The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1864-1911, 1866-06-20
From the Free Christian Commonwealth
Atcy. W Isa. M. kEa sUSGIA and GEis
Expulsion EfOm iIae General
Assembly.

From the Free Christian Commonwealth.
Aacy. W lm. M. kUssUsGEA and E5is
Expulsion from ilAe GeEaeEaA
Assembly.
We see by the published proceedings OF
! the General Assembly that Rev, Wm. NJ.
Ferguson. from the Presbyterian Of Zanes-
vile, Ohio, has been expelled from the
house on account Of a letter written by him
to The Quo STATESMAN in relation to the
spirit Of the Assembly, and for character
ling the speech Of Hon. Samuel Galloway,
Of Ohio, as vulgar, foolish ami flemish.
Mr.. FurpuSon is a sprightly writer, and
in former years wrote for the Ph'adelphto
| Presbyterian as its General Assembly cores
pondent. He has a decided defect as q
letter writer now a-days, 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 disgraceful exhibitions of vulgnr
| buffoor~ry we ever witnessed or listened to
in our ire, even ina political meeting. The
contortions Of body described in Mr.. Fergu-
sons letter, if they could be described at
all, were as true to life as it is possible to
picture such a scene; and il would have been
utterly impossible for NJ. Furgeson to have
Attempted to give anything like a truthful
desc iption of the speech, or the antics Of
the man who made the speech, without say
ing wi at he did. We have read the letter
of Mr.. Furguson in THE STATESMAN, and
from the best of our recollection he makes
no untrue statement, unless it be the omis-
sion Of the world ''if' in the part of Mr..
Galloway speech where he referred to DR..
| Boardman and the communion table. A.
to the spirit Of the Assembly it would be
utterly impossible to call it by a name too
severe; for in no body Of christian men did
we ever witness such an exhibition Of blood
thirstiness and intoE rance. The spiritofre-
yenge seemed marked so distinctly upon the
countenances Of the majority that it was
impossible 70 mistake it. Their utter disre-
gard for law or constitutions was to manifest
and open that they acted without reference
10 either the one of the other. Ut course
there were exception even amongst, the
majority, but they were born along as if by
an out-sweeping tide which they had not
the manliness or courage to resist. And
some Of them stated privately that tn
course of the Assembly was all wrong, but
they had to indorse it or they would be de-
prieved OF their places and be turned out of
their homes.
To a man like Mr.. Ferguson, impulsive,
b Id, fearless, and utterly despising the
spirit which ruled in the Assembly, the let
ter which be wrote to The STATESMAN was
the most natural thing in the world. AS a
lobby member, we heard some Of Mr.. Gal
luway's Radical brethren lamentirg his
speech-that it was low and undigniied-
that it had done their cause and damage,
but that they would get over it, that he was
excited and said such 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
"a drop too much. that was the most
natural impression 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 remarks to a
friend by whom we were sitting, and that
friend replied TIT such was not the case, as
he was unders TODD to be a temperance re-
form man. OH a