Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1845-05-21
Eageheld Court house, :. c., May "a, is45:
hitherto pursued by the Trienuial Con-
veuIi"n such persons having been appoint

And, lastly, this lniraction OF the resolu
lion passed The last Spring al Phiadel
pilIa. and the General Board, al their late
meeting al Providence, have failed TO re-
verse The decisiun.
Amid such circumstances, your Com
millee esteem it absolutely necessary thai
the friends OF the constitution of The Tri-
ennial Conventions, and The lovers Of the
Bible, shall at once take their stand and
assert the great catholic principles of thai
constitution and of the Word of God.
Your Committee, therefore, submit the
following resolution as embodying all that
they are now prepared 10 suggest to your
body.
Resolved, That for peace aud harmony,
aud in order 10 accomplish The greatest
amount of good, and for tn maintenance
of those Scnptural principles IN which the
general Missionary Convention of the
Baptist Denomination of The U. States " as
originally formed, it is proper !ha, his
Convention at once proceed to organize a
Society for the propagation Of The Gospel.
Onthe question Of agreeing TO the Pre-
amble, The vote was taken, aud il was
ANONYMOUSLY adopted.
THE DEBATE.
The Convention then p'uceedcd 10 the
consideration of The resolution. and,
The Revd Mr.. JeIer nf Va. being en-
titled TO the floor. commenced by saying
be had never addressed deliberate as
sembIy under a deeper sense of his resPon-
sibllily, and without consuming The lime
of The house he would al once proceed to
the discussion o the question.
The speaker enforced his own views Of
the propriety Of a separation in few brief
frmarks,in which he referred TO his pres
ent and former position on this question.
He had been conservative, 50 much so,
indeed, as TO he considered by some of his
friends as leaning to the North. tie was
now in favor of separate organization,
and The more be reflected upon the subject,
the difficulties which al first presented
themselves i, his mind vanished, and he
beievedsihe. cause of Gud wond Ae pro-
mo ed thereby.
In the course of his remarks, Mr.. J read
the following rxtracl of a letter of DR..
WayIand,ro himself. DR.. Waylaud says: I:
You will Separate of course. J could
nur ask otherwise. Your rights have beeu
iufrinsed. will take the liberty Of offer,
ing one or Two suggestions. We have
shuwn how Christians ought mol 10 acI. ii
remains for you to show Us how they
ought to act. Pun away all violence,
act with diguiry and frnness. and the
world will approve your course
Mr.. Haynes, Of South Carolina. was de-
sirous To define his position: fle was the
delegate of two bodies; one had instructed
and the other had not; he, however, fell
perfectly al liberty 10 acr upon this ques,
lion, anu he most heartily concurred in
the spirit of the resolution, and should vnIe
for it from a conviction that it should re
suit in good. He therefore went hand,
heart and soul for The resolution.
Mr.. Marshall, Of SnuIh Carolina, fol
lowed, and urged the Convention 10 act
promptly, for that while we were deIibera-
ting, the heather were suffering, aud con.
cIuded after short address, in The same
spirit.
Mr.. Duncan, of Va, had difficulty in
his mind; he desired some Of the co nmiltee
to s'ate why il should be called society =
which, if removed he would vote for The
resolution. What relation would We sus
tain to The Triennial Convention
Mr. Fuller explained: he preferred the
term society, because the Bapisr Church
could not, in this way be divided it was
separate, Independent, republican. The
churches of the Uuuu were uoI under any
general head, they were ouIy associated
for a distinct purpose. 1t was an errur to
call il church, which he would he glad
to have corrected; besides the word So
cie,y was more general.
In reply olhe other. question. as TO the
relation we would sustain 10 the Triennia
Convention, he. remarked: We should
occupy the old ground, The North has gone
of in departing from the original Cons'iIu-
lion, to which the South are willingsto, ad-
here.
He believed The North would sever their
counecrion because Of its Heterogeneous
characrer-many were more opposed 10
Addition than to separation. Such was
,be opinion expressed 10 him al Philadel-
phia by breIbren from all quarters of the
North.
Some of lhe brethren here, continued
Mr. F.. felt lrammelcd by instructions:
he appreciated their situations because lie
was disposed to respect ins,ructions-but
he felt assured they would not long thus
hang off-rhey merely huns FIRE, and they
would soon feel the necessity and impor-
,ance of acting promptly, and The whole
Soub and Westwesl would unite upon
,bis question a. a baud OF brothers. Aud
hr concluded IN most beautiful and elo
one I appeal TO The Convention, thai their
acls upon this occasion should be such as
they would be willing should so forth to
The world.
Mr.. Burroughs, of Penn, followed and
remarked: 1t was with pain he contem
plated the objects of this assembly-nol
because of his opposition 10 the mea-
sure. bul because he regreIledIhe necessity
of separation from Those to whom thav
of The middle States had beel SO long