, 1874-05-21

OUTSIDE 0oNMENIG.
Prof. SWINGS trial still clnims general attention
from tue press In nil sections Of tho country mud
these papers, with hardly ati exception, side with
lhe defendant.
MILWAUKEE, 49,
Tho Milwaukee Sentinel AayB: -. ill.,
Tho agitation hne revealed tho fact that tho Vest
minister Cntechs,u though retalncd In form, In not
altogether retained In srrlt Tho en.nclaon Of this
3pr saegs 70 81 s1 nas hoon @
might Anye bccn stitl longer dolayod II DR.. Patton
hail not IN bis zcal onencd rent for its expression
And dreaded l,otcsy prevailed. DR.. Patton IL d man
whose creed has posrined his whole nature. There
Ing, md It il not too much to eay Sigoea. Thor
nanrcs are cnltiyatea Into bard aud unlerciful incs
to them voakneeaes Tiey go through iiie threatening
and solemn. The aong Of birds or Bounds of human
mirtl Hccm to their warped natures rather The uG-
arrng Of Satan thnn tho bceaca gnts Of loving 4hd
1nefcifal Power. Henry Ward baecher and Prof. Da-
nscetie4sn u tav ruglouR deae which 10 havs
see liz fff sro G
Of the rigid teets Of tho old CalvnBtto creed IN tho
or 5aa m eag ~ 9os 9s
parturc.
NEW YORK.
Tho Cypress ronarkB: 80
great satisfaction to know that outside Of tho
Presbyterian Church generally, and largely in 1t, We
bolieve Prof. Patton 1in1s fow no supporters and
that lila prosecution Of rothcrm1nister 1R generally
interpreted a. persecution. Prof. Patton may bo
technically right III holding to tho strict letter Of
tho Presbyterian creed, ns laid down in the West
minister oacchisn but Prof Swing is certainly right
In preaching what is beyond nnd above it.. Most men
right In preaching moro OF principles than croeds,
more Of love aud goodwill thnn Of doctrines or fortns
Tho letter liloth, but the aptrt nnketh ayc Crcefs
aro we'll the nucleus Of nnt belief; but God
and tho world will Judge rathor by what men Do tlan
what they subscribe to.
DETROIT.
The Detroit Post scea politics in the trial.
Some curious political 1ntHreEtn md nrejudices
cluster about the trial Of Prof awtug for hercsy Mr
patent allows the inventor to 10 the foreman Of hin
ostuGlishnen was violent geccsatoufst during the
wur. Ho Is nso violent Presbyterian and runs tho
Presbyterian Seminary and tho Interior newspaper
strict Presbyterian principles. During tue tral tile
political ay1npathica Of tho auenco have been among
the most narked features Of T. THO Republicans and
old Aholtioniats arc with Swing On tho nbcral and
herctical sdc, whi1c the Democrats smo at and ap
paud Patton. The question itself has nothing to do
with tho old political dispute bt tho By1npathies Of
the two parties clearly defined II It were
debate nbout tie rightfulness Ut slavery.
DAVENPORT.
The Democrat saya:
Tho prosecution Of the Rev. mfr. Swing, Of Chicago,
for hertsy, hus apparently broken lowl,-aa VIC e4-
pectcd 1t wond So he can stay In tile Presbyterian
denomination aud preach liberal, common sense tho
should want to Indeed, II ho eays we ahal se 1t down
to the Of that Of duty which often copes
good mon to do dIsaBreeabio tllngB. 4 man OF his
1taup lns littlo In common with Princeton fta Fat
ions; be must often 1ud The atmosphere OF Presbytery
eppressiyoiy close' anl long for thu opcn air.