The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-03-21
SIXTH ID AY
STANTON, Va, March 10.

Qaestte rance me, this morning, and religious
Ccu..os ysere conducted by I. II. w, Mon
The Journal was read and approved
ToFsYes c. Mcponcugh, OF i.eesburg "a local
Jt',,r was elected 10 Deacon = orders.
pres rsr,rt Of ths Conference Stewards was
iun,sd - 900 will he necessary TO meet the
pas of the ensuing year.
CO. -. order OF the day was taken up. VIM |
- desired 10 present a paper received by |
hn' nom individuals in Baltimore, intended
~ the Conference
A, earnest expression Of desire for unity in |
tSs - Expression OF sympathy with yirsiaia |
,.bren but desire 10 have them Se; with |
Str'o,"""s,itioa 10 Immediate separation because
~ destructive effects ia Baltimore and Mary |
is'a, rledge 20 repndiste the New Chapter.
A teaiesi for the Baltimore Conference 10 call |
eIirs session fthe General Conference IN 1854,
~ which to demand
Hvrs@r.,~The repeat Of the New Chapter;
5'.aA-Tke transfer of slavery to the Annual
rFyfsreuees, whore II exists;
trb>Fa-The publication of fair proportion of
.,srkurch periodicals within the siaveholding
IL refused then peaceabIs separation.
:. ms lsst Re refused, then let q General Com
'ri.an be called in lss2, 10 act Ia the matter Of
separation
1bis was signed by Messrs Armstrong Cook,
,.-.kran. Addison. Sullivan. Watkins, Tho
-. Rruudige. Sheckeis, Garrett, Hiss, Steine-
Snr Watkins, and Watkins. and some IL
others. , $500. 49,, a., ,o,... -.
calvert Circuit, addressed 10 the Conference.
rrbcv were similar to the last paper. They
were made the order of the day with the
,thyr memorials.
IN motion of f.. =. Phelps n committee of
Is wa. ordered, 70 which the memorials before
he Conference should be referred, that plan
might bA reported TO secure, If possible, har-
rrony. this committee 10 be selac, ted by Messrs.
) Roszel, L. L. Phelps, and ". t. ID.
Clennl.
n Davis said-The strength of a cause
lee in its Justice. | represent my constit-
neuis Of PatuYant Circuit. The New Chapter
mas been differently interpreted. Some call 1T
an advance, some retreat in doctrine on
,!syery. third class interpret the word
,fAatteI' rs meaning the condition of brutes.
whatever il means, il is ruin to the border,
sni no good in the North. Let us compare
the New Chapter with the former post ton Of
,Ae Church. | read from the year 1880 strong
d,ctrine, Later, this was suspended for
xsgr 10 determine how soon il mig hit be put in
Is1ecution. / read from Bishops Coke and
ss5ury similar doctrine. 1 merely read to
compare the old position OF the Conference
with the present. The Old School Presbyte
ran Church takes similar ground. The
punkard Church in Rockingham, the Mem
monte. the United Brethren, all have similar
positions; These Churches all noar.sh in Iir-
gina. The Episcopal Church says nothing
on the subject. The Methodist Episcops,
Church South IN 1853 swept everything from
sher Discipline. only fin 1888. Yet, in the
VILE that Church says Tine system
of slavery originated in blood and mug
der Or. smith, in his book, says ~
THAT the right of property in man is no.
where sanctioned i'll the Bible" George
Washington, Monroe, Jefferson, Letcher,
Summers. and other Virginia statesmen, sad
the moral courage to come out and Iepudiate
her autecedents. Shall the Baltimore Con-
ference have the moral courage 10 do ike
wise Don put in the plea that a new doc
trpa is the cause of the dissolution, no more
shan the election is the cause OF South caro-
Has going out of the Union Tell the truth.
nan EpG IT N tE =
The as.ajitionism of the North I'd. The dis
seIulnalion Of abolition literature on the Dor
der and, Sd. That public opinion in Virginia
Aas undergone mighty change since the John
Brown raid. AT that time, the thnnders OF
she richmond Adrocdte began 10 be uttered
against IA" Baltimore Conference. Dr. Bond
gas called TO our relief. He denied that abe
ltioui5B existed in the Baltimore Conference.
In thai he right. He denied also the anti
slavery antecedents of the Baltimore Confer
ente. There he was wrong. on may thank
nr Eusser for the sentiment now i'll the
Baltimore Conference. He told I!le truth in
r-ga.a to these antecedents. j Sdmirs him
Tor pressing that point, but take exception 10
the declaration that abolitionism exists now.
The true ground for separation must be that
the Baltimore Conference has either back
Sudden or forward Sudden.
The condition of tho country admonishes
Us 10 beware. Virginia is on n crater. Our
secession fearfully tends to increase The dan
ger IN ls44 did more to dissolve this Union
than any or al other causes put together. If
OFT mere being in Church where the ma
ioritY is Abolition, then your members of Con
gress ought TO separate from the North. We
ough; certainly to consult the East Baltimore
and other non -concurring Conferences. South
Carolina jumped out in the crisis. Virginia
says she won't thus be dragged out. Shall
We drag others Shall our Conference act
Ike South Carolina Pass this, and you di-
vide by the Potomac river. Secession you
NAV have but MARYLAND won't go now. /
love Virginia and my Church. III lose my
right arm before l go wrong. This incoherent,
this untrue report, not according 10 history,
Will ruin Ii determined to go tomorrow,
for these reasons l would vote against it,
You my fathers, taught me the doctrines of
the old Discipline. Unteach me them, and
will vote tor this report. .
D. Thomas, sad-I want to hold on to all
Virginia and Maryland. Though not consid-
eHng this New Chapter as Technically new
doctrine, yet regard II rs a great insult rms
New Chapter says that slaVeholdlng as chat
tells is against the law of God, etc. l know
OF no other law that the Devil even can Vio-
late. We can't even connive at this chapter.
object TO it. ! consider the chapter cause
for separation. But is il right to dissolve Just
now, and spread ruin in our societies The
doctrine OF the chapter Is untrue slavery Is
recognized by the New Testament. We are
all right on the slavery question. But should
not some com promise be effected to preserve
US one! L can't see how this chapter can be
considered as law. l dissent from the definl.
ton of the word doctrine. Mr.. Israel said
yesterday that a doctrine was a declara ton OF
belief touching Scripture. This is true
popularity, but not technically. A doctrine is
be the object of faith and, at the same time,
the declaration of belief. The first restric-
tive rule of the Discipline don't refer to doc
trues IN the popular sense, but IN the technl-
cal sense. They at Buffalo only changed their
Interpretation of the meaning OF the BOOK
The Bishop decided that in the popular sense
il wa. the doctrine of the Church. 1t is not
True that We, then, are TIE NJ f. ohureh de
fIcto Prove it to me and l will receive It.
Almost all legislative bodies have done un-
constitu tionaI things. But then these acts
are unconstitutional, and hence null and VOID
That is all These bodies do not lose thelI
government. j grant you that by the viola
,ion of the compact, if this does violate the
restrictive rule, the Church would be dis
solved. But this is very different from It's
making as the Church. Hence, all that has
been said in regard to its being bar TO mem
tershp falls. They have not violated the
frst rue Can We not harmonic! We al
dtsbelieye every sentiment of aboiiIlonisn
tian't SNAKE sacrifices for harmony The
separation L. only a qnes ton Of time II WI
be wicked 10 transfer the war TO Maryland
h. X. Eietch rose to a q uestion OF privilege
He read from the Baltimore American state
ment that the community at stanton Were
against the Methodist Church, and that thu
colored people supported the preacher in
charge at this place. 1t is sent to the Amert,
can by correspondent. l will say that l
don't know this writer. He is not Methods
preacher, know, nor a Methodist layman
but nail 1t 10 the counter as a faisehood
The order OF the day was laid over until TO-
morrow.
Mr.. Phelps, from the committee TO report
committee Of fifteen, 10 whom the memorials
On division should be referred, reported is fol-
lows
A: Griffith. n. wilson, n Y. Il. Morgan, 5.
=. RoszeiI, John I4anahan, q. w. Israel,