Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1845-05-19

tlsm. First he spoke of it's practical opera
ton IN the South He said
Inc practical operation of these principles
would paralyze Me,hodism in the South bring
into sovereign contempt, fill our courts with
law suits, and ultimately drive every Metho-
dist from the slaveholding States. Fathers,
brothers, and sons would rise up in vengeance
against such dealing with their daughters, Sis
'ers, and mothers-suits would be brought TO
SCI aside agreements thus extoried from the
VIE, III which the monstrous rretensions of
the Methodist church would be held up TO
universal but just indignation. We have just
said mat no man can live long in the South
ern States without becoming connected with
slavery as husband trustee, heir, devisee mort
gage, or transterec for debt, and ifhe is to
remove to "a free States as soon as he finds him
sen IN TINS connexion how long before we of
all.
III the principles maintained By the general
conference, be shocking to our moral sense.
the arguments By which they are supported
are much more shocking TO our common sense.
They are briefly al follows.
z. That as they make the Bishop, so they
| may unmake him at pleasure.
.. ihey make the law and therefore they
may disregard the law
q. 10 leave Bishop with nothing TO do is
not to deprive him of his office.
D. That as the conferences possesses (somel
legislative, executive, and judicial power. and
as all power must fall under one of these three
heads, therefore it possesses all power.
u. That for gross immomlitiesa bishop must
be tired III solemn form; but for mere indis
cretion he may be deposed without charge o,
trial.
z. That inasmuch as the class-lcader who
becomes unpopular with his class, though
without iault, may be removed at discretion
by his pastor, so bishop who become unpop
ular with some of the Northern conference,
may In like manner be removed by the general
conference.
The last point DR.. L. argued at length
Eccentricity, unpopularity, mis- feasance, no
NAL feasancc-anytling and everything .unde
TINS assumption, may be made to tell agains
Elder or Minister. 1t places all of them ex
cept the Bishops, at the mercy Of the Quarter
iy aud Annual Conferences. The conception
OF this doctrine he states thus. MIR. Wesle,
| says:
I'm 1871, wrote to several clergymcn .aii(
TO all who then served me as sons in the COS
pei, desiring them TO meet mi in London. an(
10 give me their advice concerning the hes
method OF carrying on the work. And wher
their number increased, so that twas not con
venient TO invite them all, for several years
wrote to those with whom desired to confe
and they only met me at London. or else
where, TIL at length | gave general permits
! sion, which afterwards saw cause TO retract
Observe. l myself sent for these of m,
own Tree choice. 1nd 1 sent for them TO adj
Oisc, not govern, me. Neither did at any
Time divest myself of any part of the powe,
above described, which the Providence of God
had cast upon me, without any design O,
choice OF mine"
Thus was this mammoth power the mere
creature at will Of The first great bishop and
head of the Methodist church He ordained
bishop for America, with power TO ordain
another, Bishop Asbury. This last would
not take the Office without being first assured
that he was acceptable TO his charge, and he
dcsireda conference OF preachers 10 elect him.
they yielded to his wishes and elected him
nor 10 please themselves. but II, $3.50 hin, =
thus the cursc.ssn=nr which is now stfiSing
down our bishops, was warmed into life by the
beings whom it is destroying. Springing from
nothing they are unsurPing everything. | ash
could human ingenuity devise a plan more IA
vorable 10 abolitionism than this? What bet
ter than to dcccy members into the church by
mild laws, then disregard the laws, and ma Ike
the members, upon pain of disgrace and expul-
sion, practical aboliiionists.
lie goes, therefore, for separation. He goes
for it believing it will strengthen the Church,
and strengthen the Union.
DIR. DInwoody spoke of an hour on The same
subject.