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but this offer has been uniformly rejected 1S
friends OF Mr.. Z. declare that the whole oa,'l
of the opposition to him is, that he Is Reaus
lican, an antislavery man and Probibitionip,s
that he is prosecuted by Democrats and IonnS-
heads still the opposers of Mr.. G. denv.pPP
and have neither asked nor expected TO oI,a inns
minister whose political sentiments are digsra,,aa
from those of Mr.. Z. They have offered 10 ,eL
Mr. Balch, MIR. Spencer. Mr. Tomlinson or" aAe
other respectable preacher, in the order KNOX,
to be antislayery, republican, and a temp.rsnna
man. They employed Rev j. Gregory of Nar,Le
field to supply for them until they could AM
Pastor.
in this state OF the case, the friends of Mr. n
engaged him tn preach half the time. The ~.
urday, previous to his first appointment. tho Nv
jonty of the Meeting House Committee cIos"a
the Meeting House, and placed sheriff to proec,
1t and preserve the peace, as the friends of Mr. ~
had threatened to break the house open III ".
were also some of the Meeting House Commit,aoo
and members of the Association in the H.
when Mr.. Cs. friends made an assault nm ,Le
Church, on Saturday, p. M, and broke IN n.
door of the vestry with battering ram, and thar
were some blows struck The sheriff and b;s
party were over powered, and Mr.. q. went in ana
preached contrary to the expressed wishes If -
majority of both Committees. We learn ho.
of those who defended the Mo citing House against
the Cutting assailants, none are democrats nns
had any one of them ever been accused Of heir.
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pointment there last Sunday up
Now, what is the real cause of all this trouho9
If it is Copperheadism. we are its enemy, but -
it is something ese, then we are the foe Of that
something. We are not yet quite sure how il ia
though we know that several of the most inan
entail opposers of Mr.. q. in Stowe are staunrh
Republicans, and we can give their names -
they are called for. We ask, how does tbi. ham
pen to be so, if this is all merely "Copperhead
Persecution against Mr.. G. las his friends declaro
and would fain make the world believe? And
how does it happen, that the opposers of Mr., G
in Stowe, are so willing to try another Republi.
can. anti-slavery preacher and pastor if ali their
opposition to him grows out of their hat ed IN
his political sentiments Further, how does II
happen that the Republican Unversalist Minis.
tiers of this State-at least, all who know about
this matter, SO far as We know them are opposed
to the course he has pursued?
! Still, the friends Of Mr.. G. alege that the
| whole trouble consists in a "COpperhead perse
cution" oil Mr.. G.. on account of his political
options, he being Republican, Prohibition
ist and strong anti-savery man, and having
sometimes spoken on these subjects in the pui
pit.
| On the other hand the opposers of Mr.. C. de-
ny that their opposition to HIM exists on account
of his position on politics, his prohibitionism,
or his anti-slavery sentiments. hey say they
do not object to Mr.. Cutting on account OF his
politics but because he makes cutting, proyOk
ing, insulting remarks in the pulpit. and has been
abusive in his remarks to those who differ firm
him in politics-that it is not the subject matter
of his sermons of which they complain, so much
as the manner in which he sometimes speaks, viz:
his harsh, provoking, abusive language They
say, that he sometimes, in the pulpit, slants the
Bible, and inculcates the idea that (hriSt has no
special divine authority as a religious Teacher
or as q witness to the truth--that he believes
what Christ taught, not because Christ taughtit
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cause, Judging by the nature of the comuunica.
ton itself, it looks to him like truth and if he
finds anything in the New Testament that does
not, in its own nature, look to him like truth be
feels at perfect liberty to reject it, the as
he would the sayings of any other good man.
In fine, that he allows no more authority to Lhst
himself, as a religious Teacher and witness than
to any other good and pure-minded man.
They further allege, that he has spoken dispar-
agingIy and sneeringly OF Paige's Commentary,
and of the colleges ministers and papers of our
denomination. calling such names as ''old fogy,"
.behind the times and the like.
| They further say that he has declared in the
pulpit, that .Universalists-don't care damn
what they find in the Bible, if they don't find
hell and damnation there. or else that he said
''sonie Uuiversalists say they don't care a damn
what they find in the Bible if they don't find
hell and damnation there, and further, that he
said at Winooski, u a public address. alludlng
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employ Br I. R. Spencer, that they had raised
$500 in Stowe to get him (Cutting) out Of town,
and he wouldn't dirty his boots in kicking them"
| They say, that preacher who talks thus in the
pulpit or on the rostrum, is unfit for the pulpit.
Such are the statements Of the two parties as
we have heard hem, and in this state of the case
we cannot believe that ''Copperhead Persecu.
ton" so much talked of is the cause Of all this
trouble. But even if b. e.. was not at oil blam-
able IN the first instance as it regards The disaf
lection, and division of the society, it seems to
us that when his time was out, and he was told
by the majority OF the society committee. that
they did not wish to employ him any longer, but
desired to obtain a preacher in whom the society
could be united, and he well knew that his sue
ces sor would be Republican, it was clearly bis
duty, as we view the matter, to retire or decline
preaching there.
l. We hold that it is the duty Of any Pastor
of church or society when he finds that there
is a respectable minority in his society, against
him, so that the society can not be united on nm
as their pastor, although be may not be blamable'
for the disaffection, to withdraw from such pas
torship. The good of the cause requires thisa
his hands hence, we believe that, under the clf'
cumstances of this case, Mr.. G. ought to nave
ceased preaching in Stowe, especially, when DIS
time was out, and he was notified by the COM
mittee that they did not wish to employ any
longer
q. We believe that il was and is the duty
the friends Of Mr. Cutting in Stowe to uniteon
another man. under all the circumstances espec
tally, rs his opposers have not and do not seeA
to obtain a Democrat as their pastor, Dut aie
perfectly willing to employ preacher VINO ss
Republican in his political views and sentiments,
g. If the friends of Mr.. c. had not taken 'ne
position that they would have him or NOBODY
would have him at all events. &c,-6nt Dsa
agreed upon Mr.. Spencer, Mr. Balch, or Mr. i ,n1
linson, or any other Republican. AL would nave ave-
/. been harmony and peace IN the society, and lne
present unhappy state of things would have OsSn
! avoided ,...v
: One thing is certain. the Universaist socs9
in Stowe would have been to-day uniteo 'aa
prosperous, with pastor whose politics are u
cidedy and strongly republican, if the ilenT hst
Mr.. Cutting had not taken the poSinona 'D 0n
|, they would have him or nobody; while ln s,.r
posers have never asked thought OF ash s,;Ds
: for minister who is democrat in his ponIWS,'
: 1t seems to us then, that the opposition " %
c. does not arise from his political views o. r
timents but is founded on other conslde,a"SVon .
: God knows that we have no sympathy WIN VIII