Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1862-05-22

Mr.. Moderator May be permitted TO call
lhe attention Of the Assembly 70 areport OF its |
as found 10 q recent NUMBER OF
The Cincinnati Gas to prominent gentle
man, cir. a citizen OF this place, holding oihce
under the State Government, and q member OF
the Congregational body, asked me to-day u IL
was true, as reported in the Cincinnati papers,
that not a minister could be found on the hoor
of the Assembly who had prayed asyes Tor the
President ihe Government, or for the success of
the Union arms.
l assured him, sir, that such was not the
case. He then called my attention TO the ioi-
lowing article. which is 30 extraordinary In its
that beg leave TO read II I:
Correspondence Of the Cincinnati Gazette q
- ASe CoLumnus. May II.
began my letter yesterday by drawing
between the present General AS
eembly and the one which occupied the state
House during the winter; and | must be al
lowed to make another comparison or Two In
this place. The recent Assembly was fre-
oueu.iy opened with prayer by Pfesbyter
ministers, who failed not TO pray for the Preri'
dent and the officers OF bis Cabiret, and TO ask
the blessing of the Lord on the army and the
navy, and to thank Him for the victories over
the enemies OF the Government, etc.; but though
we have had on an average eight prayers day
since the present Assembly convened, have
not heard the name of the President mentioned
In a duplication for wisdom and Divine guid
apce, nor an inv0cA alton In behalf of the thou
sands and tens of thousands of eick and dying
Christian soldiers on the battlefield, and much
lees the most distant breathing OF q patriotic
PRAYER for the success of the Union cause. 10
this respect see the Assembly in session In
Cincinnati more nearly resembles the patriotic
Assembly OF the State Of Ohio, for some one or
two Of the ministers Of the New School have
freely asked the blessing Of the Lord on the
national cause. What this timidity indicates
do not pret end to say; but II certainly does not
accord well with the loyal and patriotic i'm
pulses of the people, nor seem consistent with
duty toward suffering and dying Christian
brethren in the armies Of the nation.
P. s. Since writing the foregoing, the As
sembly met this morning, and the Moderator,
in opening the session with prayer, invoked the
Divine blessing on the President and his Cabi-
net, on the country and the army; but the
way, has not yet found an advocate before the
Lord. .f
/ Now, sir, l unhesitatingly pronounce this
whole article false in taet and false IN spirit.
And appeal 70 you, str, aud to every intelli-
gent and candid hearer attending the sessions
OF this body, II from the very first up to the
present hour the contrary 10 not truef Not q
prayer has been offered In this Assembly in
which the President. the govern ment in all Ne
Departments, the army and navy, the sick and
wounded, have not been mentioned, either In
general or special petitions.
No. sir the wish is father to the thought, and IL
is evident that this whole article emanates from
mind prejudiced against this body before it
came here, and glad TO hOd anything to except
to, because Of the assumed inaction OF tLis As.
sembly in former years upon the subject Of
slavery.
am unwilling, sir, that this venerable and
patriotic body should be misrepresentei and
slandered In this manner before the patriotic
and loyal community of Cincinnati, and the
New School General Assembly now holding it's
meeting in that place. Nor am willing that
this statement should 20 forth uncontradicted,
to be copied into every congregational paper,
and every other paper In the land not in sympa-
thy with this Assembly. and glad of any occa.
sion to misrepresent its position and utterances.
know, sir, that we have no power TO expel q
Reporter from this floor; but do submit, that
no gentleman will use the courtesy Of this As
sembly only TO misrepresent H., and place t 10 O
false position before the country. And would
not have said what have, were the gentleman
Elias LoDgly] not present; but he is here, and
have called his attention to this article, and
informed him that l should call the notice Of
the Assembly 20 il.
Rev. DR.. Tusiin, Of Washington City, also
characterized the letter in the Cincinnati Gu
sttie, which had been read by Mr.. Lockwood,
as being unfair, u9just and false, and spoke In
high terms of the patriotism of the Assembly.
He most highly commended the reports In ID Q
Columbus morning papers, and said they we're
siDgularly generous and singulsrly accurate,
and If some good brother did not take the mat
ter out of his hands, he would, before the final
adjournment, himself offer o resolution of
thanks to the editors and publishers Of the
Daily Ohio Statesman and Daily Ohio State
Journal, for their liberality and fidelity in
furnishing such excellent reports of the pro-
ceedings Of the Assembly.
Rev. DR.. Macliae, Of Hudson Presbytery, and
New York Synod, thought 1t was not worth
while to notice further newspaper scribbler
like the one thst wrote the letter in the Gin.
cinnai Gazttte.
The committee on Elections reported that
Mr.. R. Tunstale, Ruling Elder, from the Pres
bytery OF Muhlenberg, was present as member
Of the Assembly. He was admitted.
DR.. Junkin then proceeded to address the As
EOPJEt vi buo COmmlbb66 Oh
Foreign Missions; but, before concluding, he
gave way for the special order, being the re-
port of the committee on Theological Semina
ries, submitted this forenoon.
The resolutions reported BY the committee
were taken up and adopted seriGtim The en-
tire report Was then adopted.
Nominations were made by the committee
for Directors of the several Theological Sem
in4ries. %, ,,...t ,,us r--,, -g
I'VE will publish the names when the cleo
tion takes place. ri JEAINhM g.
DR., Hoge moved that nomination be made
for Professor Of .Danville theological Semina-
~. in place of DR.. Smith, and that the time oi
election be fixed. The motioh was laid over
aud put upon the docket at the request Of Dr..
Breckinfidge. -
DR. yunkin resumed and concluded his re.
marks on Foreign Missions. y
Dr. Marahall made some interesting remarks
on the same subject F
The report OF the committee on Foreign
Missions, submitted In the forenoon, was then
adopted. y
The committee made nominations, for men,
bers of the Board of Foreign Missions, which
Will be published hereafter. -c- .5 m
Overture No. 2, for Presbyterian Hymn
Book In the German Language, was taken up
and discussed until the hour Tor religious exer-
cises. c,a1rQ gog,actp 5urh74n
Half an hour was spent BY the Assembly 10
prayer messing, when II adjourned until nine