New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-05-30

oneStion TSe only question that can arise Is about
s II 's eSsra ana Sa sls' can WV Waive this
I wants TO- Now what sso DO ou g sss zoo Of New.
York. Il ali comes to this Have confidence &c
enough In the direction Of Union seminary 20
%e ask sA YOU to adjust this thing yourselves we as
you 70 DO the thing which shall be for the fSn9r %
S S sRS Ss me s PdoS s You
mem member do DAY y what + you Ss
member that tho Presbyterian Church has n erred ed
times in the past with aS all e ITS HasS i s us
repeat here the Ce Of our % fat dSpy the unity
d 1 Inc ySs that tho q SoD ns OF
listening to the thrilling appeals Of our home IAN, and
foreign t Ss ,rd during Ede epen e doors Of the
Ts0s how world pa for Gai the 1GS Of His
st Sda sng 0 q &; p fP'R
Let us take action to-day WHOM snail ueh hu
from strife and from nc res 10 a rsp %ncf to S
Divine call. (Applause)
One of the strongest speeches Of the morning
hour was that given by Colonel j. j. McCook, OF
New-York The speaker is a son-in-law OF Henry
NJ. Alexander of the firm of Alexander 81 Green
He took the ground that the commissioners must
deal with the technicalities of the case, and per-
form their duty regardless of sentiment. He said
In part
wbv. nv brother. Dr. Dickey, appeared yesterday In
his elS1ue1t and sympathetic appeal upon the ground
~ oxEedlency could not but feel how easy II Is for
us to be generous and to give away tha' %S ae
bere 10 deal with the affairs Of our blessed church au
to protect the purity and the honor OF that wora %
God which we believe TO be iner0nt and TO 90 mat
which is right. Now, am aware that ] must CONNIE
my remarks shall TO the strict MOTION before chile %s,
NV heart burns to get away from all these ochnlcsltes
and motions of delay to the real subject thaf is
and as members OF this high court 20 rehuer t ps
for which accountable not only 90 on, hor nv e
41.o urbO yp
y}sh IN obey Fathers and brethren, this question: 10
those who have studied It from the beginning Is veg
Sim ME and very clear one but suggestions nave Den
adn now and again. not in this court, but ABOUT inc
Hobbies Of the hotels and one place ana angtn m dy
% ro rcs nraise be to God have come here 10 DO
o1r duty and II Cod continues TO bless US ana 10 E t
n,t' word that we as honest menand speak on ihat
under the construction of the Iaw-can SEM Out ''
Now SIR with the permission Of the assembly, 81
sbaII t,rn with much regret to the teonncaIl. Va
case. We must understand no" 1"' ''AP"
about. ,,.- un 90
The sneaker recited the causes leading up 10
the compact of 1870 and the action OF ene
Assembly the following year when the 'iine ii'niV
WAS inserted Continuing, he sald:
The impression has gone abroad that TINS Is CON
tract between the General AsscnDH gu" ontiro mis-
t and call your attention to this subject because
il is the point where time becomes tle ese thar This
general Assembly should act at this time Lhcae
were three semnaries independent Oh tS Nnu bnr, az
H. +,me M fine reuniOn-Of course you KNOW then-
linton Lane and Auburn. II is singular olrG hn
stance and happy one where We vii never come
ehont|don't let that stay moment IN your minus
The directors Of Union seminary are hard con ~
sistent and intelligent PTesbyterans. and WISH ~
ay to Won now whatever may be said from this plat
form that they are an%ons aw anu n @ SURE they
VI will p0 meet it in that Christian spirit tn IN
which tS o6 anTe thew met have sy aponeG
above them (Apphuse) When gentlemen come
here to say that one General Assembly can 40 'ms
General Assembly shall never, it knows IT, 90 that
compact with Aubn and Lane and Princeton, ana
Mccormick and all the rest OF T tGs s2 nof Ta
Of nn men o' they sad Win the 6Sn9F Of
and to give all the weight Of their positions as ex,
moderatos to it. that fathers ana Sd n be
would never consent to that But there is an ooli-
cation beyond that 1t is the OBLIGATION OF honest men men
AND sRP to DO snyh nsqit tn bS 3
Summaries who were parties to this agreement.
Another New-Yorker. whose voice had not been
heard before was Dr. J. S. Ramsey, He pro-
nounced himself as strongly opposed to Dr. Briggs
and vet opposed the passage of the Patton res
olutions. He said in part:
1t Is an unpleasant thing for TO speak against
the sentiment and the feeling OF house aqnlt
that although not as modest as some OF my prethren
from New York. at the time do feel shrinking
in speaking against such feeling; cannot mot calm
We stand there generally for ourselves We arc &C,
customed to do Independent thinking We 90 not get
frightened, either, at being cried down by quesuon'
for we get IL very frequently. Some one IN seeking
to compliment Presbytery has said that 1t Is some
times like bear garden. But It IS not. WISH also
TO state that my reasons for begging your attention
this morning are, first because l am member OF the
Prosecution there, and secondly because find myself
In difficulty here and my difficulties are constitutional
sentmentally opposed 10 DR.. Briggs, though am on
the prosecution, though expect 70 go back to New
York City and stand behind that prosecuting commit
tee, yet at the same time feel cannot help feeling
that If anything right it is the proposition now before
you in the form, Of an amendment, (Appausel l
limitation why this Assembly cannot make something
out of the way would fee my way clear to vote
for this popular paper OF Prncetons philosopher But
slstency, of congruity Of my convictions with my
ton, and say as stand here that cannot vote for
that paper And, yet, sir shall continue the prosecu
ton Of this case Ell IN Its proper place
aware that occupy anomalous position. / may
seem inconsistent to you ALL ] cannot help that.
II It Is impossible for me to explain my consistency,
ance, possibly congental, to the climate Of New
York; l do not know what But the point in my
My first objection my constitutional one-and when
think Of myself stating t. whose brain Is but as float
with Dr. Patton's: yet, slrs, do not throw n doubt
upon the very bedrock Of this question ] do, sir,
most decidedly doubt whether the General Assembly
has the right that it is so willing and so certain
to exercise. This leads mo- therefore. the second
point that ] do not think It constitutional. This
proposed action infr1nges the right of the indl-
vldual. He is not here. He has no case I'm court
The directors Of the Union Theological Seminary in
their plight. in their anxiety. asked that DR.. Briggs
snd-mark now, ] am not Briggs in the sense
thot that term is used-solemnly to state what he
believed and ne wrote that short caechism with rs
yeas and nays, and which, II II had been handed In
by any other man than Professor Briggs, would have
been received the untaught profession OF his IN
augIlraI Instead Of that, sir. as ron all know. il
has met with destructive ANALYSIS and this caechsm
has been finally Interpreted back by the IN
/ do, stand for the rights Of a man
believe thst this glorious Presbyterian Church can
even let the semblance OF trial pass without the
due forms had been taken and yet It Is | could say
much more hut pass on to the last point and that is
that Think that this action Is infringement on the
constitutional rights OF the Presbytery OF New York.