, 1860-05-29

1eesese.1Essz9s
sons trataei, rprrassa.sd By inv fsen ,h& brn.
tai lust OF ths leohesous.
9Th. It offers bonus to lcsutiousness, by
waT OF an increased price to its peculiar and
10TH 1t is tbs euabodimant o: aelashness tho
mott uumatigated and oppressive.
llth. 1t has enacted laws ior its defence and
perpetuation the most ofIeosive and unjust, and
perllous to the rights Of humanity.
18th. It has exercised an unjust and nnwar-
rautable interference with The publication Of
the morals ot Christianity. -
18th. 1t has with wonderful earontery, de-
mauded recognition In the Church Of the Re-
deemer, and basphemously claimed for iteeH
18th, Us essential and associated elements Of
robbery. injustice. oppression. degradation and
lust: are seTerally and Aererety condemned in
The Word Of God, including tho condemnation
'ol staxesyss aTotality. -
me Goldtn RuIe which requires that fall things
"na'soeVer 70 would that men should do to
1on 90 ase to them for this is the law and
17'h. It IS ap1ain violation of the great social
!a~ OF God. " hou shalt lore thy neighbor as
tn7sel" " Lore worketh no illto its neigh
| pos' whilst slavery works forfeiture Of his
1lEhts, and sends its curses down upon his faul-
" from generation to generation.
43!h. 1t disputes she Supremacy Of Cod
:esea ever as when erst Pharaoh said to Moses, lhe
obey his voice?-I wil! not let the people TO-"
+ 2oth- 1t ia contrary to the pure Gaspel Of
Thirst; as it vanishes from before. il as dark.
ne.s lees before the spreading g'ories of the orb
It must be con essed that Mr. Moody "a speech
was not an answer to Mr. Coombe, and many
regretted that something more practical, and
better suited TO the subject was not offered at
that time, All passed CT quite pleasantly, and
h1- Moody vas tn The whole applsuded tor his
Me vas ioi!e9.3a e3dSsef BY kev sorvu Wilson of the
| Baltimore Conferences. Mr.. Wilson is q very
spare man, pale and feeble. He speaks with
great dellberatlon, and succeeds in hofdiug his
audience we'll. HIS effort was made against auy
change, ye'shis argument took vide range and
though creditable was not conclusive, nor satis-
factory. This closed the first days discussion.
aud made many fear and hops as the tide ebbed
and 1owed. The day passed without anything
nnkind ranspring, and both parties were che r
ful at the end Of tue debate. and parted in the
persade the assembly, and all r.joiced 10 feel
that they we're brethren still We hope it will
continue in this genial spirit to the end.
The discussion May 24th WINS brief, but ended
IN one ofthos parliamentary mnnoeusers which
preclpithte the main issue.
Dr.. Hasea vas the first speaker. He said
that agitation bad been deEr Gated on this sub.
jec, but he did not l.ee h9w it cnuld be prevent
ed untlthis question, involving the temporal and
spiritual interests Of four millions of people, was
settled. Was it possible that in this land there
should not be an au'ngonisu in relation to Bys-
] TEN which was condemned by every attribute Of
| nature and the law Of God. He had no sympa-
thy with that Christianity which could ait down
and sing psalms while such system was in ex.
istence and not oppose it,. He believed that
the common sentiment Of the South was in ia
vor Of the belief that Slavery was opposed to
the common dictates Of humanity, and he pro-
ceeded to cite certain laws of Maryland and Vir-
| ginia in support Of this view. These laws bad
forbidden the punishment Of slave children in
certain cases, and declaring that Christian bap.
| tlsm did not free the person held in slavery.
| These views prevailed as the common instincts
Of humanity IN the oiden time. These laws
| were still IN force, but their spirit had long
since departed. They were alto told that Slavery
was great political evil, and had been warned
not to interfere with it; that it could not be
rooted out Of the Church By agitation. but it
left alone would gradually disappear. lie held
that Intentional gradualism was Intentional sin.
| It was their duty to asitate thia question and
all other questions OF evil until the system was
driven out Of the Church. They we're told that
the holding of slaves was not 80 great sin as
that Of buying and selling. He hoped the
Church WAS not PR pared to make distinction
between big AID little sins. Laughter.] That
was not the doctrine ofthe fathers Of The Church.
They condemned oil evil alike. He would boldly
assert that there. were members of the II. E.
Church who were not only Shareholders, but
who held nnd sold as slasestne own offspring,
the children Of slave mothers, By that most
horrible aud barbarous legal maj rim not found
in Blackstone nor In the Law OF God, which
caused the condition Of the child to follow that
its mother He would appeal to the brethren
whether this was the doctrine of Wesley and
other founders Of the church. {Cries Of no. no.
We were told that tue church would be divided
it this action was taken. Was their church 70
weak that they must hold It up in order to knock
it down. He had DO fears Of the consequences
II the church could not stand nulif1cation it was
time it went by the board: He was in fuvor Of
The resolutions recomm nded BY the msj srity,
and be hoped the day was not far distant when
! tht church which be 80 much laFed would be.
come purified and restored to the position
which It once occupied, and which il ought stlll
to occupy in the eJes ofthe world.
When be had finished his speech, Dr. Durbin
arose and offered substitute for the report OF
the majority. It wGs we'll drawn pp. embodY-
ing the entire preamble Of the report aud then
some palntless resolutions, not intended to 70
in the discipline. DR.. Durbio proceeded 10
speak in support Of the substitute. He was
fully in favor Of ibe declaration Of the urinci.
pies OF the church as confined in the majority
report On the moral aspects Of s1aveFy-in act,
on this point there was no difference in this
respect between the majority and minority re-
III prPGss sp sf6ees F6s .ss 9asa that
rule shslt bo inserted in The discipline, making
saveholoing test Of m mber1hip. The mi
nority say 1t is the discipline already. The
church had always Respected State laws aud
must always continue to do 50: Did uny one
propose to place themselves in conflict with
those lawsf Slavery exists only BY the action
| OF the several States, and it was necessary to
maintain our position where it can influence
This ac'lon, which can only be done through
their several legislatures Is it not important
to have men on the ground to exercise th,s in-
auence in favor OF ha.f million Of slarese
Il We take any action here Which shall weak
en- our. influence On slare'soi', what hare ne
done for hbertfs Let me, it my lot is there,
be where the SHAREHOLDER il, where l can tell
him what bis duty j.. We can't do it up here,
If he was President Of ihe United States, aud
an, Of the States attempted to leave the Union,
II there were ships enough, anu powder and
ball enough. be- would whip them IN. Jap.
plause.] What be felt for the Union he fell for
tae Church: Hs was for the Church, the whole
Church, aud nothing butthe Church, {app'ause1
and he would forever retain it intact. lie gave
vote in 1874, uuder the pressure Of circum.
ataoces. against his. better. Judgment, and hs
feaIed similar pressure would be exerted
here, SO that ID alter days when caImer mo-
ments Ind come they would esret their action.
Lad the budding empires on the shores Of the
taclhc no interest in this question: The whole
| church Is moving to stretch out her lines. and
the question should be considered how far the
proposed action would affect ,he great work of
The church. Would it not dry up the sources
of their missionary enterprises? and were ,beY
prepared, when they saw the great work which
Jet remained to be accomplished, to suspend
all operations and lose all the good which had
already been done,
Dr.. D: Curry, Of New York, sail be had been
very so!icitous that this question would come
before this Conference without auy entanete.
men's whatever They wanted only Que thing
at time. II the mfjority wanted this substl-
tute they would call for It after their own re-
port had been acted upon: He moved, there
fore. that the substitute be laid on the table.
The syes and noes were demanded, and The
call was sustained : and the substitute was laid
on the table bE q, es l36, nays s.. B.F.C.