New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-06-08
THE METHODISTS AND THE NEBRASKA
BILL.

In the Minutes Of the Providence lR. IT. Annual Con-
ference of the Methodist Episcopal Church for the year
1854" lust published, 'by order of the Conference
arc the following appropriate and timely remarks on the
infamous Nebraska BILL which is commended to the peru
sal of all Christians for its hgh-toned moral courage and
primitive straightforvardness:
In reerance TO the Nebraska bill before Congress
and which proposes the abrogaton of the Missouri Com
PROMISE called, arc strongly opposed TO II Tor the
following reasons:
l. With our venerable founder we regard the system of
American Slavery as the " sum of all vanies. That Is,
take wrong violence and injustice take cruelty hard
hearedness contempt for the rights and interests OF hut
mainly take forIcation, adultery concubnage ana ama,
gamation of the different take theft robbery and
murder and add them all together and the viii
TO open immense and frtile portion OF the Natoha
domain destined the LONE Of happy free and prosper
Gus millions and to exftsc it to its ccrse ard blight
Q This infamous bill also proposes TO do this wicked
thing by breaking solemn compromise, by destroying
the plghted faith of the nation by which our entire ma
tona territory north OF latitude go 30 has been conse
Grated freedom forever 1t dsurbs the very founda-
tons of our national compact destroys all confidence IN
the different sections of Unon and thus breaks that
strength which results from our unity and the mutual aec
ton of the several members OF our great ana glorious Con-
deacy for each other We feel appalled, at the prospect
of the fearful and terrible consequences which the passage
of tL;s b;ll would nfict upon our beloved country
g. We regard the proposed by this bill as revo-
lutonary in its character Slavery Is State ana not
national institution Its control and management is one
of the reserved rights of the sovereign States and with
which Congress has nothing whateverto do either to aoo
ish il on the hand to encourage strengthen ana
perpetuae on the other and confess therefore that
SO long as Slavery confines itself to its own limits we have
nothing practically, to do with it, But for several years
we have perceived disposition the part Of some to use
our General Government for the purpose OF promoting the
hated Of Slavery and thus make 1t the instrument
of oppression. We have viewed the encroachment
with dsrust and alarm. But i'll this measure we see
bold attempt 10 naonalze this wicked institution and to
make us ali responsible for its existence and against which
we soemnly protest: Our General Government has
10 more right make slave by any process whatever
than il has TO make king and which II shall not II we
can possibly prevent il. And finally your Committee
would saw that as in becoming ministers OF the Cross OF
Christ we do not dvest ourselves Of any rights nor are
absolyed from any duties citizens of the United States,
they would recommend that we petition Congress In oppo
s;tion 10 the passage of this bill follows:
To he Hnora House Of Rreseaat q he United sae in
Congress 0ssemtied
The undersigned members of the Providence Annual Conference
of the NJ T. the United states dc most solemn
B protest against the passage Of the Nebraska BAL now penang
nav permitted become The law Of the land he fTov
Ssn County in and the Sandwich district in MAssachu
sut eastern section Of from the Cape to the
Rbode ne sentmen 10 the above report are ia'
d pnLc opinion of New England Such heavenborn
Language Meme Meme Tese Uarsia TO the
uppIncipled pro.ayery psndeIs and propagsndlsis
am Sir with respect you're, ROGER W ILLIAh>'