New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-05-21

70 free them.
the ArruL Conferences IN l7a5, It vs' thought aat
HE rules Slavery would do hArn, and II Vas con
s.uded suspend them for yesr bu; the Conferences
expressed the deepes sbhouercs Of" TIE practice and
determination to seek iIs destruction by A. wise and
prudent mearS'
Nothing more appears TO have been done the subject
I'LL 1875, when section made 10 hs Rules, headeo
fWhn regulations shall be made foT the extrPson OF mo
eryirg evil OF African Slavery serWsrd toe word Az
rcan len out and recommended Dstcs and Councils 70
be cautcus what persons they admitted Official stations
10 the Church and require those Ia future admitted 10
sueh official stations give security iorthe emancipation o.
Them Immediately gradually a. the laws OF the Staies
10 which they are ard Circumstances viii sd1-1o slaves
holder 10 be received into Society TIL the preacher had
spoken to him freely and faithfully on the subject OF
Gavery-e every member who sold slave 10 be excluded
rom the Society," and every that bought to give "a
Obligation to msnuni, tbs slave could work out
In tine the value paid of such Isven case OF female
slave her children born during her tervllude were to be
free the female age OF p and the male a. 25 but to:
be mErumned II the members chose The preach
ers and other members Of the Society 10 inpars TO
he General Conference any important thought upon TIE
subject that the Conference may have full light in order 10
take further steps roe he ersdcsnR this enormous
evil from that part OF ihs Church Of God to which iheyar
united The Conferences were TO draw addresses to
the Legislatures for the GRADUAL emancipation OF the
slaves ard elders, &c. TO lgye all the Information In
their power every respect aid Committees, and 10
further this blessed undertaking Let this be continued
from year year I'll the desired end be accomplished
In 1904 lin the revsaD the members OF the Societies In
North Carolina South Csrolins, Georgia aud Tennessee
exempted from the operation Of the rules-the sub
Jet OF addresses to the Legislature was efl out, ana
clause inserted that he preachers exhort all slaves TO
render due respect and Obedience 10 the commands OF
their respective al that related slsvehodng
snopg private members struck out and clause subsh
mi hate I'VE
lions az to buying and selling slaves
In 1916 the Rev0n slated that the Conference was az
much as convinced Of he great evil OF Slavery and
declared that SSvebode should be eligible to any off,
ca station In The Church where the laws the State admit
Of emancipation.
In $780, the rule leaving It to Tie Annual Conferences to
form their regulations buyiag and selling slaves
auck OUT ard The paragraphs preserved 10 1910 that
preachers shall prudendy enforce upon members the ne
cessy Of teschng their read the word Of Cod
&c. substituted.
Inl82s, The Church IN Csnsds which had formed par
OF the Methodist Episcopal Church asEed for separation
on the ground Of the prospect Of division opersuoE
from local ccumTances ard the rapid increase OF the
work among the While inhabitants and the Indians aud
also for share pro rata Of the value OF the Book Con
Germ, then esumsted worth S487is The matter in
vovng Constitutional question, tho Conference OF 1892
voted IN favor provided should be concurred 10 by the
constitutional number Of annual Conferences, but It
non.co1cured In 7he Canada Church formed separate
organisation and an srrane ement made until 1884, by
which Books and Tfs:ls furnished by the Book
Concern TO the Canada Methodist Church al a great
discount than that allowed 10 wholesale purchasers
Ia 1852, the rule to the General Conference al
tered 30 that there should be han member Tor
every ID Of annual conference eIG than So In 1886
was altered to In q.
In l94o report offered 10 the General Conference,
from the Slavery Committee complaint was presented
from Maryland thai the Baltimore Annual Conference had
refused TO elect in ordination local preachers the sin
gle ground OF their beiug shareholders, which also
referred
An address was presented by the Bishops to the Con
ference stating that in OF The Northern and Eastern
Conferences the subject Of Slavery has been sgsled In
such forms and In such sprs disturb the peace OF
The Church. The object good but the address re-
GREETED the mode, and suggested the mder language o.
reSpect persuasion and kindness" The general rule
axsinst slavery OF the Constitution OF the
Church, and stands unchanged a. tesamensry Of our
sentiments the principle Of Slavery snd the Slave Trade
and In this differ 10 degree from The sentiments OF
our venerable founder but persuaded body
OF Christian minIers shall psh the greatest good
byirecng individual and united efforts IN The Ipis OF
the frat teachers OF ChrssDy, to bring both master and
under the sAncfyng uhueLce OF the principles Of
that gospel which teaches the cuy OF every relation and
enforces the faithful discharge Of Ihsm by The strongest
conceivable mouveG'
An address wss received from the British Conference
urging the principle Of oppoSidon Slavery with earnest
zeal ard unflrchng hrmnetS"
reply wsI made by the General Conference speaking
Of the manner Of the church being extended through all
the gtAteI some holding Ssves and others not and would
be prudent conOurd the positions OF members
and people so different in different sates with respect to
the moral question which Slavery involves Under The ad
mnlstration Of the venersled Dr. Coke this plain dsnc
lion overlooked, and II wRs attempted 10 urge Eman'
cpanon in all the States; he attempt proved almost
iuinous and Ioon abandoned by the Doctor hinse
The Committee, Il. L. Bascom chairman, made report
on the petition rom Baltimore, stating ha those rejected
belonged to Virginia whose laws, except in very rare
cases, forbade emancipation recommending coucIG!ory
measures stating that while the rule should be applied to
those States whose laws admit Of emauc patton ought
not where the laws DO not admit Of 1t, ard offering as
resolutions that the latter, the holding Of slaves
does not constitute barrier TO The election OF minister's
The report and resolution were adopted.
In ls44 at General Conference, appeal was made
by Rev Francis A. Harding Of Baltimore. who bad oeon
suspended by the Baltimore Conere-ce, from bis minis
esis standing for refusing to msnum certain slaves
which came into his posse by his marriage notion
after the case had been heard made 70 reverse he
action Of The Baltimore Convention, which msuon was
oss III 70 So ana Tho Convention refused to reverse
resolution was offered stating that Il Is currently ~
ported that Bishop Andrew connected viii slavery
In written 10 The Committee Bishop A ''Aod
that mustio girl had been bequesIhec TO him u Iui'o
AXE OF her III she should be 49, and then by hef own
consent Eend Liberia At ls she refused - CO. ana
she remains bat peeunitry pfodi 10 derived ron her
and she liberty 90 Free Stats, buihe avs WIZ
not allow her be mAnumed fhe mother OF ala former
wife lef said wife negro boyhs wife died "lihou'A
will and by tie law there be my property, bat sosA DO
81 liberty whenever be prepared provide Tor
himself In The month OF January lAi married my PRESENT
wife she being possessed Of slaves Inherited from Aef
former husband and owned By her, Being unwilling
10 become lker owner and the law rot permitting en- Al
cipsnon usde deed OF ruIlIo her. IwM decided that
under tueh circumstances Il would be imposEole for
Bshop TO perform The dudes with acceptance in hA large
portion Of bis dis rc 10 which Slavery does no EXIT and
II was frAly resolved after much action and debaIe, as