Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-11-29
THE PARsoN on THB PRlAcHEas.

But nOW come to the religious branch
of.Dy subject; aud wish to say at the out
set, that il seem 20 use harsh language, I
do so after the most mature deliberation
and with personal knowledge Of the mat
tiers which 1 shall mention. Aud here /
declare that the worst class Of men, so help
me God, on Southern soil, are the MetHo-
dist, Baptist, Presbyterian, and EpiseOpa-
lian preachers. They are nnmitignied
scOundrels- Some noble exceptions exist,
but as body they are corrupt, Ireacherous
aud vile. Last month the Methodist Church,
of which have been u member for thirty
years, held Conference in Athens, which
was presided over by a hOary headed old
mar Bishop Early. With one sweeping
resolution, they expelled from the ministry
all the Union preachers Of the HoisI0n
Conference. know these Union preach
era we'll, and they are men of piety aud
talents. One OF these is an old man who
has been a preacher for forty years, and
was Major under Andrew Jackson, at the
battle OF Horse Shoe, at Ne1 Orleans, aud
at Mobile. This old traitor, Bishop Ea-ly,
also issued an order to the Presiding Ed
ers to exPel all loyal local preachers within
the Conference. This order includes my
self, who have been local preacher in that
Conference.
THE REBEL PRIESTS TO BE CAST OUT AND TIE
CHURCH PROPERTY REcOvERED.
am going back, and intend to call n
Conference Of the local preachers, and we
will exPel the last devil Of these rebel
priests. We will put these seceders and
rebels out, aud recover the church proper.
", which rightfully belongs to Us, and not
to the traitors. This Methodist Book Con-
Germ in your city, which has published 30
f3 r
rebels-it belongs to the loyal Methodists,
and we mean 10 have It back Here Is q
copy Of the Church Discipline, and It most
positively enjoins upon all our preachers
obedience to the laws and constituted au-
thOri;ies Of the land A transgressiou OF
this injunction makes the offender liable to
expulsion from church. When the Elders
are ordained they are brought around the
altar-you have seen the ordinations here
frequently, for all the Elders were ordained
here, as this was an aristoerAtic eongrtga-
tiOn-R Don ton, upper tendon church
and there in the presence of God and the
congregation, the Bishop lays his hands
upon their heads and swears them TO
oppose all disloyal doctrines. THUS
these rebel preachers are PICTURED, fOully,
basely, WickedIy peri=red Early, when ie
was ordained q Bishop, took an oath 10
promote peace aud harmony, law and or
der. heard him swear the lie myself IN
Columbus, Georgia. Parsou Sawrie. who
knows hinl, well, 10 some private transae-
tiOns, says that Early is miserable corrupt
old creature. Let us believe these rebels
always, when they, testify against one an
other These persons of the Methodist
Publishing House employed me to write a
book exposing thar internal seOuDdrel OF
the Baptist Church, Elder ]. Z. Graves
They then denounced him for all that was
vile and rascally, but now they are all
standing shoulder to shoulder in stirring
up rebellion. They are the worst seopn-
drels in the Union, aud intend to expose
their damnabIe Hypocrisy, villaiay and
talsehOod, to tue gaze of the world No
man living but me can do Il, for know
them better than any one else. intend
TO resurrect the Knoxville Why, and pour
hot shot into their rotten hulks. Preach
ers have had more to do With treason than
any other men. Some sneakiug seoundrel
wrote me a note this morning, asking NV
opinion Of Andy Johnson. There Is no
moro Inconsistency 10 Andy johnson and
myself working together Ia the cause OF
the Union, than for MeFeFrin and Graves
to pull together, in the yoke OF the devil,
to destroy the Government. When the
villiany Of these wretehes shall be exposed
the revelation will shock the eouutry.-
These Southern Methodist preachers be
gan the work Of disuuiOn years ago. John
q. Calhoun, the arch originator. Of treason,
sent for Bishop Capers, aud had long,
private conference with him at the time the
split occurred in our Church. This was
the entering wedge of disuuiOn. Imeau TO
show these traitors to the seoru aud alb
hOTrenCe of their eouutFgmeu b. arsls-.