New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-05-27
row :. :, ,ray o'rova u s1.v.r, n. safe and er-uu

So "a ~ 'r,ta' ~ of hs SEA-.
B.caue eur pfaetce urdr the D,criine fi'bfd All
fufu wood RESTRAINING The ho and wOrtBE ", Che. mi
I'D chr ~ ensDcIyeto - c=Sy s.re'
30 nl,l liz Or The srtct n si.,o-, 4 r-s,fl,
w.st.n 4 oe.y ohurb IN the ssssboei4s sstss
Te,suse hi, Ieieo,Oa Of .ApeOe- Ctu-d aste.d
Of rfOucrE whi' he ro''7 t,sre x yeJ n1ch ->tI-3
tho - ovidD. sd NJ zs eu.rcp-tion 81 11h
,nds 10 n.4's tie sei'Is OF tbs slaves for regards
n-r uh''S and waieh care over tie coO-ed pop0 on
o't '..' Irs ~'ea axe "a b 100 ey ne proposed
fttr,hes tolofed IAore them
lr ~ the Food ~ IT their B the .dop-yn
toe Be',u'' proceed We .A be 10 srest extent orot4en
Tie rsson. alleged sbor. ere fo.-Ao1 0, To-. uli,.r..
tie border wot, ,Ad u s sccsrd with irns
tor al Fesp'c fully 'sbudt ihl sueL testimony olsh;
to- rrony Ard W te ve lie CbuI b generally ,sre st
info e a. 70 tie ~ state Of te s,s b. wogd rot on b.
f. js Tie At ced fets Vi IL. tie sathory of III. enerJ
tonNf Va aro tspPs ~ perceive ihst be Of to
no. lry szfee, with the position herein ss-uned
".ieoy 60 = 'so 'nA' u 90 " -
TIE sob 1nd tbe, r~;aired etor.dy tie ground
o. fbr Eci9 s'is ad bto1use they were opp0ed 20 ths
poo Of ne MelEOd Ersoo Cnach south o. the sueec.
o. slavery hnd does not seem 70 % eVpe-n or lad ID
Low 70 force upon then further neanres wih 10 hef
udlm@u', u very feriousJ cuPp-' not eKansu.sn tho
T. Bcsos- uader.,sp3 that brethren Of the Maory
RsTor' DO exp RI that the measures they ponose vii Hd
tie ts.e roation: bat judge that ihsy must feel
vi cd n m iesno In conmi'tse. that thr propot
r,ie - say tot ,hey sincerely believe hey
lie ,rrbs.ssIncLs that may DlO" II - f,f hs Genera
Colto-eIc CO % Judge sDd riououroe IL the oase,
10. Because W believe that rsh'mni-d asn who haze
bad svoas opoortun .s 20 ob-er'e or 70 become eponb.
pa boreer WORK, have cous 70 The cncu. ma 81
lefse6 sbCve and heroe We fcse uoly saOnn me orr
b.hen who 'Jmrsthze with the Majority Reor should ac-
il Becsuse finally are q opinion that the ind
Gated shove the proper wsy r. et-rc'se hshtn and les
~, IN wbich be ~ tssHc this DO
rdioie the authority Of the state bu
o, on qG be doe ' tho sese S.Ht ooS
both n,ster snd slave Therefore
Ro.rsctfnllJ submitted
sned in behsf OF tho minority OF IT, Cou.qt'ee on
Slavery. JOHN a COLLINS, Chairman
INDIsSAPols. Ind, Friday, May O., l5S.
The Report of The Majority on Slavery was taken
Up this morning The Confidence proceeded 10 the
Consioeraion 0f the second resolution Of tie Report
u follows. " Resolved, by the Delegates OF tue
"eral Annual Conferences in General Conference rs
"seubled, That The following be and hereby is sub
sttuted in the place of the present seventh chapter
of our book Of discipline
The obaptcr ne il stands in the Discipline reads az
follows:
What sh. be done or The oy'Paon OF the evil Of Slavery
ia " declare that much convinced Of
tine greet evil OF Ss"ry no slyehold-r shs be zig
bic cis station in Church hereafter where toe
Unit the rI,ted s.ye 10 o. Joy freedom When any
svns preacher becomes owner Of sieve or slaves BY
ChuTch uess ne execute If It b" practicable Legal em,lci
patton Of such slaves oonfornabl 10 the laws of the STATE
w | members tie necessity Of teaching their .,ye. 70 read
he Word Of td .9d to allow hrl. tine to 9s,eas upon The
Which .,e usual 10 onss In the District and Quarterly
Core where the Of the co9uy Go not forbid il
A The Presiding Elder may ho for thens sspara'e District
y T. TIC hsss sy S oy c3iocd pres:Icrs to
navel spd preach wheu heir sece judged proridcd h
q, areIly Cou,Iel,o"
Tie substitute proposed:
" Ia. l. ", declare are Inel convinced oi
o '
have cqusi tisn 10 freedom that has rsh,
be " tc 10 Our aSh Ree. tV sSoa e aa
be e1ec'.d without INJURY the But iua,
much as sons ~ be brought INTO TO legal teaon OF slave
htes invOunsry, voluntarily by purchasing slave. ia
d,r 70 free them thoref2io the norely legal relation a
BE- Of Itself sufficient exclude person Who
'hu- sustain from the fellow ship Of u, Church Whenever
stye il .s be tho DTS Of to- pTclober il charge to cal TO
gtL, Committee OF az ltsst threc membcrs, vino sal ia
suo slave be be fee aid his refass neglect abide
the docc1 Of said conmmiitee,n shall dealt with in
Of l. shsll be all
snd probaucrs who may the legal relation SLAVE.
holder iosb eir servants TO read the word Of God a.
low IN. end TIE public woshiP of 1od regular
cf Dvo service project them fho obseryanc Of the
dunes Of the coiueai end rsrsl restons 20 eve then such
CONNER TOT their may under the
be jr equNl, 10 make such ro'dcrs rs riy be cIy
practicable 70 prevent them and Their Iosc nom passing h
pupus Suycry and TO treat he IN ell respects az e4ufea
by he lw OF love. II shall be the duty OF prescacss
~ f. erf these Tiiles
Dr. RArMoSD of the Ncw-England Conf, renee, who
ofci4ted chairman of the committee and the author
OF the report led OF the discussion. The d. TOOK the
high strong ground that Slavery su, hut the mere
l. gal II lat might exist without necessarily involving
SIN. He conc, dcd that a man might, under certain
circumstances hold slaves aud he thorough Cans
tiun. Hc answered the minority repnt IN regard to
the question that the RESOLUTION under consideration
was unconstitutional as 1t proposed a new term Of
membership, by stating that if the measure was an I'M
constitutional one The Church should at resort 10
those measures which would take the uiOna
ion ont Of the way In reply othc question of ex
p, diency contained in the minority report he was cspec
tally in his mark. on the oOcrinc of exoedcncy
y. 4 .Nxlrf
bol, men, representing that portion Of the Chrstian
Church ombi aCug within it, pale nearly million Of
II embeIs-plcadibg before that Church and the world
tie doctrine of expedicncy. There could be- ques-
on about the righteousness OF lcgislatng 80 Ia
puige the Church from the rcenary STAKEHOLDER and
10 come down from the throne of righteousness aud
stoop obtQuiousy 10 thu Slave Power aud refuse TO
act because the slavoholding portion of ths Church
W., q opposed 10 IT, was an exhibition of Cxpedency
and trucking to SHAREHOLDERS unworthy of body of
ChTisiian ministers.
The Dr. was followed hy Nj. Coombe Of the Pills
dci hia COii,rcncc. II, started out with two posi-
tiuis Isl. The Church had no power 10 chsnge tto
Discipline of the Church proposed by the majority;
d. Ia the second place, tncrc WAS no necessity for
such q change. On these proportions he made
speech of halt an lour-thc rule limiting the speakers
to that tine He believed that the Methodist Episco
pal Church had done for the cXtrpati0n al tho
great evil Of Slavery from the worlG THAI all other
agencies. political social and religious, and that the
CLmch stood rp in peerless pre- mnencc over a. IN
its ceitIs of freedom.
Prof M.TrIsON of the Black River Conference
follow a in ia, or of the report. He afiirmel tina, the
Methodist Episcopal CbuCh had not TO the extent
claimed taken ground against Slavery. He declared
hat the action OF the Church, IS contained ia
the d ipmc, violated by constant practice; that
il clearly nf,r7ble from the rules Of the CGurch,
winch tNcuo,s all sinful slavchodnc from the Church,
would deuy. and YET the doors Of the Church
open hight ara day to Shareholders Tue friends OF
tie Oppressed and doNntroldcn wi,hed to bling tue
Ciuich up To tie cNerrse OF her Discipline. according
to It, legitimate interpretation They ~isnCd 90 have
tho iUt - -pcc,hcaly ,fDei that TIE whole Chlrch
ard Tie world nigh that We were consistent The
IIoi, s>or. IN clear and logical manner, pNeS- tie
acti Of the ChuIch frm beginning unicr Wesley.
II, "couNcJsst,ns' held IN the Conferences OF Mr..
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