Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1856-08-15
WHOLE NO. a46. &.

OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES ana DolStoteu up Uy
the ultra abolition majority Of the Gene
raj Conferences, prevailed agSinst one OF
tho most powerful arguments BY adele-
gate from Virginia ever delivered in any
dehbefstive body, The language of
these members and champions Of the Bal
timore Conferences. Messrs. Collins aud
Griffith, is thus alluded 20 by Hon. Re- :
yerdy johnson % That would be trea.
SON il carried out by ,ovort act that as
sure as there is a God above us, would.
If so.carried out, IN opposition 70 those
laws, have landed Messrs Collins and
Griffith, christian ministers ns they are,
within the limits of the Maryland Penis
tenliary." (Johnson's speech, Methodist
church property case. p. 333
These /" GRti-sIdtsTy" champions OF tho
Baltimore Conference, in its Crusade
against slavery and the civil law of Mary.
land, only had their opPeIi,cs a little
whetted by the prosecution of their bro.
ther Harding for sort of rich after
course, we fnd tho Same Rev. gentleman
I-Jno. A: Collins-who was So indiHer-
ent to the laws Of the State in which he
liyed-still catering for his " more ultra
abolition brethren" by preparing South
ern Bishop for their still craving appetites.
Shortly alter Harding's case had been
disposed OF, Mr.. Collins introduced pre-
amble aud resolution. stating that one
of tho Bishops was generally understood
to have become connected with sla.
very, and instrucsing the committee on
Episcopacy to investigates the facts and
report to the Conference. Tho Bishop
from Georgia, had, like Harding, without
consulting his Northern brethren. married
lady who was sort Of nominal owner
Of slaves. Rev. Mr.. Collins found il out,
brought him before the General Confer
,ence, had him tried, and as far as it was
in their power to do il, dcposed him Tho
Southern delegates could no longer atfili
ate with Mr.. Collins and his Northern al
lies. They asked and obtained plan Of
separation aud soon after organized the
Methodist Episcopal Church South. ]
have thus briefly alluded to tho course OF
the Ministers of tho Baltimore Conference
up to the final separation OF tho Church
in 1914. I have shown the agency OF
those in initiating the division. aud. con-
sequently, their dangerous tendency as
great atti-sldvety'' element in our midst.
II there are those who need farther evi>
dence Of the position. ofsthese ministers
upon the exciting subjec Of slavery, Ibeg
70 refer them TO the persevering conSis-
tency Of their delegates, in every general
conference Of the Northern Methodist
Church since 1874. AT Pittsburg in
Ie4s, Boston in 1859. and indianapolis
in 1856, and especially would rafeF
such to the immense influence which they
hold over the minds and feelings Of tthops.
ands Of Shareholders in Maryland and Vir-
o,inia at this moment
Unfortunately, the plan Of separation
adopted In 1914. did not make the line of
division fixed line, consequently, as
have before stated, tho whole OF MaFyS
land, considerable portion Of Virginia.
parts Of Kentucky and Mississippi slillbe-
long-voluntarily, to some extent, it is
true-to the ecclesiastical jurisdiction of
this Northern Methodist Church.
The more ultra abolition conferences OF
the North, are not exactly Satisfcd With
the easy, quiet course Of their baltimore
brethren In exterminOting "tte great evik
Of slQvsyy." They arc for pushing mat
ters open -handedly to n conclusion, whilst
the Z" Old Baltimore" preachers say, in
their cautious "Ghti-SlnvsFy" language,
" not SO, brethren; yours is not tho best
way Of doing this great work? we under.
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bold nm ~ THAR slavchold;ag r1,ornbsrs
and and ,1at. 0,~,n, ,,.e5,J In I6e GsnayaI
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