The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1868-02-10


Tnr ormKn sipr.-About week since. as our
lions wero adopted at the business meeting OF
the First Congregational church, of this city,
clutch, Rev. DR.. Boynton, that coiored people
| should not be admitted to membership In that
church. Below will be found expressed eoun-
ter opinion, signed by Major General o. d. How
We, Tho, undersigned, members Of. the First
ton, b. o., differing in opinion from our brethren
| with regard TO the resolutions copied above,
desire TO express our views freely and frankly,
| so that we may not be misunderstood upon quer.
| tions fundamental In Importance, and deemed
vital to us as a congregational body.
the above resolutions, and others aid not vote
| upon their adoption.
Our position can best be explained By stating ting
this matter; Two young colorcd men presented
themselves, at meeting Of the pastor and dca.
OF faith After they had undergone thorough
come to unite With the church. AZ the same
opinion to the effect that his Che negfo,sl in;
colored men, and indeed all oolored people,
should remain In their own organizations.
On the next rs:s Ss nj;
the young men in question concluded not to
sermon the same opinion is set forth in these
words;
est happiness, should we Induce or advise them
tons f Of their own that they can enter, iihouid
churches and schools OF their own people abound.
1 cannot, conscientiously, as friend to the
Of their own, and bury themselves IN a living
grave, an UNDECIDED little company In the larger
masses OF the whites"
i've can afford to receive the colored people,
but their own race cannot afford to lose them"
ws 70 Sny 90 nS h o
Ion. We have quite large number Of colored
people in our Sunday school, and we earnestly
same reasonable Inducements and advice shall
foliowers Of Christ and members 81 the First
Congregational church Of this city.
make our doctrine of Glove thy ncighbor as thy
sclfr as broad as humanity, we cannot succeed.
has been to keep our colorcd Congreg rational
brethren from uniting with our church; and II
such sermon should De preached in all the white
build up wall OF partition between races as real
destroy the unity Of the Christian body. W
s Is t tSs Sn .s Of our PS
who may come here into other denominations, a
result that we, as aists, deprecate.
press our opinion with regard to other point.
presented In the resolutions.
These being our sentiments, we wish them
published as extensively as the resolutions
which fully endorse our pastor IN these matters.
o. o. Howard, 8. Il; Hodges, D. L. Eaton I.
4ivord, ). p aiddinss, +. ]. BrooEinss, ". R,
Hooper, Alfred Wallace, Daniel Tyler, Albert
F. Eastman ,; b. N,sk9ls, Will MiI,, o. frinpey,
il. Howard, Leonard Watson, Dwight II, bliss,
webb, j. d. biyer, +. aoodrieh smith q. A. L.
Mariaeld Samuel z; Fessenden, William Gray,
e R 4 GS9t H:s,S s Ha K,S
r. Gilemnis, ID; r.: Smiley, W. O. Moorls, Edward
A. Fay, Samuel Porter.
CHANGED With FRAUD AND FoRoIRIEs.-A
short lime since u was ascertained that quite an
extensive imposition was being practiced on the
claiming and obtaining communication Of rations
the they IT, they Te,e nsa
at least $4,000 by colored families. Some months
ago, woman giving the name q Angel. Psden,
Colonel He'll, eomnisssryy S q sab,i,teaoe, and q
= claim was put in for communication Of rations in
the name q the former whoss husband was , re-
latter sworc to that fact, and In the course
OF a few. weeks the amopnt.oyer s.oo-was
si person and made Ss claim, and the oissrs &C.
cofdingly took measures to overhaul the parties
A few days since Gilchrist appeared ASA witness
and Sergeant Mills were called on, and on Fri
, day th0y arrested Gilchlst, the woman Paden,
an nu sssminatIon before Justice r. Drary, Which
resulted In the woman baden being committed to
70 answer the charge ?, 9Ita,SS%s money By
j jar,, a pnd the dls%isssi deus Hqafs per
il is now believed that dilchrist ~ concerned
out to 81 fraudulent, and that there are other
parties also eopeerned In them.
DRUNK AND DIsoRBEaLy,--The following ar
fef!' B BSse % WAS taken before Justice ut by
very d,sordsriy; therefore he was fined u, and
"' oaisers ES.fey and Ellis, ef the Eighth pre-.
P ssis aSGa 'f Russr q So Anna SSo s
I berry, aud Anna Brooks, all colored They had
each. Anna Cole paid her fine, but the others
thirty uHl days to work i out WITH ar. Douglass,
oicer Alden, Of the Sixth precinct, took Oh ,rss
CIV. :: Miner < yesterday morning ewaS fined
''Gisssss Evans and BreIsford, of the First pre-
sinet arrested aisordsrly gathering on satar.
qreny, Charles CLARK, John williams, and Lucy
A. Lucas, all colored, Sarah Stevens, and John
Marders. Justice Tucker hned Marders 80 and
The others ~ each.
APPRAisRsgFT OF IRos-cLADs.-A board Of
naval officers, consisting Of Commodore John
A, Winslow, as PRESIDENT, Captains John ID.
I Almy and Foxhall A. Parker, aud Chisf Engi-
neers ]. W. King and Il. Lawton, as members,
have been In. session at the Navy-yard since
"Wednesday last, for the purpose Of appraising
the iron-gisds, In conformity with the recent act
OF Congress. Tho hoard have finished their work
at the Washington ksvy,yard, and oa Saturday
adjourned. They will Immediately proceed to
other naval stations to finish their duty.
CmpIsTIAs UsIos.-At the recent annual
meeting OF the Christian Union, the following
officers were elected for the ensuing year; J, NJ.
blanchard, president; j. Edwin Mason, J. W.
Jane, Vice presldedtsj =. Seymour Nichols, Sec
rotary; W. II. rraadway, corresponHng secre-
tary;J. a.. HsyWsra, teaspIrers Hiram Pitts,
Orossnsn, NJ. u. Doolitte, George +. Baker, ex-
ecutiye committee,
Hon ALsxAsDEs DELMAR,s LnGT rI s