Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1860-05-24


THE HANOVER STREET CHURCH AFFAIR.-
The Official Board of the Hanover street N
E. Church had meeting Monday evening
and unanimously passed the following resO-
lutions:
ResolUed, That we feel it necessary and do
hereby demonstrate against the action Of the
General Conference Committee in the restor-
alton of ministerial character to Alpha
Wright, and in our opinion the North Ohio
Conference dealt justly and truly, and we
fully believe the truthfulness Of the testimo-
ny presented against him before that body.
RESOLVED, That We demonstrate against the
ministerial character of Alpha Wright as a
member of the North Ohio Conference, his
course of conduct being such among us, the
last year ne was stationed here, as 10 cause
US TO lose all confidence in him as a minister
of the Gospel.
RESOLVED, That we regard the appointment
of a special committee by the COMMITTEES on
EpiseOpacy of which one of the counsel of
the accused was a member, as contrary 10
propriety and universal usage in the con-
struction of courts Of justice, and in itself a
ground of just apprehension that the cause
Of truth would suffer.
Resolved, That Rev. A. Wheeler, in prose-
of a faithful pastor, and we are constrained
to declare that in our opinion the course he
pursued was free from personal and party
motives and that he acted strictly in ae-
cordance with the instruction of a majority
of the Official Board, and Of the members Of
this Church.
The following resolutions relative to the
above action of the Board, have been handed
US with request to publish
We therefore, the undersigned, having
been connected with said Official Board for
the last ten and twenty years, desire TO ex-
press our entire dissent from said resolutions
for the following reasons
/ lst. Though not now connected with the
| Official Board, technically so called, having
resigned our positions within few weeks as
Leaders and Stewards, because of the course
pursued by the present Pastor, yet we retain
our places as Trustees, and know that those
resolutions do not express the sense of the
Church or the community.
I'd The small fraction, not more than five
in all, who passed those resolutions, were
warm friends Of Mr.. Wright, until after the
arrival of the present Pastor.
Sd. Said resolutions give wrong impress
sion in reference TO Mr.. Wright's usefulness
among US. We affirm that our Church in ali
its departments was never more prosperous
than during the last year Of Mr.. Wright's
ministry among US.
4th. Those resolutions are iasurreetionaTy
and seditious in their character, arraigning
the highest jndicatory Of the n. z. Church,
and duplicating the honesty Of the very
large Commitee on the Episcopaey, who ap-
pointed the court to try the appeal Of Mr.,
! W. said committee having been comprised Of
| one delegate from each annual conference
numbering forty-seYen, and free from any
previous bias or prejudice.
5th. We are unwilling 10 have it supposed
that we assisted in passing resolutions which
thus impeach both the wisdom and honesty
of the entire NJ. E, Church, who, in the light
Of all the testimony in the case, after listen
ing to the argument Of able counsel against
him, reversed the decision of the North Ohio
Conference.
eth. We are unwilling 10 lend our names
to 50 ignoble purpose as to publish in the
daily papers such resolutions, for the express
purpose, as II seems 10 US, Of defeating the
justice which the General Conference hai
awarded to Christian Minister, thereby at
tempting 10 accomplish by a public slsndsl
what they have failed to accomplish through
the channels Of justice provided by thC
Church, hoping thereby 10 crush the mar
and destroy his usefulness forever,
7th. We repudiate the idea Of sending ou
sueh resolutions without the names append
ed of those who voted, 80 that the communi
tv may know who were willing to assume
such a responsibility.
HoRAoK benton,
GEORGE PRESLEY,
HARYY STEPHENS,
s. H. CROwL.