James P. Barr, Editor & Proprietor. TO TUE PIIBLIC. The undersigned, Commissioners of the Central Presbyterian Church of Allegheny to the Presbytery of Allegheny, feel con strained, in justice to their late pastor, the Rev. W. S. Plumer, D. D., and to the con gregation they represented, to publish the following Remonstrance. A motion made in the Presbytery,to have their Remonstrance placed in the perma nent records, was disposed of in the man ner shown in the following extract from th minutes of the last meeting of that body: t ' i e Commiss'oners of the Central Chum h hav ing sted is their seacoast, an e. read in the uteri" on, hat it be inserted in the permanent reemde of tee Presbytery , , a motivn tray made to that effect. To tbi- rho iollv wing.substitute was °tiered ab d adopted. viz: That said ttemonstraace he preertv. don file oith the ether documents of the Presbytery." At the same meeting the Rev. Dr. Plum er offered his resignation as pastor of the church, and the Presbytery accepted it. The Remonstrance. The remonstrance of the Congregation of the Central Presbyterian 'Church of Al legheny, through their Commissioners to the Presbytery of Allegheny city, humbly showeth : • That, having grown from a small and weak body, by God's good providence, under the ministration of our belovea pastor, the Rev. Dr. Plum sr, to such a condition of prosperity and strength as to enable us to undertake and carry to completion the erection of a neat, commo dious and substantial• edifice of public worship, during the autumn of 1801, it was discovered about that time that some elements of discord existed among us. This was manifested by letters of com plaint to the pastor. For a time after the dedication of the house there seemed to be harmony, but during the spring of 18112 new agitations commenced, and reached a crisis in a congregational meet iug held on the 12th and 13th of May last. It then became apparent that some among us desired a dissolution of the pastoral re lation Nevertheless, after two evenings spent in consideration of matters in hand, the following action was taken by a vote of 111 to 24: liesol red, That the Confession of Faith and the Directory for Worship found in the Standards of the Presbyterian Chinch of America, and fairly drawn from the teachings of God's tiv ord, are clear, and fully sufficient for the guidance of this church and congregation in the difficulties that now exist, or in any that may here after arise in our public affairs. Resolved, That there is no cause for dis turbing the pastoral relation in this con gregation. Bdfore the vote was taken, it was de clared by those acting with the minority that when the. question should be settled by vote they would make no further diffi culty. Yet subsequently, at the regular June meeting of the Presbytery, they pre sented a memorial, on which Presbytery took action, seriously affecting our com fort and best interests. A part of that action was to appoint a committee to visit the congregation. Pre vious to such visitation the congregation had anodicr meeting, on the 18th of June last, and unanimously adopted the follow• ing paper, (the brethren known as memo rialists not attending.) namely: The congregation of the Central Pres byterian Church in Allegheny, assembled in reference to an adjustment of tha difti mhies contemilated in the recent action -o he Presbytery of Allegheny city, do ex press our views as follows: Resolved, That we reaffirm our adher ence to the Presbyterian Church, and our entire satisfaction with its basisofdoctrine and its standar& of government and wor .ahip. Resolved, That we feel a devoted at tachment to our pastor; that we take pleasure in assuring him of our confidence iu him as a man, a Christian, and a minis ter; and that we regard any rumors calcu lated to impair confidence in him as un justifiable aid without foundation. Resolved, That our pastor, as the leader of the devotions of the sanctuary, in hay ing dilligently besought the favor and blessings of God upon our country, its Chief Magistrate, his counsellors, our Senators and all our rulers, has met the spirit of the Scriptural requirements, and expressed comprehensively the wants of a Christian and patriotic people, and that, to the best of our judgment, this church and congregation, under our pastor's di rection, have, in all good conscience, uni• foimly complied with the principles laid dow..: in the action of the General Assem• lily of when that body called upon ministers and people humbly to confess and bewail our national- Sirif3 to otter thanks to the Father of Light for His abundant and undeserved goodness toward us as a nation; to seek His guidance and blessing upon our rulers and their coun seis ; and to implore Him, in the name of Jesus Christ, the great High Priest of the Christian profession, to turn away His anger from us and speedily restore to us the blessings of an honorable peace. Resolved, That we earnestly desire to live peaceably with all men, ani especially to maintain the unity of the Christain 'brotherhood. To this end we are willing , to do anything that is just and practicable Ito promote the harmony of the whole con gregation. So far from wishing to with .draw our esteem and friendship from those brethren who lately memorialized the Presbytery, we assure them of our fellow v3hip and of the full enjoyment of their :rights and privileges if they shall remain with us and heartily endeavor to keep the unity of the spirit in the bond of peace But if they judge it meet for the glory ut God and their own spiritual comfort to leave ns and to unite iti another organiza tion, we pledge them, as a congregation, our hearty good wishes and our fraternal assistance in any enterprise looking to the spread of the Gospel and the extension of the Presbyterian Church. Resolved, That a committee consisting of five persons [afterwards enlarged to eleven] be appointed to meet the commit tee sent by the Presbytery to visit this church and - congregation, and that the said committee are hereby authorized to ect definiteivly in the premises Mall mat ters for the pacification and full adjust ment of the business in hand, instructed only the letter and spirit of this series of resolutions; and ifin anything said com mittee should be in doubt, they are re quested to call a congregational meeting / o r further directions. on the 3d day of July last the commit tee of Presbytery visited the congregation, .at which time the foregoing, as well as the following papers were submitted by the committee ofthe congregation. The latter an acceptance, with full explanations of one of the propositions submitted by the memorialists. It is in the following words : The committee appointed by:the con tregation of the Central Presbyterian church, Allegheny, being, both for them cpiees and for those whom they represent, desison , of removing every occasion of un kindness-of feeling, oflspeech - or of con duct; and of enjoying in quietness the or dinances of religion and the ministry of our own choice, sifmnt thetollowing state ment to t he committee of Presbytery, and . . ..... . ... . . ~. . _1 4 ,„.., e. ';.,:r• - ..',. ".,..-;. - . . i.:.•1;.. ".:: ..' . . . -I . , ---\ - • . 1 1 . . . \ 111 ~ k . .. \ 11111 -; . .• i . 1. : ' . ;:i s i ,•':. ,i..... u., -, ~, , ‹ , t _•:•._ .• ~,.. : ---„, - x , -i, - i t - 1 A . . . ._ . through it to the memorialists and to the Psesbytery itself. Those whom we represent, constituting a clear majority of the voters in the congre gation and having an undoubted legal claim to the well ascertained rights of such ma• jorities, do nevertheless make the follow ing proposals: I. We will retain the name and organi zation of the Central Presbyterian Church , Allegheny, with present pastoral relations. 11. We will retain the charter and per petuate the succession of the congregation of the Centeral Presbyterian Church, Alle gheny. 111. We will retain-the house of worship finished and dedicated last November, if left by the memorialists in the undisputed possession thereof, on the following condi tions: First. That the five Trustees, who are memorialists, shall, at once, as soon as this matter is settled by Presbytery, unite with the other Trustees in calling a con gregational meeting for the sole purpose of enabling said memerialists to resign to the congregation their trusteeships, and elect in their places five others concurring with our views. The former Trustees shall then deliver over to the Board of Trustees thus completed by a new election, and put in authority by the congregation, the charter and all the books, papers and evidences of property in possession of said Board or any of its officers and pertaining to said con gregation except such as shall be herein af ter named. Second. That said memorialists dojoint ly and severally relinquish all claim and and pretence of claim, legal and moral, to the whole property now held by the Cen tral Church, at the corner of Anderson and Leacock streets and every partthereof, upon our securing to be paid to them the sutnof forty-nine hundred and twenty-nine dollars, in current funds of Pennsylvania, in four equal payments, at four, six, nine and twelve months from the day on which this adjustment shall be confirmed by Pres bytery and approved by the memorialists. deducting from the whole amount a sum equal to the sum of the pew rents of the memorialists for the present quarter. All unpaid and unmatured notes executed by the memorialists or persons acting with them, and held by the present treasurer of the congregation, shall be retained by said treasurer and disposed of by the memorialists. It is also understood that any advance of payment offered by us shall be received with the usual discount of six per cent. er annum. It is also expected that the :ldet, who is a memorialist, shall unite in holding a regular meeting of Session, for the purpose of receiving any new mem bers whose certificates shall have been al ready handed in, and granting dismissions to any who may duly apply for them in person or by writing, either for, the pur pose of joining other existing churches or of uniting in torming a new church in this city. Under this agreement, the stipulated amount was paid to the memorialists on the '2lst of July. This paper having been read, the roll of the committee rep resenting the memorial ists was called, and every member pres ent gave his consent to this mode of set• tlement. The roll of the coinmittee of the congregation was then called, with like re sult. The impression made on the Ct,lll - was that matters were settled. Nevertheless, the Committee of Visitation subsequently presented to Presbytery a long report, concluding with two alterna tives. The first was, that Presbytery should advise the pastor to resign. The second was, that in case Presbytery did not invite im to resign, it should assent to the pecuniary settlement agreed upon by the parties. Before the vote on the first alternative was taken, Dr. Planter declared his entire readiness to resign, if Presbytery would by any act assume the responsibility of such a step. Presbytery declined so to advise him, and gave its assent to the second al ternative. Soon thereafter the money con tributed by the memorialists tti the erec tion of the house of worship, was paid to to a emumitt:e of their number, and such of the memorialists as were communicants. and such other communicants Hs acted with them, were, at their own te q uest. duly.dismissed, to unite iu forming a new church in Allegheny, or to join any exist ing church. Here, it seems to us, ought to have been a full end of all diffienity. Yet, at the meeting of Presbytery on the instant, held at Cross Roads, action was had vir tually undoing what had been settled by that body. It was as follows: Rev. Dr. NeAbcy, seconded by Rev. J. Launitz, offered the following resolution: Re.volred, Whereaa the I:ev. Dr. Plum er, after having given various declarations by speech and writing of his loyalty to the Government of the United States, refused to vote for the resolntiors offered at the close of the last meeting of Presbytety. affirming the loyalty and duties of all good citizens and church members; therefore Resobed, That the action of Presbytery, whereby it declined to recommend to Dr. Plumer the resignation of his pastoral charge, be now reconsidered. Adopted unanimously. The following paper was then intro duced, and, after full consideration, was adopted: As the conservators of the religious in- terests of the churches committed to our care, this Presbytery feel constrained to notice and to essay the removal of a scan dal which has already injured our religi ous influence and interrupted the peace and unity of one of our congregations.— The reputed disloyalty to the civil govern ment under which we live, of the Rev. Dr Piumer. pastor of the Central Church of Allegheny, has caused difficulty and di vision it: that lately prosperous congrega tion, and has driven from its communion more than eighty members.. The same cause has brought reproach ou our de nomination, and so impaired our useful ness in the community. It has also griev ed the hearts of many of our Christian people, both near at hand and afar off.— It has, likewise, tended to encourage the public and armed enemies of our Govern ment and peace, and so to prolong the the horrors of this insurrection and to de lay the ieturn of peace, order and pros perity in our country. And as the Rev. Dr. Flamer has, even in the presence of this Presbytery, on a former occasion, by word and writing. given occasion for seri ous doubts of his loyalty, by expressions of opposition to the measures of the Gov ernment for the suppression of the rebel lion, and by refusing to concur in the ex pressions of loyalty made at our lest meet ing, and by sundry other sayings and doings; therefore, this Presbytery, as well for the public vindication of ourselves and the Church as for the honor of the Chris tian duty of loyalty, and for the restora tion of unity to a divided congregation, do recommend to Rev. Dr. Plamer to cease from the exercise of his pastoral office in the Central Church, until his fame is cleared of the reproach herein above alluded to. The following resolutions were then adopted: Resolved, In view of this action, the minciiiti who have ceased to attend the Central Church, be recommended to •re turn to that church, and also to restore tainly understood by us at the time ae SATURDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 27, 1862. the funds received from the majority, to them. Resolved, That this Presbytery believes that the interests of the'Western Theolo gical Seminary , of the Presbyterian Church, of our common ChriStianity, anti of our country, require the Directors of the Western Theological Seminary to suspend the labors of the Rev. Dr. Plower in that Institution until the next meeting of the General Assembly. It was Re:so/red, That the Clerk, and Mr. J. Park, Jr., be a committee to pub lish the proceedings of Presbytery, in relation to Dr. Plumer, and also to send copies of the minutes on the same sub ject to Dr. I'lumer, to the Session of the Central Church, and to Dr. Dale, for the minority lately in connexion with the church. Of said action the congregation of the Central Presbyterian Church, at a meet ing held on the 10th inst., took the fol lowing notice, namely: The congregation of the Central Pres byterian Church of Allegheny, in congre gational meeting assembled, having re spectfully, considered the action of the Presbytery of Allegheny city, at its late meeting on the 2d inst.--L Ranked, First, that. we express oar great surprise and deep sorrow that mat ters which had been fairly, fully, and by the unanimous consent of all concerned, adjusted, should again, without notice to us, when our pastor was necessarily ab• sent, when no elder from this church present, when even our brethren, the toe morialists, asked for no change of aetion, have been brought up and acted upon in a manner so well suited to harrow our ten derest and most sacred feelings. Resolved, That in our judgment, it is as much the duty of Presbyteries and other church courts to defend the character of worthy ministers and churches, as it is to reprehend those that are found, upon tri• al, to he heretical, disorderly or immoral. and that the treatment we have received seems to us harsh and uncalled for. Resolved, That the Presbyterian Church is a free commonwealth, with a written constitution, guaranteeing the rights of members and churches, and from the sev enteenth chapter of the Form or Govern meat, which treats entirely of dissolving the pastoral relation, we can see nothing to justify the course of proceedings had by Presbytery. Resetred, That after a full trial, with the best Dpportunities of jude.ii:g from his public ministrations and pilVitto walk s, we have entire and tinalmte,l confidence in the ability of oui Pastor, in his pittly. and in his faithfulness to all the ohligittionq of aChirstian, a minister and avitizen. Anti that, entertaining such views, we rou n d, on entering onr loved saneotar on the Sabbath following the late meeting of onr Presbytery, those kilt, !rota uliivli we 101 l so long been t ri•c01‘1• 11.• words of ve:-IfiNting lite sinile.l I , y :he le commendation of that body. lic.qulred. That haring bee:, il.forniai that the Presbytery is to hol.i a c•dkri meeting in this church, on the louli ir. t and that then our honored and belov, Pastor will offer-the resignation of his pi, toral charge—not because be desires io leave us, but because the Presbytery invited it, therefore the rotnn:ittce ar pointed at a former meeting be a:1 , 1 tio.y are hereby appointed Commissii.l:l rs Presbytery, with instructions to opprt.... the acceptance of said resignation it) all fair and honorable measures and retnon strances. And that this same committee be and they are hereby authorised to act definitively in all matters pertaining t o the business referred to in this series of resolutions. Against this series of acts of Preitbytery and in particular against its action at its last meeting, we do respectfully, hundily and earnestly itoneastrote First —The history of this course of ac tion towards us has. aft we think, been without a pvecedeut. in that a large !ma jority of a congregation, wet thy of respect and tender trentimint, have throughout been treated as it they were an unworthy minority, while it must be confessed that said majority have done nothing, and said nothing suited to create dish:Thence in the congregation or in the community. Second - That not or.e of ti“.• documents soiled to present our position in a true light has been put on the recorilt of the Pre.tbytery, nor by the committee appointed by the Presbytery for the par. pose, given to the public through the news• papers ; while the memorial of oar broth• ram of the minority hats been spread on said records at full length, and the report of the Committee of Visitation, coverieg more than a column of the Pre' yier !tanner, has been also spread at length oti the same rezords and given to the piddle by said committee, although it is a filet that Presbytery never, by vote, adopted or approved . anything an it except the.. words : "They event to the pecuniary ar rangement made bet ween the parties... e do therefore express our surpri,, , and regret that proposals which Presby repues to sanction, and which this congregation deem uncalled for and incu rious to their good . name, were permitted to appear in the public prints in connection with the reports of the .action of Presby tery, in such a way as to make an impres sion unfavorable to us on the minds of sat perfie'al reader a Third—That this whole course of action is calculated to make the impression that contracts,. involving considerable sums of money and permanent church relations, are not regarded by the Presbytery as sa cred. We respectfully remind Presbytery that. by its interposition throt:gli its committee, the committee of memorialists made two ygopositious to this congregation, one of which was, that if we would yield up pos session of the church building, they would pay back to the retiring congregation the amount by it contributed to the building of the church; or, if we preferred to re tain the house, they would withdraw nod yield up all claim upon being repaid the amount that they collectively had contrib uted towards the building. Without. ad mitthig the correctness of the rule which thus required a large majority ola congre gation to leave a building which they and their pastor had aided to erect, yet, in or der to remove every cause of complaint, and to testify our desire for peace and con cord, we' had fully determined to accept. the first proposition and yield up posses sion of the church on the terms proposed. But, just before the final meeting of the committees, the way was opened in a most providential manner for us to accept the other proposition of the late memorialists, to wit : that we should retain the building and to pay them back their contributions to it. At the appointed time the three coin- mittees met, representing severally tee Presbytery, the minority of the congre gation and the majority of the congrega tion, and the propositions being still open which were made at the previous meet ing, we formally accepted the second one, and gave, notice that we were ready to pay . over to the minority the amount they claimed. This basis of settlement was accepted by all present, by a formal vote of the two_ committees ot- the congrega tion, and the acquiescence Of 'the com mittee of Presbytery, Who - had'idvocated this basis of settlement, and seemed grat ified at its consummation. It was eer- a final settleMent of the difficulty, and we so understood several brethren of the committee of memorialists, who express. ed satisfaction that a settlement had beep reached. It was also published in the newspapers that the "difficulty was set tled:" and we think, was so understood by the publi— At the next meeting of Presbytery the financial settlement was confirmed, and although it was attempted to add other action, the effect of which would have been unjust and degrading to this congre gation as an order-loving and law abiding member of the Presbyterian common wealth, and especially uncalled for toward us as faithful citizens of this loved political Union, yet we are glad that the Presbytery refused t o do any such thing—that its action was confined to simply affirming the "set tlement" previously made. Fourth—The effect of the late action of Presbytery, so far as the power of your reverend body is concerned, is to deprive us of the benefit of the money we have paid to the memorialists. Presbytery has no control over that money whatever.— No tender of it has been made to us, or to any of us. We have no reason to expect any such thing. It is well known in this commnnity that some of the largest Con tributors among the memorialists have al ready sought and formed connection in , the bounds ofthe Presbytery of Ohio, over which your body has no control. It is well understood, too, that some of them do not intend to re-unite with the Central Church. Meantime the late action of Presbytery is calculated to impair coafi• deuce in the stability of our congregation, and in the happiness of membership there in, SO as to hinder persons from uniting with us. Vitth---We feel the more aggrieved be eause of the hearing of these proceedings on our honored and beloved pastor. NA e are witnesses "how holily, and justly, and unblatnithly he has behaved hiniself among vs. We know he has exhorted, and oom forted and charged every one of us, as a father doth his children, that we would walk worthy of God, who hath called us unto His kingdom and glory." His or thodoxy is unimpeached. He has wept and prayed with us in the great congrega tion, in the social meeting, and in the fam ily circle. lle hit not sought ours, but us. lie has been exemplary in all the relations of life. His household have diligently la bored for the sick and wounded. His charity has been confined to no narrow iim:ts. The pocr and the distressed be yond our cungref..ation have been visited and comforted by him. We can but ac know ied..7o his t iet v. humility, integrity and eminent virtues. and honor him for labors for a on: time in the ministry a the golsel. ile is quiet and retiring. Never sin, e l.r hie, resided among us has ht tahen any t political contentious. 11 , 11.4 erinhied to know no- i r kit .Icstis Christ, and e again eidi attention to our farmer te , timony it, to the chnracter.of his meth od or eenilttetitig the puldio devotions ...if the congre4i,tion. We cannot, therefore, but re-pi., litiliy remonstrate against the late notion the l'resbp•rv, which has had the effect interniptmg his great and uariul labOrS 141/I.,Fg us. -11 . e torther remontrate againt•it • art : on, beeitti,e it is calculated to ire n- in our good name, by implying ;tonne doubt the pat 1,111)• spirt and tnlelity of Om, oungiega t ton to the co.veriiment of th- than wh.,:h not 11;hg is more unaniiranted by the truth of by tile• taut:, al ihev.ii,e. It 1,, believed that congregation ill thin s,•••ordine, to its means and the number of or; tuale inembera, volutaurily uhd cheerfully contributed more liberally, both of men and money, for the mainten linCe of the gw.crlitlient, the execution of the htW and tt:•- romotion of the public titre• tember obgregation, the author :tithe vet: charter under which w•e are associated. and to the day of his death the personal friend of our pastor, has al ready fallen on the battle field at the head of his regiment. Another, a communi cant, having not yet attained his majority, is leading forth a regiment of twelve com panies of cavalry: while Other members of t his church and congregation, by the srtore, are filling positiot.s in the public service. from that of private to that of qu a r te rma s• ter Phone Of our number who remain at 011.1 e have freely contributed thousands and thousands of dollar inr the ?tune pur- This congre . gittion ttre deeply and en dearingly devoted to their country, its eon• mitution and IthertieA. They are willing still to make an) meritiees called for by the e, igmmies of the film `A for the speedy restoration of a J ust and honorable peace, and for re-establiAment of constitu• tional law and order and the prevalence of general prosperity. Seventh—Notwithstanding the serious 10,8 sustained by us in the withdrawal of do. large and respectalle lid of our brethren who letely took their cortitiacates of dismission a itlt a view to unite in the lorinution of a third church in our city, we are still numerically strong, and cor dially united in the bonds of Christian fel lowship and love among ourselves, and entertain a devoted attachment to our pastor. And notwithstanding the all ab sotbntg excitement occasioned by our national troubles, and the • trials through which, as a congregation, we have been called to pass, we have had encouraging manifestations of God's favor in the number of additions to our list of communicants— more than fifty persons, several on exami nation and others on certificate, having been added since the commencement of the present calendar year. And although now we may be peculiar ly weak, yet remembering that. "God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty, and base things of the world, and things which are despised, bath God chosen, yea, and things which are not, to bring to naught. things that are; that no flesh should glory in his presence"--we are strong in the belief that He will own and bless our feeble efforts to advance the in terests of Christ's kingdom. Holding to the doctrines and form of worship of the Presbyterian Church—cor dially united in the bonds of Christian fel lowship and afhiction among ourselves— wishing well to and fervently praying for the success of all sister churches—attach ed by the strongest ties to our venerated and loved pastor, with striking manifesta tions of our Heavenly Father's favor to us in adding to onr numbers, we respectfully solicit the Preslqteryto leave our pastoral relation undisturbed. Eighth. We further beg leave to say that the late =lion of Presbytery recom mending to our Pastor to cease the exer cise of his office among us, and advising the return of the minority who lately left us, will not..in our opinion. prove a useful measure, pp., , •your body intended it should. On the contrary, should it be carried out. we think it- will tend to disorganize and dissipate this now useful and growing con gregation; while at the same time it will inflict mortification and disappointment on those wbo do not deserve it, and pecu niary loss upon many among us, and es pecially upon those who have made great sacrifices to comply with the mode of pe cuniary settlement sanctioned by the Presbytery. Ninth—The course of action had by the Presbytery towards our beloved pastor does, ias we think, greatly endanger the principles of personal and religious free dom. Previous to the meeting on the 2d instant / the Rev. Doctor McAboy said in his place in Presbytery that Dr. Plumer had been twice virtually put upon trial. al though,no charges had been formally pre ferred against him. The late action of Presbytery certainly falls under the saute category. It is with grief, surprise *and astonish ment we find that Presbytery, without no tice to Dr. Plumer, in his absence, and without the presence of any elder or rep resentative of the church, has deliberately adopted la statement founded only upon Ts pufe. No evidence was offered to your venerable body. None was sough(by it. It is true, Presbytery only "recommended to him to cease from the exercise of his pastoral office in the Central Church until his fame was cleared," &c.,,tc. But every one knows that to our pastor such recoin mendation has all the force of law. On being informed of the action ofPresbytery, Doctor Plumer immediately suspended his pastoral labors, and has withdrawn from serving the congre gation .. Thus he is, in effect, charged, tried and judged in a mat ter involving not only our comfort and ed ification, but also his honor and ministe rial usefulness, without ahearingand with out evidence. • Surely this is not the boasted liberty of the Presbyterian Church. No man, so far as we lino*, has ventured to allege against our ; pastor one word or one act that, by any fair construction, could impeach his fidelity to the Constitution and litws of the land in which we live. Yet Presbytery says "the reputed disloyalty of Dr. Plum er has brought reproach upon our denom ination, and so has impaired our useful ness in the community." But Dr. Plumer cannot, in any wise, be accountable for this, unless he is guilty of some wrong against the government of the country. We do not remember ever to have seen an account of proceedings better suited to en gender alarm in the public mind. No proof is "(Armed. Mere inferences from assumed premises are presented: If so great and serious public conse quences as are intimated in the action of Presbytery should follow from the course of Dr. Plumer. it certainly would be very remarkable. , He is en aged, pious. meek and lowly minister of tha gospel. He con fines himself very closely to his official duties. He has neither said nor published one word calculated, in any way. to excite other than dutiful 'and kindly feelings: and on matters now agitating the public mind he has left them to the management of those who, in the Providence of God, are charged with them. No "savings or do ings of his, in the house of - God or else where, have, ever tended to strengthen the hands of any wrong doer. We state, then, that the reputation of our pastor, without the forms of proceed• ing approved by the Presbyterian Church, without charges, without proof, without his presence, or the presence of any one to act for him, has been impaired by the action of Presbytery. Moreover Presby tery, not content with merely giving him private notice of their action, has, by a committee, published it in several nei.i• papers, tr.d thus spread it over the whole country. These things le_ing so, we -et. not what safety for reputation, or religiou= freedom, is left to us. Under ordinary circumstances, even considerable irregt.- larities of action might he passed over in si'ence. But in the present feverish state of the public mind. the reproach thus cast upon cur pastor will, by many thoughtless people, be pronounced just. New phase; and new versions of the charges. all tend- ing to magnify rather than diminish their enormity, are of constant occurrence, that it may well be said that, in this case, to charge is to convict, and to convict is to punish. We have, hitherto, reposed in the belief that when justice has lied from every other, human tribunal. its sanctuary will be in the House of God. and our ju Iges, tied's faithful and impartial minis t t's. and those helps and governments usually called ruling elders. As to the idea that the course of cur pastor tends to prolong the horrors of in surrection,;and to delay the return of peace, order• and prosperity to our coun try, we cannot imagine how such. in the slightest degree, should be the result of the quiet, unobtrusive conduct of an humble. laborious Minister of Christ, who lives for the good of all around him, and weeps over the sins and miseries of his nation, and continually cries to God to have mercy on us But it is alleged by Presbytery that our pastor declined voting for certain resolu tions brought forward at the July meet' m.; of your venerable body. This is true.— But what were the circumstances under which he acted? They were such as these. At the next preceding meeting he had voted for certain resolutions brought for ward by a . committee of five, having lb% Swift for chairman. Immediately his can dor and : uprightness were assailed. Ile then informed his friends that, until the public temper should change, he should decline Toting on any such matters, ;0 thesi, keeping silence. When the resolu tions were offered at the July meeting, our pastor distinctly stated this ground of his declining to vote on them. It was also then suspected, and time has shown the correctness of these suspicions, that those resolutimis were designed as a test. This is manifest from the very langaage of Presbytery at its late meeting, viz : "Dr. Pluiner refused to vote for the resolutions offered at the close of the last meeting of Presbytery." Ministers and all other offi cers in the Presbyterian Church are sub ject to the following test, viz: God's Word and the Constitution of the Presby terian Church. And all citizens are sub ject to the test of honest living and of obedience to the Constitution and laws of the land: If these condemn them not, their standing is good. But in our judg ment it is simply monstrous that any set of resolutions or principles, not sent down to the Presbyteries for their approval, should by any church court be foisted into the dignity of standards by which character is to be judged, however worthy the author of them may be, or however seriously a Presbytery may embrace them. We do, therefore, see nothing disloyal, but only manly firm ness, in any one who declines to vote for new tests. The history of tyranny shows what instruments of cruelty such tests have often become. Nor is this all. It was suspected, and has since been avowed in the public prints, (see Pittsburgh Gazette of July 11th, 1802,) by the author of said resolutions, that "the last of these resolu tions was intended directly to condemn Dr. Plumer's course," and yet in the same' sentence he admits that the Doctor "was not on trial." Was it ever heard of be fore that a member of a body was to be censured or condemned for not voting for or against a resolntionwhich "was intend ed directly to condemn his course" or his person ? Nor is this all. ,The . atmost that ean•be alleged against our pastor is non-action. He did not vote at all. Has it come to this, that members of our Church courts are to be counted-as worthy , a cerumre for not voting on propositions sprung upon them at 11 o'clock at night, "after a weary session of thirteen hours, in- terrupted only by a short interval ?" In the General Assembly of 1861. sixty six ministers and elders from New Eng land. New York, New Jersey, Pennsylva• nia, dc., Sic...voted against the resolutions adopted by the Assembly on the State of the country. Among these are some of the most honored men in America. Many of these entered dissents or protests, and then wrote with all their might against sucb action. Vet whoever thought of rec ommending to their to cease theirjininis terial work. or to resign their ofhcesas eld ers beeauSe of their strong opposition to the aforesaid measure? Vet our pastor not for opposing. but for not supporting series of resolutions, is to he suspected, censured, published to the world as of doubtful good morals respecting his gov ernment. Where is the freedom of delib erative bodies, if on any proposition sub mitted any member may not vote as in his judgment is most wise, most seasons- He, and most edifying, to 'the church of Christ? In conclusion, we specifically state, Ist. That we waive the right of formal citation of our congregation from the Pres— bytery in relation to the proffered resigna tion of our pastor. Our people have had sufficient notice to take proper action. We ask the Pre:diytery, therefore, at its present sessions definitively to settle the matter in hand. We long for peace, and, the uninterrupted enjoyment. of The minis try of our choice. 2d. We ask that, this, our remonstrance, may be inserted iu the permanent records of the Presbytery. ::d. We ask that as enmmishioners from the Central l'resliyterian Chnreh we mmy, at the proper lime. be heard before Pres bytery in explanation and vindication of this 011 , In. Ina!:, \\,. Y., S. \ 81-\ • S \V NI. C. V:11 . :.!' WV B. 11 . , IV. IV , !. 11. l'onn<41:1•11 .A//egh,:,./, Sept. 19. 11411:1. .T. &~31. I~I'aTFEN. Brass Founders, GAS AND STEAM FITTERS, All kinds or Bross nod Iron Corks 'undo to order. ..da. I AC. BRASS CASTINGS, OF ALL KINDS Made at the aborteat nutlet,. OIL REFINEErS FITTED UP 0~ All Ankr • if a 11, TETLEY'S. 13* Willa) STE I.:11:T, will he promptly attended t,,. The members. or CM,. Om being pranti,al me• elmnie.:. V^Yr 4• CS verien:.« in the bm,i ne3s, will h,-are i :i.tta Ia ci ere 10- ell• 01.1 . ytt S.M. KIER & CO., Pllll - 0 N I). 7 C'ttrt 011, . , &I - Office on 1.11i1.1:TV STRiiET. twPosiva Perin'a IL ..' .11., ta-All °II wArraqted. . at2myd HENRY -w, :131:.il.t.TMONT 6: 00,; ILI OKM I.: RA. OF' THE TWO - ILE 11..,U•Zt:, rAi nre. .. I , .!%rign and Gin,: ai. , , Raspberry. Wild Cherry. arid ..;inci.r Itoziong<theld, K.Ye. and 'Jr ,. .-1( h .1 Supe-- rivr Wine. Bitter.,, No. %3 Liberty .erect. 1. • , h -r,--it. Ptusi)urait. Pa. 0 v.:: - . 1-, 7i" -*".' , i , lic, ruiplied nt iali4- II OtZi^. 1 " U".rrUC. 4 '''' .- "7 I . r; y ‘..ider tor Cam "l.ll til 1.r.fr.., :,r 0.... .•cu oe. . iy3.4.,:rad wet purv,ses ily or h t N OIL. Au() wiciel LORIC. MILLER & CO., WORKS AT SHARPSTATR , ; fl !'•TATION. A 1,- LI7(a{FNY VA LLEY ILA :LIWAD. alirOdide sad Wamhoa.le 93 31.4131iET STREET, IF ITTSBlinibili. itnufsetn•PF Lubricated Carbon this and Bongole. NO. I REFINED OIL. WARRANTED NON•EXPLIESIAE. always in hand. 0d24:13 , WILLI.A.TrT. CARR & CO. WHOLESALE GROCERS, And Importers of RIKANDIEN. GINN, al% A LSU. Thstiiibra aid Dealers ir. Mr OLD ;NIONUN3AUELA RYE WHISKY 327 Liberty Sitoot, Prriw.RIVRVIIT. J. H. k:ASIDAY. Note, Stock, Droll, Bowl mut Mort• gage, U*l4l jit:Stsli.l »iul Yter• hand I.e Broker. OFFICK ROOM No. 19 'BURKE'S BUILDING, FOURTH STREET. Pitt.A.ursh. 1 1 1.25.000 to ir.l et:: is MArtgag*: and No: 1 pao6r.r.di - suNDRi Es.— caili.4 Primo Otirront3; 1.) ,:zums Sicily Liquorice: 2 do Calabria do Mrio.mromi. 20 do Vermicoliti: foi do Olive 011. lelarld at. I I 401 3: JO ease.; Sardizies. and :mut fo Dat..!s:. Saar. 30 do Citron: oaoof Prouoi. d., dts Ntuoy :NO lxvce.9 No. 1 i'ire ertteltor4. In core It HY IN Ett S ltitl , S. Pe.s and 131 Wool sheet. - - - Wholesale Grocery and Liquor Store For Sale. wait: NTOCIL AND FIST VISES OF A Wholesale Grocery and Liquor lionise. do ing • good tr .de on 'ne of am host, business streets in the ohs. is offered for solo. as the +inti m wish to go into otitcr business. For farther particulars address au7-ti LUCK BOX IS. Pittsburgh P. O. Lucent Oil Works DUNCAN, DUNLAP & CO., Manufu:turors of PYRE WELI'VE REPINE!, C A Ft 13 O N 0 I IA B. Office, ? , .10. 291 LIBERTY fi'rii.EET. Pitts burgh. Pa. myB-6tod • - LITTLE, Jr., NO. 100 FOURTH !STREET. STOCK AND BILL BROKER Proudesnry Notes. SWuk Iloo.b. and idorr i irs bought and Nola. JOHN FLEEGER. U N $.4 Ivl `1 11 . 25 corner Ohio and Beaver ste, ALLEGHENY CITY. Large stock of Guns of all descriptions, on hand, or made to order. and for Ludo nt LOWEIST CABS PRICES. • Repairing Promptly attended to. tiol8:lyw-mY31 - dtf --- BERLIN ZEPHYR! 1200 LBS. ZEPHYR WOOL, Of all the chuice anal ferotite shades and mix tures, FOR FANCY' KNITTING. Dealers supplied in quantity at lees than pres ent Eastern prices. EATON. MACRUM gg CO.. sun N 0.17 EWA a...et. MILITARY -oAirmr_srm: BECK AND - WO GAIINTEETS. IN WHITE AND BEFF. Received by Express this day at • EATON. MACEIIV No. 17 Fißli otrect Vol. XX.rnEstablislied 442. . NA.'l. I EIO NA. 4 _ 111;. ~ "VITZ.ASS /WOW MIA Ni I.VAh.;; a ' Att 814 s this article which for IA !hokum of offonstve odor. r‘r... •-•. • 4 color. (which color wo warrar•lL w 4 , F. .Lz , .. k.;' - 1 h,7 ago or ezpoattre,) ~ ttnrarp•:-3 4 . • • ,aut nator la this or Eastern inarl:e.z Ap ••••,1.10 Oil to the consumer, wt , c!,... e. • it. Also. our mounfoxturo •- CAUSTIC S void by all bate Scup ert 011 I.: L . t: Whinh excelq /0 per cent. in - ' of Finglish Sotin brouzbt to ch.!? c , ,t •iur tuanufficture et SAPONIFIER. OR CONCEN i TE'S LIE, SAL,. ,!:;:- Alll CO well and fn.: crulAs a, S mention is sufficient. All orders and inquiries wl ll ^ • tended to by addresini. GEORGE COLLlvuoi, Persia. Salt Manufaoturiftgeow!.. , l,, , , 7dll Wood street, Pitt , soll:lsdaydP WM. ffi. PA BEII at CO., STEAM ENGINE 1311.11,DEil.;; BENERAL MACHINISTS AND BCH FA MAK EFS Near the Penn. B. R. -PaeEsaW. . . ANITFACTVIIII ALL ,103.7.1;iN tic J..,1 Steam' Nneineayranaing Profs to hundred sled • faty_ korai" port - . Grist.Mille. Sew.ille. Blast eta. Give particular attention, to For, - Anginal and hlach,intry •forvt , it n3na ,R liErilthtP. nudity and circular saw Have ebb on hand. tini.hoi and rv . i9t, :r . mint atsbortnotioe , iltuelustur4l.4l, descriptio n. Also. furnishßoilerr and Sheet tramps Wrought Iron. Shafting% li se every variety, and continue the Mettult,..c..r.) Woolen Ma ch inery anti Machine 0,4..4, Our prime are low, our to achir,e. z ed of the-hest quality of materials art? In all emcee to gi‘v qqtiorartwn , , • . itirthden &Om all paste of thc cCr.v.1...., 7 1.1 7 , edand promptly 617 a& (A". WALL PA Plat V: WINDOW CtrRTA:rEiS, &u, Now Styles for Spring of •1E6:1, A 110 tree. Varlet, emi' metal Item el 1-4 to 113 per rlev4- ' Nor sail bT THOMAS PA lailitelf Belmar= 4th .k sth. tid-car wadi CAMUACE MANUFACTURUS. (At the olal eliabliahed DE41111164:1111C WAY. NEA . II wr. CLAIR sq.!: r. Ttepairing done a 3 unlit IMILITALTEDIRRISXI4.• • Dr.BROWN'S.M.XDICAL • . sad SURGICAL n:Mee,.15a.:5•0 dmithikeld etreet: l'ittsbwth. . Piagosylyssia. Dr.BROWN old ofitsoa • of Pittsburgh. and hu - hoes a z:`• Practie•forrbehstmsnty:five Team. His braineos bas z4ezt c..)agnod oiostiy to Pricata a • Surgical Diseases. CITLIENS A:ca In -ow; of a meclior.l friecd. thc.s?.l r. And out the rare wise of relief. Tee Lorer•-.;• ts terslar graduate. and Lis corportau. r ...,_ •.. meat of a certain ea!? pf discas Is a Mre :lc:r aiz:tee to the suEerors or o'otaining -t -ile by the use at ido rather:nos cal 'iaticarizi advice. DR. BROWN'S R R.lll-1)1.?fi Davie fail to 0.0T6 the 7. , 7 trt Disessedjmparides and tierotrdon ,, Also all diseased arizing from a ke:5.2.1....17,t at, aniaittete itzttlf in the lonza c psoriasis. and a vest mazy fermi. of akin di,- eases. the origin of which the patient ,is ignorant To ;arsons 20 e..-111.ted. Brdwa hopes of a sE we and W N speedy reyydarr. 3 mrsAL L. , . Dr. Drown's remedies for tla alsrsing tro , ; Imiht on ellen by that tolitzts habit ot ttii! cation. which the you= o. sire wig to. (to their flum ,leetirtozlou.. the ono , reliable rareedi.G zn.y.c . 2 ir. d health. are adlit mak and make 3 ev 2 Dr. Brown's voaalisa never :41 cr t'nu palutUt dissara tit s ecw atun—ho curs. lie idso Stricture. Ursithallges. Female: 1V Month Supproutons. Diswirsi Fistula is Aim. Nereus Aftimitiouc, Pam , in .113 Back and Kidiae,yalrrttation sf ttnaßladdic, tether with ell inseam of ac imDc.re A letter describing tintcmkttArsuinv rus._Mrocted to Int. PROW . , Nn. 1) Sinithic' St.. Pittskurult.fri., will be lainiodiatk rv.o.-vAr ed. Medicine sent to se; C3art.. 4 . scao.t.t. and secure from obourrvationt - Ofica and Private ROMA NO, Go fircithr..,:d street. Pittilwiralt. Pa. 1051/41T DALULL I'.O4I,FUL. BOOT. DALZEIAL Wholesale Grocre:s, COMMISSION MID FORWARGINS MERtHANIS, • AND Dealers ir. 1.-"roJuea and Pittabtrah MllzrilllltizreJ. Piu. 251 LIBEIIITY - et:Guol. FT74511)10 • Corniteopise Sttioolk, COILNICR OF UNION AND BIPTH (Soot Market,) • • WHERE THE EVELIO CAE VE. TAIN tho bast and purect . Meals nerved at all hours on the Aorta - it no. Lunch every morning between the hour,. tf If) andElo'clock. 11114 D._ WEIS% auttl-ly • Prorle , ,* • isuAncrt, 'so. no: P Wood Street, of the Baltiinoro‘ Plar.crlac tory. established in 183 d. A ohoioe s _wok of Pion. 7 octavo Centro Pianos. combining airtim. even - tials off first chsa Instrument with late novel:; (underpatent). Elie& important to _the critical pianist. Low for cash or acceptance. - W I$E A SIVA:RES, lit emir:l.:Wrap, TI-130 .E2.ICJI) OFL.A.D. (I.OIENERLT COUCT EVIATIQUiat,) CORNER FIFTH A BMITILITE LI) STRUT'S. (Opposite the PestOltleo) IV ZNtr BS C *1 it HAVING AL taken the above wall-known staL.l, ba pleased to see his friends at all hears. His winoi, liquors, ales, and cigars are of the he i. ,e24-3ind JOHN LtINtlY, Pro - pristor. N. B. 6: C. P. BIABRIX Manufacturers and Dealers is 1300 K CAP L T I' l 2 Ift wt.l all kinds cf WRAPPING PAPER, have retained iron No. *7 Wood ittsdoet to NO. Sb ShIrrIiFIELD PittsbnirL. *Sr Cult paid for RAGS. OWEN BYRNE, ___ NEROHANT•TAIL'OR, 49 St. Chtir Street. - - 3ENTLEmes CLOTHING MAZE TO OP. ER clUidiP FOR CASIL . • 111-AIVINGI ItETUNNED FRO NNW BMlroas—with a choice stock of CLOTHS, CASSIMERES and VESTINGS, which he purchased at prim far below the aqua( tabs, AN-Great induousentA offered to utak buyer& pard:den uewn- K. 150 Bas Mined Sucz:r.- 'Ni d r 4.. A Crubhedo • 21 do Powdered do do Coarse Pulverized Soar. • ' To strive and for eale Ly s • -- N11F,11.4,111.0a1p , sell Ples.l2B - WrlM - wooti of mrcLELLAlrsnii 15EA114134 •E ' is at *Fifth street, where he is prepared to sui etew t all la Boots and Ross at rests that deft peti ties. Irron Fon de. Yl'~'!@3~~_~it no. VI WWII CORNWELL & KERR; ItHYVMATIRs.
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