, 1860-02-03


iisrilics Of. Tho Church, Of course the
rule Of discipline and the chapter on
slavery, quoted above, became dead letter
with that organization; and growing more
and more pro-slavery in sentiment, it finally
anuulled the rule and cxciscl the chapter IRON
its discipline; and Il. the same time So'ea
down,a resolution against the African save
trade. OF all- the religious Organizations u :
lie s1avoholaing States, aone is now regarded
80 thoroughly sound on slavery as the Aet''o"
dist Episcopal Church South, unless, indeed,
tie Roman Catholic Church be all exception
But some Of tic Conferences in the border
slavcholding States refused to join in The SC"
cession Of 1874: while a portion Of tile meEf'-
bcrship in others, unwilling to 80 with the
new organization, pctitioned for preachers from
the Methodist Episcopal Church. This. request
led tothc organization Of few Conferences in
tho field occupied aud claimc1 by the South
ss.ol, Us Tie Kentucky Conference, the Missouri
Conference, and tho Arkansas Conference, tic
latter including TeAas This excited the
Jealousy Of tho 'laurch South, and hel' its
preachers and its laiiy have lals'n.l hard IL
create prcjulices against the Conferences thus
organized, and against I'LL connected with
them. Ii is their custom u del'ouuce the lat-
Ter as & Northern Me.hodists, as " Addition.
ISL" as incgre-stcalers applying t" them
nit the low. vulgar slang which is i'll common
use with tho so.t:.lled Democracy: a,la the
siavelloldius classes have been advised ;lga's
and again, not To tolerate their presence o.
slave soil.
This course OH the part Of tho Church Sontt',
added to tic general declcnston Of MURAL scnti'
ment on tile subject Of Slavery. has resulted i'll
placing tile Methodist Episcopal Church under
the Ian Of Democracy. In those States i'll
which the Democratic party are assured Of
their power, Netllodism il scarcely tolerated;
il is denied needFu legislation; its Conferences
arc broken ur hy mob violence: aud in some
cases its ministers llave been imprisoned. VIZ
| proceed to give 4 few instances:
Since Mctllodism, hy the increase Of n'eln-
bers and Of wealth, has become able to found
| seminarics and colleges no church organiza-
tion has surpassed it in this respect. Each
Conference has os,cor more Of such institutions
under lis particular caro- and patronage.
Following the established usage Of the Church
l tho Missouri Conference las sbccn laboring
iur some years 10 cstabli*l, Il University ut
Jefferson City, the capital Of the State. Lib.
cr;l donations III lands and in money have
lucn ol,ained, and competent Board Of Edtl-
cation secured Two years ago the Legisla-
ture Of Missouri was applied 10 for Il cl4arter
for this University. The Democrats Of that
hody denounced the Methodist Episcopal
Ch1rcl. rs IN Abolitionist organization: its
clergy and members as nesro-thievcs, and,
l,y large majority, defeated the proposition.
| Again, ut the recent session Of that body, tile
request WAS preferred, and again the Democrat
;c members renewed their calumnies Of tho
Methodist Church, aud defeated the charter.
1t is 4 well known fact that this kind ef
legislation, rs general thing is easily OBJ
timed. Ali manner Of religious organizations,
benevolent societies; railroad and turnpike
companies, Odd Fellows, Masons, Catholics
almost every conceivable object and almost
every kind Of associat:on-fnl no difficulty iu
securing charters from State Legislature
The Missouri Legislature would not have re
fused u charter even for organizing 4 company
to establish track for horce-racug had such {
charter been applied for. But when the Meth
elist Episcopal Church respectfully asks for I
charter for University OF learning 10 bt
located III the State Capital, i. is uncc1c
mouiously kicked out Of the Legislature
Such is Democracy in 1850. 4 citizen q
Missouri, who is member OF tie Methods
| Episcopal Church, and as s''od and loyal ;
citizen AZ that stato possesses, thus cl1arac
| tcrizcs the action Of tile Missouri Democracy
In the State Of Missouri VIC have about on
. hundred and twenty regularly appointed minis
ters, whose entire time is devoted to the worl
Of their profession. We hure, in addition,
larger number Of local preachers, who lal,o
more or less erery week for the moral and rctig
mus culture Of the people. We hare about tel
] thousand communicates, with about fifty thou
| sand regular attendants upon our minlst1ato
who are not communicates. We have hundred
: Of Sunday Schools with thousands Of chil'lre'
under our instruction. In the city o. ~ l.oui
Ne publish a paper of respectable character
which has already secured the largest week..
circulation Of any religious journal OIL tile Mis-
sissip1,i river from its source to the Gulf vi Mex
ico. Nc hold membership in a church The mos
numerous, wealthy, and influential upon -Amcri
can soil, extending froul ocean to ocean in til
I stonarics abroad in Germany. the Kussi ian pos
sessions, India, Africa, China and the islands q
i the seas, everywhere projected and respected
= Hut here, yes, here in Missouri, by the voice q
,igAty. .t,co representatives. OF the people. we Ut
denied the usual rights Of citizens! We IT
thousand citizens Of the State; an insult 10 tt
intelligence Of society at large; iii act Of prt
n Ecrirtion aud intolerance unparalleled in An
crican legislation, mud u disgrace to Christia
. civilization" Il,
Another case: The Arkansas Confererlc
embraces tie State Of that name, and extend
into Texas. In February, 1859 the Conie
ence met in annual session i'll Fanuing Count.
Texas. While it was in session Bishop Jaue
IS rresiding)a public meeting was held, and
mob Of sumo two or three hundred, lroke in
l. tho Church while the Bishop was preacllin
PUT a stop to the proceedings, aud ordered Il
;: preachers to dispcrsc on pain OF bodily injsr
: Such is Democracy i'll Texas
- We close the enumeration with SIM:
'e other case. Tie Western Virginia Confercn
n las :: membership Of 21,7so-which probab
lie represents population Of more than 10000
If OF nearly oue-ejShtl Of the total white pop
II lation Of the Statc-2s9 preachers, 2so chur
buildings ll,225 Sabbath school children Ill
~ Isis teachers. Surely with this array
" strength, Metl,olis,n might lie supposed to In
u some rights i'll Virginia But what are the fact
,o Leading Democratic politicians Of that ST.,
=, swear that the adherents Of the Method
n Episcopal Churcl, shall either forsase it
ri- leave the State-that its preachers and t
IL. papers and periodicals whicl, i. furnish
n. shall 20 any how. OILY lew days ago,
nd meeting was held in Taylor County, Va,
nm inauguratc I crusade against Mcthodism. i
~ other was held iu Kanawha Co.; aud in /
in latter county ono Of the preachers, Rev.