The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1861-05-29

! The Judge then withdrew his motion.
! - motion was made to lay the resolution of Judg
! Rvarson on the table
The vote vas taken by voice, bat the Moderate
being unable to decide, division was called an,
the resolution was tabled by vote of lO2 yeas b,
95 navs. '
The Rev. Dr. Backus, of New York, said be wa
aStr"hG Northern man in sentiments. He wOult
| stahu oF MI government in h-r times of peril In
doing this, the institutions and interests of South
erh men were III no way assailad. MANY men il
| the South have, bv their misguided zeal severed
the most sacred ties. Others are still loyaI anC
VIII remain so. In conclusion, he remarked tha
ne thought lhat reconstruction could BE- effected
! between the brethren of both sections He bnped
| 'hat peace and prosperity might reign again at an
! early day.
DR.. leoman regretted that the resolution oi
! Judge RYersOn had been tabled He was sorry
that the discussion could net be SUSPENDED ard the
whole subject left with judicous committee who
m'ght deliberate together, and prepare a more ac-
ceP,aoie document than any Individual member
could lie was sorry that the idea was entertained
oy many members of the Assembly that the pas
sage ol DR.. Springs II solution would cause diyi
SION IN the Church. He would be happy il but a
Ieeo'e word which was uttered by himself would
avert lhe Impending catastrophe 1t would he the
sweetest moment in his life. A perpetuated Union
Is the only thing which can keep the Church to-
gether as a band Of brothers
lie hoped that this Assembly would maintain A
conservative position upon the momentoas question
to the other. A great deal Of confusion was mani
tested in fixing the hour of adjournment TWAS
h"al!V decided upon to meet at s o'clock in the
evening.
EVENING SESSION.
The Assembly met at p. NJ The Rev Mr.
swan opened with prayer. Rev. Dr. Hodge then
with permission, withdrew his paper
DR.. Lord OF Chicago next spoke. He repelIed
with pam and sorrow the imputati that the
friends OF DR. Springs resolu ions wished to divide
the Church. This charge and this idea came from
those who advocate the other side The friends ~
DR.. >. deprecite diSuninn absoiutely and they had
heard with aStt nlshment the earnest mod. of onno-
Siti"n To lr SIS earnest, clear and patriotic resp
iuiiofs They should have been met with a candid
and hearty 'aye." The speaker at lpnrth enro
glZed the proposition contained in Dr. SIS paper.
aha went on l" show how deeply the Church was
indebted to our Constitution and laws for its pros
perlty DIR. Lord next took up the objections to
Dr. Springs resolutions in detail after which he
asked what the Fathers Green and Witherson would
say to such objections? lie thought the mother
Presbytery, il her voice had really been heard
was getting so old that she forgetting her own
history.
He could not believe that our Southern brethren
lwho were Union meu) would secede from our
Church because OF the ground taken by the Spring
resolutions But on the other hand DR.. Lord
could not but feel that the failure to pass these res
olutions would do iucalculable harm in the East
the West and the Northwest. While there might
not be any secession in the North vet great
OF our people would undoubtedly leave us and pet
beyond cur influence. We talk of our LOYALTY vet
our very course in this matter gives rise to impres-
sions IN the minds O! the Church outside and the
public generally, t at we are not loval Besides
some OF cur ministers at the South are not loval
by their own record. Some OF our minister. ara in
the rebel army. Some of the Southern Presbyte-
RES have, as | have understood declined to an
point commissioners to the Assembly in c0nse-
quence OF their sympathy with the rebellion
Southern commissioner here stated that DR.
Lord was misintoI med.
DR.. Lord then continued his remarks, CLOSING bv
declaring that he placed Chrst's Cross al Crown
above everything.
Dr. i ,ker (Texas) next occunied tha rIotE,r,o
lie dweit earnesty upon the ignorance of the South
displayed by Northerners, who have n yer even
seen the South through telescope AS native
OF ashngton, and one who had travelled over all
parts OF the country, be loved aud admired this
grand North as well as lie loved the South To-
night he was going to speak in a way that mirht
lead 10 his being hanged at the North. TI,aurhter
and cries Of mol He was also going to talk in a
way that might get him hanged at the South too
| Renewed launhter.l
The speaker then expressed his amazament that
TINS Assembly was SO under the influence of the
military spirit; that or talk had SO much Of the
cannon and the bugie-biast in it. In his opinion
our duties and our work spiritual and we
ought not to be 50 overcome with this thunder
gust, this whirwind of public opinion Whv, we
southern Union men are here begging You for
Gods sake to listen to Bates and the Adn,inistra
ton, when they ask us not to divide The soaqkar
deprecated division along the fatal, the acCursed
Mason and DixoD's line, and he spoke in euogy of
the patriotic uprising in the North
But he emphatically declared that if Mr. Sprior's
resolutions passed it would completely disrupt US
Here the speaker congratulate ed himself that what
ne was saving could not get to Texas because the
mails were stopped. However, he said he was
wiling to take the responsibility Of saving that he
voted against secession and he hated secessinu but
at the same time, il he voted for Mr. Springs
resolutions he could never preach in Texas again.
There was Immense enthusiasm at the South rs
well as at the North. The speaker referred atfac-
tlnnatey to his father (the famous Rev Daniel
Raker, of Trxas,) and said he was giad ha ros
dead, so that he could not see disunion
lie further declared that if vuu drive US of vcu
yourselves force us into the of the secession
lists. 1t is at your hands give the unity which
al Southern Presby terians want. Besides our
Union men want to help bring back our glorious
and beloved national Union rAppIause1 the
Presbe eran church is the last thread that BRIDGES
the chasm. Oh, friends, will you break that last
thread? | saw the tears of blood shed at the Sc
cession of the Episcopal church Of Texas at Aus
TN; and call on you to remember that the Pres
byterian and Roman Catholic churches are the
onIV ones who yet remain bound together.
Mr.. Bakers address one Of the most power
iul delivered during the debate. At its close Dr.
Hodge moved to lay the whole subject Of the state
OF the country on the table The yeas and uays
were then called at minutes after ten n'cl.ck
and recorded as follows: Yeas "A; nays l39
lie Moderator decided Dr.. Hodges motion
defeated, and the Assembly soon alter adiourned,
amid some excitement, until nine o'clock to-mor-