Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1872-08-31
WHOLE NO. 2,297.

L.. 1t was a personal matter, Ed. =
so declaring the night Of my expul
sion, and | was turned out in half a,
hour after he 70 declared, and the 18th
Matt, providing for such cases, no
having been complied with by him
4 These are some of the reasons show
ing my expulsion to have been purel,
an c1-parte affair, aud caused by Ed
=. There IL no civil court in Amprics
that would disgrace itself by diare
garding the principles Of equity
trampled upon in my expulsion. II
endorse this action Of the Clarksvill,
IChufch would be to disgrace the
Baptist cause In the eyes Of the world
i But their injustice and the bitter.
ness Of Ed. s. did not stop with my
Expulsion. When he determined tu
put me out, he had his Church tc
pass an act not TO permit any one be-
longing to the Church to have lette,
of dismissal unless they moved away.
The object evidently was to prevent
those from quitting the Church who
might ask for letters on account OF
my expulsion, as they intended To
turn me out. Thus We're they deter.
red and prevented. But my daughter
asked for letter 1t was refused, but
they granted the following:
This Is to certify that Miss Halle
Herring Is a member OF the Baptist
Church In this city, and by her own
request ia this day permitted to with
draw her membership from US. Done
by order of the Church, at n confer
ence Friday night, August llth, 1871.
+. B. ELY, Cl'k."
Having received the above, which
was but an insult to her, she returned
1t and asked for a letter. She was
then expelled.
Thus did the enmity of my perse-
cutors convey them so far that they
endeayored to injure the reputation
OF my dear, innocent daughter. a
young girl Of eighteen years, against
whom they had nothing. Does not
every fathers heart rise within him
to condemn such treatment. The
certificate granted did not represent
her as being in full fellowship, and
did not even call her sister. My two
neices, also, wishing letters were re-
fused and excluded.
| Ed. Sears told that I had had a
difficulty with every Church with
which l had been connected. have
certificates to this effect. Ialso have
certificates from the first members Of
every Church that I have been con-
nected with that 1t is false. Why did
he tell it? To justify himself and
condemn me by making the impress
sion that 1 was frdctious and he
peace biding? II true, 1t might,
but the reverse Is true. How Is II
with Ed. S. Let Louisville and Hop
kinsville answer.
The first regular meeting after my
expulsion, when the minutes We're
read, they stated had not complied
with the demand Of the committee,
viz: to apologize to the Church a. a
body. One Of the committee objected
to this part OF the minutes, saying ]
had complied and had done all gen.
tleman and a christian could do. Ed.
Sears told him he was too late maxi
ing his defense of DR.. Herring, that
he should have done it before he was
expelled.
| After my expulsion, Ed. J. b West,
President of .he Academy presented
me with propositions for n settlement
I agreed to all, but the measure was
not carried out because certain breth-
rem thought the best way was to OBJ
ject to the adoption of the minutes,
and reverse the decision.
But in this they were foiled.
mention Mr.. Vests kindness as u
peace maker to show my ,ciiiin9ncss
to settle 1t.
Dec. 2Sth, 1871, addressed a letter
to the Church, now preserved, in
which, with other things, [ stated (:
(a) ~ can not stand idly by without
making another effort to restore peace
to your troubled minds. tb) Forget
ting the wrongs. and remembering
only the cause of nay blessed Re
deemer, l send you this proposal,
which II complied with, l will prom
ise the matter ended with mel (c)
II feel 1t would be far better for me
to suffer wrong than the cause of re-
ligion, for which am willing to sac
rifice everything but homer and self
respect" (d) "F-eiing have never
given intentional ofiense, and IL
have am truly sorry for it,"
w. G. Barksdale, ON his way to
Church, saw 1t, and requested It's re.
tention until he saw me again.
Whether he talked to Sears and his
partisans.about this letter know not.
II Is presumable he did. The next
morning he urged me for his sake,
for Gods sake aud my sake not TO
send 1t. Why? What was there In
II f,Ow that appeared 80 rcpugnint
A Methodist brother saw IL; told
Sears and Others about IL, and after
talking with them advised me not TO
send IL as they would not allow IL
read II sent to the Church. did not
send II. Every effort 10 get Justice
having failed, and conscious OF giving
no cause for expulsion, l Went to
| Spring Creek Church, put myself
under her watch-care, asking an in
vestigation of the cause Of my expul-
sion, with the view TO Justice.
The following Is an exact copy OF
the minutes OF the conference at
which l applied: "The doors were
opened for the reception Of mem bers,
when Brother II. y. Herring pre-
sented himself and requested the
Church to take him under her watch.
care, Brother Herring stating his case
(which was that had been unjustly
expelled. and asked for committee
TO pisn QdrksrWe Church and ask
them 10 set IA day aud place for the
consideration of the matterl, where
upon q. II. Taylor, pastor, NJ. q.
Carney, and Richard Grinstead were
appointed, with instructions to re-
quest Bro. b. S. Mallory and Bro
Bagby to act with them In case they
failed, To request any two the COM
mlttee may think proper. The com.
mittee on delinquent members asked
for further time, which was granted"
This brief was taken down by a
clerk, pro tenn, with the view of fill-
ing them out at his leisure, he says.
Hence, their imperfect state may be-
accounted for. But the roadl lg ~
the minutes being called for AZ the
close of the conference, they were
read and adopted. When they We're