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

a true devotion to the welfare of the Churc
and the country, then, In either case tnat 10
charges and inslnuAtions are all without iounda
tion, and ought not to have been made
l. was further ordered that copy oi this min
ute bNkaid before the Board of DIRECTORS, an
that h be published in tho Louisville JournO
and the PHILADELPHIA PTesbyterian.
Il. H. ALLEN,
Asst. Sec'y Board of Trustees
ACTON or THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF DANvILL
THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY
A minute of the Board Of Trustees Of th
Dauville theological Seminary, touching Ger
tain grave charges made publicly against d.
iR J BreckinIidge, was laid before the Boar
of Directors BY order OF the Board OF Trustees
Whereupon, at the suggestion Of Dr. Bfeckin
ridge, who was present, and considering tina
this Board received this minute after mos
of the members who had been in attend
apee had departed, and at the moment OF ID
adjournment, and when only two members be
side the prepiding officer remained--it Is order
ed tha. said minute be referred TO the mex! meet
ing.of this Board gr
The above is true copy OF the action OF The
Board OF Directors on the paper OF the Board o
Trustees, which was ordered to be laid before the
Board Of Direotors (relatlng to certain charges
publicly made against Dr.. R ]. Bfeckinridge)
at their late meeting.
STEPHEN YERKES,
Secretary OF the Board.
Dinville, Ky May 6. 1862.
The foregoing papers we're referred to the
following select ommittee: Judge H II.
LeaVitt, Chairman; Mcdonald, Geo Mar
shall, NJ. w. Staples. ] McDougall, H K.
Clarke, A. B. Belknap.
THE viKws OF pR. ROBERT BRRoKIsRIDoE
The following paper was then read by the
Rev Dc Breckinridge, which was ordered to be
put on the docket and made the special order
for next Thursday morning. Dr.. Breckinridge
desires this paper TO be adopted by the Assem-.
bly,, as an expression of its views
The General Assembly of the Presby terian
Church In the United States Of America, now
In session at Columbus, in the State of Ohio:
considering the unhappy condition OF the coun-
try in the midst of bloody civil war, aud OF
sentiment in many places, and openly assailed
by schism 10 large section OF Isl considering,
also, the duty which this chief Tribunal, met in
the name and by the authority of the glorifed
Savior Of sinners wh0 is also the Sovereign
Ruler OF all things, owes to him our Head and
Lord, and to bis Aock committed 10 our charge,
and to the people whom we are commissioned to
and to the civil authorities who ex.
lst by his appointment; do hereby, In this deliv.
erance give utterance 10 our solemn convictions
and our deliberate Judgment, touching. the
matters herein set forth, that they may serve
FOR the guidance of all over whom the Lord
Christ has given us any 0ffice of Instruction, or
any power Of Government.
]. Peace Is amongst the very highest temporal
blessings Of The church, as well as of all mankind:
and public order is one of the frat necessities
Of the spiritual as well as OF the civil common.
wealth. Peace has been wickedly superseded
by war, in it's worst form, throughout the whole
and; aud public order has been wickedly super
seded BY rebellion, anarchy, and violence, in the
whole southern portion of the Union. All this
has been brought to pass in e disloyal end trail
torous attempt TO overthrow the National Gov
by military force, and to divide the ma
tion contrary to the wishes of the immense ma.
iOrity of the people Of the nation, and without
satisfactory evidence that the majority of the
people in whom the local sovereignty resided,
sven In the States which Tevolted, ever author.
zed any such proceeding or ever approved the
raud and violence by which this horrible treason
lss achieved whatever success is has had. This
whole treason, rebellion, anarchy, fraud, and
violence is utterly contrary to the dictates
If natural religion and morality, aud is plainly
by the revealed will of God. Ii is
he clear and solemn duty of the National Gov
,rnment to preserve, OF whatever cost, the Ma
ional Union and Constitution, to maintain the
avs in their supremacy, to crush force by force,
Ind to restore the reign of public order and
,esce to the entire nation, by whatever lawful
means that are necessary thereunto Aud il is
he bounden duty of all people who compose this
great nation, each one in his several place and
iegree, to uphold the Federal Government, and
avery S:ste Government, and all persons In au
.hority whether civil or military, 10 ell their
awful and proper acts, unto the end herein be
ore set forth t.-
III. The Church Of Christ has no authority
rom him TO make rebellion, or to counsel .rea-
soD, or TO favor anarchy in any case whatever.
On the contrary, every follower Of Christ has
The personal liberty bestowed on him BY Christ,
% submit, for the cake Of Christ, according to
his own conscientious sense of duty, to whatever
however bad, under which his lot
may be cast. Bat white patient suffering for
Cbrist'a sake can never be sinful, treason, re.
oellion, aud anarchy may be sinful-mos. gen.
orally, perhaps, are sinlnl; and probably, are
hlWhys huu neSSEshtlAy eiuluts IL all lEGo COun'
tries, where the power TO change the Govern.
mens by voting, 10 the place of force, which ex-
ists as common right tcOns,itutionally secured 10
The people who are sovereign. lin any case Urea
son, rebellion and anarchy can possibly be sinful,
they are 80 10 the case now desOlatDg large por-
tioBs Of this nation abd laying waste great mum.
bers Of Christian congreg ations, and fatally OBJ
saucsiug every good word and work to those re.
uiopa tn The ChFialian naonIh ceattarad
throughout those unfortunate regions, and who
hsv o been left of God to have any hand in bring.
ing on these terrible calamities, we earnestly
address words Of exhortstlon and reouke as un-
10 brethren who have sinned exceedingly, and
whom God calls to repentance, by fearful
judgments. To those In like circumstances
who are not chargeable with the sins which
have brought. such calamities upon the land,
but who have chosen in the exercise OF their
Christian liberty, to stand in their lot, and sui-
fer; We address words of affecionate syunoathy.