Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1845-05-16

in his heart ,till his bones ache; vet il be De ds-
cree, k,enino his sentiments 10 himselt-and ne
will consult his prudence when in The Snuth-ne 9
will do us no harm. But who IS an aooi'oi n.y.,
You may place Your magnify'ns s'aSS upon III" M
but You cannot take his dimensions-"e - ''">
the French fashions, always Changing.
Another Term of compromise. IL has Deen pro
posed that The Methodist Episcopal Shulcn
should mol NEEDLE with The subject OF slavery.
This has caused the shout oil glory. r ~, '.,ls
nroposi,ion is not from The North. Inc norm
viii give no such pledge. Dr. Winans salu
that he knew they would never resi-, nilll' sid g,
was driven from the church, II Inc ohlon NC IL,
served or maintained. Rnt we are au,no'i's.I
10 panse? He would ask Tor wha' : ne eou y,
900 M nrnsnec, ot \ relraction upon the part OF
the North He would be willing 10 wait twenty
years-,o lie down in his grave, u ne couiu De-
lieve that, finally, The difficulty could pe aeaoly
settled He had. however not seen any hu'ed-
tions Of better state Of things. The last aocu-
men, in The Western Christian Advocate SHOWS
more determined opposition Than ever mas
been suggested that we should wall lot a.'".er
general Conference and concllia'e .,le ,a"Ju.'"
or recruit our numbers anu "hiP 'neni =. NJ
To whip them rs numbers was liipo'''e I'll.
They understood how 10 secure NUMBERS. ihel
c,n m.nnf,cmre ull tour re(kS recruit ont OF
tro hue appoini,aents No, sir, we can OUT speak
them hnt they will always be able TO out voc
rs We cannot concisie Them. lhey VIII mol
repent. POSTPONE action until another general
Conference and they will take II Tor granted
that we have yielded The queslioh WIN take
heart and look confidently 10 our SUBMISSION III
all things.
Lei our committee investigate The matter, and
Il ,bry can see 4 speck as large rs mans hand
in The religious horizon, wc will shout glory,
and like Elijah. we will wait for The rain. We
wop,d wall il we could see The least prospect OF
repentance in our Northern brethren: Could Inc
correctional union be preserved, and The South
be saved al the same time nothing on earth would
give him such exalted pleasure, such heartfelt
happiness But The case was absolutely hopeless.
Dr. Winans concluded with an able view OF the
political bearing OF the question. He declared
| his conviction that The division OF the Me-
lhodst Episcopal Church would not have any
| Injurious influence upon the Union of the
| States. On The contrary, he maintained that we
should p7cserre the Union OF the States BY dividing
the church II wouldput stop 10 the agitation
| OF The slavery question on religious gtounds.-
| The Northern portion Of the church would be rid
| of their connection with slavery" and no room
would he lett for those agilalors who plead eonSrt-
snee. Their strongest weapon would thus be
| wreSted from them.
| Or Gamers had no objection TO inslructing The
| committee as 10 The matter proposed, though ne
| did no, doubi il would come under consideration
| in committee without the instruction. He Sug-
eesed a change in The wording Of the motion 10
| Instruct which Dr. Winans accepted. And he
proceeded 10 remark, on the general subject TO lr
effect that there always had been troubles IN The
church by conieuons in The general conference
that The history Of those contentious proved how
important il was 10 curb the action OF bare mao
rites in that body. He first took part in q gene.
raj conference, after The compromise law OF 1916
had settled the conflict on slavery. But he found
conflict scarcely less exciting on The Episcopacy
This grew warmer, and absorbed the slavery ques-
ton in the general conferences Of 1924 and 1928
That controversy about The Episcopacy gave rest,
Tor the time, 10 the Southern Churches On the sub
lect Of slavery, and parties were formed i'll The
general conference, solely on The ground OF the
Episcopal question: or, as il was commonly call
ed, "the presiding elder question:
This question had produced al least one other
good effect Il had united The South and West as
one man--Ohio and Carolina standing side By
side for an efficient SUPPLEMENTARY, necessary
10 an effective nneracy. This union OF the
West and South enabled them 10 pu; down The
revolutionising scheme Al those times and pre-
serve the Episcopacy from being controlled IN The
exercise OF It's functions by annual conferences
Since then, Aboionism had sprung up, and ex-
tended itself widely in The church, from the East
10 The West. And il was proof OF lis extent,
and oil its power where il extended, that The Wesi
in the Tree States had been severed IRON The South
and Southwest so violently, as not only 10 Join
win New England 10 undo The South and South
ives, on account of slavery, but for the sake Of
this crusade on Southern Methodist rights, "a sci
tied b. the Discipline, 10 give up the Episcopacy
also and degrade il 10 mere office like that oil an
editor or book agent, created and 10 DC dispensed
with al The will of general conference.
This union of The West and North and East
gave majority against the South and South
west which made il hopeless them Ia remain
under the same General Conference jurisdiction.
Both for our rights as Christian citizens Of slave
hcent linerancy and the principles OF our church
government as The South, Southwest and West
/ have all along maintained them till The last Ge-
neral Conference, and the South and Southwest
at least, must ever maintain them, he saw no
shadow OF hone but in separate organization,
on the basis provided in The justice and brothery
lore which fingered in The final action Of The Ge-
| neral Conference, in iheiI adoption OF The report
/! OF their committee OF nine During the time OF
the discussions OF the General Conference, every
thing was put To haza ri al The South In Charles
ton the matter got into The papers in the shape OF
elimination, il not denuncialion OF The South
ern delegates for remaining as members oil a DO
| DIV in such discussion; and had not lhe decia-
ration of the Southern delegates, and The provi-
sional measures Tor separation come when they
did, our msscas in he low country would have
been broken up al once.
| Mr.. Crowder approved heartily oil The res"ln-
lion, and concurred in the views presented By the
preceding speakers
The resolution was then adopted unanimously
Mr. Drake offered the following resolution, VIZ
Resolrcd, That the committee on organization
be and are hereby Instructed 10 inquire INTO me
propriety OF reporting resolutions IN case a'ri-
saon s"o', -, an ',,os hi, ~,
,eu,on ~ W, and ,rhcL sh.,l nee,
as a. as rhs he ";ews nf he Northern nor.
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