The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1859-12-08

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RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED BY TIE
= AMERICAN MISSIONARY ASSOGiA-
TI0N, OCTOBER 10, 1859. i
ri Resolved, That the Divine guidance and
blessing youchsaied to the Association during
the year past, as well as in former years, de-
mands our most thankful acknowledgements,
and should lead to increased 5devotedness and
liberalty on the part of all connected with TINS
Missionary enterprise. .ng43 - ie-teit Pcs
qs Resolped, That one of the greatest obstacles
to the success of the Missionary work Is the
sanction virtually given to Slavery by Mission.
airy Boards, ecclesiastical bodies, protested
ministers of she Gospel, church members, edit
ors of the religious newspapers, and others,
who sanction, apologize for, or sustain the IN
iquitous system and that the people OF God are
called upon to abstain from all action which
gives countenance to such offences.
ResOived, That inasmuch as God In his Holy
Word has said, /" He that stealeth man and
selleth him, or if he be found in his hand, shall
surely be put to death, the Association believe
that holding men as property is always a sin
against God and man, and that all trafRckers in
the blood and sinews of their fellow man,
whether foreign or domestic slave traders, slave
buyers, or SHAREHOLDERS, should be debarred
| from Christian fellowship until they repent and
| free themselves from all completely and respon-
sible connection with Slavery.
Resolued, That the sacredness of the Mission
airy cause, and the honor of Christ, require that
/ Missionaries as well as Missionary Churches,
should be free from all completely with Slavery,
and that support should be Withdrawn from
such as persist in upholding the unchristian
system and practice, and Withdrawn in such a
| 10 h,tl 10 tho Ghurohl of
| Christ and to the world that it is done because
the offence is heinous, and Inconsistent with al
! legiance to God and love to man.
ResOLDed. That the only just mode of conduct
| ing Missions requires the adoption of the only
perfect standard of holiness given by God in
| the Bible, and that for Missionaries or Mission
airy Societies to allow any sin to go unrebuked
among the people where they carry the Gospel,
| or to suffer any members of their churches to
practice any sin without using all legitimate
means in their power to effect church discipline
with such transgressors, is a palpable violation
of the spirit and principles of the Gospel, and
the sure precursor of multiplied mischiefs to
Missions and the Church of God.
ResOLred, That while we believe that some
who sought the discontinuanee of the Choctaw
Mission of the American Board of Foreign Mis-
Sions meant thereby to advance the cause of
Freedom and Humanity, we yet regard the act
as an occasion of sorrow and shame to the
Christian world, as indicating either an unfaith-
full administration of the Gospel In that Mission,
or failure of Christianity successfully to en-
counter Slavery, after an experiment of forty
years. tu
ResoIced, That we view with unmingled hor-
ror the reopening of the foreign slave trade, its
justification by influential men In the councils
! of the nation, and the unfaithfulness or incapa-
city of the General Administration in securing
the conviction and punishment of the violators
fthe laws of the land against this piracy and
as this trade is the greatest obstruction to our
| Mission in Western Africa, the Executive Com
mittee cause the memorial to Congress on the
subject of enforcing the laws against piracy,
herewith presented, to be transmitted to both
Houses of the National Legislature, and en-
deavor to secure their support to the prayer OF
the memorialists.
ReS0LUed, That we rejoice in the existence
and activity of Tract Societies that publish and
circulate Bible truth without mutilation, sup
preston, or the fear of man. and that we deem
it their duty to publish and circulate the truth
In regard to all sin, without respect of persons,
and especially the great sin of the age, being
convinced by our own experience in the circu-
lation of such tracts in both the slave and the
free States, that such publications are eagerly
received and read, while they are blessed to
tainity. 81 IN ...
Resolred, That we earnestly request that
Ministers of the Gospel and Superintendents of
Sabbath Schools will cause the Missionary in
telligence contained in our monthly paper and
magazine to be communicated to their church
es and schools, frequently and impressively, ul-
til all under their instruction shall be made ac-
quanted with the same, and be led to cordial
co operation in the great work of difusing light
and securing support to the cause of Missions
as prosecuted by our Association.
ReSOLUed That we recommend to the friends
of the Association to make more earnest sup
plication to the great Head of the Church for
the increase and success of its Missions more
liberal contributions to the treasury made sys-
tematically and at stated periods and greater
personal exertions In the circulation of the So
ciety's publications.
Resotred, That we regard it as of the highest
importance that in all our instrumentalities and
agencies for the extension of the cause OF
Christ we should seek to be imbued with His
spirit, lest all our abors and prayers be in vain
and that while we should endeaVor to cultivate
a reformatory spirit, such as shall be adequate
to the great wants of the age, we yet should aim
to receive and disseminate all the doctrines and
spirit of true piety as well as morality, as abso
lutely essential to the successful prosecution OF
the cause of Missions. .oek
Resolced That the success attending the eff
forts of this Association in the Southern States
1 of the Union, especially in Kentucky and North
Carolina and the peculiar wants OF the various
classes composing the population of that Sec
ton, should encourage the people OF God to
furnish the means of prosecuting this depart
ment of the Home Missionary work with in
creased yigor. l9
| ALABAMA as. SoUATTER SOVEREIGNTY PRIN-
cIPLEs AND CANDIDA TEs.--The Cahawba Ala.)
Shareholder thus speaks, in a late number, of
the high Southern stand against Douglas s
Free-Soilism taken by the leading men through
out that gallant State. With Mississippi united
and firm, and Alabama, South Carolina is ready
to maintain the rights of the South in the Dem
ocratic organization, if it may be; out of it. if
we must. Let them lead; we will act in con-
cert. The South is the Democratic party, and
to her it must be true, or perish.
aSince our August elections, there never has
been. in any community, such strong tide of
POLITICAL sentiment on the Presidential question
as in Alabama. Old prominent Democratic
leaders. from every corner of the State, are out
against Douglas, and are pedging themselves
in county conventions not to support him, If
nominated by the Charleston Convention. In
] deed. there is but one gentleman in Alabama,
so far as we can learn, who openly and boldly
! avows himself for Douglas and he is John For
sytb. of Mobile. The following leading Demo
Gratis of the State will not vote for him, if NOM
mated 49,
Hon. C. C. Clay, jun, IT, s. ST. Huntsville.
Hon. David Clopton, M. CO. Tuskegee.