, 1874-11-13
PATTON---SVVlMG.
The Communication Of Mr.. w. C.
Goudy.
Replieo Thereto by tho Rev.
NIcssrs. Noycs and
Swnzcy.

1ETTEn FROM TilR nEv, qEon0E q. MOVES.
reMt Eait9r of 1'As Chicago TRIBUNE: an. con;-
s t. TIE H11ssy H. q ssas @ as q
nsoneouy aatesna as 70 seaafe some 1"aS1sr
htt April, va. currently rrpored and ee,ess'Ly be-
dovsd,-whcther Rightly Or wrongly DO not knoWE
e! o a a9as naits%e aSS sn xsh
arasgnod, md that he was tic eonenMta, M
ss & ss q 5rssss @ .s i it,
uait;S whish was supposed to mean that
eSt ,.s,, Tnst sopo1 sn seems s0oa ta
Mr. aoudy ths s ay as naTiy IT, III tnS
as!e tl,si ho now appears public md zealons par-
eaa5 nfas 81 " srrsl Il fIo n liz aorvs tone Il Lie
eou,nuucaon mc.nuer either q ihe prcsbysory or
ho o .nesas ny.ai % of Ioth jncsorea Such tevoon
Is in thrae degenerate days ~ 4 y comen.la1Ie
Our W nfssa W.T. wb
rni as 10 ii willing TO abandon oven tori DAY, ~
wholly IL tue barvico Of tho Church. Iulcu, wicn
distinguished LAWYER usns 81 ui4e for weeka from 4, NJ
truth aud righteousness Tho Chrisan public will not
s sc afe n Seans ns e m - 1pay psass xn IL
this sicw Of tho case that hia Eighs 70 speak, mud to
sreak with aonewlas Of authority. must 70 admitted.
ment. strictly accurate It will 10 difficult to correct
all Mr. Goudys miss1aomcnts 20 numerous are they;
which mo1e Important. ar. Cloudy aaScrs sat The
paper giHned by thu Con,lnittoo did not cntes
@ asont II ,ho only corroet atatoent sontaned il hia
whole communication. To discuss the merts Of the
ca.o would have besn absarl since @ taers Waa Piop
case wore Thoroughly considered III the Iresbytcty.
aud decision given aceoralugly Wien tLe synu4 @
Shovel W from tLe rnpers and resolutions ndoptea by
tho Synod. AIR oudy very faeetious Or very sasir-
sues aaa and Il seaIag d ' tSs
"uairueo involved tn the uso Of The word uppeal.'
Ho speaka Of the flour diaersns Ways by which tho
superior, us il ,hoy al alike Contemplated always the
1ail,o reauit. 1s declares that tho distinction
tns sereat ea shpas any
and ono which .No court in tho Land aoove rural
Justice Of tho Peace would tolerate" Tl.eso STATIC
rleuty, coming from distinguished llwyer, aro s.-
py astounding Desperate ,ndesd @ m mast a 10 ase M FL.
tls:e satsnens wllirh any Que wlo has any ncquaint-
ut I'll with Presbyterian law would instantly dis.
cuycr TO bo entirely without Foundation. good
doca not 1leeu auch ads and lad ono cailnot
III ifse . of tlo four ways by which superior tudlc-
atory may review thp aciOn of MI inferior, oy that
0ciSn ,tsf IN III judicial casra, pushed upon but,
by tho {olrih-hat is w VI pcal,thu party injured
drcra. NJ party VIVA injured by tho decision o. Tic
CAicago lrssuysery The accused party was ac4uit.
1 3 s ii sfea ts Il n, eW wa aaea aa
ntraiGa liin again, un tue saue tn'ilctmont. Tas
LII. Quudy calls tho ueres lecl1eallsy." Aud Ar.
Cloudy Ia q. distinguished lawycrt, ..
hut tls technieai.y" WAS ovezruloa by the Synod,
aud y tna decisive vote, according to Mr. Gouay oi
votc was unt taken by ycus unl tiays Tho minolity
earnestly cnreasca ela it might bu 10 taken but their
I a VII q es Tue ~ rsor ~
uut know Mr Goudy, tetetere. III ashunling 10 giro
tho exact vote. speaks without tha record Thu apes
Has admitted by u VIVA vote. Afterwards II
willie voted uUt TO sustain, II were EXCUSED from
'0s Mr aou; a ssya IL rsgnid 10 Mr. SWINGS withdraw
al, that The exuct question was Coul1 lie withdraw
M gwna ~ iar tor Of c eut Tho ynoa s
they asess Hin + nssan n!s orSnaion y9w,
They ciuiu,, BY resolution 10 bring bnck Into tho
Church again whom they con.css to- have gouo
out The public viii never ho convinced tAat they
Mr. Goudy rays, " 1t ls not true that ho prof Pat.
Xxx Tlere rs5i patton Himself was mlstaken; Tor
ha distinctly said On The aoor Of the @ ,synS tn.s he
VIZ 70 ssxs sSs aep Of
ar. Noyea repoaa the charge Of his uowapapcr-card
after WIS completely rejected on sho nouE of The
nos 5 lss sas
made more prominent than auothor in this
TnsS ,gn ia IL ssss have Il ess tsss s ss f s
former negan hls prosecution only wh2n
OF tLeu, tn season aud out Of keason. We havo been
told that Prot. Fatten was euttrrly justified In not
seeking broherly conference With Prof Swing before
prosecuting him, boca,isc common tano had bccn
iong md !oudly accusing The Utter Of dangerous
Acrtses Whon, therefore, Prof. Patton Into tho
Synoa aud declared that thpso waa common iano
tlIt tho Prtntyuty had SO decael aud thut the
tenco from tho Scottish aw DID not apply IN .'s easo,
@it draws heavily upon charity to iinI Mr.. Gouty,
iu such circui,tapnrcs, deliberately attempting 10
Scottish law, aud quoted that part Of it which applied
to this case, AZ slueut ecelesuStesl lawyer. res-
lug tu distant Rtatc, wrios: "Fruf. pAttun'a Aara
statement u Ills ground is enough to show the cor
recucas Of Mr. Noyes' construction Of tic law of np-
peal" 49,.
lis argument, that proascuor could appeal II tho
Charge was one Of immortality" Mr.. Noycs never
t'oniai u tho comlnitteo's stutenent that Ill lrof
1a,toaa rcasoua Tor appeal were sustained
to 4s tay s u ss i lo not ve a o assa ssS
tcaaols," says, a,r. aouly. again 10 - m'aakon.
vote eas ,alel on them nter of 1 ratton 1a nad ar;
iro ] vo,inp, nt,a Il Geug anseut, Tho COMMITTEE say
reusoa III appealing that tAo presbytery did
On each tbargo aud each specialization separately; +;
a ,hly reaso sy Voted IL prsssssy tue
a1r douy asnits the facts but explaus tLlt tha aw
ures Ae yoo t. he 70 aks on an npea ho H
Alr. Gouuy says tl.ut "the Synod uro rdfcuca !"
because they voted, Fftean of them, to suhtan speci-
a s1n nssko The sso nos
Tie taots were reated just as thoy occurred, mud
agSd aost ~: dos
not to vote for specification which the prosecutor
made it ground Of eomIlant that he could !, not @
Mr. donay Is rlyasea to say tlAt the commtteo are
US aneoastitutlSnat aud md unjust, because hsy ~
fused, en- TINT ground, to pariiripato III It, Mr.. Goudy
a e 9 % ess Ss
from aoing Justly. by Prof. Swing, II We 1a not coma