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Correspondence Of The Charleston Mercury |
TIE SLAVE QUESTION AT THE
SOUTu-THE CONVENTION.

Correspondence Of The Charleston Mercury
TIE SLAVE QUESTION AT THE
SOUTu-THE CONVENTION
Arur%rA, 9TH May, 1915.
The Crisis is approaching-lhe Baptist. have
been aroused; their deepest feelings have been
probed- Christianity does not seek 10 annhae
The man or The yGtrim He is 4 poor Christian
who thinks 10 serve his God By sacrificing his
country.
Ii is no doubt with feelings such as these, lha,
The men from all the South are assembling in
this city now. They are pure men, and they are
regarding with highest interest their religion and
their country. They have long been vilfed, in
ured abused, now treason isio be >uperadded and
they are 10 be wronged in the most sensitive Of
all points "To This complexion has il come II
last" What ii will come 10 next, is a solemn in
I errosalory. The Baptist denomination is The
\ largest in the United States; i, has an influence
and sway al the South which is hardly under
slool-a movement made here will be wide one
| The Bap,isls have Tor long time been carrying
ON Missionary operations through "Triennial
Convention representing all The States. This
| Convention has General Board" which meets
annually, also an 'Acling Board," 10 sit al all
lines, as occasion may require. But twelve
months ago The Triennial Convention declared
its intention TO remain "ncui,nr on the Slavery
question The Acting Board, ailer the ADJOURN
lnent Of The Convention, replied 10 the inlerroga-
tory of the Alabama Church-thnf IL eoaM not
conscnf 10 thc appointment n q SarchoLicr 10 any
Geld NJ foreign Missionary aLors This board IS
charged with all such appointments, and South
ern money has been for years and years going 10
support its operations.
The General Board has lately been occupied
| in examining this decision. They have been in
session al Providence r. |. hiessrs. Jeier and
Taylor, of Virginia. attended The meeting, and
are here TO report The results. They left the meet
ing in session. Dr. Wayland, President oil the
Triennial Convention, was understood 10 be op-
! posed to the decision OF the Board. He offered a
resolution TO that effect, but il was not thought
at all probable that il would be carried. Amend
menl after amendment was lacked on TO il, and
The impression seemed 10 be that the Board would
be sustained, or al most but slightly censred, Just
enough 10 save appearances. These facts mus.
have an influence upon the Southern Convention
but we trust that every thing will he conducted
with the utmost calmness and deliberaion. We
have no reason to expect any Thing else. There
are men here Of the highest intellectual powers
and puresl hearts, They can regard great and
wide questions.
They are not 10 he intoxicated by feeling
/ They will take high and decided stand, looking.
TO God for direction in their approximations. 1t
| there is hope left OF preserving the Union OF
/ lile cuUTCHeS, WHICH we HOIc tICic "
doubt not they will avail themselves OF il. They
cannot be rash or fanalical They love The
church TOO much--lhey love the political Union
/ loo much the Stale, the Government, with all
its glorious associations. They know TOO well
i how deep an impression these religious divisions
make. They know how liule is 10 be expected
from any other Union, il The union OF Christians
fail. The odium ola ruptured Church and State
will not be with them. All the fearful response
biliiies will he thrown upon the North, and the III
lnre historian, as he coniemplates The ruin, Will
| marvel al the infatuation which could tear down
so fair fabric.
| Two or three hundred members from the South
ern States are already in the city, and we learn
have been received with great hospitality-we re-
cognize many distinguished men among them
The Convention meets tomorrow morning
Augusta, sh May, 1916.
| ! have only time 10 say word or two The
Baptist Convention has had protracled session
to-day; they have come al once in nlcdtaS res
DR.. Fuller, OF your State, has offered preamble
and resolution, which go TO the bottom OF The
whole matter. There seems 10 be general dis
position 10 sustain them; much exciting deoale
was occasioned BY the introduction OF the report ;
! hnt the whole matter was deferred until to-mor-
row. when The great battle must come of. From
/ all appearances, a separation Of the Church IS
inevitable. We could hope Otherwise; but 50 ii
is, and we must submit When we are forced
out OF the Church by Northern fanatics, We shall
next be forced ont Of The Union BY The same ne
! farious aris
Ex-Governor Lumpkin OF Georgia, member
of the Convention, warmly supported Dr Full
| ler's report and resolution. The report, however,
was drawn up in commllee, OF which 1T
! hlendenhall OF Charleston was member. Inc
resolution is thus worded:
"Resolrcd, That for peace and harmony, and in
order 10 accomplish The greatest amount OF sooo,
il is proper that the Convention al once proceed
10 organize Society for The propagation OF The
Gospel"
This Society," as we understand il, is moi TO be
simply Southern one but is 10 include all from
any part OF the Union, who can unite with us on
The common platform Of The Billie. But these
Abolition fanatics have long since letihe Bible 60
The Convention has over three hundred mem
hers, and shall conclude this letter by giving
you their names and residences as accurately as
have been able 10 getthem-but BY no means en-
lirely accurate.
Virginia-Robinson, Clopton, Slringieow,
Sumner Bagby, Todd, Gresham, Jeter, Ball,
Keeling, Crane Thomas, Smith, Turpin, Fan
croft, Soulhwood, Hall, Smith, Grimsly, Hern.
don Leyden, Walker, Sands, Turpin, Turner,
Aims, Jones, Hume, Tinsley, Brooks, Landrum.
The members from Georgia are $50; % or 80
also from Alabama, Holmes and Hinton from
Louisiana, and Mccoy from Kentucky. We
omit The names Of the members from MARYLAND.
District Of Columbia Nonh and South Carolina.