New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-09-24

the two.h,rds vote and will not compoee the cootro
very by q satisfactory hIs,ity. Take that fnslty
eonIte, Or. Sewers and irstesd Of convusion there
vii be peace Such hnality think there !. which
cur ~ 18th safely coDcede, and our East, Wet and
Csrter vii accept. Let ne see.
The PAR ocular form Of general rule TO be adopted is
Of very little consequence, provided !. include the
idea, that self interested saveholdng lie Elm. Men who
wish % obtain credit 70. supporting the change and
yet defeat ts adoption, will be very critical about the
form. The above ides 10 well expressed IN the new
rule proposed by the Providence Conference, which
e1clndes fom the Church " ssveholdng, buying, or
eDIg, dc. Yet 10 this might even be added q dis
eliminating qua6c stion. When sc passed our neS
Temperance Rule, excluding eli drinking of ardent
spirits the qualification wss added, except IN cases
Il extreme Lecesti:y. Tau IL q precisely analogous
case AID the qualification easily be supplied. II
might read thns "Slsveholding for selfinerest, or
"slsvehoding except solely for benevolent objects,
or "ssvebOldng except for emancipation or other
beueft Of the slave" All these, with any but quib
bling criticism express the iea, and would be accepted
BY conservative Anti Slavery men. Anti Slavery men
Of Border Conferences can grant this and the great
maze Of our North would ask more. The Border,
or at least its Slavery portion, cannot refuse it, for
il il the very ground maatained by their own great
eli an pion the late DR.. Bond; you reject it
with the slightest consistency, for il less strong than
the form for which you voted at the lat Geuera Con-
ference. In this form, ther The great mass of both
sides ought and think, unless your inudicous course
raises the Border demand too high, can agree II 90,
the question can be settled and the peace and repose
Of the Church secured.
For the newy-invented preense that the passage Of
the rule would be or post t0c'o, there Is not
shadow Of support II il not debatable question:
That preense would destroy our temperance rule and
even destroy all power in the Church ef changing or
adding rule. Everybody knows th.t this power in
the Church thus TO affect our membership part OF
the original agreement. II underies our membership
at entrance being the condition express upon which
we enter. Every one knows this, and you knew IL
and the seriousness with which you affect to treat the
neDteDse a new, grave question is lndcrous. Yet
even this objection could be evaded by for nula,
which, if the objection be valid, must be added TO
every rule. Let be the last in the series OF rules
and cad thns Slaveholdpg for sefnterest but this
specific alton shall not be enforced a. TO affect men,
bersbip existing consistently with our discipline,
previous TO its enactment
Equally ludcrous the pretense that this change OF
rule would be ga gross insult to our slaveholdng
brethren of the South" For the Church TO refuse to
condemn it, because it would insult the sinner, isa
soft-cuthoIed gospel that will not mention hell to
ears polite We did not refuse TO pass our rule against
intemperance for fear Of insulting our rum.selng
brethren. Gentlemen of tender sensibiltes around
the throat should incur the hemp. And sinners
of an exquisite decacy should either acquire sounder
moral character, or tougher system OF nerves.
And why the reafrIniDg with constitutional soleu-
nifty the doctrine of 1884 should be strenuOusly
may say 60 fercey and so threaeningly opposed,
passes my power Of comprehension. Why such pic
lures of ruin and such implied menaces to bring that
ruin about if such thing be done Surely, Doctor,
imagination Misunderstanding, or part.Anshlp, or
love of CONTROL inspires this most rash and thoughess
STYLE Of opposition to invitable and benign meas-
ure Let once be passed-ths result will be fnslity
and peace. And when this calm and concllatOry view
is taken in discussion, much of its acrimony may be
discarded, and conservative men may see that the
true cOnsery atiem ls for the change.
Sooner or later this measure must be accomplished.
II is in the book of Providence, and is only question
Of time. For the assertion male by Senator Seward
in the last Congress, that that the battle OF freedom
"is won' is hourly proving itself true The majority
of Presidential electors of the Free Ststes over the
Slave States is already 60. So rapidly are the Free
States multiplying and Slave States becoming Free
be clipping from fingers before We are aware. In
ten Years if the friends of Freedom faithful to her
cause Slavery will cease TO be menonabe power IN
Church or State North. The danger Of saveholdng
supremacy nearly past and the aspeIty Of the qaar-
ref with more liberal and judicious conrse on your
part may soon begin to Ps %fa It. bons IN, s
vance is fast spreading and deepening toward cur
southern border. 1t viii be, and is, impersavely
demanded. The echoing responses TO TINS demand are
ne sipp through every quarter around u.s. The Gen
eral Conference is not distant when the change would
pass without dissenting voice. While, Therefore,
should think it folly TO precipate tue measure a. the
expense Of convulsion, see no grounds Tor uch con-
vson and no reason for the earnesess OF the Oppo-
sitiOn 10 II.
of the Baltimore Conferences object to this change oil
rule II can have no other organic force than tney
IL
prefers and executors. And why as doctrinal proPo-
tition should they particularly object Love o. dicta'
ton must be resigned and the pride of nmu4billty
must soon cease. For Maryland in the order OF
blessed Providence all agree, is soon TO be frse
State, and this rule is only premonitory announce
ent Of the dayspring Of freedom 1t e but the pro-
erapme of her happy future; il but sntedaes her ap-
preaching position. Let but her in the ministry
of the Methodist Episcopal church anticipate in the
true spirit of freedom and of Methodsm the day when
the plan which Asbury once inaugurated 70 advance
the cause Of emancipation her SOIL may again be
reinstated Could my voice but reach thenl-a voice
which they perhaps have moet unusty supposed 70
be hostile 70 their interests or unsympathizng with
their diffculties-how would exhort her ministry,
especially her younger ministry not to shun the cross
ofsedom and ghteOusness. Noby have their fathers,
by excluding Slavery from their ranks, mantained the
protest of freedom while others slept through the long
night to the present hour. But, now, alas, those
fsthers are DESTROYS to stand in their ancient track
Their pride of old position prevents their sTnng lor
ward. The decade of movement has come. through
the ten comng years the triumph OF liberty Will De
consummated let them not fail to share the honors oil
the triumph and be the earliest heralds OF its ap
proach Oh, that they could feel the spirit OF the
hour and seize the prize that courts their grasp In
whatever form the church shall shape the sigma OF
freedom. let them accept the omen. Even II II a.
sumo the briefly severe form of this change Ut rule
let them prudenty but brsvely stand the crisls and
the church without Jar of her peace or unity Will
share the contest, and wear the laurel. -
Union SAVING