Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-03-20

ftSdoEsS ~, tAt,f 10 GuhGillule lnpFui-
leFSuee 70 = ks E68a md a tpsolBtlou,
WhIeh ~ ttoagbt lh8nld -, which VS.
Ets he sgeVt that he ntG ehaPtRS va rot
Ito - regarded % lau, list pndsr Il 20
,adniastr4liyE o. jadleiai astion en- b had
aghlaA Az nsmbSf o. nihiElSs. saeh BE-
/ sSid bsd bSea Bishop SeOtFs dteitios,--
iHh sdsrttsndiug Of ihs pisapliHs ~
that 4 referred hin 70 he sEdftnFei foE
lt.slr deri,loaG snd V thfn be Hnlt bs
/ guVtTStd SGsh aas bis undertaking q
iths chapter end y sueh he eadoEtrd IT,
lliS ~ IN SSSoba ESIolaiioa and SAidit
lIust SSiIOd u ~ SlaVS sDaDtEy Own Pt
lCharlsStOa. For hlnIsli be stood ne'sheF
a0rih nor EOuth-
/ Ne. BattsIiS said be hal not sEPeeted 10
AK the attebtion at ihs CopEeIsnee on
itbjI snl,Iert, bat having frltil bis duly 70
uaer SsbstiGqIq fOE-ibe report, DO viibed
\ 10 Iay uStd ID fefeFenea 10 y lie pre-
(trrei tbS hubsIiGhIe to the FVpott, because
be thought Il va nll lrUe TIE preamble
rerltts he fact that the new rhaPieg was
substituted Eor ne old one. Il u well
kuoWn that your delegates In The General
| Conference, opposed that chapter. They
would 10 the sane thing agnip. We Fr.
/ Rret the change Tot the reason II there
are no others, 90 pecouRI Of the uaplsas'
nutnsss AID uneaSiness that il produced In
OUT work. The 6lmplO Poini, however, it,
that thnuEe bsinE mRds, what Is our WiSeSI
I mode Of action. lie thought Il was 70
make juIt IS Hgtle Of the change a. PoAsi'
lble. Tue SubstlIuts asserts The truth. y
asserts that the chapter Is deelnratoEy and
advisory.
Nr. Irwin wanted to know y lbe chap.
Isr wa nothing else than advisory and
dselaratOEy.
Ne. Baltslls replied, nothing else. The
substitute asserts that our bishops unNni-
mouSly resolve ia our judgment, there WIS
no action Of The General Conference which
changed the terms Of membership 10 said
Church. Thea the 8FJt lieu, Of the reSO-
lutiou 10, "ReSoIved BY the Western Viz.
riaia Conference, Thai tue new chapter
does not directly OF Indirectly make the re-
aIlon Of STAKEHOLDER any bar 10 member.
Ship in heuhurch Whenever the Metho-
dist Church makes SlavehOldiug bar 70
4 membership, We eau no longer retain our
place. The COnleEeuee OF 1886 did report
chapter on slavery, which did interfere
with The relation Of slavehOldiuE members
la our church! 3ut that chapter was de-
Neated. IT was said that 70 put that IN the
Discipline without change Of the general
rule, would be 90 clearly untonltitntiolSl
as to InValldate tho right apd title Of tho
church TO all the property Shs lad
Would the Conference Of 1860 proceed 70
do directly, that which was conceded
m ali bands four years before, they
had no right to DO indirectly. The next
item Is, that It has neither The form nor
the force Of law, not being, as the chair.
lnaD Of the Committee on Slavery told uS,
statutory In the least; that II, does no! lay
The foundation for any trial Of judicial
proceedings against any slaSeholder %
such. II makes the conscience addressed
byit, the sole tribunal IN the case, and
that in accordance With these views,
our administration Of the whole Sub.
lect viii Sc governed aS heretOtofs,-
| II the people 6Aya regarded rs safe and
sound heretofore, the meaning Of this
clause Is that they will still put The same
confidence Ia uS. he replied TO some
questions Of Nr. Arthur, and said In COM
cIuBion that DO was pleased At the fraternal
and harmonious feeling that existed 10
The Conference in the discussion OF the,
question so far. ne would mther bis
/ tight arm should drop FROM his hody than
10 utter word to disturb these pleasant
fratePNal feelings Of time like this, When
lin reference 70 Church md SIatO, our dear.
sSt interests IN this lie anil that 70 come
are Suspended upon such a slender thread,
The prayed God TO keep him and his brOth.
4 rem from doing anything OF saylpg Any.
thing that would add fuel TO the dame that
had 80 isrcely ragged over some parts of
onr happy land.
Dr. Drummond followed Ia some re-
mavks. He spoke rather cOn6rmAtoEy Of
\ what MF. BAitelle had said, and occupied
4 substantially the same ground.
NJ. Irwin followed in an address Of some
length. He seconded Ne, BHttelle IN cay.
ling hsWould sooner sacrifice anything he
had a right to sacrifice than 10 jeOpardiEe
the peace Of the church. He thought,
however, the new chapter constructive
aud intended Ly the General Confer.
eneo to tonStFue the general rule on the
subject Of slavery. Hit 10 not II has no
force whatever and would have been much
better out Of Discipline than 10 II; and
ho only regretted the repeal Of the old
chapter, and ia the name Of his people he
diSSented from such action entirely.
1--WE ~, he said, an individual under
OnF general rule, either for buying, selliag
or holding slaves, the question comes up:
twhere lsthe common Law thNt q 70 gov
ern the case, The chapter declares the
buying, selling or holding Of men, women
and children 10 he used IS ehattelF, con.
tFary 10 the law Of God and the laws Of
nature. Yon have 40 appeal here. You
are l,ounl to administer according to the
teachings Of that chapter. II that chap
ter Is intended to mean, and S, nOthiag Ut
lall, why do We refer TO principles connected
with On administration on that Gublset,
and make the standard Of moral rhNrac.
ter In the Methodist Episcopal Church q
Eprinriple 10 the hands Of that chapter, on
which We are to try al our principles IN
rclatlon 10 slavery? The chapter either
means nothing or something. II does
mean something and has such reference
NS compelS Il 10 mean something. he had
no doubt many brethren In Ohio aud Penn.
sylvania WelS periectly satisfied with tina
new chapter. He said their Northern
brethren had thrust IL upon them, and
thee V,aea pSt,I;sSI "a dhESnh fl,arnaAlrRl.