Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1844-06-28


ramon Of the sou hern Eeluga'es. sub
mItcd the following
REPORT
The select committee OF nrBe appoin.
ted 10 consider and frp1rl on the Dec
IafarioD OF the delegates from the Coa-
tareuc,4 ol the 5 ave holding States,
beg leave to submit tho following rs,
port
Whereas. Declaration has b4on pre-,
scnled to ihls Genera. Conferences with
Ihe signatures Of fry one deleEltes u
Ihe body, from thirteen A0nuai Cpnler
enc,' 10 the 5 svsho'dlng SAFES, rsrre.
sentIng Ibat tor various reasons enumer
ard. the objects and purposes Of the
Christian hIoisDry and Church orgaul
eaton eannoD be successfully accomplish
I'd BY them under the jrr,drcrion OF lhrs
General Conference Bs now consllut, d
snd whereas, N the event Of separa-
uUn, Contingency 10 WHICH the dpcj,
ralion asks allenllnD, es not improbable,
W. esteem II the duty Of this General
Con ference TO meet the emergency with
Christian krainess and the slrlctssts Z.
qriv; lhprsiurs
ReSO,Usd by The delegates OF The sew
eraI Annual Conferences. N General
Conference assembled, That should he
delegates from Inc Conferences 10 the
S avehO dug States find IL necessary 10
unite a dlsilHct ecc 'esIdsIeal connection.
the following rule shoud be observed
with regard to the Northern boundary
OF such connection: All The Societies
Sauons AID Confer, noes adherng to
the Church 10 the South. By The vote Of
a majority OF the members Of said Socj
eues, Sra'I1ns snd Conferences shah re
man uOdsr the uHmulesled paslOra
care OF the Southern CHurch; and The
ministers Of the II Z Church shall in
no wise attempt TO organize Churches
or Soc,Pues wrhrn the units OF the
/ Church S,alh, nor shall 'bey suempl to
exercise any pastoral oversight therein.
/ II beng understood that tho ministry Of
The South rsclprocalIy ob,erve the same
rule N relation 10 5 atoms, Societies and
| Conferences aiherIog by vote OF a ma
.iorOY to the NJ f Church; provided a..
so that this rule sAsil apply on Y to So.
cietIes, Sarrons and Conferences bbrJsr
ing on The tine ol dvisnp and not into
rtor chsrges, which shal! IN al cases be
left TO The care OF that Church wl,hiD
whose territory they are situated
The report embraced several other
resolutions, which are IN substance as
follows.
lst. Ministers. Of every grade. may
atoch themselves 10 either Conference
I'd L ls recommended to all the An
nuaI Con erences, altheir nexl sessions,
10 change the 6'h restrictive article, SO
that the produce Of the Book concrn and
Chartered Fund shall be appropriated
TO no other purpose than for The benef
OF the travelling, upernumerafy, super
annUated and worn out preachers, their
wives, widows and chi dren, and 10 such
other purposes as may be determined
on by the votes OF Two thirds oil the
members Of the General Conference
81 When the said 9Th restrictive ar
licIe shall have been changed as recon.
mended. the agents al Nav York and
Cincinnati shall deliver to the agent ol
The Church South, all notes and book
accounts, who shall collect the same for
the use OF The Southern Church; all real
estate, interest. &C., connected with the
printing establishment at Charleston
Richmond and Nashville, are al.O 10 be
delivered 10 said Southern agent.
4,h. Provides for the transfer to the
SoulheTn agent, Of so much Of the CAPT
I raI and produce OF The Methodist Book
concern as will bear the same proportion
: to the whole property Of said concern
hat The travelling preachers in the
Southern Church shall bear II all the
travelling ministers oflhe NJ e Church
the division to be made on he basis o
the number OF travelling preachers II
I the forthcoming mRules.
5h. The transfer to be in the form o
annual payments o; S25,o0O per annum
specifically 10 stock OF the Book concerT
aud in Southern noles and accounts du
, the stablishment-lhe Southern churc'
to share propor'ionaby in oil the net
profits of the Book concern until th
payments are made.
-, 6h. Provides for the appointment {
commissioners TO ascertain the amour
1 that will TALL due to the southern church
n 7th. All The properly Of the Me'hC
n dis, Episcopal church, in Meeting Hot
ses, Parsonages, Colleges, Schools, Co
4 ference Funds, Cemeteries, and OF eve
~ kind within the limits Of the Souit
1 ern orgsnjzo,ion, 10 be freq from an
claims set Upon the part Of the Me'ho
!. dist Episcopal church, so Tar as tn
II resolution can bo of force in the prem
ses.
Slh. The Southern church TO have