Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1865-10-26
, ,ICorrespondence of the Ohio Statesman,l
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The o. Q. Presby De rfan synod OF Obi.
aon the Presbyterian Cnnrch in tn,
southern states--The Radicai- De
structive Policy Of the General As
sembiy Approvcd--None but North
-sfn Po1itical Fanatics 20 Preach q
gthcI Presbytc rian iHeathen OF the
Southern States.'pl fl3 gjm Il. tuDu
eoiod, all 9yef. NEWARK, Oct. d 1865. 7
E1ZT0RS ONO STATESMAN: ,...,, .,...f.. =.
Yesterday afternoon and evening. until
late hour, was a regular '.field day" in
the 70. S. Presbyterian Synod OF Ohio, in
session in the 0. S. Presby terian church at
this place. The church was largely occu-
pied by interested spectators, The battle
was on the question of the adoption of the
following two resolutions reported by the
committee on the Minutes Of the General
Assembly o,ir,o ,,.,r..g.r ,.,,., ..,...-, ,..,
Resolped, That the Synod cordially ap-
proves the action of the General Assembly
IN reference TO sending promptly, and only
loyal, missionaries to restore and build up
the Presbyterian churches in the South.
Resolved, That the action of the Assembly
in answer to overtures Nos. 9 and 71regard-
Ing the state of the country, the suppress
sion Of rebellion, the, abolition of slavery,
etc., has the appreciation of this Synod. "a,
The "action of the General Assembly, .
witch met in May last, at Pittsburgh, is ex-
pressed in its resolutions as follows, taken
from the published minutes:o g9di /! In
h-Resolued, 3, That the General Assembly
direct the Board of Domestic Missions to
take prompt and effectual measures to re-
store and build up The Presbyterian con-
a. fh. II.
Union, By the appointment and support OF
prudent and devoted missionaries.
RcsoEUed, A, That none be appointed but
those who give satisfactory evidence yof
their loyalty5to the National Government,
and that they are In cordial sympathy with
the General Assembly Of the Presbyterian
Church In the United States of America ia
her testimony on doctrine, loyalty and free
Resolved, s, That special, efforts be made
TO instruct. aud evangelize, and gather into
churches, on acredible profession of faith,
kec0lored population iS59n0s r0l paiiiGJ
oResolved, 6, That, in yiewof the extern
sive and urgent demand for pious and loyal
ministers, elders and teachers in the South
ern States, such be earnestly recommended
to directs stheir course TO that now opening
and inviting field, as presenting a loud call
from the Lord Jesus Christ to pass oyer and
help to rebuild that part Of the American
Zion, which has been so sadly laid waste by
the rebellion and civil war. ~ ~,
1t will be readily perceived that these
resolutions are the work of the Radical
Destructiyes In the o. s., Presbyterian
Church. Their course Is precisely the same
n,thisas In other religious denominations,
aud Id the civil politics Of the Republic.
~The slime Of the Serpent Is over them all...,,
After having involved, BY Unconstitutional
aud irrelig gious acts and actions, the people
3a s9e whole country IN the greatest tFirg5 FEiirg
hs ss. sS,s: sssbsa s'Sr:ss Il :ss sas
and spent the blood am and treasure t sute1 or the
land in the most gigantic and horrible Of
fratFicidal wars, to. bring about the abolition
ofnegro slavery--fo no proposition is more
easy Of proof TO q demonstration than that
the Union could have been preserved with
out bloody and hellisb civil war which
should always be the last instead of the first
res0rt). had 1t not been for the persistence
OF the radical Abolitionists in Church and
State In determined opposition to any and,
all attempts At concil iliation-a all this
and having contaminated what appeared To,
be their main purpose, the abolition OF, ne
gro slavery In the Southern States, they
still, persist with the malign hate and
cunning Hypocrisy Of Iago,I to compass
and perseclte, to the death the white,
people Of the Southern States. Prssi-1
dent johnson has happily foiied
them u their scheme for the, political de-
striicfion Of the Spthern States, and the
reduction of these States to- territorial sa-
tfapies. But 10 the churches they can car.
rT out their destructive designs without
material hindrance from the faithful but
poWefless minorities who courageouly hold,
up the banner Of Christ of Christian char
ICY and loye-in opposition to the over.
whelming majorities who proudly aud def
antIy Haunt the colors OF hate and pnchar-
itableness. Even here, however, ia the ex-.s
ecution Of some 1of their hateful designs,
they find President johnson an ihsnrm
abl6 barrier; for the President has ordered
such Southern churches as had been, seized
and coRgscated BY these clerical interlopers,
to be restored to the possession OF theif
riRhtfiil trustees -of the people who built
them, and wofshiped God la them, ia past
and present generations Aaud like seizures