Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1860-08-31

named, hereby declare that Mr.. Aldrich did
not appear before the committee in one of
their sessions and solicit the privilege of
speaking under their sanction, nor did he
ever at any other time or place, to our know
ledge, solicit any such privilege. He was not
present when the vote was taken, which was
understood at the time to be unanimous, and
was so reported to Mr.. Aldrich by the officers
of the meeting.
]. H. WALKER, Pres.
e. TUCKER, Sec.
w. A. Williams, George f. Thompson, Sam.
uel R. Haywood, George w. Russell, E. 7.
Marble, Edwin Draper, Geo. M Rice.
fully agree with the foregoing statements
of the other members of the committee, ex.
cept that it is my present impression after con.
versing with Mr. Burbank, that he did vote in
the negative. o. X. EARLE.
Mr.. Aldrich has not at any time solicited of
me, nor to my knowledge of any member Of
the committee, the privilege OF speaking I'M
der their sanction, nor was he present when
the vote was taken, upon which l voted in the
negative. A. L. BURBANK
1t appears from a statement of Mr.. j. E.
Tucker secretary of the committee, that there
were two other members of the committee,
one of whom was absent from the city, and
the other did not attend the meeting Of the
committee, from some cause not stated,
This completes the record, and here take
leave Of a controversy as distasteful to me as
it was unnecessarily provoked.
P. EMORY ALDRICH.
WE learn from the Claremont National Ea
gle, that at the session, yesterday, of the New
Hampshire General Association, in Claremont,
Rev. Henry 7. Cheever, of Jewett City, Ct,
made an address in behalf of the Church An
h.Slavery Society, and the committee on over
lures submitted the following resolutions, the
adoption of which was moved and second.
ed -
Resolved, That in the judgment of the associa-
ton inasmuch it is undeniable fact that chris
tian churches and the christian ministry do, in our
country, exert a powerful influence upon public
opinion and practice, therefore, the Subject of
slavery and upon the practice of slaveholding-hat
is. the holding of man as property-the teachings
OF the pulpit and of the church must necessarily be-
in the highest degree influential, and if right, must
be conclusive and controlling.
Resolved, also, That if God has lodged such an
influence with the Christian church and ministry
and if the position taken by an eminent divine, in
this country REV. Albert Barnes be the true one
namely, that there is no power out of the church
which could sustain slavery an hour if it were not
sustained in Them ii is manifest that the respon
sibility OF longer continuance of slavery in the
United States rests mainly with christian churches
and ministers
Resolved, further, That in the view of this asso-
citation, the Church Anti-Slavery Society," which
seems to have arisen out of this deep conviction
of in regard to slavery in the
minds of few christian brethren, should have the
cooperation of other ministers and christians,
in lis honest attempt to array the churches against
slavery, and to procure from their pupits clear
expression Of christian adherence Of slavehoding
and refusal Of christian fellowship with savehOd
ers account of their slaveholding, the scrip
tural means of reaching the consciences of slave
holders, and bringing them to repentance and aban
donment of their sin.