The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1845-10-21
From the N. Y. Morning News.
THE METHODISTS IN THE SOUTHERN
STATES.

The differences existing in the Methodist Church
on the subject of slavery, il Is clearly known has
caused separation in that body; and itappears has
Left bitterness between the two sections which the
This feeling has also extended itself to the commu
nifty by which they are surrounded in some places
and the tarring and feathering of preachers has
been threatened The Illinois conference, amongst
others, has embroed itself on this subject, and has
resolved to send preachers into slave States, whence
there are instructions made that they will be elected
il they should come. From an article on this sub.
ject in the Louisville Journal, make the follow.
ing extract which will communicate some informal
ton respecting this quarrel:
"The editor Of the Frankfort Commonwealth, an
able and prominent Methodist, recently gave
through his paper, most unequivocal warning "a
the sschurch Morrill, that, if that church should
send its ministers into the slave States, and they
should insist on preaching among us, il would be
at their personal peril, the people would take re-
dress into their own hands. That this warning was
not mere empty threat, is very evident from the
late proceedings at Parkersburg, Virginia. The
Rev. A. Brown and the Rev. John Dillon, Ohio,
Methodsts were sent by the Ohio conference to
Parkersburg to preach the gospel, the bounds of the
Ohio conference including Parkersburg. But the
people of the latter place were resolved that no
preachers from the precincts ofthe 'church North
should preach the gospel among them. A public
meeting of the citizens, comprising nearly all The
yueuOQtSS OF TIE pace, WIS HClu,
resolutions were unanimously adopted and pub
lished:
i.Resolped, That we are not bound by any law,
moral or conventional, to submit to these things;
but feel that we are imperatively called on by a
high sense duty and after due elaboration on the
notorious facts of the case, to remove these men
from amongst us, and beyond the limits Of the conf
monwealth.
"Resolped, That committee of three be appointed
by the chair, whose duty it shall be to notify Rev. A.
Brown and Rev. John Dillon that, in the deliberate
judgment Of this meeting, their further continuance
here incompatible with the safety peace and or
der of this community; and that this meeting adj
wise them forthwith to leave the State.
sThc meeting then adjourned till o'clock to await
the report of this committee. And at O'Clock, Mr..
George Neale, jr, from the committee of three, re-
ported that they had waited on Mr. Dillon, and
that he requested time TO deliberate on his reply:
whereupon il was unanimously
"Resolped, That he be allowed until Saturday
morning next to make his arrangements TO leave the
S,ate and that a committee Of forty be appointed,
whose duty il shall be to see that Rev. Mr. Dillon
withdraws from the State by that period; and, in
case of his failure, to take such measures shall
cause him to do SO.
~. H. NEAL, chairman.
IN. J. LIrrLEBor, jr, secretary.
"Monday, Sept o."
Mr. Brown and Mr.. Dillon promptly left Parkers-
burg, IN pursuance OF TINS nouce, deeming suGn
step necessary to their own bodily safety. We
deeply regret such condition of things, without
assuming the right to decide where the blame Justly
lies. We believe the Methodist church has accom-
plished vast amount of good everywhere; and we
feel the sncerest regret that the conduct of one por
ton of it, or the conduct of the other portion oft,
or the conduct Of both portions combined, has
brought about such state OF things that the preach
ers Of one section Of the Union cannot extend their
labors through all the other sections, without dam
ger Of being lynchcd by their gospel brethren.