Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-09-16
Reported for the Journal. ''
IOWA CONFERENCES.
THIRD DAY. '.'' y
FRIDAY Sept. 9. 1859,

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. '".3 '5 FRIDAY Sept. 9, 1859.
. Morning Ssssion.- Conference met. r
+ ligious exercises by Rev. A. Bussey. a'-l
An appeal of D. II. Struggled, of Lol
don, was referred to committee.
Rev. T. Williams, %. D., Of the Missio
T conference; Rev. W. .iiP.' Golliday, of ii
Rock River conferesee, and Rev. Alcinor
Young, Of the Upper lowe conference, we,
introduced. ,g,
The report on Slavery was then taken vi
IA Preamble and Resolutions, declarin
the spirit of tho present rule as prohibitin
slayeholding for selfish or mercenary purpo
ses. requesting the General Conference, t
leave it unchanged, and to direct its admin
istration according to this Interpretation o
it,, was laid ON the table by a vote of AZ t
/ 35. "a .satss.,. nm. 3....,s dom.
The debate on the question OF concurrin
with the Providence Resolution, (publishe'
in Your paper Of Thursday,) was then re
sumed. Quite number Of spirited sreechc
were made. developing the thorough anti
slavcryisn of the body, who are only divi
venting Shareholders from entering or re
maining in the church. The question tc
concur in that resolution, Us the first choice
of the conference, was finally decided by
90 ayes to 20 says. g... av a.s,,..4s.IF +
The question then taken up, was that OF
concurrence with The Recommendation oi
the Erie conference, to make the General
Rule prohibit "The buying, selling, holding
or transferring of any human being, to be
used in slavery" as the! second choice OF
the convention. The vote stood, go ayes to
"a nays. '.i- -''"...| .'.s1-5i 5'-5
The recommendation Of the Cincinnati
conference was laid on the table by SIS ayes
to 40 nays. ...-s b.. ,,s. .........,.. r.....
The part of the Report was next taken up
recommending that the chapter on Slavery
in the discipline be amended, as follows :
No STAKEHOLDER shall be eligible to mem
bership in our church when the laws of the
State admit Of emancipation and permit the
cmancipated slave to enjoy his freedom.
Also, whenever member becomes an owner
of q slave or slaves, By dny means, ne shall
forfeit his membership, unless he make due
provisions for the emancipation of such
slave or slaves, and within such time as may
be most conducive to the interests of the
ensIayed. They would also recommend the
striking out of the third and fourth answers
to the question proposed IN the chapter on
Slavery. f- .'t aA.,.
An effort to amend, and n substitute rec
omending that the whole chapter bes tricken
from the Discipline, failed, and the above
was adopt ed by 62 ayes to 80 nays. .''t
The residue of the Report, excepting the
preamble, was then laid on the table. aa&
A resolution to rescind tho resolution
requesting the Bishop to continue no one in
the Office Of Presiding Elder for a longer
term than four years, consecutive'y, was
lost. .a5
The committee on Division presented
their report, which was laid over.
Conference resolved on session at 9 z.
NJ, to elect delegates to the General con
ference, which convenes at Buffalo, N. Y,
May lst, 1860. ..a -.- E..a-s
Rev. A. B. Robbins, of the Congrega-
tional church, was introduced. ..g s.., d..
The session closed with the benediction
by Rev. z. H. Coston. .ss-.r.. .,
afternoon observation-disclosures met at
the appointed hour, and opened with sing
ing and prayer by ]. G. Dimmitt. sti +
J. II. White, an Elder, located from the
Iowa conference, was rs. adm itted.
D. B. Clarey, an Elder, located from the
N. Indiana conference, was re-adlnitted.
FIJI. Reed, an Elder, located from the
Rock River conference, was re-admitted.
Michael Sheets, an Elder, located from the
Ohio Conference, was re-admitted.
The election of delegates to the General
conference was then proceeded with, and
the Bishop announced that the Conference
is entitled to FIVE delegates in that body.
Telers were appointed, and the first bal
lot taken, resulting as follows: t.s.es
Whole number of votes cast, ia
Necessary to choice, .t...r 90
w. F. Cowles received 7o
r. E. Corkhill 6S
These brethren having majority of the
votes cast, were declared elected. y.
The second ballet was then taken, as fol.
lows:
Whole number of votes cast, ITO
Necessary to choice, DO
J. O. Hammond received. 63
J. Q. Hammond having majority Of the
votes cast, was declared elected. s
The third ballot resulted as follows:
w uOlc uullUci VI NOSSo ShcV3 AO0
Necessary to choice, So
No one had majority Of the votes cast.
The fourth ballot was then taken, as fol-
lows. EaE scrt
Whole number of votes cast, 1O5
Necessary to choice, So
J. H. Power received ,r.r Ga
NJ. II. Hare sc 63
G. Elliott 5o
The two first named were declared to be
elected. " - - .v4sata11as'
DR.. q. Elliott and VIM. Simpson were
elected Reserve Delegates.
The list Of delegates is, therefore, as fol.
lows: ~'.t.
Deleqates-W. +. Cowles, go .s,:.taH
10 -a.,-- TIE. Corkhill,
a~ j. O. Hammond, as;.r,
| 3.gsi7 fgg .fl7 J. ii. Power, g...,
s. Il nj. Fl. Hare. .,..
3Reserues- Elliott ,-a. Y.,.
t y. W. Simpson. y e.I5 u,
Tho Conference then took up the question
of Division. r7.4ssg,s a..ts a,i
The Report was amended by the substitu
ton for the line proposed by the Committe
of the line described as follows: Soon
meneing at the S. r. corner OF Wayn
county, and running due north to the lin
Of the Upper Iowa Conference, leavin:
Knoxville on the west, and Monroe, Newton
and Greencastle On the east of said line."
It was further amended by substituting
ssSouth- Iowa" for 'Des Moines,'
as the name of the Western Conference, tn
Eastern retaining the name of the Glow
Conference and tho Report was adopted
The conference resolved that in case 0
division, the Iowa Conference shall meet q
Oskaloosa and the North western Iowa Cor
ference at Indianola; and in case the Genera
/ Conference does not divide us, it was re
solved to meet at lndianola. s4ei &
4 The credentials of Joseph Kelly, a Loca
+ Elder, were presented to the Conference b
VIM. Simpson, and filed. III .ee
The session closed with the benedictio
by E. w. Twining. a 7Jsas. s,ayys
i l...s -.es FOURTH DAY. t+. {
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