The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1866-06-14
,TEST NEWS BY MAIL.
os.,on from the Northern PresDy'
Via" .,an Ihurch-Specch Of Rev. Dr.
a.,,,ock. Of Raliimorc-The Frank.
n" ,,r.c, church 60 Vote ON Going
south.
,..,,o ,ss Baltimore Sun, 18th.

VI
Il From the Baltimore Sun, lsth
Il ,,cc,;nr was held last night at the
4 Hin. street Presbyterian Church to
Il 'n ~ Rev. DR.. Bullock, pastor Of the
IN who has announced his intention
3 5,,.,lyc his connection with the (Old
,r,,N church north on account OF the
j ...,rt action of the General Assembly.
The church was dcnsely crowded with q
NV interested audience, many Of the
,irrS ot various Protestant denomina-
,..r, being present. Rev. DR.. Bullock
.,.- some predatory remarks, stated the
.,rdamcu,al principles of the church,
.o..ry which were to keep aloof from po-
u.a! agitation, and to ignore all civil and
secular questions. To let politics enter,
w. ,3&, would bc to destroy the moral
,..arr> Of the church neither has any the
-rf to trench upon or interfere with inc
.thsr These principles are taught by the
.u.,h.
He then made a chronological review OF
.fr action OF the General ASscmbi! "' .he
church in detail, during The past n'c
,.sr>. contcnding that year by year the!
.,I Sfravcd away from the path, until al
49,, rtd;ralism had so thoroughly impres-
..,.B All their actions that the body was
Nv. much political rs religious. Their CON
,na> >ticmatizcd as unconstitutional,
...,g., and cruel. The Assembly at Phil
...nnis. in which prominent member
....'I that he would hang Davis, Lee, and
.lrpronincn, leaders of the rebellion
,,,t.l caused universal applause, ending
s.. f&. entire house rising and singing
...,rt.tir >cnr-was severely commented on
trinr better suited for political gath
....n, rlgu 4 religious body. The action of
Elm. General Assembly, Notwithstanding
,..,.e>,>. went farther astray, until now
,.,~. !, no shadow Of hope i'll the future
that peace and unity will ever again be
among them.
IN his connection ne referred to the &C
...u of 1850, when resolution was passed
So. reference 10 the organization OF church
ryrynmcut in the recovered States, pro-
,.i.gg that no pastors shall be assigned to
r.urtAcs in the south until they shall have
,.oiuced satisfactory evidences OF loyalty,
and an examination Of all applying for adj
,.i>>iun shall bc made TO ascertain whether
.r not they had aided in the rebellion, and
fine speaker said that hc bluShcd to think
that this action was intended to have re-
g.rrurr To one man whom they all knew.
He referred also to the action of the Pres
ieirry of Louisville, in which they declar-
il il 10 he their irrevocable detcrmna-
Won - protest against the action of the
Assembly in excluding four commits
>son,r> Of the Louisville church on the ale
cation Of diSloyalty, and declared that
The church thus assumed to be more
..ugI Than the Government itself. Each
YEAR the breach had become wider and
WIDER, and the question of reunion of the
u.i and New School has been virtually de-
niri. They have embraced on the ground
.r Wlat they call loyalty, and the union is
certain. RalicaliSm. DR.. Bullock held,
wiz lr more thorough than ever, and con-
r.tatiuualiSm will he the end. The test
-, ragrch communion will be political 10y
ATS and belief in the dogmaS on slavery.
TIN, the Assembly has become political
rather than rcligiouS--tranSccndln the
-... OF tie Prince of Peace, whose king
,.m j. not of this world. In view of these
..,,. TIE speaker could not, with respect
mam,clf, with due regard TO the bless
.n- Of God, continue his connection with
shat body.
lie had been denounced during the past
..r wears ~ Il traitor, as man not TO be
trusted, and lie had uttered no complaint.
H. affirmed that he never violated any law,
>ttr. municipal, Federal or military, and
he demanded to be thus far justified. lie
,.i hoped that when peace came, the Old
school Church would return to her sphere
81 work. lie had rcioiced 10 see reunion
%, tie north and south Episcopalans, as
WEI, H. those excellent societies, the Odd
Fellows and Masons, north and south, and
Dis soul longcd Tor the reunion ofthc grand
IA church 10 which the love of his boy
hood and lahorS of his manhood had been
given. But the hope was futile, and was
sadly given ny. The union Of the Old
school and New School prccludcd any
lnpr Tor the future.
Tie speaker addressed the audience,
which was deeply interested, forever three
a.aTs, in IN eloquent, earnest, and able
a-lmrnt, and closed about ii O'Clock,
bis hearers remaining to the last. Tonight
3 congregational meeting will be held in
tie church TO decide on the course rem
dcrcd necessary by the position assumed
.y their pastor.
DR.. Bullock is brother-in-law of Hon.
Ja,u c. Breckenridge.