The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-06-19
The Spring street Church and Northern
Methodist Preachers.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE NEWS.

TO TIE EDITOR OF THE NEWS.
During my late absence from the citv, there
appeared in your journal I. w. Lewis and A.
Webster, denying the statement of my circular,
chat their church obtained and held Spring
street Church and the Mckee estate by mill
Their COMMUNICATION wears on its face the
expression Of injured innocence. and the holy
purposes of ambassadors Of peace and truth. !.
by tender to him (Lews,) by vote taken at
''largely attended and duly notified public
meeting" shades Of Blackstone and Mar
esns What SR5 learned bar 81 eePo to
this mode of getting titles to property2 They
have usually called for '.signing, sealing and
delivering" by 'trustees." Of church property.
these men propose 'sspirit rapping."
The trustees Of my church cay there never
was meeting Of their board for the purpose
OF giving, their consent, and that consent was
never asked or given for MIR. Lewis or Mr..
Webster to use their church.
Mr.. ". published in his own paper the fact
that he kp ~ the use Of trustees; for he says.
the "bo .ds' '.rickety' ..chaos' Of the .'Confed-
eracy," and it. promised to repair; ''but like
the lest OF it's promises, 1t never fulfilled"
The truth Of this, or the want of that virtue,
Is proven by the workmen, who say the Con-
federacy paid for the replacement OF the roof
and other repairs. The abusive terms he uses
only give illustration to their cry for sectional
from .. J. Chase. who presides over the temple
of strife (the Courthousel in his noble speech
over the graves OF the Confederate and Federal
dead at Magnolia. This Northern church
and peace. There Is no plea Of ignorance for
it's crimes against both.
Did they get our church by military power?
were deprived of the city papers till the war
closed, do not know the facts, which every in
teIligent man IN the city knows. for they read
the history in the daily papers.
''trustees," did these Northern preachers pos
sess and keep by the s.bayonet."
The first person Mr.. Lewis called upon after
living ii No. III oonains-strset. He says Mr..
Lewis produced an 'sorder from the War De-
partment for ilim to seize all churches with
out pastors. " BE-, &C., which Ne (Mr. Lewis)
4 friend hands me this from the Charleston
Courier, Of date Of June I, 1855:
II hold in trust for their use lthe colored
pS ps a@ three ss %1 9ss b
served them as pastor for nearly three months,
and propose s to continue amongst E ~ them: m.
advertisement in the same paper, date Of
March n. 1885. where he asserts the same re-
spcnnGansy. ~, taa -. a.. ,.-,. - .
above w the spTs a1a
the following order Of date November 90, 1883:
ssThat all tho houses. or worship belonging to
the n. e. Church South. in which loyal min
lister, who has been appointed by Q loyal blsh-
%, does not now ofacsate, are hereby placed at
the disposal Of Rev. Bishop Ames," Northern
NY Church came under that description.
Mr. Lewis eaySin his notice above that he held
BY order Of the War Department.
There is now before me military order da-
ted November 18, 1857, refusing to give us
which we were deprived OF IL. These men,
with seeming injured innocence. should ask
with Donna Julia: i. ~ gs sy
s.Antonia. where's my pecket handkerchisia" :"
As to the Mckee estate, they deny the ebay
Onekn as deprlvinR as Of IL by special plead
ing disgusting to those who know the SHUTS
taken before the provost court In this city,
as Of II. Our church carried the decision of the
@ basones sathetsy, bas sks sk'S Ssyonss n 1 gave
tlae city oanpos furnish, fsiia nis that, In pur-
shasine back Spring.strset ghnrch .ssom. .A!r.
sH e s a Sssdes sS s.a shs e Ssps "a ss ses s
Our friends In the Souatry shoald know that
when MIR. Lewis was SWORN In the trial Of the'
above Oaso he said. on oath, that he had ''fui6l-
10 whom with othsrs Mr. Lewis, WITH teass ia
hts eyes, when he 6fst came - tho city srying,
TO get the hsemb6tB % be rsconcilea 60 faa iaiI.
issxy. Saying no only cAEne TO s.tfy 10 6av0 $hSie
nOhis, and Ehss when The GOuthegn EfeaoherS
r0turned he '.w0ul6 give mp the peopeSty and
ss,s sssTseS sosS.t snsIs e ssS .ass y: M sr q
tn ShA Asolea8fa o9 the Supreme Court ti6
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