The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1851-05-31

which the General Conference evaded revers;no
the proceedings Of the Westmoreland Conference.
They said that if they founded on the holding
Of slaves in State, where manumIssion was, for
hidden, they were wrong, but this did not appear
on the minutes, and they could not, therefore.
ascertain the Of the decision and must pre-.
sumo it to be right They felt the danger of the
question, and hoped to make peace By giving a
cake to each dog. Naughtef)
In 1874 the agitation was hercely renewed
Bishop Andrew was requested to desist from the
exercise Of his episcopal functions, and he was
disqualified, without being convicted Of any thing.
The same injustice had been done in the case Of
the Rev. Mr.. Harding, and it therefore became i'm
possible for the bishops and the ministers in the
South. connected with slavery, rs they necessarily
are, to go in their eonnexion with the Northern
Conferences under such sentences Of dsquali6-
cation.
The plan Of separation, reported BY the Commit-
tee of Nine in the General Conference was adopted
and fully authorized the Southern Conferences to
form separate organization, If they should IN their
judgment believe il to be requisite. There is no.
thing in that plan which makes it in any part con
diional, except as to the sixth restrictive rule.
And even as to the change Of that, majority Of
the Northern Annual Conferences Of 154S voted
for it. There were 1854 votes in the affirmative
and 1867 in the negative; but two.thirds vote
was required, and therefore it was not sanctioned.
In the Southern Conferences the vote was GIL 70 r.
and only three against the modification of the rule
He submitted, finally, that even if the complain
ants were to be considered seceders they were en-.
titled to be held bene6cares OF the Book Concern
The General Conference of 1874 gave such a con-
sent as esops the defendants from setting up for
feiture under the circumstance of this case.
Mr.. Lord concluded his argument by rea ding
the decision Of the Kentucky Court Of Appeals in
the case of Armstrong VS.. Gibson, in which this
very question of the legality Of the separation in
the Methodist Church was fully discussed and de-
termned. This decision has been published in
pamphlet form. and Mr.. Ewing said he believed it
was reported in the 9th volume of Ben. Monroe's
Reports.
Reverdy Johnson, Esq, for the complainants,
then said to the Court that in his argument on the
power of the General Conference to authorise a
separation, he should rely upon the case of the
American Insurance Company VS.. Canter, Peters
542, in which Chief Justice Marshall made de.
cision as to the powers of the Federal Government
over the Territories under Art. w., Sec 8, Of the
Constitution of the United States, which was anal
ogous to the powers OF the General Conference
under its Constitution.
Mr.. E. l.. Fancher, solicitor for the defendants,
then commenced the reading of their documentary
evidence, which consists chiefly in extra cts from
the official report Of the Proceedings of the Gene
raj Conference Of 1874, the Book of Discipline.
and other publications with which readers are gen.
orally acquainted
Mr. Choate was not present to day, but will pro.
badly open the case the part of the defendants
tomorrow. N Y. Com Adv, 20, 81 and 22d