Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1860-06-22

our best (and it we have failed it is not our
faulty to unmake it to suit the border. r., Il
a Philadelphia lawyer could NOS have
ooncocted more ingenious plansto crafty
both parties. But let us see what must fol-
low all this i Z have as muchrightto in-
terpret the plain meaning of this new chap
ter as the trainers of it. Their simply say
ing that they understand it to be sound;
does not make it So. [ can understand ii
to mean diferently-so can coming gener-
atlons-and the refusal of the majority to
admit the explanation Unto the. body of the
ohapseF, shows'most cohclusivetyths onimus
of the whole thing. Let us hear no more
of the tricks of Jesuits-lct us hear nc
more of Northern fidelity AS border
der Conferences, we,staid with the North,
with the pledge, on their part, that the Dis
cipline should remain as it was. This
pledge has been broken-yea, more, we
sre plainly told by the men who have bro
ken this pledge that they never intend to
rest until they secure. the change of the
general rule. DR.. Curry makes this asser-
zion. DR. Dempster admonishes us to get
ourselves ready for such result-that it
will be upon, us in four years at farthest.-
DR.. Thompson, an Englishman, a rabld abb
olitionst-elected to edit the chief Northern
paper, over the onlyeconseryatiye'ed in
the church-deelares eternal hostility to the
accursed institution, which he classes among
sins Of the deepest dye Dr.. Curry meant
to class it with rolygamy, theft, drunken
ness. profanity, and such like triAing Of
fencess .s,;s ;. s's1' ~ ai'ss ~ - ,.,-
i A Whole corps of rampant; abolition ed
Tors. elected for that very purpose, as de-
clared By their supporters, threaten to del-
uge the church for the next four years with
such mass of Helper documents as shall
throw the. productions of Theodore Parker,
Wendell Phillips, Henry Ward Beecher,.
AID McKim, who pronounced John Browns
funeral oratlon, completely in the shade
And are we still to form an appendage to
this mass of corruption 2 Must we still
live objects, of suspicion to our nearest neigh
boris, because of our connection with a church
which openly auoass itself the most efsctual
abolition organization on earth, and BIAS
phemously proclaims itself commissioned of
God to Danish from America an institution
tolerated by the founders of methodism and
the, purchasers Of our liberty? i answer,
no ! Already the tocsin of alarm has been
sounded. The standard of revolt has been
raised. The Baltimore Advocate, true to
the interests of those it serves, comes to US
with the caption
IS CONVENTION OF THE CHURCH. H., -
cit has been suggested to tbs BY many Of
our friends-preaohers and layman-that
steps be Immediately taken to call a Con-
vention to consider the recent action of the
Conferehcs. We thinkthis eminently prop
er, and trust that the Presiding Elders will
adopt the advice. 1t is their place to take
the lead, and we defer to them. Some
common understanding :must be reached
Letsa Contention be called, the chapter dis
cussed, and final determination be had
We pray our people not to act hastily or
10 small bodies Let us have time to come
to prcper conclusions, and so act as to pre-
serve our Unity
It may be well to wait until our delegates
shall have returned from the General Con-
ference, and made their report to the Church
If they shall see fit to make one. When.
all the facts shall be before us, we can act
prudently and conclusively." !,
Even before the arrival of the news from
Baltimore, writer in the Staunton Vindi-
Gator has the following, showing that one
and the same sentiment is moving our peo-
pie in every direction:
!" From Che action Of the General Confer.
eace recently held in Buffalo,N. Y. it seems
that the agitation Of tie Slavery question is
to be continued. and this passage of the chap
ter in relation to that subject was passed by
large majority, which act (although said
to be advisory only is offensive to the Bor-
der, and renders it impossible longer to sub
NIT to the fanaticism of the Abolitionists,
and for the sake of the peace and prosperity
of the Church we love. we beg leave TO sug-
gest that CONVENTION be Immediate
~ called. tc'be composed of laymen and min
listers, say two lay delegates to one clerical,
to be held as early as at all practicable, at
some central point, say Alexandria, va
Now let this suggestion be Immediately con-
sidered and in your Quarterly Conference
or otherwise, fix upon the place and time,
and appoint delegates and alternates to rep
resent you. Let us act in concert and har-
mopy." 9 '.>-'. PAX.
June :, 1860. d .: ....:...* ,
From Botetourt and Montgomery we have
accounts of the determination of our people
to be triaed with no longer.
Once more, in conclusion. "A Convention.
will, doubtless, be called; no opposition can
now stay such an event, and we trust tho
man does not live in our church IN Virginia
who does not desire such an event. We,
throw out two or three suggestions. This
matter,so far as Virginia is concerned, ought
to be committed almost entirely to the lay,
men. The laymen here are the people
whose interests are at stake. As preachers
we can change our field oflabor at pleasure.
The laymen are differently circumstanced.-
They must stay here--their children must
stay here. Let, then, at least two or three
laymen, intelligent, responsible men, be se-
lected for each preacher, and let it never a.
gain be said of us. the people are right, aos
are not Secondly, Virginia has vast inter-
ests at stake We. are the border and suffer
most from distraction Let us have, there
fore, full representation in this Conven-,
ton, .aDd let the Convention, if practicable,
meet at some point in Virginia, say Alex
andria. B. ARBOGAST.
STRANGE WOMEN WANTED. Mrs. Dr.
Lydia Sayer Hasbrouck advertises IN her
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