Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1856-07-11

EDITOR OF THE DAILY REeIsTER-DedT
Sir; The following item under the above
caption was published in the telegraphic col
umn of your paper of The lst inst:
Chicago, June 80.
The Annual Conference of the Methodist
Church was held at Rochester, Andrew Co.,
No, on the l4th inst, when the Border
Pro-SlaverY men sent word for the same to
adjourn Immediately and leave the State.
The notice not being complied with, the
mob entered the church, took out the presi-
ding officer and tarred and feathered him,
and shot an old man who attempted to pre-
vent the outrage.
This is all a mistake so far as the holding
of a Methodist "Conference" in Rochester,
Andrew County, and the tarring and feath-
ering of the president is concerned. There
was no such conference held in Andrew
county, nor in the State of Missouri on the
I4th ult And consequently there was no
1presiding" officer to be tarred and feathered.
The Missouri annual Conference of the NJ.
E. Church does not hold its session until
the sth of October, and then it does not
meet at Rochester, but at Hannibal. The
following, which we clip from the Western
Christain AdDocate, of to-day, appears to
be the truth in the case.
1t appears there Is in Rochester, Andrew
County, Mo-, Methodist Episcopal Church,
and the citizens, ignorant of the action of
the General Conference recently held at
Indianapolis, got the idea that this Church
declares that its members cannot hold slaves,
and thereupon declared the "Northern
Methodist Church nuisance upon the
same principle, We suppose, that Judge Le-
complies Jury declared the Lawrence hotel
a nuisance. 1t was then declared to be the
viii ofthe community that the preacher in
charge Rev. VIM. Sellars, of the Methodist
Episcopal Church in Rochester, should be
siieneed. He was accordingly asked to de-
sist from preaching but he would not CON-
ply; and the st. Joseph Gazette informs us
that sas the penalty Of his temerity, he
was tarred and feathered." In the difficulty
which occurred, another man, named Hol-
land, an aabolitionis :" was killed. A series
of resolutions was adopted, declaring that
every Northern Methodist anti-slavery man
In the county should be notified by the
Vigilance Committee to pack up and leave,
Hand in the event of their refusal, the Com
mittee to make report of the same TO this
meeting, at which time this meeting Will
take such measures as may be most expe-
dent for their immediate expulsion from our
midsto The first resolution in the series
adopted by this anti-northern Methodist
Church meeting reads as follows:
ResolUed, That we believe in the Consti-
tuition of the United States and the Consti-
tuition Of Missouri. and every feature thereof,
and we hold in adherence any political par
ty or any persons whatsoever, wherever
found, that will act in violation of either.
The Constitution, for which these people
profess so much attachment, says: "CoR-
gress shall make no laws respecting an es-
tablishmcnt of religion, or prohibiting the
free exercise thereof,or abridging thefreedom
Of speech, or Of the press" The consiStcn-
ey Of the Regulators" of Missouri is worthy
the Border Rufian family.
"ResolUed, That ve Jeliege in tie Con-
stitWtion Of the United States =" WHArH
MoCKERr! Can any one "believe" that
these miserable men ever read or saw the
Constitution of the United States? If they
have any knowledge Of that instrument, and
believe in il, It must be confessed that their
faith has a singular effect upon their prac-
tice. W. J. WELLS.
FrNn1H. Inlr %.