The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1862-06-06


tinguish themselves, to render themselves
more acceptable to Secession families in
which they were boarding, brought him
upon the carpet, he at homo some fifty
miles distant; for ir he had been there, IL
would have been about the last thing they
would have done,
No parliamentary rules Of Bishop An
drcw's could have chokcd him downs:
when they mounted him, he would have
mounted them, and when Greek met
Greek then came the tug Of war.
They denounced him and his paper, and
olomored for hanging him. And such
elanping as was then there never was be-
fore, and the Bishop enjoyed II as well as
anybody elsc-as well as he had en-
ioyod the hospitality ofhis house, for he had
been there mary times.
Fountain T.. Fitch, an old Presiding
Elder Of the Conference, man who had
been In every General Conference for
thirty years, who went TO Europe with
Bishop Soulc, who had one or two sons
N the rebel army, was a chaplain Of u
Nashville regiment, and he made il q prac-
ticc TO get drunk, carrying bottle with
him; he drank TO excess and sworc PRO.
mscly, but preached every Sunday faith
fully to the soldiers, aud in his discourscs
told them actually that the cause in which
they were engaged--and he only gave
him as a specimen of all donominaiions-
fighting for the independence of the South
fighting TO keep back the Abolition
hordes Of the North, and rcpulsc the
hordcs of Lincoln--wns so good and so
holy cause that If they died in this
cause they would be saved in heaven,
even without grace. Grcat laughter and
applause One Of them, the Rev. DR.
Baldwin Of the Methodist Church, Sena
tor Pickcns being in front of him,
kuclt down, us was the Methodist custom,
ono Sunday, to pray: go Lord" said he,
eve thank thee for huving inuuguratCd
this Revolution. Judge pickcps rose
up in his seat, and, taking his hat, says
he, "G---d t---n such prayer to
hcllw Loud Laughter.
A Reverend, of the Baptist dcnomina-
tion, (his name escaped cur reporters, the
reporters table having been placed n
great distance from the spcakcr.) at the
head OF the Baptist Publishing House in
Nashville, when the UHion army ap-
proachcd Nashville, and he fund his
neck in danger of the halter, took to his
heels, aud as he was running out of Nash
vile in u sulky nino or ten miles an hour
was going in under flag OF truce. lie
is now heading regiment ofrcbcls, urm-
ing them with pixies.
A gentleman, Or. Pearson, Prcsdcn,
! of Columbia College, Ky.), gives an &c.
count of Dr. Martin Of your town. lie
graduated at the Union Theological Sem.
mary here in New York.
PCrson Brownlow-Ycu didn't fully
graduate him at your college,; he is now
taking Lessons under the devil, to my per-
son6l knowledge. LGroat applause. lie
is New School Pr, sbyt,rian, resident
ol Knoxville. u ill he became Scces.
sionist, he was Il gentleman, and | regard.
ed him us Christian minister, and have
so spoken of him. But allow me to say
that whenever Secession enters into d
man in the South, Hhethrr priest or L.
D., wire, tho devil accompanies it, tnl you
may expect him to do the works Of the
Ge'il olcnc from that time forward unt
for evermorc. Mr.. Maynard, our repre-.
sentat We in Congress, isan Elder in the
New School Presbyterian Church, n schoc
lar aud n gentleman. lie lad no sooner
left in disguise TO make his way through
to take his seat in Congress, than the
Reverend Joseph +. Martin made q
set speech, going through the formulitics
OF taking n tex'-prcached an outrageous
sermon, and prayed an outrageous prayer
"that his wicked and unhallowed tracks
might never again be seen or known in
Knoxville" The mortified wifc of Mr.
Maynard, who is in this neighborhood
and who is u lady and so regarded, in cv.
cry sense OF the word, an intelligent
charitable, Christian lady, shedding tear,
on that occasion, rose up and left the
house and journeyed home, and although
she was driven out but few weeks ago
with my wife and children, she has tt
her honor ond credit never disgraced hcl
name by visiting his vile sanctuary any
more. [Chters, ,"Good. Feeling tha
he had behaved in near, ,sneaking, con
tcmptible manner, he made her visit an,
upologized, saying, 81 didn't want to d
1t, but my elders made me do it, and
had to do it or lose my salary and M
/ place" What do you think of devi
like that! Well, Sir, that is one Of you
New School gentry.
Now for tho Old School. The pastor
of the Old School Church in Knoxville
u man of education aud fair talent, ant
until Secession broke out thought hin
gentleman and Christian; but shor
time before i left, he had special occa
sion TO preach upon the subject of Sccess
ion, and attracted the attention of large
crowd. He made the bold and open dec
laration that Jesus Christ was Souiher
ner, born on Southern sill. Laughter.
lie did it in good faith; he did it in sin,
/ cerity, however not in truth; he said
Jesus Christ.was Southerner, born OF
Southern soil, and so were his Disciples
and Apostles, all except judas, and he
was u Northern man" Laughter.
Holding up Bible, he said--I presume
he was sobtr, but would not guarantee
it-"l would sooner, my brethren, an.
nounce to you a text for discussion from
the pulpit out of Bible or Testament
that knew had been printed in hell
than out of Bible or Testament that
was printed North of Mason g. Dix.
on's line" That was part Of Gospel
sermon on the Lords day. And more
unmitiguted pack OF scoundrels does moi
live thun the preachers Of Gods Word
down South generally, AS general
thing, the most unmitigated set of viii
lians we have in the South are the Meth.
odist, Baptist, Presbyterian, and Episco-
palian PREACHERS.
We have noble exception in the town
IN which live-Thomas w. Hugh, a
STAKEHOLDER and a man ofproPery. His
Bishop some months ago furnished him
with a new prayer which did not require
hun to pray for the President of the Unit
ed States---which means Old Abe Lin