Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1874-04-14

not discuss. When DR.. Bullock came before
the session, he made complaint Of the man.
ner in which he had been approached, but com
| plained solely of the purpose. The objection
! of the manner in which the request had been
made was matter of much later dat, and the
request would never have been made 1T all had
it not been for certain members OF the cougre
CATION, some Of whom he saw before hun, who
had been oudest in making the complaints
one consuming all the time speut in going from
here TO PlscalaWay, ln censurlDg the pastor Tor
his long SERIOUS, and yet who now were ecu
surfing the Elders for the course they pursued.
With reference to the pastsr sending his chill
dreu to Mr.. Carue school, he would only say
that he, the speaker, had not complained OF
that acton The pastor Was approached upon
that subject by Mr.. Jameson, but when he
called upon Mr. Ramsey, that gentleman had
told him he had a right to send his children to
whom he pleased His interview with Mc.
Parrot mad been of his own seeking. At the
following session when approached by the pas
tor uron the subject he had told him that he
concurred with Mr. Ramsey, but if when he
said so, he looked solemn, surely the crcuu-
stances gave him good cause to lock 50. At the
session When he offered his resignation he had
i. said that since be took charge OF the
church, three OF the Elders, only excepting
Mr. Ramsay, had not upheld him. The pas.
tor had not mentioned him personally in his
charges against the officers of the church, but.
it was known publicly that he was among those
alluded to, aud the charge was DOT just one.
He knew he was not perfect, but he also knew
he was not so recreaut to his duty as to DC
guilty of the charge, and often that wrong had
; been done him; lie had stood apart from the
pastor, and did not go to him uuti! seut for.
The speaker then read DR.. Bullock announce
ment of his res gnallou, and stated that so lar
+ from there being any Of the differences alluded
to 10 that announcement DIR. Bullock had
again and again asserted that DR.. L:ttwlch
had wound up the affairs Of the church SO
nicely that they required no attention from
J. him, and that When the pastor was asked If he
had addressed the Sunday school children, he
responded no that the teachers attended to
A their duties so vel! as to make it unnecessary
A for him to do SO. His meetings with the SEES
sion as a general thing had always been hdr-
uunous, and there had been no differences,
such as those mentioned 10 the announcement,
aud his cause OF complaint against the speaker
was that he had mot defended him with zeal
when he was attacktd-that he would bot
druy. The speaker denied that he had been
guilty If any treachery He had been asked
I by the pastor to find out who Of the cOugrcga-
g tiun were opposed to and who IN favor OF his
: reSlgning, aud when he told the pastor there
we're some houses he did not like to go III for
that purpose, the pastor had said well Capt.
Bouthe will g. to those places lie had done
! as requested, simply asking the question Are
z YOU ia favor of accepting DR.. Buuck's resg-
t patton or Dot2 and When asked by one of DIR.
: Bullock friends the result of his enquiries,
he told him there were about hundred, whose
i sentiments he kncw-sixty Of whom were in
: favor of his going and forty opposed to it.
! The next morning DR.. Bullock had told him that
l if he, the speaker, had supposed that he was
poiiog the congregation at his suggestion, ne
was mistaken; but how he could have said so
: was more than be could understand after what
: had happened He, the speaker, also deuied
that he had used his influence in inducing
members Of the congregation to say they were
or were not 10 favor of the pastor resgning, and
e also that he had trumpetcd abroad the action
5 of the Elders. Dr. Bullock had said 90 cir
e cunsances would induce him to remain as
. pastor. Was he sincere? H. hoped SO, and
if so let US grant his request. The officers Ut
the church, with one exception, are uhlt 10
agreeing to accept the resi- gnaton, and they
are not to blame Tor DR.. Bullock offering it.
Mr. Claughton said the statements Of MIR.
. Wilmer were ex parte. DR.. Bullock was not
t here to ccnsure them, and he would ask Mr..
Wilmer whether or not ne had led Dr. Bullock
to believe that he Was bis friend, and also If he
had not said that he had only asked few
: persons their opinions about the ACCESSIBILITY OF
| accepting DR.. Bullock resignation. To both
/ of which questions MIR. Witmer responded
"no. ~
, Mr. Jameson said that so far from the eld-
ers having trumpeted their action about long
SERMONS, they had determined upon that ac
ton one night and executed it the next day.
That 10 difficulty the pastor had with one OF
the congregation which led to the latter with.
drawing from the church, he, the speaker, had
been instrumental 10 his return, and that the
pastor for such iustrumentality had said to him,
"God bless you you have ia ken load Oft my
beart" He did not object to mans sendlug
his children to school where he peased-lt was
, free country-but he did object to the prln.
cipe of preaching against Pope priesthood.
} dngnas and schools to greater degree than
he had ever heard bcfore-to such degree,
in fact. that one of The congregation thong
personal reference bad been made to himself
because his child went to MIR. Carnes school,
and Immediately thereafter sending his own
children there. The mere fact OF sending his
children to Mr. Caruc was nothiug-he might
have sent them to school on the market house
stecpie if he thought ft-but it Was the prin-
ciule of the thing H. had not said that the
uniform of Mr.. Carnes school was the badge
of the beast-,hat remark was pleasantly Of
the Rev. Dr. Leftwich-and charging him
with having said SO was done for the purpose
of iujunng him 10 his business. Mr.. Will
liam II. Mcknight Mr.. Moderator--l
dcnounce thuse remarks, they are not SO. Mr..
jameson: "You were no where near when the
conversation took place aud consequently can,
not know whether they are so or not, and
then continuing said, he had told his son when
the latter attracted by the uniform, the guns
and the banners, one of which had been blessed
by the priest aud sprinkled with holy water,
had cxpr ss9d wish to go to that school, lie
Was the sou of Presbyterian father who would
rather he should grow up with ouly such knowl-
edge as he could impart to him than that be
should go to Catholic school all of which