The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1862-06-03

brought him to. The Methodist preach
ers in the South were entitled to NOR,
consideration than those of any other de
nomination, for there was more unanim
ity among them. They were nearly al
without any exception, rascals. Grea
laughter and applause. They had al
pitched in, and when but the other day
they held an annual conference fifty
miles above where | reside, in the towr
of Greenvlle, on the railroad, the vener
able Bishop, James o. Andrews, the
man who split the turkey in two when
the general conference was held in 1914
presided. l know all about that, for
electloneered hard for him in 1882
They were holding an annual conference
and faction of preachers, to distinguish
themselves, to render themselves more
acceptable to secession families in which
they were boarding, brought him upon
the carpet, he at home some fifty miles
distant; for il he had been there, 1t would
have been about the last thing they would
have done. No Parliamentary rules OIL
Bishop Andrews could have choked
him down when they mounted him, he
would heve mounted them, and when
Greek met Greek then came the tug o
war. They denounced him and his pa
per, and clamored for hanging him, and
such clapping as was then there new
er was before. and the Bishop enjoyed il
as well as anybody else--as well as he
had enjoyed the hospitalities Of his house,
for he had been there many times
Fountain E. Fitch, an old Presiding FL
der Of the Conference, a man who had
been in every General Conference for 80
years, who went to Europe with Bishop
Soule, who had one OF two sons in the
rebel army, was chaplain of Nash
vile regiment, and he made il practice
TO get drunk, carry a bottle with him
he drank 10 excess and swore profanely,
but preached every Sunday faithfully to
the soldiers, and in his discourses told
them actually that the cause in which
they were engaged-and he only gave
him as specimen Of all denominations
fighting for the independence of the
South. fighting TO keep back the Aboli,
ton hordes of the North, and to repulse
the hordes of Lincoln, was so good and
SO holy cause that if they died in this
cause they would be saved in heaven,
even without grace. Great l.ughter
and applause One OF them, the Rey.
DR.. Baldwin, of the Methodist Church,
Senator Pickens being in front of him,
knelt down, as was the Methodist Gus
tom, one Sunday, to pray: 90 Lord, F."
he said, "we thank Thee for having in
augurated this revolution" Judge Pick
ems rose up in his seat, and taking his
hat, says he Cd d-n such a PRAYER
to hell J" Loud laughter. A rever
end of the Baptist denomination This
name escaped our reporter, the report,
er's table having been placed at great
distance from the speaker, at the head
of the Baptist publishing house in Nash
Vile, when the Union army approached
Nashville, and he found his neck in dan
ger Of the halter, took to his heels, and
as he was running out of Nashville nine
or ten miles an hour, was going in un-
der flag of truce. He is now heading
a regiment of rebels, arming them with
pixies.
A gentleman (Dr. Pearson, President
Of Columbia College. Kentucky J gives
an account of Dr. Martin of your town.
He graduated at the Union Theological
Seminary here in New York.
Parson Brownlow-You didn't fully
graduate him al your college he is now
taking lessons under the devil to my per-
sonal knowledge. Great applause. l.
lie is New School Presbyterian. res
ident of Knoxville. Until he became a
he was gentleman. and re.
garded him as Christian Minister, and
have SO spoken of him. But allow me to
say that whenever secession enters into
man in the South, whether priest or Le-
vite, the devil accompanies it, and you
expect him to do the works OF the devil
alone from that time forward and forev-
ermore. Mr.. Maynard. our representa-
tive in Congress, is an elder in the New
School Presbyterian Church, scholar.
and gentleman. He had no sooner left
in disguise TO make his way through 10
take his seat in Congress, than the Rev.
Joseph +. Martin made set speech, go.
ing through the formalities Of taking
text--preached an outrageous sermon,
aud prayed an outrageous prayer "lhat
his wicked and unhallowed tracks might
never again be seen or known in Knox
ville." The mortified wife of Maynard,
who Is in this neighborhood, and who is
a lady, and so regarded, in every sense
Of the word, an intelligent, charitable,
Christian lady, shedding tears on that
occasion, rose up. and left the house and
Iourneyed home, aud although she was
driven cut but few weeks ago. with my
wife and children. she has. TO her honor
and credit never disgraced her name BY
visiting his vile sanctuary any more. -
Cheers, i" Good" Feeling that he had
behaved in a mean, sneaking, contempt
ble manner, he made her visit and apol.
ogized, saying, Il didn't want to do il,
but my elders made me do ii. and | had
10 do il or lose my salary and my place. "
What do you think OF devil like that
Well, sir, that is one of your New School
gentry. Now for the Old School. The
pastor Of the Old School Church in
Knoxville, man Of education and fair
a.ent. and until secession broke out |
hon plt him, n u,apttap,an anI , rh..,