Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1860-10-18
REV. ANTHONY BEwLEY

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This diabolicai deed has excited very little
remark from the conductors OF the religious
press, and many Of them seem to regard ii
as scarcely worthy OF passing comment
A weekly paper which claims to be loyal
exponent Of the ussges OF the Church of
which the hanged men was minister,
speaks of the deed In very pingerly phras Sc
as if fearful that the mere mention of IL
might give offense ,on the Border" among
those hose friendship It vainly seek, to
perpetu ate; 1--WE regret to learn is q stereo- |
typed phrase which might appropriately in.
troduce a notice OF lost carpet. bag or te II
the admiring public OF on affection o: the
throat which disabled a brother editor from
preaching al a camp-meeting. II seems rat.
her tame language wherewith TO express
horror at the cold blooded murder Of bro
ther minister. Language little more spirit
ed in it's tone would not have been unbe-
coming on such an occasion even from
editors who are bound to speak OF 'the great
evil. and all things come cted with IT, with
calflike tenderness. They who committed
the deed and put the rope round the neck Of
the victim-nay, even those who insligated
them TO this deed Of blood-might have said
"we regret to learn that" The Rev. Anthony
Bewley has been hung.
And who was Anthony Bewley! and why
and BIZ whom was this atrocity committed
Anthony Bewey was an elder IN good
standing in the Methodist Episcopa! Church.
He was mem ber Of the Arkansas Confer
enc., and at their sess on in 1859 he was
stationed at place called Hamilton Valley
in the Texas district. He received that 10.
pointmen, from Bishop James. who. It will
! be remembered, published in this paper a
calm account of the moo violence with
which he and the conference generally were
treated. n, the instip atiop. as was suoposed
Of members of the Methods, Church, south.
Mr.. Bewley was elected delegate to the
General Con ference in 1860, bu, Tor some
reason unknown to us d d not take his seal,
! with the body; of course he had no share ir
its proceedinrs. At the previous session of
1.-The Arkansas Conference, in '5s. no bishop
v,s prcsent and the members. by ballot,
Ielec,ed as their 2residen, (bishop p,o TEN. }
the Rev. Anthony Bewley. AT the confer
ence of '55 Bishop Simpson appointed MIR.
Bewey Presiding elder of the Texas Dis
l,rict. which office he held bv appointment
i Of Bi.hop Baker in '56, and of B shop Amct
in ,57. We mention these fncls TO show
in what esteem this hanged brother wa.
held during the latter wears o, his lfe, b,tl
nv bi4 brethren and nv The episc paey. NJ
man could h we hid in our Church be tie
Endorsement as being. in the slang phrase
,f the dsy. "pnrtec,y sat-"
At the General Conference at Indiauap
oils. in so, Brother Bewley wns present al
; a delegate from The Arkan-as Conference
: He faithfully discharged every du,y incum
hen, uoon him. To the entire satisfaction o
his brethren. who AS re have seen, re. e.eecte
/, him TO the same position four years alter
uard An who had The ensure of making
Bro,ber BewIey's aconain,ance were strucl
with the modes,y of his department and tn
/. unaffected siitipIic,y of his character. II
II his Church poIitics he was conservative G
the stric,est pattern. He voted unifo. mi
AGAINST any slteta,ion of the Discipline OF
The suh;ec, Of slavery. All through ,ha
l. sc.sion he stood shoulder to shoulder wit
u Tho B,rder DELEGATES. lie wa, with Puist
: and McCI;n,ock and Crooks. ard aga; nj
4, uoswee and MaItscn and Abe Stevens, , o
o The great reckoning up of votes on adoptin
i. the report of the Committee on Slavery :
RI (See the printed Journal for 80, puge I27
II IA due 20 the memory of our dsparle
brother that these facts should be know
and ,ba, the false insinua.ion that he was a
g. sbo o,ii,nis, should be branded as il de. erve
, 10 Bu what was he! and how did he incur Il
ma,iun,nt and deadly enmi.y of those anon
whom he had for go many years gone in al
ou, nreacbing the unsearchnble rich
%. l,hris,, We answer: Brother b w ey w
es' m n;ster of the Me,hodin Epis. Churc
= and hold as does the entire Methods, Epj
= con,l Church. ,hat slay,rv is a great ev
,,d o,gb, to he extirp.,ed In the pro,
er dance Of God. as we have seen, HE lot W
cast in n region where 8 ayeholding is dee,
Us ~ ,;ght. and perfectlv in accordance wi
= Tho ,escbinos of the Gospel A branch
IR ,ba mammal Church of Cbri.t. which h
: blo,,ed from its Discipline eyery semblan
orba.,ilitv "a slsveboldin0. EXISTS in tt
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