, 1874-04-23
LOCAL MISCELLANY.
ROBERT ooLLYER SPEAKS.

ROBERT oo1LYER SPEAKS.
IL The Chitago 1'resbyierp, etc.:
GENTLEMEN 1 nolico In tic report Of your
proceedings, printed IN this mornings TRIBUNE,
Tint I am nnn,od as ono Of tho witnoasos againnt
David Swing, and that you arc still III groat
trouble na to how yon Hlall got at tho testimony
Of Robert Laird Oollior, who Ia now In Europe.
I havo no authority from mr. Collier to spoat
for him In his a1Honco. ono way or tho other;
but it OCCURS TO INC, "a road my own namo, that
can llolp things along n little by ronltiuihR you
TINT, "a wo both belong to n religious boay Which
toloratos no such inquistion an,oug Its menbors
as this In which you aro engaged, anu fof COZ,
sclonco sake would troat With Heorn nha
contempt any summons to appear before slioh n
tribunal as yours within our own donomihation-
if sucl, n thing woro possiblo-I cnnnot ovon
imagine TINT Nfr. Oollsor will trent SUMMONS
from tho Ohioago prosby.ory III any othor way,
Iwnnt to any further, Oh my own ncoonht,
that consdor tho use Of my nano ,a IN ,s racoyo co,
from a1ly uuartor since camo to ltvo in Ohi-
cago. Personally, ] do not caro- Tor this, put, as
The pastor Of Unity Church, and q minister
In tho Unitarian denomination, l PRO protest
against it rs a grosH injury, that,
c6urch council Of any sort should allow
q man l do not know from. Dalaam the
eon of Door, to 1,so my nnmo as TINT OF ono who
could consent to atd him tn nto1stng out horoHy,
horotio, n,rtl moat of all man lovo for hts
noblo qualities as I lovo David Swing.
laYo never thought Tint Prcsbytoranislrl. as
IN 'isnl," Ind any right toreckon courtounH'ioas
toward thoao who des from A. among faon tsn peo m
about tlo }lno points Of Ca1vinisn,. knew wo
must expcot something, as tho lrishu1an or the
iest-boola would say, "ontiroly unexpected"
tho boys On tho corner uaed to eay; aYou
Gun tako tho hat.n Mr.. Bonjnmtn Dntlor,
aB tho story goes, 80 maltreatod Judge once bc-
foro whom ho Ind to try n caBe that tho laplosu
man crlod ont "A1r. Butler, do you know what
nm horo for {? F" wlloroat the manifold eyes Of
the clover roguo twinkled first, and then flashed.
ne he aneworod +" There Your Honor hnB me. :"
Gentlemen Of tho Ohlcago Prcabytory, I fool in
aomo sort like TINT Judge. fyo" aro Justified
eitlor in what you h'vo done or in what you lgyo y
countenanced thoro Is no moro to be said. You
{rat por1nit ono OF your number to charge mo
and n,iuo with lloroBy because wo deny tho tloty
Of Jesus For tint ss, cnt 10 .a n9S yo D5ne aqe
s'a + was yqn IN tho 70 eoni es Of onr sap fah 70 shout
stnad dog" after those WHO diiror from us In
this mattor. VIC could onsiy call you heEeties Tor
simplest truths in tho 1lble. but not contont
with that, you permit this man to baso charge
of religious malfeasanco on tho fact thnt ono Of
your ministers gayo ,Tcok-nlght lecture On
momory Of ono OF tho no,loat and best Christian
wonlou our city over know aud when public
Indignation, ns it gocma to me, compelled sou to
insist TINT lie should modify that charge In some
way, you sat still in your places aud said not
a word Of robuko when lie stated.
aa tho main rcason for such change as ho
,nado, Tint this high, sweet Christian woman
lived in tho lattor yonrs Of her beautiful 1ife
and died ncting n ie,---sat with great part Of
Gods little children about her ovo,y Sunday In
m Unitarian Sunday y-aollool and taught thom or
.thodoxy, or taught them what you call llorcsy,
while sho was orthodox in her own soul and
then, to crown all, you por1nlt my name to be
passed and printed, without roinonstranco, as
TINT Of man Of this same atoc!s Of heroticB, who
can bo called OIL, mud, for nught you know,
counted On, to soil his manhood by
appearing ut your bar and tostifyna
tlat ono lo catccms abovo most NOR
for his sincerity aud purity was to his knowl.
cllgo ono thing on tho surface and nnothor o.
the heart. Please count mo out, mud beltove
that your action, so fur rs wo arc concerned ii
this matter, confirms mo atresh in conviction
havo hold for many years NOW, that Of Rl
dospotislns taoBe which wenr cloak OF religion
nro tho least reasonable aud tic most dangerous
whom they are not kept within proper boundaries
by constitutional Inv, and by the good sonso oi
O great froe-thinking community like this il
which wo 1.-Two. Yours, NopEET CoLLyra
CHICAGO, April %, 1874.