Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1851-06-19

The CHURCH CAsE.-The latest informa-
ton (says the Southern Christian Advocate)
we have in regard TO the law suit, is embraced
in the following paragraphs taken from the
] leading editorial of last weeks issue Of the
Christian Advocate and Journal We hope
the offer of the Northern book agents will
be received i'll the spirit of frank and kind
reciprocity, that all further litigation and
trouble will be forestalled:
alt is fact which will, no doubt, be re-
garded of great importance, that under this
recommendation, the Book Agents of New
York and Cincinnati are brought to point
from which they are authorized, by the Gen.
eral Conference, to offer settlement of the
case by arbitration" Inthe plan for pa
ciir' settlement of the matters in dispute
between the Methodist Episcopal Church.
North, and the Methodist Episcopal Church,
South. adopted at the General Conference of
1913, is found the following resolution:
SO. Resolced That should the agents
find, upon taking such legal counsel, that
they have not the power to Submit the case
to voluntary arbitration, and should a suit at
law be- commenced by The commissioners of
the Methodist Episcopal Church, South,
said agents are hereby authorized then, and
iI that case, to tender to said commissioners
IN adjustment Of their preferred claims by 4
legal arbitration, under the authority of the
Court"
awe are advised, that. under the authority
given by this resolution, the agents Mt
New York and Cincinnati have resolved,
without unnecessary delay. to offer to settle
the claims of the Methodist Episcopal
/ Church, South, in the mode contemplated in
this resolution. How the offer will be re-
ccived, we are not able to say. This mode
of settlement would soon end the contro-
versy, whereas the course of litigation before
the United States Court will necessarily be
protracted. We, for the present, waive fur
thcr commentary"
ALABAMA SOUTHERN RIGHTS CoNvEN-
TIoN-A Convention of the Southern Rights
Association of Alabama took place at Mont
gomcry, on The 10th inst. Nineteen Associ-
ations were represented. Ninety-three dele
gates were present This is the second Con-
Yention held in Alabama, and evinces an ear
nestness on the part Of our sister State to
maintain the right of separate secession.
The following Preamble and Resolution
were unanimously adopted;
Whereas, in the opinion of this Conven-
ton, events of recent occurrence indicate
that one of the sovereign States Of this
Union is placing herself in situation to Sc
cede from the Union.
aAnd whereas, in the opinion of this body,
any State has the right to secede, and from
the very nature of the case, is the only judge
of the justice and propriety of such act
"And whereas. it is not improbable that
the exercise of such right by the seeding
State will be opposed with arms by the Gen.
eral Government. Therefore be it
Rssolrpd, That any Southern State. in
the exercise of its own judgment, should
sec proper, for. causes which now exist. to
secede from the TTnion, in the opinion of this
Convention, it would become the duty Of
this State, as of all the other States, to op-
pose with force any attempt upon the part
Of the General Government to coerce' such |
seeding State" 49,. ".
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