Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1866-05-29
Letter from st. Louis.
Correspondence of the Ohio Statesmau.l
No. VI. .....

Correspondence of the Ohio Statesman.l
No. VI. ...
fear YOU think have forgotten you.-'
No, not l; although there is eXcitemenr
enough here in the Old School Assembly T.,
cause one, however constitutiOnally calm,
to fall frequently into ldpSi menttS. Indeed
many even forget themselves-a sense o
propriety, prudence, decorum, order am
all that goes to dignity debate and charac-
terize the gentleman. OF this, the will
rant of one of your citizens is most pain
tul example Mr.. Galloway, who is now
dubbed here GdbqrdU and it must be con-
fessed the sobriequet Is not inappropriate,
But the poor fellow is sorry for this unfor'
tunate self-forgetfulness, and is so crest
fallen in view of the injury he did his caus I
and himself thereby, that | now let hin
pass-for a space.
The debate now is on the report ol
the committee appointed on the paper !
DR.. McLain on the expulsion of th
delegates from the Presbytery of Louis ;
Vile. This subject absorbs all other
and its discussion comes up day ate
day. The committee recommend dis
solution of the Presbytery and the Re
formation of a new one, or new ones,0
the principle of "elective affinity" d
Humphry offered substitute for this proli
and unjust report, in which measures OF
mlder character are recommended.
This matter will not be decided II
many days yet. How. know not. Pas
sion preSides here. Feelings, not iu"
tice, govern. Still the majority ma.
greatly modified, for the better, thei
determinations as expressed in the hr
sessions of this body. They now 81
Al xryiFh rNraninitonRU and hQN
placed themselves in an unfavorable pligl
before the bar of public equity. For
these brethren of Louisville haze sinned {
the degree charged (Which is by no mean
admitted }, they should have been dealt wit
according to the book, that is according
lduc, and not by caprice or passion, as I
most certainly was. Many who voted !
the majority have expressed to me thei
profound regret that the Assembly so act,
ed, and they seem willing TO do almost any /
thing to return to justice and order. Bur
it is now too late, and we stand committe
TO violation of all rule and order as
court of Jesus Christ. We seem neither
wish ito do justly or to love mercy bI
10 dash forward rashly, imprudently an
tyrannically under the surging impulse q
passion, as the Radicals under the lead q
Stevens do in Congress. The effect of suclt
procedure on the minds of the people y
this citv. is most unfavorable and damag
ing to our dignity and love of justice as
supreme judiciary of christian commu-
nifty. -.
The comments are bitter and the indigna-
tion deep. Indeed, some of the Radical
members can scarcely find comfortabl
quarters free of charge. The rich members
of DR.. McPheter's old church, DR.. Books,
DR.. Anderson's, &C., will not open their
houses for the accommodation OF Rad
ical Commissioners. But such as are
Conservatives are greatly honored and
most Hospitality entertained. rms caused
the pleasantly between DR.. Boardman and
Mr.. Galloway in regard to Strawberries"
Poor Sam got none. Hence, his tears. But
he told us he shed them at aud over the
graves of ''loyal" soldiers buried at Fort
jackson. Sam Galloway weeping at the
grave of dead soldier under a pathos Of
Patriotism, and DR.. Boardman eating
strawberries at the palatial residence
of Colonel -! What a picture !
How graphic, grand, illustrative of
"loyalty" and 'disloyalty." Sam, kneel-
ing at these new-made tombs, with tear
in his eye, and no strawberry in his mouth
what a sublime moral phenomenon! Who
ever saw such suffering? "Rachel weep
ing for her children and refusing to be COM
forted" is nothing to it. o, ye Buckeyes
fail not to send this tender, loyal patriot to
the Senate of the United States. Surely he
deserves, if he does not desire, 1t.
The outside pressure Is strong against
the majority and with the Conservative
Shoddy shakes at this-for on popular
applause it has been brought, kept and
blessed in being. l can assure you ST.
Louis is greatly conservative and growing
more so. o, may our Church soon get the
change to walk in charity. We go in
body TO Iron mountain and Pilot Knob to-
morrow, on invitation of the K. K. Co
After we return will tell you what we
saw. Till then, good bye. "aa So