, 1879-10-18
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Communicated

From the Holston Methodist, Knoxville.
Tenn. dated October 4th, We have under
the above caption the following:
Bishop Haven writes from Walla Walla,
Washington Territory. And the flag is loved
and honored here No where more so. 1t
floats everywhere-Ov theatre, hotel, saloon,
even as well as over barracks, stores banks,
and in private ground. 1t had to be fought
for here My host, valorous Scotchman. tells
how church south minister refused to preach
under the flag; how the loyalists erected :, staff
and flung out the star spangled banner; how
the beliiserent parson brought ont two revoi-
vers and laid them where his bible on INT t. bc,
and declared he would die before he would
preach under the national symbol how two
women of his sort Were sent forth to cut down
the flagstaff, their sex protecting them from
loyal attack; how said women were quietly
disarmed OF their axes, and sent to the rear
and the brother was compelled to preach under
the fas.
That church is here Yet and is of the same
sort. Missouri runaways from Prices and JEFF
Davis draft came up hither and joined those
whom the fight for the coast had previously
brought here and they were organized into
rebelious church, and are still the stronghold
or strongest hold the enemies of nationality
have in all this region"
Now l am curious to know If Bishop
Haven is truly the author of the foregoing
was foolish enough to suppose that man
protesting religion would learn to speak the
truth, and especially would not make upon
an InOffensive man such vile attack. The
Rev. +. w. d. Mays first planted the NJ. f.
Church south in this region, and the story
about the revo,vers, &C., as regards him is a
sheer fabrication. Bishop Haven nor any one
else ever heard Mr. Mays utter one single SEN
tence against the national emblem. What
ever differences may exist between the
church of Bishop Haven and that of Mr..
Mays, they must settle among themselves
But when = man of high standing in relig-
ious organization undertakes to wilfully ira
duce our people by making it appear that
there is any considerable number amongst
us OF persons who are enemies of the nation,
his religious standing should not snield him
from the censure his conduct deserves. For
one, therefore, l demand of Bishop Haven
to make good his declaration that there are
in Waila Walla enemies to the nation.
This is due to our people who treated him
kindly and hospitality while he was here.
and whom he has thus In wholesale manner
wantOnly assailed. This he ought to do or
through the same channel that the assault
was made make the proper apology. Ii this
is not done this people have a right to regard
him as vile slanderer, political partizan,
falsifier if not a base and contemplate liar.
When a man is so lost 70 all sense of propri-
ETY. as to prostitute his religious influence and
power to political purposes and objects, he
becomes at once an object of seorn and COLI
tempt for his baseness, and one to be dreaded
for his entire destitution Of that charity that
thinketh no evil. Such a one becomes
hypocrite in religion, and equally a hypocrite
in politics. Both these characters center in
that travelling religions mountebank and
fanatic Gil Haven. &C"