The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1864-02-11

be insulted and abused from the pulpit
because Of his political principles.
During these speeches a number of
the martyrs had been nodding assent
and expressing satisfaction in various
ways; one was so elated that during the
last speech he began to hunch your
correspondent very forcibly in the side,
and looked into his face for some an.
Swering expression ofsympathy; but as
he "didn't see it," the enthusiastic dis
cipls walked away to more congenial
atmosphere. The chairman having con.
sluded, Mr.. Shaw again arose TO read
some resolutions. These embo died the
objects of the meeting,as already stated
and called for State Convention at
Columbus, O.. on February 81 prox., for
the purpose of completing the organi-
cation of their proposed Church. He
then proceeded to make "fewremarks"
again, and added "word more" sew
eral times. The most thrilling part of
the address, was when he spoke of the
degeneraoy of the ministry. Thirty
years ago he said, when he was young,
a minister could be known by his SOL
emn and dignifed appearance, but it
was not so now. To illustrate his point
he referred to an incident in his own
experience. A stranger standing with
him upon the street, "a man of observa-
ton and q good judge of human ma
ture;" was pointed by him to two gon-
tlemen ncross tho street, with the re-
quest that he would scrutinixc tbem
and then give his opinion as to what
they were. Thereupon this man of OBJ
Servation, and this good judge of hu-
man nature, pronounced them to be
gamblers, whereas in reality, as Mr..
Shaw informed US with distressing sol.
cmnity, they were Ministers of the Cos
pei.
Thus far tho audience, which was
chiefly composed of curious spectators
had been sitting in attentive silence,
but at this juDsture Mr.. T., one of our
Oldest and best citizens, could stand II
no longer. you u'oughtto to be asham-
ed of yourself" he cried, II didn't think
you would talk SO. You ought to he
ashamed of YOURSELF" 1t was forci.
Bile rebuke assure you, coming fromthe
source it did, and it was especially so
from the fact that Mr.. T. is not a pro-
fessed christian. But this apostle of
the new faith could not be daunted by
such things. He went on to say that
he had net been to church for three
years because of these political preach
ers. Here he was again interrupted
by some one asking how he knew thew
had been preaching politics, if he had
not heard them for so long. The Chair.
man arose and humbly requested 81
lence, saying that all they desired was
to be let alone. He should have ad-
ded, "in the language of our Southern
brethren" 1t may not be out of the wny
for me to say hero, that it has not been
long since both DR.. Olds and Virgil E.,
Shaw were known as blazing Abolition
lists. Order having been restored, and
Mr.. Shaw, having subsided with q
WORD moro" several times, Dr.. Olds
took the floor upon the resolutions of
fered. His speech was boisterous
pbilippic against the Church and the
ministry. He declared there was no
'harity in the Church. That after hi,
return from Fort Lafayette, the brsthreu
n the Church and the minister would
rot shake hands with him, though he
vent and sat in the "Amen" corner,
That the minister had OF called to see
lin nor entered his store but once,
'han he wanted to get some eggs that
le could lind nowhere else. He closed
lis remarks, in which be had waxed
uriouSly eloquent, by saying that if he
'antto hell at last, he would toll the
minister's that they sent him there"
he resolutions were thon adopted by a
seble vote, and the convention ad.
burned.
Such. in substance is the opening
Istory ofthe new Church, am Ger.
lin that have failed in one particular,
in no more. This is in giving the
Malignant, spiteful animus which per
aded all Of the exercises, and this, I
link, would bo an impossibility. IF it
nd not been for the seriousness of the
lbJect, and tho almost blasphemous
nguage of the speakers, It would have
zen an amusing entertai ment. But
it is, it was shameful and wicked.
18th such persons as Edison B. Olds
I'd Virgil f. Shaw, et id on,ne genus. as {
apostles and prophets, aud with pol O
los as its chief cornerstone. tbs
hurch has begun its course. As to