The Belmont chronicle, and farmers, mechanics and manufacturers advocate. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1848-1855, 1854-09-29
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WARSAW, N. Y, Friday, Sept. Is, 81
The Gennescc Annual Conference, (Mleth-
odst) composed OF the Ministers of Erie, Nj.
agara, ORGANS, Monroe, Genesee, Wyoming
and Allegany counties, closed q session of ten
days at Warsaw, Wyoming County, on the
l4th inst, Bishop James presiding-about o.
hundred and twenty Ministers being in at
teneunce.
The Conference unanimously adopted We:
ry strong and able Report, presented by 4
Committee, headed by DR.. Chamberlayne;
which will be forwarded to the Tribune for
publication The Report concludes with the
following Resolutions, which were adopted
unanimously:
/. Resolved, That obedience to the Fug-
tive Slave.law is nat obligatory; but that, on
the contrary, we are bound to spurn it, as d
Shameless and wicked attempt to impose on
us bondage even more degrading than that
to which it requires our aid in reducing the
hunted fugitive; that by the grace Of God we
will never contract the guilt Of completely
with the stealers Of men infinitely preferring
to abide the penaty Of noncompliance to the
enduring infamy of either passive or active
acquiescence in the most insulting exaction
ever throw into the teeth of meu possessing
the least respect for themselves, the laws of
the Creator and the equal rights of their fell
low. w.msn; and we hereby exhort cur peoples
as they have opportunity, to follow our ex-
ample.
! 2. That the late action of the United States
Congress, by which the section of the Mis-
souri, Compromise prohibiting Slavery in the
territory knewn as Kansas and Nebraska ls
repealed, is a ilagrant and shameless perfdy
( to sacred compact, which, while it abates
the obligation of all kindred compromises, we
will never cease to oppose by all constitution.
al means, till its execrable object is defeated.
! 8. That while we are unalterably opposed
to the acquisition or admission of Territories
as States into this Confederacy on other
grounds than those Of the utter and everlast-
ing exclusion of Slavery, we are equally op-
posed to the organization Of Churches or Con-
ferences on other than the same grounds.
A. That in the judgment ofths Conference
| it is competent for the General Conference
so as to construe the general rule on Slavery
as that it shall prohibit the holding of human
beings in involuntary servitude by the men,
bers os our Church; and that the General Con-
ference be requested mt its next session to
declare such construction, and to provide re-
gulations for its application and execution,
with the less possible injury to the parties to
be affected by It, and in the most effectual
manner.
5. That inasmuch as Political evils require
appropriate political remedies, we will vote
for no man, tor any State or National office,
who 10 not firmly and explicitly pledged a.
gainst the further aggression of the slave
power,and in favor of reclaiming those rights
and powers which have been usurped by it,,
and whose personal character is not guar
anty that he will act accordingly; and that
we earnestly advise our people to follow our
example.
G. That on the ground of the want of strin-
gency and deiniteness in the Resolution of
the Troy Conference, this Conference do
hereby non-coEcur in that Resolu ton.