Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1865-12-05

OF blldJ ClCy IOT Lile puIpOoO Va
an increased interest on the subject OF re-
ligion'in the Churches, from which we clip
the followingparagraph about a well known
"Doctor OF Divinity" whose popularity
was very great among the "loyal":
1--WE are almost unwilling to allude to
case of clerical Offense, the facts OF whloh
are now finding their way TO the pubic
knowledge. The pastor of one OF the larg-
est, wealIhest, and most intensely respec-
table churches In this city, one oil our most
brilliant and extravagant pulpit polltl-
cians-a man widely bepraised and be-
trumpeted for his learning, piety and elo-
uuence. was detected in a llcentlous crime |
so mean. and so Internationally revolving |
in IFS attendant circumstances, that there |
are no fitting words to describe It's enormlty.
In the inner circle of the church, the crime
was confessed; and yet the man was per,
mitted to preach on and 1t was not until
fears arose of an exposure from other quar-
ters that he was invited to leave. These
facts, we believe, are indisputable. The de-
tected domestic traitor departed, 1t Is SAID,
undera private promise which he has not
kept, to refrain for two years from the
work of inviting lesser sinners than himself
TO repent; and is now settled, a pastor IN
good standing elsewhere" = -'g..t.Hn a
The Gazette of the following day tool0ex-
ception to the Enqmreris article, claiming
that it was but preteXt for giving prOmi-;
nence to the fact that a Clergyman of Cin7
cinnati had been found guilty of immoral
practices. The GdSette then undertook to
vindicate the Clergy. The Enquirer rejoin-
ed, and its rej0inder contained the follow
ing additional revelations: -'n.i 1'alo %
"we did allude, in our Sunday article, to
a single case of crime, the facts OF which
have Just reached the public ear. That
crime was committed months ago, aud
while the guilty party was still enjoying
all the popularity aud all the influence
which he had acquired by his practice of
pandering to the party passions OF his con-
gregation, was carefully concealed from the
ewes of the world-the knowledge being
fast locked In the bosoms OF few OF the
elect. 1t was the fact that the secret had
not been well Kept, not the unworthiness
of the man, which led to the dissolution OF
his relations with the church; and thus
1t was that the church made itself
the accessory to an act of domestic treason
and personal infamy of no common char
acter. ..r.I,.. li...gs ,i. ,
"But, except in its particular features of
enormity, this is no Isolated case in our &C. :.
clesia tical history. Assiduously as the
church labOrs to cover its scandals, expos
ures follow close upon the heels OF each
other; and suspicions-often well founded
Cling to the names of others. The story
of one sad or ridiculous discovery has
hardly had time to subside before another
arises. Highly popular clergymen sud
denly disappear from their pulpits; and It
is not perhaps until months atterward that
a dubious intimacy with the lambs OF the
flock is disclosed by some leaky Christian,
as the cause of the translation. Another
st. Paul might say to the churches OF Cln-
cinnati, as the first said to those of Cortnth
II. Cor, v. I.), 1T is reported that there is
fornication among YOU 1t is more than
reported. 1t is known" ...j
The Commercial is shocked that the En-
quirer and the Gazette should "stir horri-
BILE scandal! 1t administers to them the
following rebuke, which discloses what
they had left their readers to guess:
"During this week, the EnQttrer and the
Gazette have been helping each other, ac-
cording to their custom, by an affected
controversy, to stir horrible scandal that
almost seems to poison the atmosphere OF
the city. The game of our contemporaries
has not been so cleverly played as to con-
ceal the identity of feeling between them.
Both have made plentiful professions of de-
yotion to public morality, and both have
quoted scripture fuently, the one with a
sneer, and the other with shuttle, and
both as a disguise of misunderstanding; and
while one has been vigorously assailing,
with all the rotten eggs of controversy, the
profession, one of whose members has been
accused of an infany, and the other has
feebly dabbled about pretended defense,
with Ihypocritical zeal, it would be difficult
for the impartial spectator to decide which
has thrown the most dirt with the shrewd-
est aim and the meanest intent. The only |
enterprise the Enquirer displays is in this
line, and it gave the news the first airing
in type. The Gazette followed, playing
aptly to draw the cards of its coadjutOr.
The Enquirer came back, at length, and the
Gazette copies what it has to say, with q
pretense of remonstrance, by way of ammo
tation. The Enquirer plays first, and the
Gazette second fiddle, in this devils own
tune, to which all the fiends are invited to
dance, while the fiddlers jeer and wrlggle,
like apes in frolic, with Internal delight.
And while this fine play is being made here,
the Gazette springs leak in another direc-
ton, as appears in the following paragraph
in special dispatch-out of that office, to
the Chicago TTSbuRe-dated In this city, Mo-
Vember q: pfl ~--f'' ii@ l'
1.-The religious community of this city,
except small number who were acqnahlt-
ed with the facts before, have been very
much shocked by an exposition made In the
Enquirer yesterday, about the licentious acts
Of the late pastor of the Second Presby-
terian Church, who, finding this climate
did not agree with him, last summer left
the city for the East. One of the ladies who
was concerned In the Reverend's prohigate
acts, Is said 70 have been his own niece" iE
Rev. M. L, P. TAo&PsoN, D, d., is one Of
the ablest and most brilliant among the
Pulpit Politicians of the United States. We
heard him preach several of his political
sermons during the war. His maledictions
against Hrebel-sympathizers" were always
terrific, and would doubtless have elected
outbursts of applause from his "loyal"
hearers, if they had not been more mindful
of the .sanctitys that should pervade the
house of God than their Pastorl He was
at once the clerical lion, hero, and pet, Of
Cincinnati "loyalty" and 8 shoddy J" ~
IT occurs to the Cincinnati Commercial
that COLUMBUS DELANo, whose seat is con-
tested by Hon CHARMS FofLETr, would
act more beconingly II he were not to
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