New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-05-20


Confererce have always been adverse 10 The System =
human slavery being regarded great evil aad prior
20 he session ofhe Genera ference 10 1915 iae whole
Church ~ common couIeri, united II proper etoT Tor
The mills snd fns removal u the evil mat the n n
iBers bsve rever been allowed to bold slaves except n
!naisDces ULoer tie iews Of the Ssvehc dog Sa.eS
deemed 10 be csIs Of nsceity iha, the C9grIh ne7sr
made ror Ia, us Books Of Dscene ever contained any
lsw respecting the holding Of ssyeI ny Bishop VI tbs
Church lhst the General CoIf-rsDce have ways Re-
iussd TO elec shsveho der to that Office ihst the
'ou Of the CenTA Conference il 1885, held NeTYorE,
became known thS Rev James O. A-drevs ore OF tie
Bishops Of The he;hodst Episcops Conference, ha'.
,rce bis election that Office become owner of slaves
of ole by request o. sno,ter by Inheritance. AID Of
Others by rs intern srrisge VIII lady OF Georgia
Ute GDswer proceeds tossy such proceedings had
by ,he General Conference the admission So Ercg o.
Bihop hat the following feSou.ion AID preamble
were adopted
Hhyeas he DiIc pine ofoar Church foibdS e doiag
~ ~ cso. az ~ n; 80. '
CCnrec, VillaverV by marriage ard Otherwise s1d this
.csftvtr sfter i, crcunssoces which In toe esr
m.lon General Conference. vi greatly embsrrats
lie exercds Of As Office ~ Ct nersnt 'upetnec
ttrs tisto7 noiin sone places eaursy p-s7ert 1t,
Rcolted Tha, It Is he terse oftbis General Conference
hat BE- osts from Tue exercise Of his Office 90 org 80 me
In pecimeLi reHsirs.
The adoption OF bis resolution the answer condnueI
gave oaerse he mlonly o. tie members Of hat Geaer
81 AHemby, Who were delegates from Annual Conieren-
ces IN the ssvehodpg I'D Induced hose delegates
preieDl Protest, and oecsrsop whi,h wss referred
10 committee OF line whose report Ia the called Pan
Of Separation" ard sL1 delegates before lssyir New
York on the htppeainE OF tbs contingencies mentioned
In H. 10 Circular their constituents recommend
ipg Convention TO meet IN Louisville in Msy all whi:h
led those Annual CorfsrenceS portion OIhcm at that
convection -cn0vHcc snd declare Themselves wholly
solved from It's ursdicuon and authority ead
constitute aud distinct ecc'esScal organization,
seps from and independent Of the General Conference
ofhe Methodist Episcopal Church, usder the denomns-
lion OF The Me hodst Episcopal Church souh"-whlch
ia the organization monuore' the taid Bill Of Com
plant and the Plaintiff and al oIe whom hey profess
ecly iepretegt sdherens thereof and no longer
STACKED to The Methodist Episcopal Church AID these
defendants believe ard submit that hest proceeingawee
10 10 part authorized by the rue1 OF government or The
constitutional law the Be!lcdtt Epscopsl Church "a
coLaired n is Book Of Discipline, bat ia pslpAbe
hostility thereto.
Tie answer contends that the resolution In relsuon -
BhhOp Andrews proper, end IL cordsuce with the
res Gn1 good government OF church II a. miis that
he resolutions adopted by three our,hs OF the mem.
els, tut were Intended only meet future emergency
thould srse. Also ths! he resolutions called he Plan
OF separaiou" duly or legally passed and tbs,
tie General Conference lad powe to pass such resou
- except 10 The Sixth Restrictive RUE; aud excep.
,tst The resolutions were uull and void
TIE Cone uton ard Restrictive articles 1903 form the
aw o. The church and hey .im ana restrain the powers
ofihe General Co, re-ce - enacurg rules end regua
ions cary The purposes Of the church Government
rs or sdy seei and prohibit s1y change alteration IN
try Part Ius Ct such govern emf so ss 10 do away
Eptcopscy desroy the plan Of the n1erAut genera
supernlerdtn OF the church, $50 prohibited any power
ire General Cor ference to DO away the privileges OF h
ministers rescbeIs nemhe Of uis by ON niiee
be'Oe the Society Of appeal; and also prohibit
vi hcut The curseLt tgeeourhS OF the whole boy OF
ministers be- expressed IN then Ieyers Annual Confer
Gom appToprit ting the produce Of the ook
or chartered Fund 10 any purpose other than Tor the
teItf OF the prescherE belonging TO the travelling
ton oiihe church, their wives. widows and children.
Bu, even had tie Plan Of Separation been constitutional
it merely provided prospective plan, which, except on
the iure OF cersio conditions could have e sci and
hss rot by s terms and was intended 10 have any
force or validity the conditions have not happened
The Plan ratified by The Annual Conferences
named and The BOuheTn Conferences Ss 10 the church
South acted their responsibility without any az
ihoiity from the General Conference OF 1914
The Biso says that the Louisvio Convention,
which resulted the ora Anzaon OF the Methods, EpI
ccpHl Church South Occssoned by sucu OF the mns
ters ard members the Annual Conferences IL the Slave
holding States az have attached themselves TO The said
church South their responsibility, While hey re-
pucla,ed the authority u lie Geuers Conference OF the
Methodist Episcopal Church-'hey refusing and declaring
heir refusal submit 90 such authority and hat by ievo
uuortry ssureF eroiuR 10 the disnsmbemen OF the
Ne thooa Episcopal church, aud BY intubordins,e pro
ce6dlngs uuwsuanled by said Plan u Separation, 50
called or by srv authority Of ho Ne hOdiSl Episcopal
Church. they cd institute the ISd 'Mahodii Episcopal
CLuIch South sssu Independent csc essstica orgsnza
Ion separate from The ari.d.con Of Ire General Corfe
ence cue Me,hoott Ep sccPm Church and Oh soeunly
declare Ouch jur'idcuon over them entirely dtsoyed'
lis Gtniued that The Northern Bshops met aud Edopt
90 rtsoluions tut they confined TO their OWE st
min,susiop snd had no power the alleged division
esto the General CCuicIouco. Even II valid the proy
sorsl psn tfs rot been carried dividing bound
sy which required hist the northern boun( ofhe
curch should fixed The northern e1Temidcs OF hose
'Iccee' stations snd conferences" ms ory Of whose
members should, OF their free will snd accord vote
TO sctefe the said South Church yet bishops Andrews
ard Soue ,nce he tepsGr. H. stationed preachers ia Gin
crrar within the territory Of the Ohio AanuA COME
rerce; and in Northampton county, Nrei-ia, within The
oi,uic the Philadelphia Annual Co ference, both Of
which Annual Conferences have always remained attach.
d TO The Methodist Episcopsl Church
The General Conference OF he Methodist Episcopal
Church at Pbursh PeursylvGrs in 1873, declared the
whole and every part Of the foesed provisional Plan 70
he null AID void.
The plan did not provide Tor division Of The church In
20 TWO separate churches
His also teLied that ,lc book coIce'u belong the
meeting houses &C de- The chcrch but 10 The preach
ere belonging 10 the travelling conneIi0n Of tbs church
aid was openly chartered by The legislature OF New
York IN April 1857 ard the property snd effects hed by
MssUs Lane aud Scott under appointment Of the Gen
era Conference for the ia pursuance Of the
SCI ard wa originally commenced snt Instituted by ira
yelling ministers Of the Methodist EPacops Church on
their oNu czIisl ana ceried that Il was lasau'sd
by voluntary Contributions eNceS sher tie IRE when con-
tfauuops were made Win view - retsn and pre-
serve as originally Intended The preachers made II
sub sct 60 he General Conferences which decided hat the
rrosts should be paid irto TIE Chartered Fand whichls
Tor he relief Ct osueSs usye preachers AID super
suras,d preacher, ard The families o. travelling preach
en-, and ne widows and orphans Of preachers
Ils denied Ia, Tie Aceuy pad any money to tie nsw