, 1874-02-26
MCCARTHY.
lie Wants a Fair Council and q Fair
Trial.
Letter from a Member Of His Concre.
cation in His Dofonse.

Letter from Member Of His Congre-
cation in His Dofonse.
The end OF tho troubles OF tho Uuion parh
Baptist Church seems to rocn1o oyory day, and.
from prosont apponsnncoH there Ia no reason
why tho ney. nlr.. MCCARTHY should not oontinua
to- be thorn In tho aldo Of laf tho congregation
and pillar Of strength to tho othor hnlf DURING
tho ncxt SIX montl,s. This Is duo to tho faot
that no legal church mcoting can bo hold under
tho constitution until tho cali is issuo from tho
pulpit, and tho Dencons aro determined not to
open tho church whilo srr. Mccarthy is pastor.
aregnlar1y oalod meeting, and ho will not resign
whIlo charges aro pondlng against him.
Consequently, ho will romain pastor.
the church will not DO opened no cn1l for
business moeting Gun bo lad. and A1r. h1cCar-.
thy's SALARY will run on indefinitely, hntil tho
chnrch-property Is sold to pay Ills claim for baol3
aalary.
THE CHARGES AND TIE COUNCIL.
In relation to tho ohargos made, or to bo matle,
ut the Council Of Baptist ministers, which III to
meet tomorrow, h1r. hfcCarthy'H friends cuiin
thnt tho Council cannot consider any charges, ns
ea1a IT. ad no no tng t1eg laying been
The latter aro said to bo engaged now,
s!nco tho calling Of tho Council, in obtaining
signatures to tho cal 30 tint 1t can bo presented
in due form When The o9andil tneots, az II tho
Mt. Mccarthy himHeIf Batd that ho was anx-
ious for trial, hut he didn't wish to DO stabbed
IN # The e dark. Il tho Deasons bad my charKts,
twonty-Ayo pages Of legal Dap, 10 'santcti tlom
presented to committee Of tho Church, who
SHOULD then decide whether q Council should bc
called to try him. Ho would tlon know somo-.
10 prepare bis plea and defense. III reply to
question wuothcr he should recognize tho au- ,
thority Of the council to try him, N1r. Mccarthy
aa!d that le should trent the membora Of tho
Council With respoet, and might goad to some Of
11r. McCartly's legal advisor, hero fnterponpl..
and recommended his cltont to Say no moro on
that topic, adding that nlr. MCCARTHY had cedcd
none % OF his rights, nor would he do so until he
Speaking Of tho reports in tho Times, A1r.
MCCARTHY said that ho Was reminded OF tho
story Of tho defendant In q llbol caso, who snl
he noyor , knew how big raecal ho way until tho
great . saint he WAS until his own lawyer had
painted his character in angelic colors. MIR.
hloCarthy bald ho novor should havo suspected
10 was such wicked follow il ho had not read
the accounts Of himaof In tho Times.
THE ross1DtL1TIEs.
lilo matter may DO settled by the action Of the
| Council tomorrow, or the strife may only be
stirl cd up worae. Tho accused dcBireB time to
| prepare a defense II tho charges roally &C.
| rouH. md it Ia quite possible TINT no action will
bc taken at tho first 1ncoting boyond organizing
md receiving tho charges. Mr. Mccarthy will
prob1bly not try to hold services in the church
noxt Sunday.
HOLDING THE oHunoH.
AS Was surmiBed by tho loHiogng party, the
Deacons wero occupants Of the church last htou-
day evening whon tho pastor tried to hold
Inv 1xnrt%
through Deacon Rcod's little boy who told Mrs.
Cyrus little boy that his father, Deacon Reed,
was III tho church all tho tsao. II true that
Children and @ fopa speak tho truth u is Galts
party on TINT remarkable OCCASION.
| WORD For THE pAnsoN.
To ths Editor qf The Chicago TRIBUNE:
sln: AS am meu1bor Of the Union Park
Baptist Church, and was at tho meeting Mon
tay oreni1g. please allow me- to mako = rovfow
Of Mr.. Rood's statements published ln your
Tuesdays issue. He says Wo expreaaed .
dosiro to call council alid hayo trial, but hia
want it." Tho dosira expressed WAS in the
form OF q "motion to call council for
q trial." to which, Mr. Burtis offorcd
toS an .hogn amendment nams;a T. Of ..t sbstiu4to
DO appointed by tho church to investigate tho
rnmors against Mr. AlcCarthy's character; and
| it they were found Of sufficient Importance, that
D council should then be called" Tho Chair
|
isnte, and tho motion to Gull council WAS lost:
Tho statement that his friends said "thoy did
riot want 2 trial ia q falsohood. It
was repeatedly stated in. tho moeting by
trial, if tlere was anything for which lo should
DO tried and for that rcason tlloy wiahed tho
church to appoint committee to investigated;
so that II q. 2 council wero called thore would bo
something moro than flying reports or personal
projudiceH to place before thorn.
mr: ltocd anya ho " madc no efforts to oatlrass
tho field, having had 10 tin,o," &C.; yos
acknowledges to having influenced one family
To- yote t. for - his III. resolutions. res Now aB
how did ho happen to 1900 AIr. Mccarthy away
out on the West Sitlo," nB he vas +" visiting hero
ma thoro, aud calling at different placos -
Tho writer Of this artivle can speak for ono who
did not try to iniuonce even zone family" to
vote in favor Of Mr, Mccarthy, believing TINT
each member should decide and net for himself.
That his cnnmics woto lin the field" howo yer,
might DO illustrated by some queer incldohta Of
members who Aad been hunted up to- yoto
against tho pastor aud whose votes were oAal-
| lengcd whou thoy offered them for him.
Az to tho number Of friends Mr. MCCARTHY has
IN the church, TO boliovo thnt IT all tho ,ncnburs
| wero voters at loast two-thirls Of them would
vote III Ills favor.
AIR. Reed Says 'sTho constitution ties us up"
We'll, he, If any ono, should be thankful for tAnt,
for lad it not 10 'tiol us up" there would hayo
boon 1argo majority against asking our pastor.
lie says, "wo want to keep tue church prop
orty for tho denomination" Each DaptiBt
church is separate organization, and docs not
| bold "proporty for the denomination"
10 rot,rt, to tho beginning Of Mr. 1soed's state
mont l,o sayB The scssions of tho council which
tho Dcacoua hAyodeoi.led to cau-wiil probably
bo IL seorot" Cau such u thing be dono Can
| d man DO tried for his character, which III moro
than bis life, In Bccrot7 Wo, his
trlcuds, rant to hear all tho charges
ngainst him !; tllcn We want to SEQ them siftcd,
mid know whether they aro truo, or whether thuy
aro, III Ar. Reed told q lady a short time ago
tLey wcio " all cllafr."
Perhaps the public think that Mr. Mccarthy
has tends because Nv We haye saa little in
| or taKeu any violent measures. Hut timo will
| show otherwise. FAIR PLAY.
| MISCELLANEOUS.
VIRGINIA HffV Nav apneprh IL I,e esfon rr, h.