Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1854-05-18
Southern Methodiat Convention. )

Southern Methodist Convention.
In the Methodist General Conference Of the
South. held at Columbus, Georgia Bishop Soule
in the Chair the following discussion took place
upon resolution of Nj. Ruiston, that it is expe-
dent for the General Conference 10 establish
Book Concern proper, embracing q publishing
house.
MIR. Ralston remarked, that he did not intend
making set speech but wished 10 offer some
statements in reference to the involved.
The question is as to the prolriety of erecting
publishing house proper or acontinnnncyo of the
ag ncy. He took the affirmative, referred 10 the
General Conference at PetersUurg-the common
conviction of the the memberships universal de.
sire and expectation Of. the people. The argument
against Boz * ConcAfnl proper was the want of
tundsi thi. argument exists no longer; and now
the opponsttts of the measure must take other
grounti---what, he, knew not He affirmed that 10
publish had been the policy OF The church from
the beginning had succeeded admirably. He re-
tsrred To- The Bible Society and American Tract
Society as examples osustain his views. The inl-
Portlnce oil circulating religious knowledge was
obyions. An are agreed upon this. I'Se real
question is what plan will best promote tbs ditIu-
SION OF books, and not SO much The comparal.ye
cost, OF books; the multiplication and calculation
of Them was the main ques;i5n. THE apu.cha g
the books in certain places might awakenpreiu-
dces which would restrict the circulation. she
natural order IS FIRST 10 procure books, then circu-
late. To procure books they must first be printed;
TO print we must do it ourselves or get othris to
do 1t Tor US. The friends OF having the work done
must prove that it IS cheaper to buy Than to make
or that TO purchase is better than to publish In The
South. How can they prove this2 They must
assume the imbecility of the ministe and mt M
bers of the Southern pee Pile at large. Will this
! be affirmed? Or will they sayithe circumstances
are unfaroable, our climate bad, soil poor? The
Speaker enlarged very ioicible on ihe positive adj
yantoges Of tlis class, possessed by the South;
and expatiated nthe great prospects of the future
lying before The Southt IN county.
DR.. Early then took The floor, saying tqat he lad
no appeals to make to, public ptejpdices. He
meant TO present facts end figures. He was with
Mr.. Ralston in. principle but not in preudices.-
He had taken this subject closely under review,
and was prepared to speak and act adrsably.-
With him economy was first, and he felt it lis
duty 10 give such facts he possessed, whatever
might be the result. The question was twas
Il most discreet and proper 10 establish publish
ing house?" He had sought Tor information at
ihe best sources and obtainedlgit. He maintained
that few publishers were printers. and many of
the most extensive publishers had no printing es.
| ADJUSTMENTS. Such was the case with the Ameri-
can Tract Society the American Sunday School
Society and others. He stated that there was a
distinction between printing and publishing: we
might publish without printing and gave instances
of this. Seventy or eighty thousand dollars must
be necessarily used;in buildings and fixtures-he
interest and Insurance on which would be heavy.
and proporiionalY subtract from the active capital
He remarked that the New York Book Concern
with allits advantages had yielded not more than
3per cent. per annum. 4, Y ,.ie'st l1it go
Another question, "where should il be?,, must
be considered. He held that it must be in a man.
utacta ring city. and showed the difficulty Of at
tempting TO work in any other sort OF MACE. As
NIrsinlnn, she hasistke rightto use his own means
10 build up annactories i'll any city he pleased;
Ebut did not claim the same right tolse the funds OF
tthe church. he regretted that local preiudices
should have been appealed 10, AMI begged they
should haye no place in the discussion. Manu-
4 nIs ttNFI Fg tHy0c
were increasing. he maintained that tfede will
seek lis level, and the law of commerce ru lie
III this as well as in other cases. BY reference 10
various instances Dr. E. showed sthat by divis.
ion oil labor, printing could lie hired at nfices
lower than ne can do such work; spoke OF the
dihcntles and expense of importing rnw materials
to dproducts from divers poi- is ramed with d
view OF showing that great commercial city pos
sesseds advantages f,r transportation which NONE
0thsr could haye.. He repndiated the idea that
books wouldjnot be bought simply because they
were printed in the North; believed thats all our
capital should be active; Advocated the policy of
as Richmond, Charleston, New Orleans, 3 Louis
ville, ST. Lvnis, Nashville and Memphis and thus
eqIalize the benefits Of the book Interests and in
sisted that the constantly growing characied aofthe
country embraced within the bounds of cirifch.
was such as 10 render it more than probable That
publishing house located now would not be the
prophr place few years hence. He insisted that
great care Should be ken in the first step inthis
10 say at another time. s. e Sg',i. si:fs h
Ontnotion of DIR. Green, Conference adjourned
with the bened ctio q by Bishop sople.
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| Mr.. CEITTENpEN AT Sr. Louts.--rhe letter o.
Mr.. Anderson, in defence Of MI. crilie,iden and
bis incidental attack upon the Medical .conyen-
lion, drew forth the reply from Dr. fright which
We pqblished Yesterday. We have since receiSed
an article from another distinguished member of
:
the scene at ST. ouis; and although lie .,p,ched
M to Mr. Anderson S communication with excel.
lent vigor, we prefer not to repeat the hard things
said by him, for reasons gyenin another paragraph
We are glad, however, TO have the Testimony of
this gentleman to The facts as they occurred in the
Convention. He says:
| The facts of the case were these : The eentle
man IL. the chair Of the Convention at tile time.
became hat confused in reference 10 several
1 points oil order that were raised. "A member who
was IN the habit Of frequent speaking, and by no
mems popular in the meeting rose and stated thai
Senator Crittenden, he perceived was in tue house
and proposed 10 invite him 10 the platform. for the
puIposePof getting the question properly stated
and TO preserve order in debate. He had no sooner
made the remark than "NoI mol no ~ was heard
from nll paris OF the house, and few hiss=s were
inlerspsrsed with these words Itwas verySprop-
ery Tie spontaneous feelings of the members, that
,hey would manage their own affairs, and mott be
Illuminated by going out of the medical profession
\ for presiding officer. ett542l -
The peculiar position of Mr.. Crittenden at the
time may have had some influence in reference TO
the prompt expire ssion of dissent from the PROPOSE
ton. As view it, the expression was called out
much mole from the, manifest imptopriety oftth
proposition, a nd of the mover, than from any in
tsnron to iniure the feelings Of Mr.. Cfittenden-
Cin.s aGas.R l5aiGs 49,,
Poisonous yIslrIad CanDs.--Few ladies' remem-
Der that they carry about poison in their card cases
dren or thougftles people Of larger growth The
elegant and highly polished enamel on seyisitirg
cards is domposed, IN parl, of poisonous mineral
substances, and if eaten would produce a serious
knees The ma mn r, he ~ ~, =;