Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1862-05-21

side, b d bus proper that this also should ap
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sr.sa.s.sss.g.sH LErom the Pressyterian.l1 l1gs.ssa
hoped when published my card OF March
l4ih, in reply to DR.. Breckinridge's unprovoked
attack upon me, that had so framed my an
swer, that while IL efsotually disposed Of his
accusations, Il would at the same time preclude
the necessity Of my re-sppearing In The public
prints, to which am greatly averse, especially
in collision with an aged Ministerof the Gospel.
was not shaken In my determination TO
avoid any further conflict with DR.. B even by
his violent abuse of me in the late number Of
the Danyille Reuiew; nor by his efforts 70 per-
vert the meaning Of my card, nor By bis threat
to resign bis professorshp at t1e next Assem-.
bly, Ia oonse ouence of what have 'dirtct,y
charged, and Dr.. Robinson "seems 20 inti-
lmste - nor by his insinuation tbathenoIon
regards me as Q gentleman, nor by his applica.i
tion to me of the epithets "rufian and bar.
barian," nor by his sneer at "Southern cbival-
ry," as though utterly oblivious Of bis own
famous Sumner letter, 80 cbivalrous and in
tensely Southern. But the recent action OF the
Board of Trustees Of DAnvile Seminary,
, which action was ordered to be published in
tue Presbyttyian, oblIges me reluctantly 10 ask
room in your columns again, to Get uyself
right before the Christian public.
The attention Of the Board" having "been
called 70 certain publications recently made by
responsible persone, 10 which an injurious i'm
putation is cast upon DR.. Robert Breckin-
RIDGE" that body adopted hypOthtticaI reeolu
tions In bis favor to the effect that ~ IT WERE
CHARGED that DR.. B., as trustee, had mismsnag-
ed the funds, or as preacher or professor, had
discussed politics from the pulpit or the chair,
then Ii was not true, etc,ysa
In order to relieve me from even this condi-
fionGl censure, 1t will only be necessary to show
what said, and why l said IL.
|, As 10 what l said, it is not true that have
either directly or Indirectly charged s'that DR..
B., acting as trustee, has perverted the funds Of
the Seminary to improper uses" The Board
OF Trustees could not be so persuaded by DR. b.
himself, but expressly declare that they tOere
untoilling 10 belitue Il.
In the next place, 1t Is not true that either
said, or 'meant, that DR.. B Gin his capacity
as professor, has from his chair inculcAted bis
political opinions, or that in his Office as
preacher in the Seminary, he has used the pull
pit for such puFposes." All these are utter
approximations Of my language aud inten
tion. What did really say and mean will ap-
pear presently, albeit Dr., B. wa ps me that be
will admit no "gloss." or explanation whatever.
But, now, as to the reason OF my saying any
thing at all about DR.. B
He says 1t was because of his loyalty; but /
made no sllusion whatever to hib 10y atty, nor
to anything else that be had said or done, ex
cept his gross, personal assault on me, which
assault, BY reason Of my official relations, re-
garded as a wrong to my Church, Just as the at
tacks on the other three pastors were injuries
done to their Churches. Viewing the matter
10 that light, expressed my regrets "that a
Nhao k;o
and the sacred funds of his institution as the
means of hurling fre-brands among the
Churches that raissd him to that position and
contributed those funds" And lest any ambi-
guilty should attach to the use Of the word
"funde," In sending my card to the Philadel.
phia PyssbyfeSiGH, and afierWard to the True
Presbyterian, l substituted the word .prestge,"
thus avoiding, ss l thought, the possibility of
mieconception, and conveying exactly the mean.
ing that intended, viz: not that DR.. B. had "as
o trustee perverted the funds of the SemiD ary;"
nor that he had preached or lectured Oh politics,
but that standing at the head OF Danville Sem
mary, au institution that had been largely en-
dowed by the four Churches thus assailed
through their pastors, he had published in bu-
merous papers in Kentucky and elsewhere, a
violent personal assault upon the pastors of
those Churches, and that apparently for the pur-
pose Of, If possible, unsettling their relations
and driving them from the State. Il was the
more pertinent that should make this answer,
inasmuch as the scholarships in Danville Semi
nary have, to q great extent, been founded by
two gentlemen in my congregation, In addition
to other liberal donations rom the rest of the
Church. | submit 10 1.-THE tribunal Of public
opinion" as we'll as to "a tribunal singularly
illustrious," whether this were not an answer
proper for me to make TO such an assault; and
whether ID were entirely uubecoming in me to |
express my sense of the bitter modification |
with which the pastors and Churches involved |
in this matter, as well az the pastors and |
Churches in Kentucky generally, contemplate |
his course, and their deep conviction that he has
missed the noblest opportunity of his life to
honor his Master, to serve the Church, and to |
win true glory for himself.
They regarded the present as q great occa- |
sion, on which they looked for DR.. B, TO stand
forth venerable in age, and illustrious in his
past life, and perform the gracious work of
pouring oil upon the troubled waters. Sgug-
Cling with the temptations of their novel situa
tion, they expected TO be taught by him; TO
hear him repeat with authority and power, the
language of his Master, "Render unto Cesar
he things that are C@ sar's, and unto God the
ihingsthHt arer God's.'n They fondly thought
hat he would come back for moment from /
he confines OF eternity. and like the aged Apos-
lie John, would stretch forth bis hands and CRY,
'IittIe children, love one another Little
,bildren, love one another y"
And further, all conservative men in the
Presbyterian Church, had right to expect that
Or. B., by reason Of bis antecedents, and the
Of his Seminary, would not appear
o give countenance to the action of the last
General Assembly, which action the Synod Of
Kentucky pronounced to be "repugnant TO the
vord of God as that word is interpreted in our
Confession of Faith;" and finally, they had
ight to expect that Dinville Seminary would
old itself aloof from the conflict Of earthly
assions and carnal Weapons; shat when the
Tsves Of civil strife ran high, this sacred spot
Iould, like great neutral haven, receive the
oyagers from the North, from the South, from
ne East, and from the West, and join them to-
ether in the friendly commerce of Christian
we. THOMAS A. HOYT.
Il