Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1856-04-12

"liouts. VI don't care, ii he gives faithful
exposition Of the case"
Matlack. 81 will only state the facts you admit
1t will be fair to state that you have shareholders,
and are willing to receive Shareholders into youi
societies, suppose ?"
"llouts. "That is fair statement Of the
facts"
"Matlack "Myself and other Wesleyan min
listers lave the lie charged upon us, and are
called slanderers for saying that there are slave
holders in ihe church. And your ministers, north, .
cast and west deny the fact and boldly and openly .
declare that there are no Shareholders in the
church,and that it has connection with slavery"
"Houts. THAT is wrong; for we do admit them.
1t can't be denied"
Matlack. "What is the membership of the
Missouri Conference ?"
llouts. "About eight thousand now"
Matlaek. "ls there one stakeholder in eight"
llouts. ''No, there is not many rs that
There is only about one in twenty. In some sec
tions there is not more than one in fifty, who are
Shareholders"
Matock. THAT would make hundreds in all.
(400p
Houts. 1--WE admit all who ask to join u.s.
And we claim that the diciplne is on our side.
Certainly not fifty" says DR.. Durbin.
About one in twenty" says Rev. Q. j. llouts,
delegate from that Conference.-The admtall who
ask to join us" Here is sum of difference. But
taking DIR. Ds statement as basis, Mr.. Wise puts
the whole number of Shareholders in The church at
tuOO' lHub statement UI MISSOURI sluNcnOlucrS,
was about 40. Mr.. Hout's estimate four years ago
was 4OO!! This sum if permitted to lie the basis
of estimate would give 10000 instead of four.
In Baltimore DR.. d. could hear of none. There
might be Every few" When the editor Of the
Wesleyan was boy in Baltimore thirty years ago,
he know Of more than few. The immense
strength of slavery in the NJ +. Church Of Balti-
more may be known from the stir made there be-
cause few words we're spoken in the Boston Gen.
Conference in 1862, intimating that there were
enough Shareholders in the church now. This very
modest sentiment, which left them perfectly at
liberty to stay and take their comfort was the sig
nal for small earthquake among the Baltimore
delegates. 1t was the last day Of the session.
j. A. Collins remarked that he wished to intro
duce something of very serious Importance to the
church and the General Conference. Two telegraph
ic depatches and long memorial had come to his
hands from Baltimore. If the General Conference
would hear him on that biect he would be graf
ifed-for at least fifteen minutes. Some agreed
to hear him. Others objected lie said he would
stop if they objected after hearing his remarks
begun. Proceed" Proceed" Let US hear him."
was heard.
lie then said, "a few days ago discussion was
had In this body which he very much regretted. 1t
has walked up feeling which has produced great
commotion in some sections Of our work, and is
destined to produce still greater excitement.
'During the discussion referred to, Brother lie
man Bangs made remark (about these miserable
That reply meant this and no more; that wherever
srstem extended, there went the true gospel
and true Methodism. And that we received men,
bers into the chur ch everywhere on the same prn-
cipies and nocording to- tho Discipline. To his
reply Brother Porter made a response which
declared that the sentiment of New England and
the great West wefe that Shareholders were no
better than horse-thieves and man-stealers And
that they had no right in the Methodist Episcopal
Church, but were only there by suifcrahce."
}. Porter here to say that he had not said So
What he said was, that "in this community there
those who regarded slave holders as no better
than horsethieves and man-s,ealers."
Collins resumed THAT is only the sentiment of
Garrison and Co. 1t is not the sentiment of New
England, nor of Boston. But sir, these statements
have gone out from New England and the West
and are uncontradcted here Our people who
have servants understand that they are in church,
not by sufferance, but by right, We so understand
it, and insist upon it sir. Now we do hope that
something may be done by this Conference to dis
ayow any such sentiments as those referred to and
uttered by those brethren. | want if Brother
Porter can do it consistently, and | think he can
from his explanation, dsavow any such view as
entertained by New England.
Here cry was heard from many voices protest
ing against any further discussion. Some said one
thing, and some another, and nearly all the MEM
bers were on their feet. 1t was confusion worse
cOnfounded.
In a word-It false that slavery in the church
is a small thing affecting only few and easy to
manage, as DR.. d. insists. lie is merely pursuing
u course not dissimilar to that he was found in at
Boston, designed to stave off definite action. A
report the Slavery rule was in the hands Of the
revival committee. Thsre was also proposition
for an ExtirpatiOn Society by Prof. Kingsley that
lay on the table for day undor the rule They
would come legitmately before the Conference, the
the next day. But the evening BEFORE under the
guse of plea for systematzing and forwarding
business Durbin moved that bishop Waugh be
requested to prepare schedule of the important
business demanding attention. The order of its
action and the mode o. doing it, to be communi-
Gated tomorrow morning. Carried.
of course Bishop Waugh brought up nothing of
the kind 1t must come up now however, and be
used harshly by words of ccnsurc if nothing more
Let the tens of thousands of Shareholders in the NJ.
Z. Church take that for granted Wesleyan.