Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1859-07-04

D. Ihat suitable committee be appointed to
wait on the Bishop and ministers now1i confer.
ence assembled on Timber Creek, in this coun-
w and warn them to withhold the further pros.
ecutlon of said conference, as its continuance
VIII be well calculated to endauger the peace Of
| this community. :
c5,I ~; That our: motto is: "PeaceabIy if VIC can,
iorcibly of we must W. s5s -.sass'
!, The = foilowiug resolution was presented by B.
II. Fuller, Esq, which was appended and made
| part Of the above: ~
Z. That we hereby bind ourselves to co.oper.
ate IN future to do all We can to suppress a6o
InonlSm in our midst, and that henceforth We
VIII suffer no public expression Of abolition
doctrines OF sentiments IN our streets or county
to go unpunished. 80
When the reading of the resolutions was.
finished, the leader Of the gang resumed his re.
marks. Hc stated:
I'VE understand the Methodist Church was
divided into "a Church, North, and Church,
South. We belong to the Church South" He
thsn sLats9 as the report shows he had done in
the puohc meeting on, Saturday, that s'thc
Church, North, differed from the Church, South,
only on the slavery question, consequently, the
| Northern Church would not be tolerated among
them They knew their rights and would have
them; peaceably if they could, torciblv if they
must; that as the law could only reach US when.
1 overt acts were committed, they could not OBJ
tain legal redress. They therefore were under
the necessity of adopting their present mode of
4 procedure iha order to5rid themselves of what
they considered a dangerous organization in
their midst. lie begged me not to suppose that
the movement was triling or unimporturt one
| lie assured me that nine-tenthS OF all the re-
spectable' men in the county were engaged. in it:
that they were determined ter carry it.0ut; and
| he fOrewarncd me that if their demand was not
granted, if we did not cease t0 prosecute our
Church organization among them, blood would
| II 81
/ ms. They would have no discussion. They
demanded categorical answer ven or nav
They would give US two hours to determine
what answer we would give. Then taking out
his watch, lie said: "It is now half past eleven
o'clock; Iir two hours we demand your answer
yea or nay" and began to turn to leave The
speaker was excited and his manner vehement
The language aud delivery Of the address were
imfammatOry AS he began to Withdraw Ias,-
cd hlm his name. lie stopped and rcp2ad "My
name is Roberts" | then. said, ''In coming to
this place to attend this conference had NO rea-
son 10 suppose my visit would DC offensive to
any one.r, presume this was true of all my
| brethren of the conference. The conference
held its session i'll this place four years ago, and
| not only were not molcSted, but ere treated
with hospitality and courtesy Consequently.
we are unprepared for such n meeting as this
| AS to your demand of US to say categoricaIv
| yea or nay, whether we will continue to prose-
tcute our Church organization here or not ! do
not see how it can be met. an only here er
| 1Iitcia, Bishop OF the Methodist Episcopal
Church, to presdc.uvcr the deliberations of the
| conference, and 10 perform Specitis executive
duties. ] have rot the authority to answer your
demand" He inquired What time dc you
want!" | replied, 1--WE want week time to
answer that question. do not think it appro-
pirate to the Sabbath" He asked "When will
you adJourm! answered, Il cannot say; but
we shall hold session to morrow morn ng."-
| ~ 49, !,
''NO! no." lie hushcd them, and said to me in
a rather irritutcd tone, 81 have been drawn in
| to this discussion further than | intended |
am not authorized to make any other PROPOSE
tiun In two hours we demand your answer
yea OF nay" and left the house, some Of his
comrades going with him aud some remaining
I then reannonnced my text, preached aud per.
formed the ordination service, aud dismissed the
congregation. When the audience had retired
the ministers and few aymcn had an infor-
nal consultation. | said to them, "AIy duties
here are nearly finished; you know | cannot re-
main to share the consequence of any answer
that may be given. think thn$c of you who
expect to remain and meet the consequences
ought to be allowed to answer for yourselves if
any anSwOr Is made. am will TO advise on any
points on which you may desire my opinion''
/ The condition OF things was fctto be very EN-.
baTraSSing. The matter had been sprung upon
them so suddenly, they knew not how general
Ily the public synpGthized with the mob, or
what might be the effect of any answer upon
the laity of ths CnnrcE, some Of whom were
men of families, and could not be forced away
without great suffering. They finally conclud-
ed tolsav this much: eve will consult our.
quarterly conferences on. the subject, aud till
we can do so we will refrain from, preaching
here" Two Of their number were requested 10
go out and make this statement SO them. They
did so, and though the answer was not "cats.
gorical,' yet after some debate among them
selves they dispersed. 97
Monday morning the conference met accord
ing to adjournment, deliberately finished up its
business, enjoyed together season Of devotion,
the appointments were read, and the final ad-
ljournment had. Previous to announcing the
appointments, informed the brethren who had
Ibeeu setdoYnifor the Texas district Of the ar.
drapgemenG and eachlmas bel6nging to tie con
ference received his appointment without finch.
ling. We separated, loving each other and
trusting III God. sr,n,a5. g. l1g.,. M =.
Whatwas. the motive for this extraordinary
procedure? No complaint was made of my
conduct,sor the conduct of any member of the
conference. Tho speakers on Saturday and
Sunday complain because they could find no
fault in us-that we. committed no overt act
Touching tic law we were blamelcss. No word
or act OF any one Of US is even alleged to have
given oitenSe.