Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1841-05-26
IMPORTANT DISCLOSURES.

IMPORTANT DISCLOSURES.
The Religious Herald, the Baptist pa
per for Virginia, in an editorial article
giving an account of the proceedings at
Baltimore, makes the following important
disclosures. annex a few brief notes, & |
also place some words and phrases in the
extracts, to which | wish to call particu-
lar attention, in italics.
SOUTHERN CONVENTION.
The Southern delegates assembled &C.
cording TO notice on Monday ;morning at
10 o'clock, but not in the place appointed
The Calvert street church, having at Il
church meeting, held subsequently TO the
appearance of the notice IN the Herald,
passed a resolution, containing a request
that the meeting should be held in Some
other place 1t is due to brother Adams,
TO say that he disapproved % this resoiu-
ZION. and in a letter 10 brothe: Taylor, In
which he communicated the acrlon OF the
church, he stated that he would procure
some eligible place in which the ConEen-
ton could meet At the earnest request
of some of our northern brethren, the
Sharp street church, consented to invite
the Convention to meet in their lecture
room AT this place The Convention con-
veued-abou! 50 delegates being present,
ABOUT three-fflhs of them from our own
state. Deacon Thomas Stocks, OF Geor-
ola, was chosen chairman, and brother J.
| e. Crane, of our city, secretary. After
the otjec: of the meeting had been stated
bv E. der J. B. Jeter, at the request OF the
chairman, Dr.. William B. Johnson read
a paper, rolumtariiy presented By the lead
ing members Of the Board, as expressing
their rievS IN relation TO the course Of
the Abolitionists (D This paper was Pc
pared Dv Elder S. H. Cone, to-a commit
:oc Of northern and southern brethren on
Saturday evening, and freely canvassed:
1t was presented again at an ADJOURNED
meeting Of the Committee on Monday
morning, was again discussed, adopted
and signed by those present, from both
north aud south. The paper commences
with a declaration that the Scriptures con-
tain The only rules of Baptist faith and
practice; that the churches are lndepend-
eat bottles; that they have no authority
TO exclude anv other than their own mem
bets That certalu Bapti>tS aud churches
IN this age of innovations have adopted
new tests Of fellowship, unknown to Christ
and his anoS1Ies, wbitb are as unjust as
f1lh4v are unscriolura], which new tests
they. the signers of ne paper, condemn
ax,p,,ld viii ne Stoned bv a LARGE mum
Der If brethren, convened from all parts Of
me On'3n loJ we nave 0"'S T' te n rI
'IhaI - ,ha H'r,yd i ,ros dro,rn m
5u EIdsr Spencer r. Cane. to aohOse erer.
tons IN conjunction e01M Mose Of 0Iet"-
re" h'"c"1|' S""" 'I"' ,S""' r. Ly' ~
u conuo,i;oa ,r;,b mis- name, the beiie;
eOas expressed that The leading abolition
ISIS 'co"ld be LEFT out OF the r@It04'
i'0","s. 1 "e p'" ro H. ~ p"Ps a,J tb,
meet;ug 0djoHrntd 10 assemble al the cali
oflhe Presideut al the close of the meet
a"gs, "hen. It the etect10ns hare reSnfte"
/" 'ae e"o'ce q ""001sG''0"aOss "O' Ls I,
hos ,breotenoJ r. mar c., a,no,o sero, ~,
bonds of vuiou, introduce disco1d and dis
uniO" into our councils, and to preren
l4e e"-"PeT @l u o me norm ana SCUM "
amirobiv and d 6oDor0bIy sSt,ied.I5l "
Mules
W Let II Dc borne IN mind that these
'eao'"s members OF the Board "he