, 1860-06-02
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Of industry and economy arc swept of i'll d
dag. But as long as the government remains
In the hands Of the men who hare no sympa-
thy with free lab,r and tho white man who
tolls-Eho hnve no mines, no mills, no manu-: :
factures-who hare only two or three staples
upon which their wealth deperds-just so
long will the demands Of the North bc neg
-lscted. A change Of the administration Is I'M
peratiyejy demanded by commercial reasons
alone.
Take the Homestead bill as another illustra:
tom tt wise, just and benelcent measure, !;
demanded by tile wants Of landless men Of AZ
sections But the Shareholder, enjoying the
fruits Of forced labor, feels no necessity for its
enactment. He has bis negroes ard his lands,
mud rs the giving away to actual settlers would
cut OF tue receipts from land GALES which
the treasury has erjoyed, aid would
have tendency to encourage FREQ labor
and to incrensc, by rapid settlement Of
tho unoccupied Territories, the number.
Of fres States, not a nigger-driver in either
branch Of the National Legislature will vote
for that b,on which Republicanism hollis out
to ererY industrious, frugal, landless man. Sla-
ycry in 1his, as in commerce, oyerrldes the
highest interest Of all who do not share its
profits, and forbids What duty. patriotism and
humanity demand. The fear of increasing tho
importance Of the free element in tho conl1nun-
ity Of States, actunl and probable, and Of cnc-
ming the necessity for additional duties where
by the free labor Of the North will he fostercd,
are at the bottom Of the determined and pow
erful opposition which the Shareholders make
to the Homestead bill. The price Of the land
is with them bagatelle. The consequences
which hang upon its settlement are what they
SEQ. Again, the Slam Democracy Of the
North are susscrvient, and the country suffers
By their t1cachory.
We might point to the attempts to improve
our Western rivers and harbors, always 1cn-
dcred abor.irc by Democratic opposition; and
to the Southern denial Of Pacific Railroad,
except upon route through slave territory.
as further proofs that the government is now
and has been for nearly twenty years, admin.
istercd Tor promoting the exclusive interests
Of the South. But instarceB without number
will occur to the reader in which tile North
has been outraged and wrorged, that the
aims Of handful Of slaye-driEers might be
carried out. =.
The remedy is cheap and easy. The OH
garchy, which las prostituled The governing
power TO its own base purposes, must be over
thrown, and for four years asleast7 the claims
Of white men, who own no slaves, must be
needed. 1t is their time to rule. They arc
the "nud sil1s'' upon which the prosperity OF
the country, the integrity Of the Un,on and
the protecting pswer Of the Repub-
lie are based. Let them now lave chance.
There has been legislation enough for mig
gers" and their masters.
| ACTION OF THE n. T.. GENERAL
QUESTION.
! It will be remembered that tho majority re-
port Of the COMMITTEES on Slavery recommends
ed a change Of both the Restrictive Rule and
the Chapter Of tho Discipline. That our rca
ders may clearly understand tile position here
tosore held by the Methodist Church on this
subject. and the nature Of the proposed change
we girc in parallel columns the Ruls and Chal,
ter Of the Discipline with the charges recon
meuded:
Tie Ruk a. i Stands, Tie RUE as Pcopos<<
Prohibits BY the Committee
"The buying aud sell ProAi1its
ling Of men. women and "The buying, selling o.
children, with an inten- holding Of men, womer
| tiun TO ens1aTe them." or children, with Ut
/ isAaation to enslart
themn
The change consists in the addition Of Tic
words tor Holding," which would exclude
Shareholders under any and ali circumstance:
from membership. The voto stood, for the
change l38, against it II. The ayes being
less than two-thirds Of the whole number-the
majority required-the rule stands unchanged
Tie Chapter az it 1Ae CAapttr a. spropos<a
| stands. Iy TIL Committee.
| Quest.-What shall Qnest.-What shnl
be done for the e1tir- be done fnr' the oEtir
patton Of the evil Of patton of tie cyil c1
slnveryf slavery!
that we are rs much as that nc are as much n.
| ever convinced OF the ever conrinced Of tbe
| great evil Of slavery; great evil Of slavery
/ therefore no stnvehoId- We believe that ne
er shall be etglble to buying, selling or hold
any oficiut station in ing of human brings AZ
our Church hereafter, chattels is inconsistent
| where the laws Of the with the Golden Rule
state IN which be lives and with TINT rule in
VIII admit OF emanc'pa- our Discipline which
tion, snd permit the requires all who desire
| lbcrnted slure to enjoy To contiuua amour us
freedom. "to do no harm, mt
2. hen any travel to arnid evil Of every
ing preacher becomes kind" We therefore
an owner Of slave OF nf1ectionntely' adnou
slaves, by any means, ish oil our preacher
he shtH forfeit hts tnin- and people to keel
| isterial character in our thcmsclyes pure from
Church. unfefs he exe- This great evil, and Il
cute, lift be practicable, seek its extirpation b,
legal emancipation Of alI lawful and Christin;
such slaves, conform means.
ably to the laws Of the
State in which be liyes.
T. 3. all our preachers =
shall prudeutly enforce
upon our members the
net essity of teaching + 81
their slaves to read the ~. :
word of God; and to
a1low them time to ut "
tend upon the public
worship of God on our
regular days Of divine
service.
Ths change here proposed is radical, sover
ing tie whole ground, and By the construction
given to the Discipline, secures, it wsu]d seem
the same result that would have been arrived
at 1'Y tie change Of Rule which the Conference
refused. Tho Conference agreed to tho pro
posed change Of the Chapter By rote Of Is!
for it, to 81 against it. So the Rule stands un
changea-while the Chapter is 80 altered as tt
correspond precisely with the change cough
to tc made in the Rule.
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