The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1859-12-14
-. u,,,im.r. Confercnce.

In accordance with our PROMISE we puohs"
go com "a u lea tiuns from Augusta, both from
rssuonsio,e sources. on this subject We have
r.ceived another from Fairfield, Augusta CO.,
I'm, A. Il presents no important additional
,-,Auv. no those set forth in the letter from
: sstanntou. we deem its publication unneces-
xarv and hold IL wubiee4 TO the directions OF
the writer. We had no Mseation Of embark
.ns in A religious con9sversy. and having
vtven both sides In our issue to-day, decline
10 publish q farther dissnesion of the sao)ec.
One word in vinslicattsa Of ourselves. Ine
writer from Stannlon ~ also as the one ITO"
Fairfield assumes that We have eharsea tue
,m.mbers of the Baltimore Con ference Church
In Western virginia with aboiitionism We
never made any such charge, nor uttered a
word that could be tortured into il by any can
did mind. We knew nothing ourselves OF the
baltimore Conference or its principles, and
should never have taken its name in vain, II
a respected friend among the clergy OF the
Methodist Church in this city had not called
our attention to the following features of the
"Discipliuea OF the Baltimore Conference.
In the General Rules." pages 80. the following
il put down among the SINS which are iormuaen:
easidrss .iiA az ,si.n,ssn g Sss.sss
::.Qu.st., What shall be dom for the extirpation
of the EVIL of slavery 800, =.
ever convinced Of the great evil Of slavery there
fore no STAKEHOLDER shall be eligible to any oiiica
station in our Church hereafter, when the laws oil
the State in which he lives will admit OF emancipa-
tiou, and permit the liberated slave to ENJOY Tree
"a When any travelling preacher becomes an
owner oil slave or slaves. by any means, ne snail
o5. his character r, G%,. ee
emancipation OF such slaves comfortably TO the
law:of ,he State IN which he ''ves, d.,,v eneorea
upon members the necessity Ct teaching their
slaves to read the Word of Cod &c, &c.
We took il for granted, from the above, that
here was an anti-slavery Church--that is, that
the "Generai Rules and Principles of the
Church were opposed to slavery, and that
clergymen who considered slavery 'great
evil might be expected 10 do all they consci-
entiously could for its removal. But we never
whispered q word Of doubt of the soundness
of the laity Of the Baltimore Conference on
that subject, who, we know, are among the
most patriotic and loyal of the people of Viz
GINA Nor did we intimate that the clergy
were abolitonists; but simply that they are
opposed to slavery. which their Discipline
pronounces a great evil" and that their in
nuences would naturally incline to the re-
moyal Of that " great evil,' of course, in every
lawful and proper way.
The Methodist CHrisfian Adroea,s, of this
city, endorses what we said, and adds the fol-
lowing:
But we shall present the position Of this Confer;
Of specifica cations against this Conference, which
present under the following charge:
: The agency tbs Baltimore Conference had IN the
dis islon oi the Methodist Episcopal Church 1874,
her connection with aootionism, and her aboll-
j In conformity to her abolition dogmas, usages
and laws. she excluded Harding from her connec
the division of the Church.
She introduced and sustained the prosecution
deposition. because he was STAKEHOLDER, and SO
subjected the Sout Go the uncontroliabe necessity
8 She refused to grant ordination to certain local
preachers in Westmoreland, Va, because they
were Shareholders, notwithstanding the law OF the
Church sustained their Tight
In 1874 she voted in General Conference to ex-
pune resolutions that had been adopted in 1910
against receiving negro testimony IN Church trials
5 She defeated the proposition to alter the Dis
psrty of the Church and so subjected the South to
q protracted and expensive civil law SUIT
g. Under the plan oil Sc paratIon she adhered North,
and so united with abolinonism.
T. She voted. IN the Northern General Confer
ence. in 1913. to refuse fraterrization with the
she proclaimed. in the speeches Of her dele
the ,a H0r.SsTn IN
jurisdiction If the most systematic and powerful
crs anz alton on earth against savery-namely. the
Methodist Episcopal Church North. She is a part
ofthat orsanzstion. The Discipline of that Church
is additional, as seen in the above accurate ex-
trac.. The whole family Of its church papers, more
or less, is abolitional-soms in the worst form
even sympathizing with Brown The North
ern Methodist Quarterly Review, is additional,
and most ACCOMPLISHED and reckless abo-
htinnist as its editor The Northern NJ thodIst
Publshin- House, by order of the Northern Gene
yal Conferences of 1856. issues abolition tracts
and books" and the Baltimore Conference con-
tributes to the, general tract fund; the colored
psope do it.. The Sunday School Advocate of the
Northern Chgreh7a paper for the children,ls
for tho ladies' lis additional. negro college has |
been founded by. and in operation under the pat
Ionase. OF the Northern Methodist Church. The |
formation of Annual Conferences of ,eolored
encs ot the Northern Methodist Church. The OBJ
legation to teach the colored people to read-espe
clally the Bible is enjoned by the Discp pine on
al the preachers. And SO on; but this is enough
Yet we add,
10. Resolutions of Northern Conferences. from
time TO time adopted approving the action and |
position of the Baltimore Conference, and evinc-
ing her identity IN spirit. principle and influence,
with the Northern Methodist Church on the sub |
ject Of slavery.