The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1867-11-13

SHAkLEsIO"S, w iSl ' ihNt'iH'
November ., 1867.
Synod met at o'clock, and was opened with
prayer, and after some preliminary dlset'ssioa,
mainly on points of order, proceeded 70 Iiio
consideration of the subject before tle oous
Yesterday afternoon. DIR. DaDney n.' LIS No,
floor, after some Introductory len,t I; M ~,
heard by the reporter, opposed the oloth'.llo''
of black men in the following strain VI ais"-
meIt: ,;,o ,,.;,, ,o,a
Let us show where this priucipie VIII leaa
nc A man comes forward with an adequate
knowledge of Greek and HEBREW Win sot,ie
fuency of speech, or git OF INC gap lie
be ordained minister ns ;i,
hytery. In cases Of appeal he sits IN Judgment
nnon y white man or White woman. What Il
TO nreyent u black man from becoming Il pas.
Tor ;of n church in which TIE BRICKS nave Il
majority ? A black preacher may claim his
right to minister at the bedside of Il sick
white female Dir. Dabney depicted in his
usual strong language these social results,
which he claimed rs ensuing from ordination
of this class of preachers 10 rule among white
men. Though not ohjectinS TO their ordination
in their own organizations.
He then proceeded TO reply TO the sCriptural
arguments, that the blessings of the Gospel
are extended alike 10 all. Let us See, Mi.
Moderator, where the sophism turks. We had
on yesterday afternoon noble speech molly
delivered (Mr Leflwch OF AleXaMdrial; only
there was nobody in the house that disputed
the proposition. The gift OF redemption is
offered TO Greek rs well as Jew, to Barbarian
Scythiun, bond and free, there Is no distinc-
tion of race, or blood, or color. Anlen. But
there is then an awful chasm in the argument
Community of Office in the Church does not
follow community i'll the personal benefits OF
the Gospel That is the point where their
logic fails. Under the old dspcnsation, the
priestly Office pertained exclusively to the
tribe of Levi This arrangement, though it
existed under an economy now extinct,
showed that ii was not the absolute law OF
Gods kingdom that community OF grace i'm
piled community of office.
In the Gospel, according TO Paul, there is
" neither male nor female yet,' says the
same apostle, II suffer not \ woman 10
leach" The heather polyguuisi, though he
became Christian, could not exercise the
functions of the sacred office: for Il bishop or
deacon must be the husband or one wife. He
might say 10 one in the ministry who had
oeen drunkard, 81 have rep-nted rs well rs
you; but this We're not sufficient; he was
forever excluded from the ministry, though
the blessings OF salvation perlaiaed to him MS
Well us others. These three cases SHOW lha,
the logical process by which scriptural au.
ehoritS Is obtained for the ordination of colcrad
men IL vicious.
ln reply TO the argument that social eunnlitv
dld not follow ecclesiastical ,uuolitv ~
".S osonght forward The rase OF Pel,r
au ZIG u uehEies OF Antioch fuul -rebukad
tile brethren. Some of our 49, /" III ms Isil'
prenehaed, would refuse lika -, nc Ap.
,ahIa % Tb. NJ no paItook with tnem at III.
tao!e % lne LORD and exercised 1hn 49,. 'tte
Dr. Daoney main tanned that coloraa 80 ~ ,
lers could not be ordained with the s,n1s ~ ms
70 DE our co-presbyters now As when the ro ~
was III a state Of slavery. Now they arc free
ana o"tnumber us. They claim social rs we'll
10 cirli equa!ity-impudently truculently,
stucily, anu are urged forward by those who
AFTER DISTINGUISHING and extincuiShing cnr no
Die commonwealth, aud putting our necks in
the aust under the foot Of oar former slaves
would proceed with the deliLerat. desire OF
mining orr blood, that the flush upon the
ooAa VI our women might receive L current
from Central Africa. Shall he be told maj
the sentiment which recuis from such a CON
sequehce is Il prejudice? Tits he profound.st
the head. " "e '''"ii
pf. Daoney painted in fearful colors the