The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-06-26
HPrtng-Stroet Church and Rev. J. II.
3 ,,,. Pk.kett.
TO THE EDITOR OF TEE NEWS.

TO THE EDITOR OF TEE NEWS.
I'm your issue of last Saturday appears
another characteristic invective from the pen
OF that meek Christian Pastor Of Spring.stre
Church.
We wish to call attention to tho spirit Of his
letter. aud to the fact that he does not reply
TO- 9s emy Of
the McGee will G Use. He asserts things that
we never uttered or thought OF, and then la
bors. like q "mountain in travail" to dlsprove
Spring-street Church as .'trustee2" When
did we take it or hold it by ''bayonet" sell 1t
outP This s a .ma II OF stra "" OF his own Gre
bowels. But will not invoke the shadow OF
Blackstone and Marshall, or ask, with Donna
Julia: ::, ,"Antonla, where's my pocket handker-
Perhaps his Country Friends" for whose
benefit he says he writes, will appreciate his
learned and classical illusions, and they may
be enlightened by bis statement that ''Chief
Strlfe," and that he made s'speech over che
graves Of the Confederate and Federal dead at
Magnolia"
But his city friends, doubtless, have differ
ent opinion OF the United States Supreme
Court, and also know that he never made
speech, or was present, at the decoration Of
either Confederate or Federal dead at Mag
nolia.
The whole reply of MIR. Pickett reminds us
of the ''scuttle fish," whose habit is, when at
loss for means of defence, to stir up cloud Of
a'le in the water, and then scoots out of sight.
Thus MIR. P. dips bis, pen in gall, stlrss up a
cloud of invective words aud cpitbets, and darts
out, saying: 81 have done with these men,"
Well. discretion IS the better part of valor.
The simple facts in regard to Spring street
Church are these It had been occupied by
the Contederates as o military storehouse for
two years before the city fell. After the sur
render the trustees and official members of the
Methodist Churches in Charleston requested
Colonel Woodford to ISSUE a military order
turning over to oul care their churches and
parsonages in the clty, which he did. A
hold religious services for the white Methodlsts
at New Bethel, and Spring-street should be
opened for the colored. lhls was done for
two reas ons Flrst to provide another needed
place of worship; and second. to prevent its
being occupied again by the military.
At this thus t. time March 1852 there was not
t~ OF sog ha9
Mood had run the bl l,ckade to Nassau; Revs.
Mr.. Meynardie and Rogers had Left with the
retreatlng army The shepherds were scat;
one pastor returned for nearly seven months.
Du'ing this hot and slckly summer, we serv-
ed the people, white and colored. according to
and 30 far as the white people at New Bethel
are concerned, to their satisfaction, as the fol-
lowing testimonial will show, an original copy
OF which was handed me by The secretary:
a.
"Where0s. Rev. T. w. Lewis, Missionar ~ of
tho Methodist Episcopal Church, who hashad,
at OUR request, pastoral oversight Of our
chur ,hs and now at his request has been re-
l!eved.
'Resolued. That we. the official members,
tender to him our thanks for his faithful iabors
| in our midst. and that we devoutly pray that
the blessing Of God may be with him and his
! family. n!
s.siRned in behalf Of the brethren.
"WM. B. MOORE, Secretary.
AT q quarterly meeting. composed Of all the
Church. South, In this city, held IN September,
| 1855, DR.. T. Rozar, presiding elder, and J.
Chamberlain. secretary. vote was passed
to the congregation Of colored people under
| my charge worshlppng there" and that body
has never asked us to vacate Spring street
Chnrch from that day to the time we volun-
| repair as we found it, using 1t only for place
OF worship for the colored people, who have
worshipped there ever. since the church was
built, and suoh others, white and colored, as
Rev. Mr.. Loyal raised 500 to help seat the
grove at "Tlvoi Garden" in March, 1868.
whlch was condition to the congregation at
gnsohass gSo ,ss .:.,s; s it s.:t I: s1s.a
quisite in suoh cases. About the s.McGee
WILL" referred to by Mr.. p, we will only say
spring-street Church or the NJ. E, Church
ton in due time. The Court Of Equity win
decide. and not Mr.. p, who may be more
learned in novel quotations than Blackstone.
In regard to military authority" and the
"bayonet," so frequently referred to. we have
only TO say there has been no other authority
in this State till Governor Scott's Inaugural.
ton. and in the city till Mr.. Pillsbury became
| Mayor.
The keeping Of Spring-street Church littte
longer than Mr.. P. and his friends desired. but
no longer than the Quarterly Conference of the
1 n III. Eno
il the whole head and front OF our offence.
And nov, Brother Pickett. IL your present
course does not bring IN rhe .Dollars for re-
pairs" and printing your. phillipics against
| cellent way, s'Let us have peace"
a III T. w. LEWIS.