Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1860-1862, 1861-11-03


and naughty as any Magyar or Pole who
ever lived. If there be any large Union
element in Maryland. let it be developed
now, or the world will not believe in its
existence. - 'e'4 = - .t--.~s.T -, -
The Case Of Rev. DIR. SCOTT of the
Presbyterian Church at Sam Fran.
cfsco-A Row. a $50 - -
1t has already been stated, we believe,
that the distinguished. divine, Rev. DIR.
SCoTT, of the First Presbyterian Church
in San Francisco, formerly of N. Or
leans) had retired from the pastorate
charge of that church, and signi6ed his
intention of leaving California fer En-.
gland. The Doctor, with his family,
left San Francisco in the steamer of the
goth September, with the intention of
proceeding to England. The cause which
produced the separation of DR.. S. from
his charge, was, it seems, the course he
pursued at the meeting of the Presbytery.
A series of resolutions had been introduce
ed, setting forth the duty of loyalty to.
the Government and the wickedness of
the rebellion. After the resolution had
been read, the scene which followed is
thus described by the San Francisco Pa
cifie:-iai - = .,as, faa. slssos Al s.i's7iz 3
After few remarks by Rev. Mr.. Loo
mis- (the mover) introducing the above res.
olutions, DR.. Scott rose, and said that on
ly one thing was lacking to the paper
only one thing-there should be pre-
amble resolving the. Ecclesiastical body
into political organization; then the
resolution would be in place. He had
hoped that his brethren would not med
die with politics in the Presbytery, and
to him this was wholly unexpected. He
denounced it as being cut and dried,
giving him no notice whatever of the plan
thus concocted in secret. He denounced
it IN toto as political paper, and invoked
and implored that Presbytery should not
thus resolve itself into a political body
by passing such a set of resolutions. For
his part he would be constrained to vote
against them--to record his protest.
and he called for ayes and noes.
Remarks in reply were made by DR..
Anderson, Rev. A. Williams and Rev. F.
/ Buell., and in support of the resolutions.
DIR. Scott rose to reply, and spoke at
length, and with great deal of vim and
voice. He denied that the Presbytery
had any right to call this war rebel
lion. Where in the word of God, he ask
ed, did they get the authority to call the
present war a rebellion? Would Jesus,
sitting in the chair of the moderator,
give his sanction to the paper before the
Presbytery? Would he advise ministers
to preach loyalty to the government
Would he tell them to discriminate be-
tween rebellion and revolution? No,
Siri tell you, no siy! Jesus would have
nothing to do with such things. DR.
Scott denied that this was rebellion
Jefferson Davis was no more of traitor
than George Washington that would de-
pend on his success or his failure; that
Jefferson Davis was as much President
as Abraham Lincoln was President.
He read the paper article by article
The parts that referred to the Bible as
sustaining loyalty to "the powers that
be-" he passed without comment or as
sent The resolutions that bore on Sc
cessionism he assailed. The reference to
chapter twenty-three of the Confession of
Faith, he agreed to, of course, and some
other things he could adopt. But for all
this he protested against tit was in to-
to political paper, and had no business
in the Presbytery. as go 80 leTl's -
Z The vote was then taken, and of the
ten votes, DIR. SCOTS was the only one in
the negative. 49, p q. = -. - =,
DIR. Scott then gave notice that he
would enter protest. ifisi-' - . sa-1'aiisf
The San Francisco Herald of Sept. 23d
gives the following account of the scenes
that transpired on Sunday, the ED, at
DR.. SCOTS church: : - .s-59 + 80. ,., =
On the 22d an effigy was hung from a
building near the Church, but it was re-
moved by, the Chief of Police, in the
presence of a large crowd - is..e5i ll5
There was an American flag flying from
one of the lamp posts on the porch of the
church building, which had been placed
there some time during the previous
night. A lady present piucked it from
its perch, and gentleman came forward
to replace it. His motives were miscon-
strued by the crowd, who thought he was
assisting to take down the flag, and he
was assaiied and severely beaten before
he had time to explain. - - 49,
& At length he got free, and mounting the.
parapet of: the porch, he said; "Gentle-
men, there is certainly some mistake here.
brought that flag and put it here my,
self, at 8 o'clock this morning. The
crowd cheered him, and he departed
Soon afterward, DIR. Scott appeared, and
was booted and Missed at as he entered
the church, but no demonstration of vio-
lence was made. He went through the
usual religious exercises calmly, and
preached q sermon entirely free from any,
thing savoring Of disloyalty, In the
meantime the crowd increased outside, so
: There was : large police force on the
ground, but the utmost quiet and order
prevailed until the services were conciu-
ded, and DR.. Scott appeared on the steps
i, f.~,nf If fha ,I,,rrh Jv~sSy.ax3se tale fto