The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1851-05-22

their owner. regarding them ~ strictly hers and
the Law mot permitting their emancipation, secured
them to her BY deed Of trust.
at Win obvious to you from the above stateme q.
Of facts that have neither bought sold slave that
in the only two instances in which legally slave
holder, emancipation II impracticable. As to the
wants owned BY nay Wife have legal responsibility In
the premises nor could my wife emancpate them II she
desired to do have thus plainly stated all the facts
in the and submit the statement for the consdera-
JAMES o. ANDREW.
Resolutions were then offered requesting the Bishop 70
resign but the meeting adjourned and at 'elaent
conference the following was adopted -
Whereas the discipline Of Church forb1s the doing
anything calculated to destroy our itnerant general
superintendency, and whereas Bishop Andrew has be-
connected with slavery by marriage and otherwise
and this act having drawn after 1t crcumsances which
the estimation Of the General Conference will greatly
embarass the exercise of his ONCE as an tinerant
raj superintendent II not IN GONE places entirely prevent
it; therefore,
that he desist from the exercise Of bis Office long
this impcdiment remain.
to be excused voting he compelled, by the
want of health in members Of his family to remove
from Texas. Conference by vote declined excusing
him"
There was series OF resolutions then read from the
General Conference among which the following
And BE 1t further resolved, Aforesaid, Tha. the
Book Concerns at New York and Cincinnati shall be held
and conducted the property and for the benefit VI all
the Annual Conferences HERETOFORE the editors and
agents to be elected in four at the time Of the
session Of the Northern General Conference and the
votes OF the Southern General Conference 70 be cast by
the ut'Satts oi
and be 1t further resolved That our church organiza
ton for foreign missions shall be maintained and
Quoted jointly between the two General Conferences
church IN such manner shall be agreed upon from
time to time between the two great branches o: the
church a. represented IN the said two Confer, ncesn
THE PROTEST..
Mr. Lord hsn asked permission fo- h.s venerable frien
Doctor Smith &c read the Protest.
The Court aoquiesccd and the Rev. Or Smith then
proceeded read the protest beginning page 90
extending TO page III Of which The wing Is en- aD-
stract:-
In behalf Of thirteen Annual Conference Of the Ne
thodst Episcopal Church, and portions Of the ministry
and membership Of several other conference nbracin
nearly nve thousand ministers travelling aud local. and
membership Of nearly FIVE hundred thouJand, consti
nationally represented In this General Con!erercewe
the undersigned, minority Of the delegates Of the
assembled, after mature reflection, impaled by
yictions We cannot resist, and in conformity
instance OF delberative assemblies judicial tribu
mas in similar circumstances OF division and disagree
ment do most solemnly and in due FORM protest against
the recent act Of majority OF this General Conference
in attempt understood by the minority to degrade
nd punish the Rev James O. Andrew OF the bishops
Of the Methodist Episcopal Church. by declaring ID be-
the Judgment OF the General Conere
desst from the exercise Of his episcopal with
out the exhibition Of any alleged offence against the laws
discipline Of the church without form of trial legal
conviction OF Kind aud IN the absence OF charge
Of want Of qualification or fahfuncss in the perform
ance OF the duties pertaining 70 his Office
protest against the act IT the majority Ia the
Of Bishop Andrew extra judicial TO all intents and pur
poses. being both without contrary TO We
protest against the act because recognize in this Gene
ral Conference right power or authority ministerial
judicial administrative, TO suspend OF deposc bishop
Of the Methodist Episcopal Church or otherwise subject
him any official disability whatever without the formal
presentation Of charge or charges. alleging that the
bishop dealt with has been guilty of the violation
Of some law least disciplinary Of the
church. and also upon conviction Of sach charge after
due form OF trial. We protest against the act In cues
ton a violation Of the fundamental law, usually
the compromise law Of the church. the sub
iect Of slsverythe only law which be brought TO
hear npon the Of Bishop Andrew and the assertion
aud maintenance Of which, until it n eonstituonay
revoked IL guaranteed by the honor and good faith Of
this body the representative assembly OF the thirty
three Annual Conferences known contracting parties
in the premises.
And protest against the act further attempt
union and stability Of the Methodist Episcopal Church,
and especially placing in jeopardy the general super
intendency Of the church by subectng any bishop OF
the church. at any time to the will and caprice Of
jorty Of the General Conference not only without law
bu in defiance OF the restraints and provisions Of law
The undersigned minority OF the General Conference
in protesting they do against the late act Of the
jority in the virtual suspension Of Bishop Andrew
gard due to themselves and those they represent
well the charucte and interest Of the church At large
declare by solemn and formal ayowa that after careful
examination of the entire subject all its relations
bearings they protest above for the aud upo
the grounds following vzls The agaiuss
Bishop A. In this General Cor frs has been upon tn
assumption that he Is connected with slayery-ths'
he IL the legal holder and owner Of slave proper
~. ON the subject a slavery in the Methodist Episco
pal Church. both Il regards the ministry and member
aquestons Of slavery must by intention cfaw proceed
The II Bishop Andrew Therefore presents simple
qust Il Law and fact and the undersigned
that the force Of and other merely
trnsc considerations shall be allowed 10 lead issue
except that indicated by the law and the facts in the
In the late act OF the majority law express law
l. appealed from. and eSpcdency In view Il circum-
stances-reiative propriety-assumed nccessy-is sub
stituted In iis place q rule Of Judg ment.
"Thc law Of the church slavery has always exsted
since 1885, but especially since 1904 and In view Of the
adjustment Of the whole subject, in lslo virtual
beasnce between the North and the South then
known and existing distinct parties In relation &c the
vexed question: Q, slavery ana aoohtion-tnoss COME
tuting the Southern party and those in the nou-sve
holding States the Northern exceptions TO the rule being
found in both The rights Of the legal OF slaves
in all the svehodng States are guaranteed BY the con-
stution Of the United States and By the local ccnsttu
tions the States respectively the supreme Law Of
the land 90 which every minister and member Of the Me-
thodis Episcopal church within the limits of the United
States government Processes sutecton and pledges him
self 10 submit as an article Of Christian faith in the
mon creed OF the church Domestic slavery therefore
wherever II exists In this country IL civil regulation
municipal law, known to the tribunals Of the country
and has always been assumed at the South and relied
upon correct, that the North. slavehoiding
States had no right civil or moral 70 interfere with
stons and interests thus the people Of the
South by MI the forms OF law and social order aud
that II be done without an abuse Of the cou-titu-
tional rights q citizenship The people q the North how
ever have claimed TO think differently and have uniform
y acted toward the South In accordance with such oppos
Il things Il regards the general population Of the
North and south respectively the Methodist Episcopal
Church has been divided In opinion and feeling the
subject Of slavery and abolition since it, organization In
ls4 two separate and distinct parties have always
istsd The Southern Conferonccs in agreeing to the
main principles Of the cemprome law In 1900 and 1910
conceded by express stipulation, their right 10 resist
Northern interference In any form upon the condition
pledged by the North that while the whole church BY
common consen united In proper effort for the nitgs
ton and final removal ~ the evil 81 slavery the North
was not e inserere ~ excluding from membsrshp or
ministerial ONCE In the church persons owning aud hold
ing ssyssin states where emancipation Is not pract-
cable aud where the liberated lave l. not permitted
enjoy freedom such the compact If 1se4 aud 1916
finally agreed "a by the parties after long nd fearful
struggle and such v the compact nowthe proof being
derived fom history and the testimony Il living .il
neesce.
"I terv anything In th, law lie sreatin-
exception ~ III. instance q bishops Would III
south have entered into the arrangement, o. In snr
form consented e. the Law had II been intinlattd w IN
North that bishops must bo cxcep on 90 the rule
Are the yirtuous dead cf the North 10 BE- slanierei
the superstition that they intended e. except bishops
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