New-York daily tribune., 1858-04-24

-, .,d vide ne are the delusions to be scattered,
oeep aJ a. NAV be the process Of healing, even 70
pA d,vidrg ssuoder OF the joints and marrow, tus
,,sCh,ych of Chrs' wust bs fes"-iee forever iron m
=. osrtcipsncy or tsnt OF tins enofnly asa"is ~.
ebo a., one d. sire that the New-fork E1d Con,
casc, ,o.v utsr its sentiments TO tue worid
aess,v and piudeDty, but firmly, IRON year 70
sesT. We must keep sounding ,ns Sau,i ;e asu o.
!.h mn NAV denounce US, aud oitentiihes idlcue
iboee' 90 90 them good yet We must not become
bes,ted or wesry. 10 prosecuting tne Cause OF
.L .nd righteousness we may have indch 10 contend
e.u a., NE oan afford 10 be patlent aud prudent,
wo, w. are sure Of success Ia the end. Sir, in my
peceSso "niu;op American Slavery Is doomed. II
noioe,s s;rUh tor little season. but it Is doomed 1t
y ,y II this great nahoa little longer, but II Is
may T, NAV succeed 10 stirring up civil strife on
of Kansas-tbat soil so loog ago set apart and
1no.ecraied to freedon-but II is doomed. Ii may
ont,pue for while to hold tue balance Of power 10
onr National Government, but it Is doomed. lt may
I'LL receive the countensnce and patronage OF the So
rsed Church OF Cbrst, but it is doc ned 1t may htt
ie proudly in the future as has done In tue past,
and t6resteh to lay its blsOdy hands upon the few,
though vali.It, men who stand for the defense Oi
Liberty but is doomed. 1t may continue to cry IKE
the daus bters of the hOrse-leecb Give, glve, and
ifits unholy demand 10 not needed may storm and
bat.r and threaten TO dissolve the Union, or secsde
from the church. but is only the storm aud bluster
Of q system that is doomed. God and Christ aud
the Bitle have all entered into con-
spracy against it, and whatsoever they oonspire
ssinst is irevOcsby doomed. The limits Of
American Slavery ale appoioted, beyond which it
cannot psss. Congress may enact Fugitive Slave
bills and perpetrae Nebraska outrages, but all the
legislation OF this lower world cannot blot out tue de-
cree Of Hesven just so certain as God has denounced
theft and adultery aud murder, JUS. 80 certain viii his
anbihistiDg ju0gmeuts come down upon that system
which has slways been the hot-bed and nursery OF
these enormous crimes. So far as human bondage
on this continent is ogneerned believe shst the night
is fer speLt and the day is q. hand. For my owo
part Sir desire to be found on the right side OF this
question, which, according to my best Judg gment Is
the Lords side Of il; and desire this Conference to
be found there with me- Hence go for tne resp
luton. $500,
be on the I,ords side lie believed that the ultensr
object of the resolution to foment discord, aud
TO promote separation in the Church. and therefore,
while be favored the spirit OF the RESOLUTION ne sh"ud
vote agsinst it.
IT The Rev. DR.. CURRY wished to correct
wrong impression that had gone abroad. Ine
resolutions had not been introduced for the
SIDE begun the discussion. there would have been
none This Conference had nothing to do with ulte'
nor motives. The duty Of this Conference was 70 up
hold the truth; and Conservative men were ooing
wrong to the which lay 80 muca at thslr hearts,
in refusing 70 stand up to the work they should macn
up and say, T0is is our work" These resolutions
tske tbe middle ground and only resfifm the prln-
pies de e,lafed by the Methodist Church years ago.
onr judgneLt Of what Slavery Is. The brethren on
ths other side have drawn directly this Inference
The ssyeholder 10 as bad adulterer, murderer
end a tkiei
Dr. CRooKs-The fathers Of the church believed
that man may own slaves and yet be Christian,
and w believing they took the Gospel into savehold.
ing territory, and admitted shareholders into the
church. He could not vote thai q STAKEHOLDER is an
sdulterer, murderer and thief Although the Pilgrim
Fathers expelled Roger Williams from Massachusetts,
vet he believed thai they We godly Inen IL was only
a failing Of poor hu nan nature Ihousu tney were
vroLe they were nevertheless honest 10 their error
Ia the sane spnt they enacted, that should quaker
come back TO Massachusetts, after being wafhea W
leave, his should be cropped and his nose slit,
yet he believed tha they were trying 70 90 God ser
vice. So IL was with the Methodist Church, who,
while asserting that Slavery is wropg, believe that
Shareholders may yet be Gods creatures. She has
laid her hands upon the elaveholdsr to Chrisnanze
him. She has succeeded in eevsting the Shareholder
and aDeliOrstiDg he slave system, IN proof OF which
he cited the amendments which had from time to time
been mace In the discipline OF ths Church. lie
was willing to make further amendments, but not such
radical ones as now proposed He would like to know
what success The Rev. Mr. inskp would meet with IL
be went about tue conversion of ,aveholders after his
fashion. Suppose be addressed them as " You sdui
teror murderer aud thief" The Shareholder would MT
meet Lin very gfaclously. Ia conclusion, ne "ouia
urge the golc en- maxim from Bacon, 1t were good
I" that men IN their innovsons follow the example OF
d" time Itself, hich indeed innOvateth greatly but
"quetly, and by degrees scarce to be perceived.
TIE Rev. Mr.. KELsEr-I move that the Conference
continue in seseion until the iusl adjournment.
The Rev. DIR. FLor moved to amend by continuing
the session until the close OF the question under ds-
cussion.
The an endment Was lost, and the resolution was
iaid on the table, by vote Of 10 to 30.
The Rev. Nj. SMITH moved to lay tho further con-
of the question on the table.
The President declared the motion out OF order.
The Rev. MIR. HATFIELD said he had been deightsd
tDh Iva had
this dscuson he liked the lest speech, but he could
not ,h what It had to do with this question. The
Conference would vote upon the resolution, aud not
upon what any brother might say. He was for tae
second resolution without amendment. He saw before
him congregation ten thousand times greater than
assembled in this Conferences there up before
him fur millions OF dasky fsces-men, women and
chidreB-who are to-day 10 the sght OF God. dst as
gooo as any minister in the Conference. Among THIS
host the marriage institution WAS not known, and the
commonest elements of education were forbidden. lie
pedcd tlst tea years hence tine children OF me m0ers
would be great ibuIatoo concerning the yeas and
nays tf the vote they were to take to-day. The
Pilgrim Fetbers were gody men; but because they
cropped and slit nOses, that asy reason why
the Conference shoud not declare that cropping ears
and shifting noees was anti Christianl TnOusaods Of
slaves giOaDing under the lash of Methodist taskmas
ters ask them to declare slaVeholdng unchrisan aud
SINFUL ii they could do no mere de was for standing
up 10 the truth AID the night, and he would sooner
sacrifice bis right arm than sacrifice the principle
affirm cd IL the resolution.
DIR bangs said the subject had been pretty nearly
exhausted. and he bopes he should have unanimous
vote ON his amendment. He therefore moved the
previous question He yielded to DIR. DUKBiS, VINO
made persop al explanation In reference to areusrk
m.oe by the Rev Mr. Hatfield in relation TO the pas
toral sddress made time since by the Pniadel-
phis Conference. That address had been partially
published in book but was incorrectly quoted, ana
portions Of it left out entirely.
. The previous question was then demanded, and the
question 6rst taken on tho substitute Of Dr. Bangs,
which was then read ss follows:
Re,ed That 10 the duty OF the Church as unit 70 exert