The national Republican., 1869-01-15

CONGREGATIONAL CBuRcH DyriCuLTY.-At
nine m. yesterday, the council teassenbled,
when Mr., Bsscom continued his statement on
The part Of the minority. The greater portion
& b. siuSias ' to he ls psSphfes psS % puSi.Sed S
said portions Of II were libeilous, and would
be sctionable In the courts He hoped the
hen decide % who %s We're IL hS The wrong. ''' anu
At p. m. the council took reeess Of half
an hour, after which n was decided that, at
go p. m, Dt. Boynton should present the case
General o, .. Howard then read parts ofs
pamphlet making certain charges against him,
and At the close OF the reading, said that mo.
was asserted that he General H. had done
certain thingt that would advance him, At the
expense Of the church. In the direction Of the
States. Such a thing never entefsd his mind.
II was also asserted that 1t was personsl DIM
culties between Dr.. Boynton and himself that
created the trouble In the church: He would
feelings between d.. D. and himself could be
sunk at any moment
Gen. Howard, by, request, here made state.
showing that the cost Of erection will be about
clio, 900, about 10000 OF which has been sub
scribed and donated, leaving an Indebtedness
he said, had been raised under the sanction of
the Congregational Union.
The question was here propounded u to
whether circulars bearing the authority Of the
on which to raise subscriptions after the Con-
gregstional Union had Withdrawn Its Author-
ity to raise money on its indorsementf
doacons, and himself had authorized the eircu-
lAtion OF a circular bearing the Endorsement Of
the secretary Of the Congregational Union, he
,ss that ~ n.d Sosn re-
the endorsement was withdraw. He after
wards received letter which Indicated that
DR.. Boynton had been notified previously Of
Its withdrawal, and characterized the issuing
OF the circular as what the writer Of the letter
thought was sharp practice on the part Of
Dr.. storrs moved that the subject OF this
tion, and
The moderator appointed as such commit.
tee pr. Parsons, Of Springfield, and Deacon
When General o. o. Howard concluded his
statement, the Church took recess to $50
p. m.
The council met M per adjournment, when
DR.. y. B. Boynton, pastor, proceeded to read
the statement Of the pastor and the church.
a fact, he having heard It stated somewhere,
that he had changed the offcefs OF the church
to q permanent session instead Of q committee
Dr. BSsnton Snfs read syel lstter conserving him
self, on this subject, which .vouched that he
rad not even intimAted that he preferred the
forms Of Presbyterianism to those OF Congre-
The questions Of the proceedings had In the
matter OF the application OF Prof Patterson
and wife for men nsmSeIshP, va, eaplainee By
r, was not admitted to the Church, was be-
cause he declined to indorse q certain prinoi.
pie Of the Church, to wit: that man was his
The ease OF Z. Daley, who sent an alleged
Insulting letter to Dr. Boynton, was taken up
and eonsidered, BY which It appeared that Di.
the inquiry TO this effect: "Can 1 not be
shielded from such insultsfn
On this the board summoned MT. Daley, and,
finally, suspended him from communion.
One OF the council here desired to know OF
DR.. Boynton why he did not go in person,
with two others, as required by the Church
rules, and make his charges formally, aud
brought before them, as provided by the rules
OF the Church.
Mr. Boynton contended that he had not
sent the letter 10 the hoard OF Descons, as he
was just In the act Of leaving on the cars on
his summer vacation, to do with the matter as
they pleased. He considered his action In the
matter was according to the Church polity,.
In reply to a question as to who wrote the
pamphlet called the "Church and the Pastor to
Sister Churches" DR.. Doynton replied that II
was written by several persons, he writing
the first part, as he was deemed more familiar
The matter OF admitting colored persons in
the church was next taken up, the doctor say.
ing that he had been charged with endeayor-
Ing to prevent colored persons from entering
the church. This was not so, for he had fre.
quently said that he would not be pastor OF
a church that would refuse to admit colored
people. He would say so here again.
DR.. Boynton here read a statement Of Mr.
Morrill,, supposed to be then on his dcath-bed,
which verified his (Dr. Boynton's) statement.
DR.. b. held that the black man should not be
excluded from any churches, schools or places
Of amSsepen. to which white m men EN- haze ~ .ts AZ
vate the black race In schools OF their own, u
possible, and he would soon show that he IL
equal 70 A. any society, .y, and would command the
The manner OF calling church meetings was
presented BY DR.. Boynton, in which he stated
that he called bis meetings on the authority oil
q m Majority Of the board OF deaeons.
The question was here put as to whether he
consulted only one set OF deacons, or whether
he sometimes consulted certain OF his deaconi
and at other times other deaoonsl Whether
he always consulted the deacons In sympathy
with hint
DR.. Boynton replied that he consulted, on
those Who were 10 sympsthy with him -
DR.. Boynton then stated that the oongrega.
tlon was Increasing In numbers that most OF
the Pews were rented, and he, he believed M the
ousiy as any other church iu the city.
he iiT;sd * ayl.S h. s,sS WAS ready to tSnJy hurry
would meet him fairly aud freely this could be
done. He would go further and say he be.
lieved that if one member would bury all and
consent to give his aid and encouragement, by
the blessing Of God they would succeed as a
church and would prosper. He now had
no more to present, but he would take pleas
ure, now or at any other time, In answering
any question the council should see proper to
put to him.
Several OF the council expressed a desire to
know who was the one man alluded to by DR..
HnyntOn. when remarked In
undertone that II was Gen. o. o. Howard.
Gen. IL. arose Immediately and said VIII en-
Dr. Boynton expressed himself ta, ready to bur,
his MOUTH but as a member responded to !
sentiment this morning and found he was not
the person referred to, he felt that he had bet
| ter not be too fast In rising.
DR.. Boynton here came forward aud renewed
his assertion, and stated that he did refer Il
Gen. Howard as the one man. He believed
| full reeonoiliation OF the church would follow
| Gen. Howard here arose and said he full,
and freely buried every personal matter will
Or. Boyntoni but the matters relating to tn
| church, and not personal, he did not feel a
liberty to thus dispose of and he would pre-
fer that they be settled by the council.
DR.. Storrs Nss OF this opinion also.
Both sides here submitted the case to tn
council, and the council theTeupon went Int
executive session.
LIBERALIZATION CEREMosIEs.-A large an
Intelligent audience assembled at Grand Arm
Hall, on Wednesday evening, to witness tn
installation OF the ofiicers elect OF Post No.
u. A. X. The hall presented q hne appeal
green, hagB and emblems. The ceremonie
were exceedingly interesting and impressiy,
Addresses were delivered by Majors Lube
and Harrington, the retiring and elect pos
commanders, whose remarks were very patri
otlc, eloquent and suggestive, and highly Al
preciAted BY the audience. At the close OF tn
ceremonies a social reunion took place, end
ing with hop, which was one Of the mos
delightful features Of the occasion. The CO m
mittee OF arrangements deserve great oTedi
for its management OF the entire affair, AMI
Post No. 8 certainly exhibits a most CONNIE nd
able spirit TO make its meetings attractive an,
entertaining to the publie.
| POLICE INTRLLIgEECE. - Mercer Barber
| colOTed, on two charges of petlt larceny, wa