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MEDDELANDEN OCH AKTSTYCKEN
red in the papers against him he is unworthy to be a Methodist
preacher. If the required evidence cannot be given, Mr. O. urges
upon the radical papers to be honest and acknowledge publicly,
what the Editors have in conversation confessed that it is because
Methodism is a conservative element in Church and state, they must
contend against it. The only answer Mr. O. received from the two
leading papers was an assurance that the things they condemned in
Scott’s conduct, would call forth the praises of the Conference, and
Mr. O. again responded stating that the enemies of Scott could not
prove against him the slightest dereliction of duty. He shewed
that Methodism must be a strange spiritual despotism, and
instrument of enslaving men, when in free America the Methodist body
is by far the most numerous in the land. And as Scott’s money
gathering proceedings had often been animadverted on, shewed
that so far from taking money out of Sweden he had actually brought
in and expended there nearly £ 6000 — while by his cooperation with
other good men above £ 8000 more had come in to Sweden. Mr.
O. concludes that as nothing tending to Scott’s removal can be
proved before the Swedish authorities, no moral deliquency testified
to the Conference; as Scott cannot voluntarily retire from his post,
it is cruel as well as unrighteous to torment him. The most highly
conservative paper in the Country is the »Swedish Minerva» and a
very cursory notice of its judgement in this matter is not without
importance to a right understanding of the whole question. The
connection of the radical prints with the riot is clearly made out
in an article on the 22nd March, concluding with these words:
»Those who have long borne fuel to the fire and fed the flame,
may not afterwards when the result becomes alarming turn round
and say we had no hand in the fireraising». On the 24th a proof
of the influence of the Aftonblad on the public mind is given in
the case of Rumstedt, who was in danger of loosing his life by an
irritated populace, stirred up in consequence of the false accusations
of the murderer Breitfelt inserted in that paper. The other
democratic journals were on this occasion highly incensed against their
colleague. The case [is] similar as regards Scott, though in this
matter all [are] equally criminal. On the 2nd April he says the
radical press cannot answer for the peace of the City, without a
prohibition against Scott’s Swedish preaching or his expulsion from
the Country, in other words the taking back what was granted in
1838. A government which would allow itself thus to be dictated
to, would at the same time forfeit every claim to respect. Should
such a course be taken a question of indemnity must arise, for it
is well known how careful the British gov[ernmen]t is, in protecting
the property of British subjects all over the world.
That such articles as have now been briefly noticed should
lead to great excitement and popular commotion may be easily
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