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BY ROBERT WILLIAMSON, Jr.
LINCOLNTON, "X. C, XOVEMBER 17, 1841.
VOLUME V, NO. 25.
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From the Globe.
THE GENERAL IN ACTUAL COM
MAND OF THE ARMY OF THE
UNITED STATES OCT FOR THE
PRESIDENCY.
We publish a voluminous circular from
Gen. Scott, in answer "to many letters
from as many different States," which
terminates in (his point:
"Finally, J am asked. If nominated as
a candidate for the Presidency, woutd
you accept the nomination? J beg leave
RESPECTFULLY TO REPLY, YES." -
This, we take it, brings the General po
litically into the field at once, and is the
first instance in our country of the actual
military chief becoming the chief of a par
ty, and presenting himself sword in hand
for the Presidency.
We presume this autograph lithographed
letter was designed for "the public eye,"
and, if so, yve must confess it is in honora
ble contrast with the policy of the party in
whose principles it concurs, as exhibited in
their last political campaign. It is explicit
in its avowals of adhesion to the recent
leading measures of Federal Whiggery, &
does not palter, in a double sense; in any
of its replies, or deny the responsibility of
a candidate to tlevelopc himself fully on all
subjects of public interest, and on which
lie may be interrogated. The letter is,
however, a little mincing on the subject of
An'.imasonry, and shows a disposition to
get the votes of the Antimasons by a con
formity of his practice to their principles,
without affirming their propriety. On all
the measures of. the late extra session, he
seems to have taken the address of the
Clay caucus for his guide, lie is for ex
punging the power of the veto, and making
he majority of Congress what the Frencli
Convention was omnipotent over every
thing, Executive as well as Legislative
and, as a consequence, over the People.
There is nothing left in the Constitution to
arrest the determination of the party having
the ascendency in Congress and to refer
the most dangerous measures to the cons:
deration of the constituent authority, if the
snspending power of the veto be stripped
from the President. J he constitution con
'. ferred this, not to defend the President,
but the people, against the usurpations of
the strongest department of the Govern
meat. It is the popular tribuneship en
crafted on the Presidential office, enabling
the onlv functionary elected by the vote of
the whole people, lo delay the exercise of
. the highest powers of legislation, in cases
in which he deems it proper that the pub
lie will should be consulted. This feature
. of the Constitution, as putting obstacles in
'- the way ot his dictatorial authority as a
party leader in Congress, Mr. Clay de
nounced, at the close of the last session, in
his Baltimore letter, and to expunge it from
the Constitution, is the principal reform
which the address put out by the Whig
Caucus demands.
The General, it will bs observed, also
declares himself for the Fiscal Corporation,
in the nature of a Bank of the United
States, which he deems not only necessary
and proper, but indispensable for the
Bankrupt bill, which we confess is a very
natural consequence for the Distribution
bill, which is a kindred measure of all that
appertains to the system of building up
Debt, Bank, Tariff as the foundation of a
Government sustained by moneyed inter
ests, to put down Democratic popular
Government.
The repugnance -of the General to rota
tion in olfice is in keeping with the princi
ple which would shut out popular influen
ces from affecting the tenures by which
, the official corps hold the Government, &
necessarily results in giving the great bod
of the public agents and their emoluments.
This early movement of General Scott
is evidently meant to give his strength to
that portion of the whigs who have resolv
ed to "head Captain Tyler." The Ge
neral's motto is, undoubtedly, "head him
or die .'" and he has gallantly drawn his
sword and thrown, himself into the breach
in the moment of the universal discomfiture
of VVlijgery, to stay the progress of its tri
umphant adversaries. This is a well timed
bringing up of the reserva on the part of
the General. If the party rallies now, and
makes head, the routed and desperate
whigs, who have lost all under
Mr. Clay's lead, musl look to the General
as the restorer of their battle. They must
then drop the Dictator and lake up the General.
United Stales Hank Verdict. In the
case of the United States against the Bank
of the United States, in a suit to recover
the snm of $251,243 34,100, retained by
the Bank out cf the declared dividends
upon stock owned by the United States,
as an offset for commissions, losses, &c.
in tho negotiation of a draft of the Govern
ment upon France some years ago. the
jury yesterday morning gave a verdict in
favor of the United Slates for the amount
claimed and costs. Pennsyhanian.
The Philadelphia United States Gazette
of yesterday says
"A verdict was given yesterday in the
United States Court, in the case of the IT.
States vs. the United States Bank, for
plaintiffs, being a claim of about $253,000.
This action arose out of the first bill drawn
by the United Stales Government upon
France fur the idemnity for spoliations.
This bill was purchased by the United
States Bank, and when presented at Paris,
there had been no funds provided by the
Chamber of Deputies, and, unfortunately,
the bill was at sight, otherwise the Go
vernment might have provided means; but
t was protested for non payment, and re
turned. The Bank then charged the Go
vernment with the customary damages, &,
retained in settlement with the Govern
ment the amount of damages, and then this
suit was commenced, and has been con
tinued from term to term.
Some speculation has been indulged as
it regards the effect of this verdict on some
of the assignments, as the Government has
always the first claim; but the defendants
may appeal to the bupreme Court, and
thus postpone such action.
Jud;jo Baldwin (says the Ledger) deci
ded the following points arising from the
testimony in the case, which will be suffi
cient to show its general features :
1.. I hat the United Slates were liable to
the law of set-off like any individual ;
their sovereignty being parted with, pro
hac vice.
2. That the claim of the defendant to
damages must be governed by the laws of
Maryland, the place where the bill of ex
change was drawn.
3. J hat by this law damages were only
allowable to the actual holder of the bill of
exchange at the lime of the protest, or to
an endorser who has paid the damages
sustaineu upon it.
.4. That the Bank was not the holder of
the bill at the time of the protest, nor an
agent for the holder; and that no proof had
been given to show that it had paid the
damages sustained by the protest."
The defendant's claim for damages was
therefore rejected by the court, and the
jury gave a verdict for the plaintiff for
$251,243 54 damages and six cents
cost.
Mexico. The Vera Cruz dates are to
the 8ih October.
Santa Anna, having arrived at the Capi
tal with his troops, on the night of the 2d
September, about three o'clock, captured
by assault the fort ot San Francisco, one of
the strongest holds of Bnstamente, and also
the fort of St. Geronimo. Most of the
officers and men captured, immediately
enrolled themselves amons Sanla Anna's
party.
On the 2J, President Buntamente, with
1500 infautry and 500 cavalry, attackeJ
one of the posts of Santa Anna, but being
resisted by 500 men of the corps of Puebla
and Largas, was repulsed with great loss,
and retired, leaving on the ground his
killed and wounded.
General Galindo, on the same dav, with
700 men, abandoned the cause of Busta-
mente and joined Santa Anna. The Cen
sor says lhat at the last accounts General
Santa Anna had completed the besieging
line around the Capital, with the prospect
of its early surrender'
JJallimore American.
For the Lincoln Republican.
To the Bev. Jacob Brown Anthony
Dear Sir: You seem not to hesitate
a moment to represent your opponent as
saying just what suits your purpose, and
then you conclude with language which
has become very common from being used
so frequently by others. Episcopos as
sumes no more than the Bible does ; fo
that shows as that the Apostles were a dis
lincl order, having power over elders and
deacons, as shown by the conduct of St
Paul and tho command he gives to Tiroo
thy. I suppose you will admit, that Timo
thy was ordained by St. Paul. If you
will read the 1st verse of the 1st Chapter
of the Epistle to the Thessalonians, you
will find St. Paul mentioning the names
ofSylvanus and Timotheus in connexion
with his own. Then, if you will turn to
the 2nd Chapter, Gih verse, of the same
Epistle, you will fiud lhat St. Paul calls
these two persons, equally with himself,
Apostles of Christ. In the 14th Chapter
of llie Acls, 14th verse, we have, these
words: "Which when the Apostles Bar
nabas and Paul, &c." Here then are two
who are called Aposlles in the Scripture;
but I suppose that the liev. Jacob Brown
Anthony can easily shew that the sacred
writers have made a mistake in calling
Timothy and Barnabas Apostles; for he
has given certain rules by which we are to
know an Apostle. I suppose it will be
unnecessary to tell one who is such a
thorough theologian that the word Apostle
simply means one who is sent. The pur
poses for which he is sent must depend
upon- the commands he receives. Now
that the Apostles were sent not only to
preach and to be witnesses of the resurrec
tion but to ordain others who should
preach and ordain, is evident from the
commands given to Timothy and Titus;
and surely St. Paul knew for what he was
chosen about as well as any person of the
xix century, however learned he may be.
lie took the liberty of ordaining men, and
left one of these men in Crete that he
"might ordain elders in every city." You
assert lhat Episcopos assumes, that Timo
thy was Bishop of Ephesus. St. Paul in
writing to Ephesus directs his letters to
Timothy, though a young man, and tells
him how he is to govern elders and dea
cons. And seme of the most ancient wri
ters tell us this was the fact. Polycrates,
who lived towards tho close of the 2nd
century, tells us that "Timothy was or
dained liishop of Ephesus by the great
Paul. Eusebius says it is recorded 'in
history that Timothy was the first liishop
of Ephesus. Epiphanius says, "The
Apostle speaking to Timothy who was
then a Bishop advises him, &c." Chry-
sostom says "Paul directs Timothy fo ful
fil his Ministry being ihen a Bishop."
think this evidence enough lo cotinterbal
ancc the assertion you have made ; for I
hardly think il will be believed that you
know better than the historians quoted
But I must by no means pass over a great
discovery you have made in Ec'esiastical
ilstory. You say "ihere were only thir
teen sees in the Apostolic age; twelve of
which were in the confines of Judea and
one in all the rest ot the world, and
then you make quite a flourish about Mel-
chisedek and predecessor and successor
Then all the historians from Eusebius
down to the present day stand corrected by
the Rev. Jacob Brown Anthony of the
"Lincoln Circuit ; S. C. Conference
Eusebius tells us "that John had Asia and
died at Ephesus. Thomas received Par,
thia. Andrew received Scythia. Pet
preached through Pontus, &c. ; and was
put to death at Rome" while but one o
the Apostles remained in Judea and this
was James who, according to Eusebius
was Bishop of Jerusalem. The translato
of Dr.' Mjshcim, the learned Lniheran
Historian, tells us that the Apostles left
Judea and preached in different parts o
the world and that "James the younger
spent his life in Judea and long presided
over the Church in Jerusalem." You
stand among the learned as a Commenta
tor will be as conspicuous as that of a His
torian. You have given a fanciful exposi
Hon of bt. Paul's Apostleship. St. Pau
declares he was nol a whit behind the very
chiefest Apostles; and in 1 Cor. xv. 8
he is not speaking of his qualifications for
ihe Apostleship but to the appearance of
Jesus Christ to him.
After showing, as you think, very con
clusively, that the working of miracles, &c.
was a peculiar part of the office of the
Apostles, you conclude with the exclama
tion, "To what unenviable shifts are men
reduced to support an unscriptural cause.."
This phrase "unscriptural'. seems to be
very, convenient for you ; but we do not
think that it is correctly applied. If the
argument of Episcopos founded on the
fact that the power of working miracles
was common to the laity and Clergy was
unscriptural, why did you not clearly
how it to be so from Scripture. St. Paul
tells the Corinthians that they "came be
hind in no sift" and in the xti Chapter of
his 1st Epistle, he shows that the miracu
lous powers of the Holy Ghost were given
to different persons. Philip was only a
deacon; and he wrought miracles. (Acts
viii chapter, 13 verse,) Stephen, who was
only a deacon "did great wonders and
miracles- among the people." (Actsvi,
8 verse.) Episcopos then had Scriptural
authority for saying that the miraculous
power of ihe Holy Ghost was not a pecu
liar mark of an Apostle, notwithstanding
he positive exclamation of Mr. Anthony.
But you tell us that laymen exercised the
miraculous power given them occasionally.
Where did you learn this? The Corin
thians made such free use of their miracu
lous gifts lhat the Apostle had to give them
rules for the exercise of their different
powers. Will you be kind enough to in
form me where Si. Paul refuses to cure a
disease from his want of ability? When
the Saviour called the twelve, "He gave
them power to heal all manner of sick'
ness and all manner of disease" (Mat
thew xi ) And as St, Paul came behind
none of them, be kind enough to point me
to the place where he found himself una
ble to heal some diseases. You refer us
to the place where St. Paul shows that
no one individual was furnished with all
spiritual gifts, but does this disprove that
laymen had the power of working mira
cles ? for this was the assertion of Episco
pos. You give us an illustration to show
lhat John Adams, &c. wete successors in
the Presidency of Gir-rge Washington.
How do you know this ? Simply from
the records of History. Now the records
of the Church for fifteen hundred years
hear testimony to the fact that the Bishops
were the successors of the Apostles. Atid
what have we to counterbalance this testi
mony I Why the simple assertion anu in
terpretation of the Rev. Jacob Drown An
thony ! You quote a few passages about
the call of the Apostles and then conclude
very dogmatically that "you care not
where Episcopos goes for the proof of his
position." Is there no possibility that
you may not be right in your position and
the interpretation you have given. Why
did you not inform your readers, why they
were called Apostles when they were thus
chosen ? As 1 have before observed the
word Apostle is derived from the Greek
word signifying "to send" or "one who
is sent." Being sent out to prepare the
way for their Lord, it was necessary for
them to be clothed with miraculous power
in order to be received as commissioned
messengers of Jesus Christ. And do you
think they were called Apostles because
they worked miracles or that the name
and power they received were inseparable ?
Do Episcopalians hold that it is essential
for a Bishop to pass through the other two
offices. We as republicans contend, that
there is in this State several offices : Go
vernors, Judges, Sheriffs; and would it be
any argument against a Governor, that he
had not passed through the grades o
Judge and Sheriff? And is it a valid ar
gu oie in against episcopacy, mat no :n-
slance can be shown where a Bishop pass
ed through the grades of Presbyter or El
der and Deacon ? But no ! you will ex
claim, the laws of the State no where de
clare that the Governor musl do this. They
nave oniy proviueu, that these separate
offices shall exist; true ! and the lawn o
Jesus Christ no where declare that the
Bishop must pass through the grades of
Elder and Deacon, but simply show these
offices exist; and the examples of Timo
thy and Titus and Barnabas show, that
the divine right of Episcopacy was di
vinely instituted.
Yours with respect,
ECCLESIA.
For the Lincoln Republican.
REPLY TO EPISCOPOS.
No. IV.
Mr. Williamson ;
. . We now propose cal
ling the reader's attention to the call to, an
.qualification for the christian ministry, s
far as they have a bearing on the question
at issue ; therefore, I select the followin
remarkable passage from the first number
of Episcopos as the text. It is as follows
"That the toward movement of the Holy
Spirit upon the heart, producing an ardent
love for Christ's Kingdom and for the sal
vation of men, is necessary to qualifiy a
person fitly and profitably to exercise the
office of the ministry is admitted, but that
this is necessary to the validity of ministe
rial acts we deny." That is, if I under
stand him, and I see no room to doubt a
correct apprehension, a person rny be a
valid minister of Jesus Christ a legate of
the skies a messenger sent from God for
the reformation of the fallen and depraved
children of Adam commissioned to preach
repentance, faith, love, obedience and the
resurrection and at the same lime be des
titute of the inward movement of the Holy
Spirit, have no love for Christ's Kingdom,
ami no desire for the salvation of men !
Believe this doctrine who may, or who
can, I humbly confess I am not yet prepar
ed to receive it. As a community I know
not what we should deprecate more, than
formal, lifeless,. Christless, and time
serving ministry; and yet this prolessetily
christian writer would have us to be recon
ciled to this most blighting aud withering
curse.
The first and grand qualification for the
christian ministry is holiness. Those who
prophesy or preach, and those who bear
the vessels of the Lord or dispense the sac
raments, undoubtedly ought to be holy.
He who preaches repentance to others,
hould have an experience, full and com
plete in all the work of repentance unto
ife. Not only should he have the great
deep of his heart broken up, and be brought
to feel the exceeding sinfulness of sin, but
he should also be brought to taste the joys
of pardoning love. He should be justified
by faith, have a work done for him, where
by he is brought into a state of favor with
God should be regenerated, a work done
n him, whereby he is brought to the im
age of God. Of this great work of the
Spirit upon the heart he should have an
abiding evidence ; he should be able to say,
I know that my Redeemer' liveth;" or
with Paul, "We know that if our earthly
house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we
have a building of God ;" or with John,
We know that we are of. God:" he
should receive the spirit of adoption ; the
'Spirit itself should bear witness with his
spirit, that he has been born of God," Job
xix, 25; 2 Cor. v, 1, 1 Jno. v, 19, Rom.
viii, 15, 16.
He should look to the example and pre
cepts recorded in the unerring Oracles, and
shape his character accordingly. Enoch
was a prophet, and walked with God three
hundred years, and before he was transla
ted he had the 'testimony lhat ho pleased
God,' Ileb. xi, 5, Jude 14. Noah was a
preacher of righteousness and practised
what he preached, for he 'was just, and
penect, ana watKeu with uou, z ret. u.
5, Gen. vi, 9. The time would fail me to
tell of Abraham, of the prophets,' and of
the apostles and evangelists, whose highest
honor it was, to approximate as nearly as
they could to the character of Him, who
spake, as never man spake.
Take the following precepts among ma
ny others. "A bishop or elder musl be
blameless, as the steward of God; not self-
wilted, not soon angry, not given to wine,
no striker, not given to filthy lucre ! but
a lover of hospitality a lover of good men,
sober, just, holy, temperate; holding fast
the faithful word,". Tim. i, 7 9 ; see al
so 1 Tim. iii, 2 7. The deacons like
wise must hold the mystery of faith in a
pure conscience, 1 Tim. iii, 9.
Now Mr. Editor, do these Scriptures
give any countenance to sin in the minis
try ? You know they do not, and I have
no doubt but both you, 'and your readers,
so far as you reflect upon these things,
(and who does not have his hours of calm
reflection upon matters of such momentous
importance?) you cannot but appreciate the
value of a holy faithful, and self-denying
ministry.
In the next place, the call to the minis
try must claim a share of our attention.
And here, I must confess to you, Sir, that
the reasoning of Episcopos is, somewhat
astonishing to me. If we take the first
member of the sentence, which I have plac
ed near the head of this article, and discon
nect it from what follows, we are brought
to the conclusion, that he believes the in
ward call of die Holy Ghost moving the
heart of the preacher to take upon him the
sacred office, necessary ; but, as soou as
we add the last sentence, and then follow
up his reasoning a little, we find hjm op
posing the doctrine as sternly as if some vi
tal point of his creed was at stake, and de
pended upon his success in proving the
Spirit's operation upon the heart unnecessa
ry to a valid ministry. The Spirit's agency
in the call of a minister must either be neces
sary or unnecessary. If we join, with
Episcopos and say it is both necessary and
unnecessary, we place ourselves in a sin
gular dilemma ; because then we create a
new distinction which must run as follows;
One class or order of ministry arc moved
by the Holy Ghost to take upon them the)
sacred office, they have ardent love for
Christ's Kingdom, and an ardent desire for
the salvation of men : but here is another
class or order who have entered into sac
red office, it may be to obtain a living, for
worldly aggrandizement, having filthy lu
cre only at heart, a hireling who is intent
on the fleece alone, cares nothing for the
flock, a drunkard, a glutton, guilty of for
nication, adultery and everything else he
can do ; and yet all his ministerial acts are
valid yes as valid as the acts of the rnest
devoted Spirit-called, God-sent minister in
the land, if he is but episcopally ordained!
From such a soul-destroying, and God-dis-honoring
doctrine, good L.ord deliver us.
But probably some may think this is
misrepresenting the views of Episcopos.
Well, let us consult his expressed and pub
lished opinion, in his first No : "A. ma-
... - I.. j
gistrate, says he, "to preiorm nuy aim
profitably the duties enjoined upon hiro in
the community should be a quiet and order
ly man, but no one will contend that his
not being so, renders invalid his official
i j .. . tr
acts." INow De it rememDereu.j mai iui
sentence immediately follows the one at th
head of this article, and is produced by
Episcopos as a comparison, to show die
validity of ministerial acts when performed
by an unholy aud time-serving minister.
But hear him a little further. "Alan. i
simply the agent of God, to convey certain
spiritual benefits to sinners. Sinners can
not be deprived of these benefits by the ua
worthiness of the agent."
However unwilling you may have becnr
to believe that Episcopos' was pleading the
cause of a Christless ministry, I think he
will force you to yield the point. But he
is not through yet: hear what follows,
"Besides, Judas was an apostle appointed
by our Lord, and hence a minister who
could perform valid acts, yet Judas was a
thief and a traitor." Are not these things
enough to turn the cheek of darkness palet
For a moment reflect upon the argument
of this pleader for sin in the ministers of
God's sanctuary. Judas, was a thief and
traitor ; but the inquiry is, whether he
was a thief and traitor at the- time that our
Lord called him to the apostleship. . Is
there a single text that asserts that he then
was a thief! Where may we find it?
But for the sake of argument allow that he
was, (which, however we do not believe,)
and what will be the result: Christ took
a devil to be his minister, to preform valid
ministerial acls yes chose a devil to be
his own familiar friend, and put confidence
or trust in a devil ! But if he took a devil
for his friend, how dare Paul foibid the
Corinthians "having fellowship with dev
ils?" 1 Cor. x, 20. Again, the enemies of
Christ asserted lhat he cast out devils
through the agency of devils, but he round
ly denied the charge. But if the doctrine
of Episcopos be correct, that Christ sent
Judas while a thief to preach his word and
to cast out devils, the charge brought by
his enemies was certainly correct, and for
Christ to deny it, would have been to deny
the truth ! Again, when Christ sent his
apostles to preach and cast out devils, he
told them where they were not received,
to wipe the dust off for what? Why, for
not having received a devil.
This division of the clergy into Christ
sent, and man-made classes. I mosUsolemn
ly object to it has no countenance from
Christ whatever. . - - ;. -; " '-
But were Episcopos to admit, (as every
man ought,) that holiness was necessary
in every instance as a qualification for the
ministry, he knows full-well, that it would
snap his favorite chain of succession into
numberless pieces. He admits (it would v
seem, barely,) that if. they are called of
God they can fitly and profitably exercise
the office of the ministry, but that all thir
-a