Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1866-06-11

From TIE Free Christian Commonwealth 1l
ReV. VIM. VI. Ferguson and His
ExPuISiOn from The General As
sembIy. r..... ..fI.- 81.
We see by the published proceedings Of
the General Assembly that Rev. Wm. NJ.
Ferguson, from the Presbytery OF ZAnes-
vile, Ohio, las been expelled from the
house on account of letter written by him
to The OHIO STATESMAN in relation TO the
spirit of the Assembly. and for character
izing the speech of Hon. Samuel Ga To-
way, of OHIO, as vulgar, foolish and iiend-
ish. .a g..
Mr.. Ferguson is sprightly writer, and
in former years wrote for the PHILADELPHIA
PRESBYTERIAN as its General Assembly cor
respondent. He has decided defect as 4
letter writer nowadays, in calling things
by their right names, which was doubtless
the cause of his expulsion. We ourselves
heard the speech OF Mr.. Galloway, and we
do not hesitate to say that it was one of the
most disgracrful exhibitions of vulgar
buffOOnery We ever witnessed or listened to
IN our Inf, elcn pOliCiC o. INT etipg. The
contOrtiOns of body described IN Mr.. Fer
guson's letter, II they could be described at
all, were as true TO life az it is possi-
bic to picture such scene; and 1t would
have been utterly impossible for Mr.
Ferguson to have attempted to give
anything like truthful description
Of the speech, or the antics Of the
man who made the speech, without
saying what he did. We have read the
letter of Mr.. Ferguson in THE STATESMAN,
and from the best of our recollection he
makes no untrue statement, unless it be the
omission of the world ''ii'' in the part of
Mr.. GallOway's speech where he referred to
DIR. BOardman and the communion table.
As to TIE spirit OF the Assembly 1t would
be utterly impossible TO call it by name too
Severe; for in no body of christian men
did we ever witness such an exhibition of
blood thirstincss and intolerance. The
spirit of revenge seemed marked so dis
tinctly upon the cOuntenances Of the ma
jority" that it was impossible to mistake it.
Their utter disregard for law or consttu-
tiODs was so manifest and open that they
acted without reference to either the one
or the other. OF course there were eX-
ceptions even amongst the majority, but
they were borne along as if Oy an out
sweeping tide which they had not the man
illness or courage to resist. And some of
them stated privately that the course OF tue
Assembly was all wrong but they had to
indOrse it or they would be deprived of
their places and be turned out OF their
homes.
70 man like Mr.. Ferguson, impulsIye,
bold, fearless, and utterly despising the
spirit which ruled IN the ssemblv. the let.
ter which he wrote to The STATESMAN was
the most natural thing in the world. As sa
lobby member, we heard some of Mr.. Gal
loway's Radical brethren lamentin" his
speech-that it was low and undignified-
that it had done their cause damage, but
that they would get over it, that he was ex-
cited and said things he ought not to have
said, &c. As to Mr.. FergusOn's intimatiOn
that there was an impression on some minds
that Mr.. Galloway had taken IA drop too
much, that was the most natural impress
sion which could be formed judging from
his manner and the cOntOrtiOns of face. the
turning in of his eyes and the low wit in
which he INDUCED from first to last. We
made the same remark to friend by whom
we were sitting, and that friend replied
that such was not the case, as he was unS
derstOOd to be temperance reform man.