The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-05-16

CASE OF DIR. BAIRD, THE RECENTLY OPPOSED
SECRETARY OF THE PRESBYTERIAN pUBLiCA-
TON COMMITTEE "A LETTER IN DErENCE--
INDICTMENT AND DISAPPEARANCE OF THE
ACCUSED.
BY TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD.
RICHMOND. Va, Nay Is, 1877.
TIE Rev. DR.. Z. l. Baird, tho Secretary OF the Pres
byerau Publication Committee Tor tho souhcr States
who recently dcposed from tho ministry the East
Hanover Presbyery OF Virginia upon charge OF enoez
zlnp $4,000, writes long communication IRON his
retirement, which VIII DO published tomorrow. in
which he refers to bis socaed trial, denies the
charges as they were made aud Says
While see many errors md impcrcctions IN tho
OF tho Presley cry anu consider the wtoe
10 be IN direct violation OF the constitution Ut
H. Church OF every essential principle OF Iusice
yet until reversed modstcd, dreadful US IT, IS my
conform TO the judgment oil the Couri. ! can we'll
understand the deeply painful nature OF The whole
TRANSACTION.
| can sympathizo with the members when they
speak Of this and do not doubt the sincerity OF
single one oil them IN saying how sadly they ict how
much they ict for mo and my family, and all that ;
YET haste undue excitement and sck OF calm, judi
c,al action are manifest ana sometimes some oi the
members seemed wholly TO forget that they we're
court OF The Lord Jesus Christ
All this simply shows the necessity 81 observ u: con-
stitutons forms aud OF observing thor Limitations.
Had the Presbytcry formed the same adverse Judg-
ment against mo on the statements oil my paper,
!
should not have appealed. As u Is, have appealed
from the judgment rendered to The synod oil Virginia.
True. II matters little whether tho errors
mttcd by the Court are rcctincd or not.
EFFECT Or THE PROCEEDING.
The manner oil the proceed ing has been exceed.
iDgly injurious that IL Is late To the
evil IL has ruined FOR this world and leaves
untovenantcd mcrcies Tor the next ] thank the
Presbyery tor the prayers they offered for aud my.
family; they have lett Us nothing else. 1 am
homeless, houseless aud riendles-- reputation, posi-
ton, comforts properly gone; aud they did all they
could, and with great success, to destroy my good
name In one -pcct now, II 10 no other. am liko
saviour when he had place to lay HIS
head. There rs nothing, absolutely nothing, left
me and NINE but access to the mercy seat, which
thank The Lord is beyond the lotion OF earthly
courts. thank the Presbytery Tor aiding MS there,
ana request them st TO remember US their suppl.
cations have not mentioned one-halt OF tue ms
takes injurious to the evidence. oil the
and rreg uarItcs which characterized tria IN whi:h
there was no evidence Tor tho dclcncc.
INDICTMENT THE GRAND JURY.
Or. Baird lott the city Immediately after the meet
ing OF tho Prcsbytery by which he dcposcd and
supposed to be now In Pennsylvania. His came
before the Grand Jury OF tho Hastings Court Of this
city yesterday and true bill Tor cmbc zzIcmcnt was
found against hun. The civil auth critics having
taken the matter in hand, rcquisiton will probably
be made for DR.. Baird, wherever he may be, by Gov.
Kcmper. His letter does Indicate where no
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