Bloomington herald. [volume] (Bloomington, I. T. [Iowa]) 1840-1849, 1844-06-21

The flag under which we are 10 d. -:
during the present contest, is this da,' ess'lcs
ont from our "mast head" Polk l. auae
is its mo,to--names that will arouse ,1a
vincibe Spirit Of democracy 10 pitch "s H.
before witnessed in the history Of n,, never
warfare. LIE. il be remembered thai '1'''eai
X. Polk needs no other evidence Of Ii. .Ases
head and honest heart riIau the foo, ~ ~ sound
Jackson considered him one Of the ahI. AMI. ivy
tenders oe his administration in Tho asN: -
tempes,uous days Of 1830-'32-'33. ana 1. ,.l
Yes, 10 those heavy times.n when N. rs
ted States Bank was exer,ins its mioh,v W.T.
ers - bring the government in subiee,cw, r0s'
self, TO break down and trample upon ,hs , VIZ
and subvert integrity, virtue, and f,s.s"s
Mr.. Polk notwithstanding the menacos , 'S%
purse proud minions who not only ,h,oa'"e
the eastern cities bot had crept into tha ~sS
toll, stood forth, with breast barred to N. ap
my, and manfully, valiantly fought e, ' ~
Constitution and beat back the enemies of -. .us
common country with moral for,i,uas ". W,
intellectual power that were largely con 'aa
tent to the task. All remember ,ho,s u
days when for some time it was do,s,s,
whether Bank or Constitution should h. ~
supreme law Of the land. The latte, n,s,ss
ed after severe struggle. At that ,ime ~
binary minds were bewidered; the ,im;s ~ w.
serer.ed tho unprincipled were bought by 4.
enemy; few, at first, were sufficient for ii. :
mergency--among TINT fow was our caod;S,,.
for the Presidency. He met corruption 80.
usurpa,ion. with boldness and promp,i,uoe~
He defended with an experienced and uors,
fnl arm, the course pursued by GsN. J.crms
That course received the approval Of the conn.
try; it saved the republic !; it added renowu 1,
the democratic men and principles; it owe,
| its triumphant vindicalion to JAMES
POLK OF TENNESSEE, THE NEYT
PRESIDENT OF THESE UNITED
STATES.-ZanesviIle Aurora.
SUSPENSION OF BISHOP ANDREW We
are panied to hear Of the suspension ofrhe
venerable Bishop Andrew. Of the Meho.
dist Episcopal Church, by The General
Conference in session in the city Of New
York. The charge preferred agans, him
was, tina, he was the owner of slaves. |.
seems, that the Bishop had married wife
who was possessed by inheritance Of Ger.
tain slaves who were secured to her her
own individual right. As property, so re.
cognized by law, her husband had no
control Of their disposition. A resivs
on dying had left servant on the hand.
of the Bishop, as we inferred, out Of chat.
ity TO the slave. The laws Of Gerga for.
bid the emancipation Of slaves. Thus
matters stood: wife, possessed Of slaves,
which she could not emancipa,e by the
laws of the State, even had she the dNpe
si,ion-a slave committed to him in char
i,y--and these three difficulties forming
the very groundwork of fourth, the most
formidable Of all The Bishop was thus
hemmed in on all sides with difficulties,
The discussion Of this matter occupied
many days, and was attended with much
excitemen, Of feeling, as we infer iroma
report Of the proceedings He was FINAL.
ly suspended by vote Of, yeas lOl-
nays 68. During the discussion, i! was
often asserted by the Southern members
tina. passage of the resolution would in.
e. i,ably lead to division. Such step
we would look upon as unfortunate; but
not improbable.
This action against Bishop Andrew ap'
pears 10 US 10 be wrong. Was the Bi'h'
ops conduct such as 10 impair confidence
in his christian character The question
should not have been, is he master o'ef
others 2 but ralher-'Is he a good mas
ter! The true Christian, who sincerely
believes in his profession, will also 'se'
that the conversion of one Of those slaves
from 'sin to holiness would be far gn''
ter event, in its connexion with the nap
piness Of being, (for aught that we ha'sa
right TO know, than The immediate ll0eIa'
ton of every southern slave from eaF'0l!
,hraldom. If this were more though'o'
it might drive many things ont of the mDa
that are only fruitful in mischief. "ses'
that much evil will flow from this move
ment against Bishop Andrew. Others may
recognize in it, OF think they do, some "
innate good. We have no authority rs ~.
doing evil, that good may come. !! Is
weapons Of Christ are those OF peace s ha
not Of war. The reverend gen'leman, T m'
is the subject of this remark, vls'e, Nv. u
buque last year, where he presldeau' .. o .o
the Conference which met there. hsa Z.
peared 10 be man as remarkable l0l III :"
pie.y as for his strong and vigorous ''N'
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