 Although distracted by internecine Old School–New School Controversy conflict within the Presbyterian church for nearly a decade, Ross resurrected the "Calvinist Magazine" in 1845.Ross argued that the Methodist Church was despotic, comparing it to a "great iron wheel" that would crush American liberty, and he went on to state that most Methodists were descended from Revolutionary War loyalists, and accused the religion's founder, John Wesley, of believing in ghosts and witches.Brownlow initially responded to Ross with a running column, "F.A.