Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1841-08-12
't'orh.c .ldeeHiSsr.
ADJUSTMENT AT BALTtMoRE-MiS.
TAKES CORRECTEp.


Mr. Eo,ron-l perceive, IN religious period
icals Of the day, some mistakes inihc statements
Of particulars, connected with The. election oi
the Board Of Managers, OF the Baptist Trien'
NAL Missionary Convention of the United
States, assembled al Baltimore, in April of this
year. For the purpose of correcting these mis-
takes. ask place in your columns for this
communication.
When the Baptis, T'riennial Missionary Coz
ven;oa was organized IN l5ll, !. embrlceh
those. who held slaves, aud those. who did not
No objection was OH this account, made TO ll'c
union Of the denomination ia The Missionary en-
tcrprizc and therefore no requirement was ninGc
OF the one party blythe other, tha; either should
rel;nguish bis epiEiion or practice or The slavery
ou.s,on B, il, the course the last year. some
nj our Northern brethren of :he Convention. or
panized the American Baptist Anii-S SlnFery Con.
ycplion; and scui forth circular 10 tic 9iinIs-
ters oil the saYc holding States, IN which they
! and their nocils were admpnI-hed OF the s'n ot
lol,lius propertyin man. They further rcquir-
cd of US Inanumissiou of our slaves, is the
condition Of admission 10 their pulpiis and COM
mulion tables. This requirement was not com.
| piled wiili. anil wu were. therefore, excluded
from their visible fellowship:
Believing. Us we DO al the South. that the
| Scriptures tolerate slavery, hy recognizing the
relation oi'mastcr and slaya, in thcadmissIon Of
! both to the membership OF The same church. with
directions 10 each how IL act towards the o,hcr
we fell aggrcved III the requirement. OF the
numbers who were represented III the Convcn-
ton, from which the requirement proceeded; i;
/ we were ignorant, aud therefore ic!I embar!asS-
| cd as 10 tire mode III which we should act in
the c,sc. liza few nn!y Of our Northern bre-
thren were united IN the requirement, no Sc
rious difficulty conli arise hut i! the majority
were concerned in H. dissolution of our Con-
veniion orl,d necessarily take place On this
1 point no c5iciaL information could hc ob,aincd
before the meeting of COnYcn,ion. Hence in
the agitation oii'he subject, before the Edgciicld
Baptist Association, tn wlIiC! have the honor
10 belong. the delegates ~ the Convention were
instructed TO Obtain the information so ncccSSa-
ry 10 guide this body III lis course. y, The ncc;-
Ing o! the Baptist Stale Convention, The inl"r-
nation given Us OH this subject. by the Agents
ofihc American and Foicign Bible Society, and
of tie \. Il. ii. Mission Society was cheering
These brethren assured us, Tia, the body 0l our
brethren at the North was opposed 10 the pro
cccdn.s of thu An,-slavcry Convention. and
would be ready 10 stale such disapproba,ion at
the meeting OF the Tricnua Convention in
ISL Whereupon our Convention requested
the delegates of the slave holding States 10 the
Tricnnll Convcuiiln, Ia assemble III Baltimore
before the meeting Of that body that they might
prepare To meet il, Us they should Judge proper.
aud in harmonious concert. 10 this body oi
delegates was the adjustment Of the existing
difficulty committed.
Ii * proper 10 state at this point. thai the only
qualification Tor membership III the Conven-
lion, aud other general Institutions Of our de-
nomination, Is II pccuniary one, though their
Boards aud Executive Committees must con-
sist Of regular members OF some Baptist Church.
The requirement of nanumission by our Abo-
li,ion hiclhren. and their refusal, OH our non
compliance with the requirement., TO admit us 10
their communion tables or pnpI,s, involved,
therefore, no forfeiture of membership.
Previous 10 the meeting o! the slave holding
! delegation i'll Baltimore, conference WAS held
| in ,iia, city. composed q! few leading brethren
from the North and South. The design of this
conference was. the free exchange OF opinions
on the best mode of adjusting the ziiiEe,,liy.
question. The resul, was seen in ,lEe voluntary
oi;erin. of the preamble and resolutions. Us
presented by brother Cone, and adopted by the
Northern brethren and which were readily nc
copied by the slave holding delegation. This
preamble aud these resolutions have long been
! before tho public. They contain the iniorina-
ton desired hy the South. VIZ: Tha,,h body al
our Northern lrcthrcu are no, AbolI,ionis!s. but
disupp, oyc OF the proceedings os our Abolition
brethren. In obtaining tliS information, obey
| I'd mn Instructions. As 10 all else. WAS with
| uu; instruction, and free 10 vote according 10
my own Judgment III Tie election d! ;hc Board
OF Managers.
Ia the above prcanbic and resolutions, no
| principle Of c"rn.r"nil-c nrpruis. And 1t Is
impossible, lha, sucll principle should appear
| there, for The case did not admit oi II. y COM
| promise imports gIvlns mp oiccrialn points by
one or buth parties, III any matter ol difficulty.
! The parties 10 the cNis,in. difficulty were the
AbohIonsis and Shareholders. But between
these, there Was no arrangement. Therefore.
there could be no compromise hc,wccn them.
Tho parties engaged IN ii!c adjustment. had no
difficulty among themselves to settle. They
were of ore mind. rs friends 10 a COMMON
cl,iSc, they mlGc known 10 each other their
views. winch were lnu: i Ia be- similar. and they
resolved 10 cun,in,ic together inihc prosecution
! Of that cause. Notwithstanding the alteration of
a few, who were enlisted under the same ban
ncr lido therefore affirm. that there waS no cOm-
promise boi'cesa the Northern brethren aRd tic
StarekDidtH" delegation: that there traS n9Tre-
men, bei,rocn hssc parties 10 The adjustment 10
eLcla1eaay member cf ase old EOardoj Managers,
ar TO pat IN Gny Hcto mcmbcr. Ihr subject ,cdS
net diScassedLy einher party in anyc thur meet
iRgs. for one affirm that I'aadc no agreement
,oih any one or more persons, to sacrifice Singlc
nreu,ber oCthc oid Boar,i. uor do iino,r of snch
an agreement Jet'ceeH Gay cfhe members Of tie
COHreHticR.
II was stated. ia newspapers. III private cor
re-pondencc, and in personal interviews. as an
opinion. that Aho!i,ionIsts should be- cNc!nccd
, from the Boards aud Executive Committees Of
the Convention aud the other Institutions, Bu,
all this was opinion only. rfw slavcholding del
cga,cs d!sclaimed, on the floor of the Conycri-
ton, any instruction OH this poin, and no con-
s,itueDi body of the Convention had. as ar rs
my information cx;cads, made any such require
ment. irlhc opinion tia, the Aboli,o.isls should
he excluded from the Boarl had weight. il WAS
the rcetgh Of opinion. approving itself TO the
electors. not tho ,-riyht Of authoritative require
ment. And .ha; there should be no ground inr
the accusation OF saerifeiug any brethren. the
general ballot was adopted. in the election Of
! the board. thai each voter might cast his vote,
as he should please. When therefore, observ-