Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1862-05-20


oquent response on behalf of the Assembly sss
Il DR.. Musgrave, from the Judicial committee,
asked the Assembly to appoint DR.. 8. 8. Shed.
dan to manage the appeal case on behalf OF W.
D. Guild, Of Newark, New Jersey, which was
done.
| Il was announced that Dr. Tustin would
preach this evening In the Westminster Church,
and Dr.. Sheddan tomorrow evening In the First
Church. rtdlA8 Q{l
The Assembly then. after prayer, adjourned
until ~ o'clock P. N. g3EH
AFTERNOON SESSION.
Rev. Dr.. Tustin, Chairman Of the committee
on Foreign Correspondence, submitted the fol-
lowing l0VEJ IrTQ0W
REPORT:
The committee on Correspondence with For
eign Bodies beg leave to submit the following
nominations for confirmation by the General
| Aesemblyi ITEMS Asat 70
For Delegate to the General Synod of the
Protestant Reformed Dutch Church--Rev. AL
fred Nevln, d. D.
To the Associate Reformed Synod OF New
York-Rev d. X. Junkin, D. D.
| To the General Assembly of the Cumberland
Presbyterian Church-Rev. R. J. Breckinridge,
DID. va On Vr "a so,
To the Associate Reformed Synod of the
South-Rev. ]. G. Backus, ID.
| WHEREAS, II has come to the knowledge Of
tbs Assembly that the Rev. Robert Watts, of
the Prepbytery Of Philadelphia, Is about to visit
Ireland, the place Of his nativity; therefore, b,
ReSOIosd, That the said Rev. Robert Watts
be and he hereby is authorized to represent
this General Assembly, of the Pfesby yterian
Church in these United States OF America, In
the General Assembly Of the Presbyterian
Church in ireland.
The report was adopted. .syi
Leave of absence was granted to several
members. rr1 .--t,ros
1t was made the second order for Friday AZ
terroon, 20 hear reports Of committees on Sy-
nodcal Records 'b,s.
The frat order for this afternoon wac taken
up. II was the report Of the committee on the
Board Of Publication, submitted by DR.. Mo
Pheeters on Saturday, being Of unfinished bust
ness. 'a 7,
DR.. Schenek, Secretary Of the Board Of Pub.
lication, made long and interesting statement.
as to their operations.
Dr.. McPheeters then offered the following
resolutions, which were accepted as a substitute
for the one introduced by Dr.. McAboy, on Sat
urday BFr 80 rC fQhC
l. Resol0ed That 10 view Of criticisms made
In this and former General Assemblies, q com.
mittee OF nine ministers and ruling elders, of
whom the Moderator of this Assembly shall be
Chairman, be appointed to make thorough ex-
animation of the affairs, plans, and operations
of the Board Of Publication, and to report to |
the next Assembly. .-,-.. ~
2. Resolped. That said committee shall meet |
in the city Of Philadelphia, at the call Of Its
Chairman; and the Board is hereby directed to |
give free and full opportunity TO the committee
n mt he oh IN 0f ;f.
and any information the committee may desire |
to procure. And ell persons from any part of |
the Church shall have full opportunity, and are
requested, either in person or by writing, to |
present to the committee any objections OF
doubts they may entertain in regard to the |
plans aud operations Of the Board .s'l
3. Resolued, That the Board Of Publication |
be directed to pay the travelling and other ne |
cessary expenses Of the members of this com. |
mittee from its treasury.
Whereupon long and searching discussion |
ensued, which was participated In by Doctors
McAboy, Junkin and Marshall. |
The report Of the committee, with the fore
going resolutions, was then adopted.
REV, DR. STUART RoBNsoN's REPLY TO DR. BRICK.
. INRIDGE, y /
The Moderator laid before the Assembly the
following communication from DR.. Robinson =
COLUMBUS. o., May 10, 1862.
To the Moderator Of the General Assembly: III
DEAR SR-The General Assembly having TO
day received, read and referred to q select com.
mittee, an extraordinary letter from Dr.. Robert
]. Breckinridge, concerning personal control
versy now pending between himself of the first
part, and the Rev. Mesats HoSt, Robinson and
others Of the second part--Which letter contains
charges against the undersigned grossly unjust,
and, If allowed to pass unchallenged upon
your records, obviously injurious to the good
name Of four ministers of the Synod of Ken
tucky-the undersigned, therefore, begs leave
through you to submit to the Assembly his sol.
emn remonslrance against further proceedings
in the case, with the grounds Of 1t.
l. The undersigned denies that any higher
obligation rests upon the Assembly to protect
the character Of professors in its Summaries than
that of the pastors of It's Churches. Much less
can there be any obligation 70 adopt extraordi.
nary methods for the protection of q professors
good name Rt the expense OF the good name of
four pastors OF the Church. /
2. That in the present case, the call upon
the Assembly is for not only extraordinary but
extra constitutional Interference, is manifest
enough, when il is remembered that, on the
one hand the assault upon these pastors In.
wolves charges Of moral delinquency which the
constitution Of the Church requires to be tried
by judicial process before the Presoytery to
which they belong, and not to be decided BY
mere resolution Of the General Assembly; and
on the other hand, the resignation of pro.
fessorship, by means Of which this case purports
to come before the Assembly, should, according
to the constitution Of Danville Seminary, be
laid before the Board Of Directors of the Semi.
nary, on six months' notice, to be by them re.
terred to the Assembly.
8. And what renders this call for extraordi.
nary and extra-constituti0nal methods of pro.
cedure the more unreasonable, is the notorious
fact that the whole difficulty was begun BY DR..
Breekinridge himself, In the first instance by
gross assault upon four of his brethren in
card appealing to the whole country against
them. And they have published nothing except
in selfdefense-6rst against the groundIess
charge Of his card, and secondly In response to
highly injurious article in the Danville Reuieu,
which article Of itself should exclude it's author
from all claim upon any special sympathy and
copntenance Of Christian men. And the under.
signed respectfully submits to the candor of the
General Assembly, whether one who has stirred
up disgraceiul strife with his brethren and ap.
pealed 70 the tribunal of public opinion through
the press, now when his assault is successfully |
rspelled before thstfibunal Of his own choosing, |
has any claim to an appeal, in this extraordl.
nary msnner, to the highest tribunal of Christ's
Church, for s.decision TO SET aside the verdict
oflthe public agsinstthim. I .1IdUlIA
The undersigned therefore solemnly remon.
s!rates agsinst any action of this Assembly In the
premises which may add to the damage already
done to religion, by disturbing this court and
the Church with.a disgraceful personal quarrel
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