The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1848-06-17
COMMUNICATION.
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r. a, Editors Of the Era@iH'r: -,
n IA, fer could thus secure the cOnn0sHce y
-holsiug community, is il not fair 10 con
ssa'.-s a. many would have been eqaaliy
''u-. .-,,I, The society of Friends have main
'ao's themselves in the South notwithstanding
'Ai-'4 -. ,,,clude from their pale all slave
'l's,.,-,pd no class of men enjoy in higher
- ~. ,bs confidence Of their fellOw-eiiI1en'
-, they. They have never had one class Oh
-. q, the skelf and another for the fOor,
'0 m honesty Of purpose carried their Prin-
- -. With them, and applied them firmly and
f,-.,,,ti0sIy in every place Of their exisiencs'
C..g no, the methodist church, pursuing the
line Of policy, have maintained her hold
n. public mind, and gone on from con-
-, INTO conquestl Eternity alone will
i.mons,rste the wisdom or folly Of the Practi-
- a0.i,ion she voluntarily assumed, when
=. ..,ssnted TO blink, what she had annOpnc-
= great truth, in order TO ENJOY falier
"a. If prosperity and multiply the number Of
-, ,sberents In whatever light others may
,;.w i'll can but regard il as doubtful and
n,sortsuate "eIDedieney," which has been
nd continues to be fruitful source VI coiien-
ian and strife The path Of duty Is Jain
on.-"iI thins sys Be single Thy aehoie body shall
4, 6vaof Lgkf'-that Of disObedience is an in
,.-miosbIe labyrinth in which men wander,
liking rest without finding it, and in their ef-,
forts to Justify themselves. and gain rePose they
,,.,...e The darkness that shrouds, and the per-
4, hat surround ihen--''if tEs iigs thst y ia
nee 8, SarkAsss, k0p great 10 tAst darkasss'"
A small number Of eKireme cases in Virginia
vsre gllored to-arrest the sction o. ths Church,
and. for all practical purposes. these extrrsne
case. soon became general, and il wasimPossi-
be 70 enforce the rule on the subject Of slavery,
because Of the number, circurnstAuees, and m.
susDcs Of shareholders whohad become mem
bsr.; and now, occasionally 81 are TO be found
tboss, who, Liked sons Of En-. 'HorRSf and
PEyEH,s draw out "the Ark of the Covenant
Of God" into the field Of battle, and audacious-
Is, not say PrOfaneIy, i0nst il inls The sup.
port Of slaysry-as il the TslunIe of Bisihe In
.Orution rras, to me negrO rsee.su yssfsg rslI',
Of errs-rritisa rilin and .sif5h; fed Of
syprsssioR, IameHf4tiOn, asd sssiIlng-whiie, TO
the white nan. it IS full ofs"many exceed ng
grsa, aud precious promises" But such Special
psaders are seldom seen-and when they are,
kni but little favor in the eyes Of thepeepke--
who feel deep and ineKpressible contempt fer
such attempts to prostitute the word OF Cod
and make ii subservient to humap svaries and
ambition. have AllOyedsnysetf1s b betfss>
Cd into train Of reheeti6ns, whsck xfe Rot
gsrssin to the point INTENDED 10 be proved in
my second notwithstanding a. better
to iHtersPerse such thoughts at the meusent Of
their suggestiOn-by aaothsr-thsRsf Oe re-,
serve them for a separate article . and my obs
Jet being to awaken more attenfi0asO this 3 . b
Jsc, among the MsthOdists-and non 70 ssscnre
reputation as writer, bsye,hat htiie regard
fer system-and shall be satisfird, with sany
grouping Of facts, Arguments. asd Te6eotions
that shall keep the subject Of slavery constants
lynn vew. -. .-Ss7 a.-gs = | a
Isst out to prove that, IN ferlls. he sehurcii
had never withdrawn her atsstimony--rflaf
'id'sry t" a gTeaf euil.f In the Louisville eou-
VehiOn, lsI5, at which We formally dissolved
our cOnnsTiOn with the Methodist Epecofsi
Church-and established a sdjainef eeslesiastf-
cal 0rgSHisdfiOH sleperg, was the. ap-
pc Of di'cord' the sole ground of quarrel with
@s North, the opinion was again and again en-
pressed that The SOutA Hv SsUtetly ssfisfed
TaA he lao Of tie discipline, and IN the final sc-
o0h Of the convention, The discipline was
ADOPTED With ali lis Safi-slsperg tendencies =
AT the Petersburg General lcsnfsreBce,. ls46,
an effort vas made, not 10 expuRge therhlsrbui
10 add an s1DlsnstOry nOts 70 fherhsPter On
sa'sry-ia gloss it over or dsate. and. make II
more agreeable 10 certain attitudes, bntsitxn,
not s0eoessfal-ths CSateraes sfeed bysprlg n,
ne J'r@ Of sound IOords--s6kirh pledges rser,
|'n''ier and memtfr Of the Church 10 Esbor, 70,
been ,nJ ~L.,y '~S 'a'a'ese'ih1 y nay
a., -. ~ I..' Whatever may AO~ be oar AesOn'nf
,v,v "0 H-sshO' eeneisoed to. throw
Of, - :, u sa''O's' II se'h Isannoenenssst Z
inc -. 'O'l reputation Tor esndornsd fasr desa
s the insult which would be implied in I'll,
oi.cI.,f -0n' ha' possibly You have adopted mi
perfect In" "lnUu' examination Orc that with
twin - 80 o. US 'sseh'ng' You sdeP'ss'
ar. s so's mental reservation Ksntuekiaa
Is the latter imnIi..~ go POI. - 0l'lnss2
der and imDs,no.,,.. ,''S-e-' from 1na'
times do a. form.. u 'ssnIg' ,2sy some
granted tina, VA, =. ;, sna.n' 'aks 40
Jul, e,Dm;,, 80 !. -' :, q" ,@FeHfly and sAesr
e. Ae 4fm n0rk Of EmaRcipa
y.r, 49,. s'n .'sPsnke the Israsliiss, "''it
dicaaoD, :, n s-ea', ready iemose at the IN