The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1859-03-31

and finally that it was the largest meeting
ever convened in Philadelphia.
Now, Jared Ingersoll and Horace Bin
ney are historical names. Every school
boy knows that they were among the great
est and best men of this nation. Well,
what did they think and say of American
slavery? Here it is in their own words :
"The slavery Of the human species be-
ing coniessedly one of the greatest evils
which exists in the United States palpa-
bly, iuconsi>tent with the principles upon
winch the independence Of this nation
was asserted, and JUSTIFIED before God and
the word. as well as at variance with the
indie tructble doctrines of universal liber-
ty aud right, upon which our constitution
is erected, it upavoidabiy follows, that per-
sona buudage beyond Those States which
were originally PARTIES to the confedera-
ton, must be deprecated, and should be
prevented By an exertiun Of the legitil ate
power of Congress.
"Thereture ReS0lve9, That in the opin
ion of this meeting, it will be inconsistent
i'll principle, unwi>e in policy. and ungen,
crous in power. to allow States hereafter
To be created me.nbcrs ot the American
Union t. establish or tolerate slavery wfh.
in their jurisdiction, and that every lawful
means should be employed to prevent 50
great moral and political transgI esSion. >
If We knew the adore of those one
hundred and fifty methodist ministers Of
the East Baltimore Conference, who gave
this "greatest If ec!tS' the 90 by without
one single word of rebuke, we would send
them copy of the proceedings of this
meeting held in 1919.
We would append to these proceedings,
some extracts from he pen Of JOHN YVES
LEY, a minister Of some note among meth-
udlStS, who ought to know as much about
the prosperity of discussing the slavery
question "a the doughiace editors that APP
paud the white feather" displayed at
WilIianSport. Mr Wesley published his
Thoughts upon Slavery soon after he
wrote the general rules for the Methodist
the former as necessary work rs the lat
ter, aud here isan extract from his thoughts
which We would like to have come tu the
knowledge of every man WHO prIteSSeS to
be ministe. of the church founded by
him:
but waiving. for the present, all other
considerations, strike IL the root Ut this
complicated villany: absolutely deny all
slavehulding to b. consistent with any de-
gree Of natural Justice -
Perhaps you will say, | d. not bay
any negroes; | only use those lett me by
my father So far is we'll but is II
enough to satisfy your own conSclencc |!
Had your father, have you. has any nIan
living, right to Us another rs slave +?
IL cannut be, even setting Revelation aside
1t cannot be that either war or cnulract
can give any nlan such u property IL anDth-
er as lie has in his sheep and oxen. Much
less is it possible that any child of man
should ever be born slave. Liberty l.
the rght of every human creature, as soon
as he breathes the vital air; and no hu-
man law can deprive him of that righi
which he derives from the law of nature.
III, therefore, yJu have any regard to
justice (to say nothing of mercy, nor the
revealed law of Gud J, render unto all their
due. Give liberty to whOm liberty is due /;
that j.. To ever, child of man, TO every
partakerot human nature. Let nOhe serve
you but by his own act and deed, BY hi>
own voluntary choice. Away with all
whips, all chains, all cImpulsion Be
gentle tOwa ds all men and see that you
invariably do unto every one as you would
he should do unto you
But eninently and naturally anti-Slay-
cry as the VI. L. Church is, it should not
be made to bear all the discussions In re-
gard to this subject-nN religious socie-
ties should share the wcrk of 50 great d
mural redemption Of the world from its
evils 1t is not Il matter Of ereeds-it is
Il matter which concerns the purity of the
heart Neither IS eminent anti Slavery
sentiment confined to the representatives
Of MothOdism--it lives wherever there is
true reiiyiom Witness
The NeO Korh 0bsepver Presbyterian }
recently highly oomplimented the Rev.
DR.. Guthrie, Of Edinburgh, Scotland,
while reviewing recent spo?ah of his
yu the British rule in India; and, tho