Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-04-30
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coon atler - O'Clock the discussion began
again, and was more moderate in tone and in
better spirit all around, but intensely in
teresting. They adjourned for supper, and
at $50 o'clock in the evening it began again
and continued till after ! o'clock this morn
ing. The Rsvs. w. Ready and w. S. Ray
mond, and Messrs. E1mondson and Barnum
all spoke against the report. S S Gill, J.
B. Carue, + NJ. Richardson, w. r Lapsley,
f Daniel, ministers, and DIR. Erskine, Frank
Fentress and L. NJ. Rice, elders spoke in
favor of the report.
Mr.. Long and Mr.. DIniel occupied more
time than any other speakers, and in all they
said treated each other in a most gentleman
ly manner and with a christian spirit The
whole time occupied in reading and speaking
from the beginning TO the close of the dis
cussion was over nine hours, and if reported
so as to do equal and exact justice to both
sides would fill six pages OF the APPEAL in
fine print. The audience remained intensely
interested to the last. Mr.. Long commenced
his closing speech little after II O'Clock
and spoke over an hour. 1t being previously
agreed that the vote should be taken when
he finished, the vote was taken on the first
three resolutions, and they were unanimously
adop,ed.
The yeas and nays were cal ed on the vote
to adopt the balance OF the report, and it
was adopted by a vote of % to Q.
The burden of the arguments against Mr..
Long was that his connection with the
Strangers church was detrimental to the
Presbyterian churches because this church
drew some members from their churches
and made Others dissatisfied and nearly
emptied some of their churches at night
They also charged him with all the excite
ment created by the publication of his ex-
animation at Germantown, and with care
lessness and negligence in his duty 10 the
presbytery, and threw in some criticisms
on the doctrine and polity of his church,
and hence he ought to leave Memphis and
let his members go back TO their old churches
ard let everything be peaceful and harmo-
NOUS again. Mr.. Long defended himself
almost single-handed and alone against fear
full odds, for all the big guns Of the presby-
terry were turned against him. He replied
that be did not think they ought to blame
him il people preferred his church and
preaching 10 theirs, and charged back the
responsibility of the excitement upon them,
and defended the doctrine and polity OF his
church in 4 most mastery manner, and de-
clared very positively that he could not and
would not cease to preach to the Strangers
church.
Mr.. Long gave notice that he would APP
peal TO the synod.
The Yeas and Nays on the Long Report.
To the Editors of the Appeal:
cial documents OF the presbytery relating to
the Rev. Mr.. Longs case, furnish you with
the report OF the Committee on the Memo
rial from the churches of Memphis. This
committee was composed of the following
gentlemen, none of them from Memphis,
viz: Rsvs. S. Gill, S. B. o. Wilson and j. B.
Carne, together with james J. Hall and
Francis Fentress, ruling elders. The report
was made on Friday forenoon, and the dis
cussion of it continued from ii o'clock am.
until l o'clock at night, recess being had for
dinner and supper. The discussion was
conducted with great ability and courtesy on
both sides. A little after l o'clock the vote
was taken, ria uoce, on the first three resolu-
tions, which were adopted unanimously. On
the balance of the report the vote was taken
by calling the yeas and NAYS, and resulted
as follows: Yeas-Evans, Gill, Rosa
mond, Richmond, Cochran, Carne. Daniel,
Rose, Lspsley, Laird, Wilson, ministers;
Thompson, Hill, Mcclellan, Stott, Rice, Err
skine, Sheriff., johnson, Hall, Fentress, Nc
Cullough, elders-22. Nays-Keady, Todd,
Long, Raymond, minister's; Edmondson,
Russell, Bringle, Barnum, Reeves, elders-9.
committee, one from each side, was APP
pointed TO furnish you with more partcu-
lar and extended report of the discussion.
/ send you this as the stated clerk of the
presbytery. E. NJ. RICHARDSON, s. c.