, 1877-05-30
AI'CUEE.


1nl fClcrfcu 10 lilo report OF the JUDICIAL tOm-
mittco on tho McCuao case, submitted the other
day. Tic said l1o was out Of tho house when II
was presented, and IL was In tho hands Of tho
body when he came In. Hc had objected to
some sentences In tho report, but had refrn1ncd
from bringing In minority report, believing
that tho question had been fully sct forth. Tie
General Assembly was tho guardian Of tho
humttest member OF the Church. Tic had no
motion 10 make in the matter, but wanted tho
word "iudgnlcnt" IN The West casa changed to
'dcctsinn.f'
Dr. Hatfield had no objections To tho change
The Moderator remarked that tho report was
deferred until that OF the Committee on tho
synodical records Of Cincinnati was submitted.
Tho lscv. 8. F. Boyd, Of the latter Committee,
then submitted their report, tho records being
full Of ossors.
Tho report was acceptcsl without debate.
The Moderator suggested that debate on tho
question be deferred until tho report Of The
Judicial Committee was read. II they did not
wait for this they would prctudgo tho csse.
p1,. HATFIELD,
that thoy Ilad M given fair hearing 10 Drs. skin. s
10 hearing both Sides. ---''''
TIC Rev. Ntr. Lewis thought thcre was no
could il. Il i were IN orer, s'1 /. would i o1s sss
that tho parties 10 heard simply aud directly IN
Dr.. Hatfield guye short history Of the ca.o
A. A. It now s.sooa, to parties Wsro ready TO try
Elder Greer SAIL mplainants cln!mctrtha
tlcy bud not hnd an opportunity to bc heard in
tho PrcsbTtcry and tho Synod, and TINT they,
and tl'9ir churches. were suffering uniustly by
this treatment. He hoped tho Assembly would
not throw ttlcsc men out without giylng them
proper hcaring.
pH. VAN DIRE
moved, with tho consent OF Dr.. Maxwell, that,
On t!tc adoption Of tho report of tho judicial
Committee. the Assembly hear bath parties BY
Tho Une whom, they should choose, and that
each party i,uve half m hour, with tho
privilege OF having the time extended at the
pleasure Of tho Assembly. For instance. Dr..
Skinner and DR.. West might have haitian hour
between thea1l, and then thu other aldo could
hare hall M hour, each NTH tho privilege OF
having m extc,tson of time.
u. Hatfield tttbyul, "a au amendment, that
hand ln tho report Of the Juuiclal Committee.
Dr. Van Dyke accepted tho amendment
Dr. Humphrey said half an hour to zach party
was not enough Tlctu was great deal 70 bo
gona ovcr-ln fact nil that was g0no over heloro
the lower conrts-to understand thu mattor.
DT. Maxwell moved. as fufthrr amendment,
that tho frat thirty minutes To given to tho
cotaplananta' and !hon The sa.no Tine 70 Tho re;
spodssnss, In TO- 're tor rcssons Why they passed
case might be cntorcl into.
rhts amendment wns nIeo accepted, and the
original motion ns amended waa passed.
Dit. SKINNER
took tho platform ant announced that he would
hiTido hta tmo With DR., West, IIc trusted that
In this tumplo OF Presbyterian j1ettco hn
might. havc what had been elsewhere de-
MED htsn--a fair hearing. He first referred
directly fEopl tho Periphery of'Ciucinnnti to
tho Assembly. Ia tho frat place, the 9ynon Ind
!ndorscd DR., McCunc's sentiments, nisd Was, Of
cousac, disqualified to enter Into a case in which
wtfo Involved tho doctrines To whicl, It had
committed ltsclf. Moreover, In tho evidence In
the trial. It ean,o out that these doctrines hal
lccn prerlicd Ia eighteen different pulpite, mud
0r, McCnue WIS dismissed from Ills church for
md thr Synod never found fault with tho Pres
p!ejuaiee j" b., MccaSs ;"0 ,syo9' SS",o and and
where, then. would bo tho l!sc OF eo-
,Ier also showed that several prominent tnctn-
bera Of The !rcsbytsry had encouraged Dr..
aieCune IN his ptin!eious doctrines. Amoux
tiiesc doeetlnes, wllach wrro couchcd IN an lnvt-
Cuno opened his Euw church, was lsclara.
tton to tho effect that my ono who gaYe Scrip
lurn evidence Of hss faIth in Christ wna lifted
for membership, In my presbYtery, Conference,
TINT s'nccllcss .donomlnattoaal churches
wurc the cause of unutterablo weakness -;
another, "tl,at tllo Ictosninational crocds re-.
9ulrtns members 10 reccvc - truth and per-
faith were unsounI:" l,eslles Ill tlts, Dr:
bcCunn Ind guns o1 wit!, clear papers, and
not word OF nl,nnnltiun against hfs pcrnlcuus
doctrines. Tho result would be that he would
10 baek In the Presbyterian fold before they
knew 1t.
hut here pr. Skinner Was called upon to stop
" she cry OF "1imc.' i might BE- stated that
lils time had already been stretched some
minutes.
followed, spcakirg about hls petttion In refer
which. II adopted, he said, woula laL down tho
case, uuIchs It was against q ycnlet found In 4
tudIcial court. lie could eito cases that Nh On.
peal lid lfe where there hud been violation 81
Vested tlghts., 4e had been Stndtcatcd only 70
TIE REV. DR. !. ALLEN MAXWELL
spoke for tho prcsbyters, restricting htnsc1f to
y Atcn.'ninute speech. Lie dcnicd tlint the great
Synod af CINCINNATI was prcjudieed aga!nst ifo
matter Ia sucl, way ~ u prejudice tho case
either way. should the casu como beforo
Il. II Tho conplainants had not asaallcd the
character s Of n,is Synod tho respondents would
tlls Assembly. The real objection 10 the Bynod
lay In tho fnct that the colnplainanta weFo on
posc.i TO something that hind occurred scycn
tcu{b nEOi IN WHICH tuG o4u0u Ha1 k01uG QG-
liseranec. and which the complainaut4 had To-
yamped TO suit tho caso.. Dr. Maxwell then
quoted from tho findings OF the f5csbyterY ia
tho AcCune case for tho purpose ot showing
that the tmputatlons sought TO 10 cast upon The
Frcsbytcry were fallo,
DH. lluNPuREY
followed !n behalf Of tho presbyte.y, and sot out
DJ datlMdenTluR every charge tnade aaaIpst tho
FIesbytery mud Tho Synod. Lie then confined
him.elf - the strictly lega aspects Of tho caso,
maintaining that tho proper course for tho
conpla!nanta to taxc WAS to 70 back " tho
Synod for tstal. This Assembly might possi-
by try Tho case, but 1t wss not the strictly
proper way. and, moreover, the Assembly had
not tilno tom " lnyesttgate It. Thu 9yu6d, he
sAI4, MAS ready and willing 10 entertain these
aa.l any other complaints that might be mAdo
IN thb case.
Dr. Skinner heseupon announced that hIs
slde bad sKFee1 70 @aks Proposltlon, which
WIS, that tue General Assembly should appoint
Judicial Commission 10 60 to Cincinnati next
fall to sett1e the Wtlole cASe.
Df. Maxwell said tho respondents bud agreed
that, Il tho eomplatpants would axtec, tho
whole case might be referred to > judicial Com.
In!sslou- The colnplAlnaoss hsa datly refused
to agsce to tnLs.