Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1845-05-28
Eagehela Court House, S. G., May %, As45.

7 pears. no practical remedy. Ita tobviou
tendency was. either our final subjugalio,
| to that power. or serious interruption O
the flow:of Southern benevolence. Th,
latter was The far more probable evil; ant
1.-The Boston Board knew this well. The,
were from various quarters apprised OF it
1--WE, onsthe other hand, did moi move il
|, the matter Of new organizationunli thre.
liberal, States had refused to send North
ward any, more contributions. Our lead
ers had chosen new rules. Thus came
war within our gates while the means o
war on the common enemy were daily ii
minishing..
;Byth decision the Board had place.
itself in direct opposition to the Constitu
tio1 ofthe Convention. The only reason
given for this extraordinary and upconsti
iutionala adictum being-lhat =" The ap
pointing power for wise and good purposes
is conided 10 the acting Board" Or
such a slight show of authority, this Board
undertook 10 declare that TO be disqual
ificalion-in one who should offer himself lol
a Missionary, which The Convention had
saidshall mol be Disqualification, 1t had
also expressly given its sanction to AMI
slavery, opinions, and implicitly fixed its
condemnation on slavery, although Tile
convention 1had said that "neither" should
lie DONE And further il forbade those who
shall apply for Missionary appointment,
10 express and promote elsewhere" their
views ou The subject Of slavery in right
"manners and spirit" when the constilu-
ton declared they "were free" 10 do so.-
These brethren, thus acted upon sen'i-
ment they have failed 10 prove-That sla-
very, iss:in all circumstances sinful
Whereas their own solemn Resolution in
the last Convention (their's as much as
ours) leftsus freero promote slavery. Was
nol this leaying US free, aud I'm Chris
tian spiriland manner" to promote thai
which in their hearts, and according 10 the
present shswing Of their conduct, they re.
gard as a sin :?
Enough, perhaps has been said Of the
origin Of flhis ,moveman:. Were we asked
to characterize The conduct Of our northern
brethreh in one short phrase we should
adopt lhatof the Apostle. II was "FoR-
BIDDING Usto speak UNTO THE GESTILEs.
Did /, no, ohs,ruct us, lay a kind OF Ro-
mishGiIiereici upon US in the discharge CT
animperisive dury;a dutylo which The
church has been, after the lapse of ages,
awakened universally and successfully ;
duty the very object, aud only object, Of
our long cherished connection and cOnled-
Grafton
And this would seem The place 10 slate,
ehat our Northern brethren were dealt
with as brethren to the las, momeut.-
Several of our churches cherished the hope
that by means Of remnnstrance and ex-
pusluaIion, through the last Annual Meet
ing of the Board of Managers at Prnvi
dence, the Acting Board might be brought
to fcpI the gripvous wrong they lad in
ficled. The Managing Board was there
fore affeclionalely and respectfully ad-
dressed on the subject, aud was entreaI"d to
revise and reverse the obnoxious interdict.
Alas! the results wrre-contemptuous 81
lence as to the application made; and a
deliberate resolve. expressing sympathy
with The Acting Board, and determina-
ZION 10 sustain them.
n. The Principles of The Southern
Baptisr Convention it remains then to be
stated, are conservative; while they ara
also, as we trust. equitable and liberal.
They propose To do the Lords work in he
way our fathers did it, It's title designates
a, once its origin and the simple, firm abb
ding of the South on the ground from
which il has been so unconslitulionaily and
uniuslty attempted to eject US. We have
but trnGuired for. ",he old paths. OF Mis-
siouary operations; asked for, and altemp-
ted to restore the practically good way.
The Constitution we adopt is precisely
tha, of the original union; that ID cnnnec'
lion with which, throughout his Missionary
life, Andoniram Judson has lived, and
under which Ann Judson aud Boardmat
ha died. We recede from it. no single
step. We have constructed for our basi:
no new creed; acting in this matter upor
Baptist aversion from all creeds but the
Bible. We use the very terms as we
uphod the true spirit and great object o
the lale General Convention of the Bap-
Iisl denomination of the United Slstes.
Ii is they who wronged us that have rece
ded. We have receded neither from tht
Constitution nor from any part of The orig
inal ground OIL which we mel them in thi
work. And, if we ask in parting, lht
original and broad Bible ground of Con
federation were not equitable, how came
it 50 noby aud so long TO be acted upon
| If equitable, why depart from it
We claim 10 have acted in the premi
ses with liberality towards our Norlherr
brethren. Thrust from The common plat
form of equal rights between the Norlherr
and Southern churches, we have but re
CONSTRUCTED that platform. Content viii
il, we adhere to il, and reproduce ii. a
broad enough for US aud for them. Have
,hey thrust US off? We retain but ont
feeling in the case, Thai ace ,oiLl not prac
tically lsaue II on any account: much les
in obedience TO such ,usurped authority, o
in Difference to such manifest breach o
trust as is here involved A breach O
covenant that looks various ways--heav