Liberty advocate. [volume] (Liberty, Miss.) 1835-1866, 1844-06-15
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go NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.


Ri The New York correspondent of I'll
N Lodiseillc Journal says
r sThs anniversary week has closed, wit
1 more than the usual exhibition ofteelinl
Ba principally on the subject Of slavery
me- Th6UIsafches, several OF them--the Meth
Odist leading--take strong grounds q
p, oxindgsthe federation or recognition OF sla
ia 1efyli any form; and in the Methods
cohI#Hance most animated and interes
: tinaAaibcussion has been going on upor
U the'Ease Of Mr.. Harding, Of Baltimore
Ianeeins that Mr.. Harding having marriee
aldddg who owned several slaves, The
Haltimpre conference required him TO is
sae Gxlicles Of manumission in their "a
!, vos,; aecording to the Discipline, This
!, heiralhsed to do, on the ground that by
The lh~s Of Maryland the slaves belong
inseg,erate right to his wife, and because
I mnisumission is expressly prohibited, un-
dsEfsnalty. These reasons the general
cgnfarence are called upon to disregard,
y break Mr.. Harding from the minis
' cry. Hhe discussion is not yet terminated,
but HA belief is, that he will be broken.
III haSs alluded to this case as only one Of
tlaslsnrious indications of the, times.
RanafiDism, bigotry, and intolerance are
Expanding into fea rlul dimensions, aud
desPsra,e effort is going on among the
fa6kSess, and dssatfected spirits who con-
wultheiabolilion movement TO concentrate
p0hlies Selling at the North upon the sub
fVsSsssr s.a- "nry, and TO bring matters TO a
head. sasneed but pom, to the Indications
ofadssign on the part Of Calhoun to re-
siysRnd mature the Southern confedera-
cyi1noject---a design now loo evident 10
ID overlooked; TO the frlghtlul scenes in
Phihdslphia during the past week; to
shuwishat great events are swiftly ripen-
iugsisMay we still trust in the good ship
Coashitntion to carry US safely through
tlsspegils of the thickly gathering tenn
pealf Ielf Clay is placed at the helm, AYE!
lfaptyEo! aaamEI am.uv l,'asa..aqga
The Methodist Church and Slavery. Q
Y Ih4origin Of this exciting question is
kivela N the extract above quoted. The
Baltllzpre Conference having in the case
bf Hi Harding, made sldre.hoIding a
qssal Eation for the ministry, the case
ySpi8 elore General Conference in a res.
0ldti06 TO disapprove the resolution of the
Ballila6re Conference The resolution
disappearing ,cds lost by a vote Of taco to
one ~ that the action Of the General
Confidence was to make slave-holdlng a
disqualification for the ministry. This
FAaalt promised to divide the Methodist
GhA1fh into two parts. Mr.. Winans
and MI. Drake were there; Mr.. w. de-
tApdea the South as became his great tai
enss md influence. Ofhis remarks we
hRya cen no full report, .r.. ~ r.. "
OFT remarks copied below were made
eR ltgk Drake on the l4th inst, Their
coaellaatory spirit is highly creditable TO
fhesEl.author. In former, days it made
naan Ahudder and their blood run cold,
t0tlaaE talk of q dissolution of the I'm
sQasRRt nova few hot heads Of the South
and ne iana;ical abolition fools of the
NAgtNsl talk about it with as much sang
tgsaARs II they really desired so deplora,
e. calamity, and many Of them doubt
issaIdo. .r s-r..aa a.Y In. ..,4 ...,
!, 49, 80, N: Drake, of Mississippi, said he
nsAssed 1t was somewhere related in the
salui@ that Abraham desired to see the
aaysof Christ and that he saw them and
v.as.patIsfed. His own feelings in view
= - Ne present position of the Methodist
sn@Ecn we're of an opposite character.
nad hoped never 10 see the day when
ulVlslon OF that Church was an event
2 D spoken of as within the bounds of
sslblIlty. But that day had arrived,
Ugh he had hoped to die before seeing
Nv HE well knew that the difficulties
'xsS by his Northern brethren were real,
a.k MS desire Tor union was connected
IN hope that il might be secured. In
;sAVersatlon with q brother the other
M alter season Of delightful reli giouS
rclses, that brother expressed his be-
mat the chords Of love were too
ss.2hg 70 DO severed. He did not believe
80 Church was ever divided where
~. was so much love as existed be-
N gu me brethren of the North and Of
ss% south The Committee would find
n. - ~ayto adius; our difficulties. AS
- were now on the question, Lot US look