The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-09-17

The riot was precipitated, the pastor went
ON 20 say, by motion 70 adopt the minutes
of the previous conference, in which the
resolution TO depose had been recorded as
| tabled Rev. Ellis had ruled that the reSo-
| luton had been tabled: that il was not the
will or sense Of a majority of the church 20
depose, but it could only be received as a
notice, and 70 lay on the table until due
notice was given 70 all the members
that at the special meeting to
be called the sense OF the
church would be taken as to whether IL
would further support the pastor or dismiss
him. and at that special meeting, if three
quarters of the members present and voting
should decide not TO retain the pastor, then,
according TO the constitution of the church,
they might give him three months notice.
Rev. Ellis says that the opposition
brought ten wagon loads of colored men
women from the country, several Of the i'm
portations not being members OF the
church. with the determined purpose Of de-
posing him, by the most disgraceful methods,
and be believes he owes his life to the
friends who shielded his hurried flight out Of
the church by the rear door.
A WALL FROM THE PASTOR.
al have served the church faithfully for
nine years" said the preacher, land it is
Notifying to me that such dIsgraceful
scenes should have occurred inside its walls,
or that the neighborhood should be dis
turbed by such acts of lawlessness, but as
long as the majority of the
church sustained me | have felt it my duty
10 exercise the function of its pastor. The
murderous assaults, the broken gas Jets,
the pulpit furniture destroyed, and the
bloody bruises inflicted on those who have
sustained me by their presence and votes
show that the violence was all on one side,
as the onslaught was made to drag me
from the chair"
THE NEIGHBoRHooD TERRORIZED.
The citizens of the neighborhood are
very much incensed at what they term the
Indifference of the authorities to their peace
and quietude. A citizen who resides in
the neighborhood, and was a close observer
Of the occurrence of Monday night, in an
Interview yesterday says
1.-THE citizens residing about Greene
square are thoroughly aroused, and will
certainly demand of the authorities tho
protection that is now denied them. There
lives and their property, as well as
their peace and comfors. are endangered by
the present state of affairs in the church.
The occurrences of last night were highly
disgraceful, and should not be allowed in
any civilized community. From my
veranda last night / saw chairs flying
through the air, and when they gave
out, the excited members of the church
men and women, seized upon the benches.
which they tore apart, using them as
weapons upon each others' heads From
my observations / would say that their
heads must be very hard indeed, or else
Coroner Dixon would have had some in
quests this morning.
A MURDERoUs PURSUIT.
81 saw also last evening one party chasing
another through the streets, firing twice at
him as he ran. Certainly, under these
the church is a nuisance, and
should be abated. For myself, have the
greatest respect for religion, and would not
grumble at being kept out of my needed
rest by either singing or loud preaching, but
l certainly do object to be awakened through
all hours of the night by fighting and loud
and boistrous wrangles From the expert
ences of the last six weeks, / am constrained
to the opinion that 1t has ceased to be
church of worship and is now only brawl-
ing house. 1t is nuisance, as potent as
any that ever existed, and Mayor Schwarz,
who was present for long time last even
ing. certainly knows it. Such noise,
confusion and general state of
affairs would not be allowed
in any private residence or public ball, and
by what hypothesis can the police auuhori-
ties say they cannot interfere am at loss TO
conjecture. There is not one person living
in the neighborhood who does not feel un-
easy every night they have a meeting. On
account of these frequent riots some are
seeking quarters elsewhere. We will have
to see that we are protected il we are COM
PEELED to have the church nailed up."