Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1868-12-03
A RADICAL FEUD.
The Row Between Gen. Howard and
Chaplain BOyntOn.

The Row Between Gen. Howard and
Chaplain BJyntOn.
A Washington correspondent of the
Chicago Tribune furnishes the following
account of a little episode that occurred
in Washington few days ago:
A fierce alteration has sprung up be-
tween the Chaplain of the House Of Rep
resentatives, the Congregational Minister,
DR.. Boynton, and the celebrated one
armed General double o" Howard, Of
Maine. The subject seems to be the
ancient one, as to whether the PASTORS
position shall be permanent in the Church,
or whether the capitalist and the patron
in the Church enterprise shall whisker
as he will. You have probably cases in
Chicago of similar remark some public
spirited pietist resolves to build a4emple
to God and himself. He concludes that
he will own the pastor, order round the
members, prescribe the doctrines, expel
his enemies and "antagonisms, !" and 9TH
erwise be "littls God" as David Crock
EFT familiarity put it,
This particular church question is COM
plicated by many interests which have
no business with. Your correspondent
has taken the popular position here
assumed by Elihu Washburne, of whom
Donnelly said that if he should die there
would not be tear dropped in all Con-
gress. If you catch any one out of my
little crowd dropping tears for me when
am gone, 'spot him"-he wants some~
thing The fact is that find many Of
the newspaper press people here deep IN
swindles, and their favor is of no more
consequence to me than anybody's else.
But, because Rev. Mr.. Boynton is an
author and attached to the press, that is
no reason why should not tell the sbso-
lutte truth, as it seems to me.
Gen. Howard has been at fault in this
matter from the beginning. The rsnown
ofhis name is widespread. He entered
the war policeman, comparatively, snd,
being temperance man, 4 church mem
Der, Freedman's Bureau man, an anti
slavery man, and finally q wounded man,
he got the support Of New England and
Henry Ward Beecher, raised money,
started a grand Congregational Church
here, and also a negro university aeces-
sorry to it.
DR.. Boynton was called to the church
"A Cincinnati clergyman, born in Mat
sachusetts in poor health, and fond of his
torical writing, Gen. Howard soon fourld
this fellow countryman of his to be as de-
cided in opinion as himself. The General
meantime, had become rich, and his ar
rogance increased with his Temperatures.
He wanted docile preacher, so that
people passing the new temple should
not say, "This is DIR. Boynton's church"
but This is Gen. Towards church"
Finally collision occurred. Gen. How
ard was negrohobbist, believing in the
absolute social equality of white and
black. BoyntOn also was an intense
Radical, but he advised the colored peo-
pie of his church, who we're growing
numerous, to organize themselves into a
separate society, believing that they could
do more good IN this way. Then fierce
quarrsls began, Gen. Howard going
for" Mr.. Boynton once, even at the COM
munion table Mutual scandal began. The
General refused to grant money to the
church unless Boynton ate his words OF
resigned.
The ngregation backed up Boynton'
At last grand council Of clergy men has
been called to judge between b'oynton
and Howard, and the papers are full o
elimination and recrimination. 1t IS sin
gular to me that man cannot build a
temple without wanting to play tAe or