The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1866-06-27
HAyEsyILLE, june Il. 1866.

MEssRs EDIToRs-Here wo are again,
but not exactly under the same circum.
stances. Matters Of interest attract the
attention Of every candid mind, and we
are too apt to be led asiray by the tide Of
passion aud prejudice. One subject alone
shall be the burden of my pen this time,
and one that bears its weight, both upon
political and religious societies.
There is an article in the Ashland
Times of June oath, entitled. "How a
Reverend Slanderer got his Dues" in
which there are some gross mistakes and
ISLANDERS against the Rev. W. NJ. Furgu
son. This article is said to have been ia.
ken from the Cincinnati Gazette, but let
that matter be as it may, what right have
We to judge of the case of the dues Of the
minister, when in a judicial body withou,
proof for the legality Of its proceedings.
Why was Furgus'u expelled, and why
was he expelled without u hearing? Did
DR. Krebs know hat he as much violated
a pligted faith Of the Church by Offering
the resolution for expulsion as Furguson
could have dune by crilicising the speech
OF Gal oway? Can there lie found in the
whole Of the proceedings of the General
Assembly from is first organization up TO
that time that says a member thereof can
be expelled without the privilege Of de.
lending himself? | ask, can it he found
in the rules Tor the government Of the
Church VS. have hunted time and
again for information, both in the Rec.
ords OF the Assembly and the Rules for
the government OF the Church, and moth.
iug Of the kind can be found therefore,
DR.. Krebs is responsible for a gross of.
tense, and should be be dat with accor.
ding as justice demands.
Whatever may have been the language
Of Furguson on this point, it seems that
he touched the finer feelings of Galloway,
aud made him exclaim, INC man has ev.
er charged me with being intemperate or
vulgar" Yet Galloway forgets that he
was once on the stump in a political cam
paign, and lie knows, too, that no was
called worse names than a Jg61on or a
Jdekyuard, and he also knows, that he
did, while on the stump, utter somc re.
marks unbecoming q gentleman, not ad.
hitting him TO be a Church member
SANDERS that lie hidden in the depth Of
that region which smells so strongly Of
Burning sulphur, and a fitting place for
those who indulge so largely in spreading
such dangerous documents, which will
rise up to condemn them in the day Of
judgment. But the thoughto of Sam Gal.
lOvay not being vulgar, is prcsumptuous.
> ridiculous, a canard upon common de,
cency.
We have been acquainted with these
two men for the last ten Yeas, and have
met both in the Church and on the stump.
Furguson is a minister whose power is
felt and honorod ; whose love for souls
surrasscs The common vulgar Of him who
would mix Church and State, and bring
contempt upon his own head, as will e.
nally bring contempt upon the untarnish,
ed name Of the Church. 1t would be
better for the Church had we more such
ministers and fewer dabblcrs more ex.
FOUNDERS of the Word and less Of those
who mix sacred things with the vile de
vices Ct mans corrupt nature more TO
preach Christ and Him crucifcd, as does
this man Fu;guson, and fewer Of those
who have continually the plans of the ma
ton on the ends of their tongues.
We have seen this man, who the Times
says go, his due, plead for soldiers to fight
for the honor of his country-givO his
money freely, and yet he is cilled n "rcb
el sympathlzcr." Which is the better,
the man who gives his time. and money
to the soldier, or he who keeps bis own
and sgiudles the honest soldier out of hisY
Who is able to judge of the twoy lie
that steals the eiiip of others labOls is did
the editor of the Times from the Cincin.
natl Commercial Of May Eth, an article
headed, "Rumors o! WARTS certainly
ct to judge or the merits and dement's OF
the Clergy.
We do not say that Furguson did right,
but he who defends Galloway in bis course
in the Assembly, and IN his speech there.
in, is either o knave or a bagatelle is the
one to falsify and delude the minds Of
the u~ntbinking and bring contempt upon
the Church, or, the other, whose limited
knowledge gives him sufficient vagIancy
10 make an assertion without proof; the
first is SANDER and the other is that which
caused Sapphira 10 give up the Ghost.
SANK.