The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1879-02-25
DOCTOR FULTON EXPELLED.
BAPTIST MINISTER'S YExED BY THE
BAPTIST NEWSPAPERS.

yesterday rs they filed ono by one into the
weekly Conference in the Mariners Chapel
They wcre to listen TO the report OF the Commit
toe OF fous appointed woek ago TO ask the Row.
DR.. Fulton to change the wording OF his written
so-cnlled apology. road in Conference n week
ago. for words uttered by himself in Confer
ence debate recently. to the effect that the Rev.
DR.. Samson did not during the lato war raise
his voice In behalf OF freedom. The brethren
already knew that the Committee had labored in
vain with Brother Fulton but what tho Confer
ence might do was unknown. Clerk Potter
called Brother Brouner to the Modcrntor's
chair. and mt tho Moderator's request Brother
Waters prayed that tho brethren might peaco-
fully confer and that thoir souls might be edi-
ned, Then Clerk Potter. in reading tho minutes
Of the previous meeting. called pr Fulton's So
cnlle, apology n paper" The expression
paper" he Explained. was used by himself.
because, Brother Futons letter did not come
vefore the Conference from tho Clerk or from
any committee, and was not au!horitatiyelE re,
ceyed by the Conference; Brother Daniel Read
Ind come from Brother Fulton with II. that was
all. Thu Conference had seen NJ to appoint n
COMMITTEES to act on that letter without hrst
voting to receive II. and hence he could not call
Il communication. Then. on Brother Adams's
H commu mic nv ""' ''''N " "''""
Moderator Brouner looked inauirlngly at
the Chairman Of the Committee Of Four. the
Rev; pr. Daniel Read OF williamsburgh. and
Thereupon Brother Read said:
Brethren DR.. Conant was not present
Mt the Committee'a meeting. but wrote a
letter whose sentiments are in accord
with our report. word now for myself.
have always been a warm friend to DR.; Fulton.
We began ministerial work side by aide in ST.
Louis. believe in his sincerity and honesty.
and that he has great. warm, generous heart.
tues side. and his worst side Is outward. II we
knew how much OF rashness and unwisdom no
that he let's out. IIaughtsr9 Neyertheless. Il il
very painful duty to present this report The
Brother Fulton. as follows:
DEAn BHorHERi We. the underaEned have been 40.
6onisrenee The coniersnss isel hat you renee, on
Which vow xiihdraw The rsinsR When he Conference
deemed offensive. We all feel that such reflection is 20
matter We therefore kindly susSss, to ycS' the pro
nes wheR sSa f oey .hs sno nsneS
you DO this we shall then most cordially precnt to the
above will meet your hearty acceptance we yours
truly , , ) sr hn.. T !. J. cOSI s2''
To this Brother Fulton replied:
BRoorLrs Feb 10. 1872
s me 70 ; S yn OE my ,sT q The same date
other in which you wish me to say that inasmuch as
word, spoken me were deemed personal and diseour
received most respectfully decline comply with the
yours j. b. FuLros
Concerning the letter OF DR.. Fulton"
Brother Read continued. "the request Of your
OOnulttfF anu tue TfIuShl OF Ut. fulton 10
comply with the request we say that the request
OF your Committee that Dr. Fulton substitute a
letter containing simply the statement OF with
drawal. and thus set aside his preface. was
request entirely right and reasonable because
that preface does reflect un,n the Conference
ident point OF this whole matter is the thorough
discourtssy of the remarks OF DR.. Fulton to
which the Conference took exception. Such
fragrant discourtesy could not 60 unrebuked in
company OF honorable and Christian gentle
men. The point was not the past record OF DR..
HamaOn Of other hrOfhar Tho
was simply the violation Of the laws Of courtesy
and OF debate by one member toward another.
utes In which TO vindicate himself Il is also
true that DR.. Fulton was interrupted, 1t 10 still
interrupted. He was plainly out OF order
IN that he persistently saw mt to SHIFT
ia discussion , from tae point 81 his own dig,
anywise the question. which shifting therefore
could not be by the Conference allowed. DR..
Fulton's preface ought TO have been Withdrawn.
therefore, because 1t is not a correct setting
forth Of the case. To such allegations from DR..
seem to your Committee that the Conference
can conveniently submit. Therefore we say
that though certain OF your Committee were at
first inclined 10 accept the mere technical with
drawa contained in the last sentence OF DR..
Fulton's letter to the Conference. they are now
Committee that his withdrawal OF the words
complained OF was intended TO be conditional
upon the acceptance by the Conference OF his
preface AS part OF the withdrawal. which con-
dition we can by no means accept. for the rea-
son ABOVE Stht-d. we must. tnen, unanimously
recommend at the vote OF the Conference sus-
pending DR.. Fulton from the privileges Of mem
bership until such tine as the offensive re-
marks be Withdrawn remain In full force"
The Rev. DR.. Halsey Knapp moved to receive
the report and discharge the Committee with
thanks. Twenty hands were for the motion.
and none against. Then. on Brother Parmlys
motion. ten ministers voted TO adopt the report.
and none opposed; On Brother Lansing Bur-
rouRhs's motion the report was spread In full
on the minutes.
Then the Rev. Mr.. Swan OF Newark said that
hal had haap ,tntaA raaH ~.
New Testament Evangelists. but a sore throat
forbade his speaking. He WAS. by vote. ex.
cused. and Immediately the Rev. DIR. Thomas Of
the Brooklyn First Church asked for permits
sion 70 speak on side issue connected with
the Fulton trouble. Permission having been
granted. he declared with emotion that the
press ir some interviews had msrepresented
the Conference and cruelty maligned some OF
its members. The secular press, the brother
went on TO say. may not be accountable for
error; but the worst is that calumny has been
heaped on DR.. Fulton and on us in the columns
OF the Baptist press. He had bitten his lip when
reading in Daptis, newspapers frantic appeals
from DELIGHTFULLY."- sltunted country parsons. beg
Ring that the New York pastors may be more
digniied. Then Brother Burroughs read from
anewspaper Our Conference is not q model
OF grave and digniiird discourse" That"
the brother said. sinking the newspaper. " IL
untrue" In another place Brother Burroughs
found a passage in which II was said that sew
eral paster3 designedly ahsented themselves
from the Conference debates. and that their
people were happy not to see their mini sters
nance in print In connection with such pro-
ceedings. Brother Burroughs knew that every
instinct OF true manhood and OF true gentle
manliness repels such an imputaton He de-
sired to be told whether such utterances were to
be passed 10y AS those Of an irresponsible writer.
The Chicago Standard. he said. is u diRnifed
paper. and gets its information in this affair
frop correspondents. and those correspondents
were not thousand miles from the Conference
either. he believed that one indignant voice
ought to 10 up in denunciation OF such a cor
respondence.
The Rev. DR.. Read objected to a discussion OF
newspaper articles as unwise. and tending 10
open IA discussion as wide as the world. Tho
newspapers. he added. are AS independent as
the ministers are. aud If any one wanted to an
swer newspaper article. then let him write 10
the newspaper and answer In print AS for
members OF the Conference writing about each
other in prlnt that was uncertain Perhaps the
brethren did not know who IL wills
Brother Pnter-Wr do know.
WE'LL Brother Head responded. g let US
pass the newspaper articles by"
Brother H"rkes got the floor. and said that
when m article appeared over mans name
attacking a minister, then 1t is OF tho highest
possible importance that the minister attacked
shall arise in Conference ana vindicate himself.
That refer 70 X, S. Macarthur" brother
whispered. He wrote such a letter." another
whispered.
Brother wayland Hoyt said that his blood
all lad frAu han n foot tuhn inn Inn