, 1874-03-21
artiolea, lately appearing in tho Inferior On The
subject referred to by tho nbovo heading.
Allow MIC, then, i'll The outaot, to presont a


copy Of
TIE nEsoLuT1oNs
which have oauhod 80 muoh dobato. They uoro
AZ follows:
p. WHEREAS Tho Interior nowBpapor Of this city did,
in editorial In its issuc Of Feb r. msko of tho
following language concerning tue nsv: Prof Ewing
tieal standing, to Wit: "The fnes il, sore aro thoso
whe d9ant-snd We sre @mons the-xhst!er .
death Of Christ WA an o1riatory saerIaco; that wo
aEe ]astincd by faith alone and TINT tho punishment
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we DO mott enphaticaly protest agans. this md all
other ministor of tho Gospel in rcgSar &C.
slcstascal standing A. being, to s,n last
sssns e eescd t. III aeaon
tho Church In tho rcrBon of one Of a minsterR, and
wholly tranaconding tho functions Of tho religious
iicsotred That thls nctiou bo communicated to the
editor Of tho Interior.
And now as to tho editorial allegation That tho
gentlemen Who wore instrumental in calling tho
meeting At which these resolutions wore brought
forward undertook to aubject the Interior to nn
Ex-PAnTE TRIAL AND uENsunE
before the Minister'S Association, in tho abBouoe
Of tho person to bo consurod, on the specific and
tho editorial functions :"
:, To this charge, lot 1t bo SAID, first, that this
i'ndgine,y trial was not before the "hlinintoriai
Association that body having previously I'D.
tho mover. OF relieving tho Association OF all
responsibility III tho matter, but without any
general knowledge Of what was to follow.
Again, aa to tue statoment that this "ox.perto
porson Il. be ccnsured." 1t will be observed TINT
tho resolutions contain no censuro othor than
inferential. Neither WAS consure the object
aimed ut. II 1t WAS 1nforontially involved in tho
words OF tho resolution, this WAS Hllnply ali una
yoidablo circumstance.
t'Non MAS ANY TRIAL."
ox-parte or other, proposed. It should be OBJ
served that tile moetlng was composed Of tue
,nemberH OF tho ministerial AsBociation,-a body
comprising all tho Presbyterian minister's In
Chicago and dits subnrbs,- who had assembled that
day for their ordinary purposes aud that 1t was
not until Rornb time after tho meetlng Ind opened
TINT two or three Of tho members, in private
consultation, determined to bring forward tho
resolutions proposed, md in tho manner iudi-
Gated. There was not the Alightost possible Mt
tempt to give tho meeting an cx-parto character
and 1t Ind mono. It ia true that Dr.. Patton was
absent; It is equally true tint ho wus sought
GUS to the place Of mocting), again
and again before tho subject WAS Introduced;
and a request Left there TINT he DO imme-
dtasely informed, on bis arrival, of tho intoudcd
ticlpatod until 1t was too fato to arrest proceed
ings. It subsequently appeared that, in c0uso-
quence OF temporary illnoss TINT morning, Prof.
Patton did not, according to hia known custom
to the meeting Of tho Ministerial Association.
But, While MI this is true, and while the ab-
sence Of Dr. P. waa regretted by nll, 1t was not
felt that any wrong would hayo been done to
that gentleman lad no such measures to secure
his pfeBenco bocn taken. For, VIC repeat
THERE WAS NO THOUGHT
OF o trial Of Dr.. P. THE whole purnoHo Of those
calling tue meeting wns briefly this: Certain
gontlomcn, who d;sapprovel OF tho course Of
tho Interior in rotation to Plof. Swing. and who
foltthat it was due to themselves. and to the In
teroats OF tho Presbytetinn Church and ministry.
| TINT Bono notice be taken Of 1t, concluded to
talto advantage Of the presence Of large pro-
portion of tho Presbyterian minister's Of tho city
ing to have n FREQ consultation over the
! mattor, and take such action as might
be deemoa best. Whom 30. atsembled. the
above resolutions wcro introduced, for tho pur-
pose Of giving oraor and method to tho colloIluv.
| 1t was ndt designed to publish tho neot,ug or
| its results, md reporters wore carefully ex-
cludea. aurroptisious and most inaccurate
report was, however, published IN. IN l;f dsilfy
In any case. il tho editor of. tho Interior were
| wholly within his prerogativo in publishing what
lie did, who will say that his readers oxcaodot
theirs in having an opinion on that point and
| eApIcs1Anb1t IL
AS Tl1EY CHOOSE?
| II Or. Patton SAN lit to pav no attention to 1t
| that too w1s his undonbted privilege
To finiBh this part Of the subject let me add
that tho resolutions were Withdrawn without {
vote upon them, because vote was not necossa
to the object above stated. anu beca'1so it BE-
camo evident that vote would not express The
opinion OF tho meeting with any accuracy aome
Of tue a1oakers having Indicated . purpose
OF voting AGAINST thom for roa- @
| 81nrOY1l the
course OF the Interior. Indeod. Of all who OK:
pressed any opinion, but one individual indofaod
fully its course.
And now. fow words on the que tlon and the
only question. ut issue bet"eon tho I"serior and
those who felt moved to dlsapprovo lts course in
the caHo or Proi SWING. was tue ealtor Oh tina
paper .jnsttiab'o i'll publishing tue paragraph
dloteq IN the hrss OF 1no aoofe 1esoluslohs
Lib, 1opehg, III -....-....
TIE oNLY ISSUE
between these two parties; Ii others wish to l''
troduco other clements, thoy are roaueHtod TO
make this distinction. a prohx wrllor IN tho