars which Randolph had begged hro
the country, but has been given and there
is now a standing charge against Randolph, in the
church here, which has been settled, of having
made proposals to a lewd woman, while in Sacramen.
to- (whose name the author give, whenever called
for) that was beneath the dignity of gentleman, and
| at varianbe wi h the duties of Christian. This may
may be legitimate way of distributing church funds
but confess can't see it is also charged that he
told Mr. Ferguson, Clerk Of the Baptist Church in Sac
ramento, tn 1t he had collected eighteen hundred dol
lars, at least the different sums amounting in the
aggregate to eighteen hundred dollars but when Ran.
doph found lie had been counting IL up he got angry
and said 1t was not so much bnt there were the hg-
ures. Now, where is the money? Echo anwers where?
Let Mr. webster In his grea anxiety to satisfy public
opinion, enlighten them on this point. All that
have to Id IS, that l am prepared to proUe what
have said upon my Olon authority, AMI even IN ore
which delicacy forbids me here t. men ion.
AARON w. C0BBS.
MARYsvuLE, October 18th, 1859. oct2t-1t