Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1861-07-24

sessiez AZ Warren, Pa.
We copy below the Report and action
CT the Conference, made on Saturday, al
follows.
ON SLAVERY.
Bishop Morris presented the following
resolutions from the East Baltimore Confer
enee, adopted March, 1851.
WHEREAs the late General Conference By the
| adoption Of the New Chapter on slavery, has
| given serious offence 20 q large number Of our
members upon the border, disturbing the peace
Of our societies, and tending to the disruption OF
/ the Church-therefOre,
/. Received, That in Tie Judgment Of the East
Baltimore Conference, the Substitution Of the
Nsle Tor the Old Chapter on Slavery was an unne.
cess ary and Injurious change, and It ought to be
repealed
tiOn under said New Chapter In this Confer
/ ence.
s. Re,olrsi. That we respectfully ask the sever
/ al Annual Conferences at their ensuing sessions
| with a view 20 the harmony Of the whole Church,
/ 10 give their assent TO the following That the
| General Conference be and Is hereby requested
TO repeal the Chapter on Slavery, and instead
thereof empower each Annual Conference, with
in whose Iunds the relation Of slavery exists,
TO make such regulations upon this subject, Is In
their Judgment may best subserve the interests OF
/ the Redeemer'a kingdom among them.
4 RsIOlpsi, That the Bishops be and are here
| bg respectfully requested TO submit the above
resolutions to the several Annual Conferences for
their concurrence.
Also, another series of resolutions from
the Same Conference, requesting the Bishops
10 call special session Of the General Con-
ference in 1852.
Mr.. Baker moved that the documents be
laid on the table. Agreed TO.
The Bishop also presented resolutions
from the Baltimore Annual Conference pro.
testing against the section Of the General
Conference on the subject of Slavery.
Mr.. Whallon moved 70 lay that on the ta-
BILE also. Agreed to.
ON TIE STATE OF THE COUNTRY.
The following admirable Report on the
State of the Country was then read BY the
Chairman Of that Committee, composed Of
the following Ministers;-Dr. Q. Kingsley,
J. H. WhAIlon, E. ]. L. Baker, A. D. Morton,
B. s. Hill, ]. Whitelsy, G. B. Hawkins, T.
Graham, ]. Leslie, o. L. Mead.
While as Ministers Of the Gospel. we have no
intention or wish to intermeddle with mere party
politics yet as American citizens we claim to have
/ a common interest In the great and fundamen-
| tai principles enunciated IN the Declaration Of
/ Independence and embodied In the Constitution
| Of the United States.
EsIablished upon these principles, this nation
mas prOspereG IN all NnaE constitutes Lne lnpIl-
ness and greatness of people in manner which
has no parallel in this worlds history. With a
/ stronger emphasis than characterized even the
original Declaration, we have reason to exclaim
"The lines have fallen TO US In pleasant places,
and we have a goodly heritage" One mans
/ life time stretches over the entire period Of
/ American independence; and yet what wonders
| hath God wrought among US as 0natiOn, within
/ this briefperiod. Our population has increased
ten fold; our wealth, hundred fold; our education
and religious facilities thousand fo{d; and our
| political Importance In the estimation ofthe ua
/ tiO0 Of the earth ten thousand fold In no other
nation on the globe, have the political hopes of
the human race so centered as In this. There Is
not q nation under the whole heaven, where the
| heart does not beat quicker, and the eye kindle
| brighter, and the thoughts grow larger, and the
hopes rise higher at the mere mention OF the
/ name America. The oppressed and down trod
den Of other lands hail the name Of the home of
the stranger, the asylum OF the poor, and the
land of plenty. 1t Is understood that vast enter
p iSes undreamed Ofin all the generations OF the
| past, are here to find q speedy consummation-
/ In this new, and newly quickened world, prob
| lens the most grand and imposing that have ever
engaged the human mind, are expected to find
happy solution.
Shall this hope of The nation perish forever
Shall this light of the present and the coming
i ages 20 out in everlasting dRrkneSsg Shall this
/ glorious experiment of self government, already
! the wonder and admiration Of the world, be al
/ lowed o turn out a wretched failure and become
! the sport Of tyrants, and the contempt of man
| kinds Having successfully withstood all foes
/ from without, shall this great nation now com
mt suicide to be followed by the pains of perdi-
| tion? This must not be. From such infinite fol
| ly may the God of our fathers deliver u.s.
| From the beginning Of our Government there
/ has existed an element antngonistic to the gene
raj scope and design OF our free institutions-an
| element endured not sanctioned by the consti-
| tuition, but tolerated as an admitted evil, whose
| immediate removal seemed imprhcticable, but
whose disappearance at no distant day was conf
! denty expected. From feeding ct first upon the
leaves OF the tree Of liberty II has at length ven
tured to attack the root, and now seeks to destroy
both tree and fruit together. This attack must
be repeiled at any cost and at All hazard No
sensible man believes, that In the mere federation
extended to a local and sectional Institution, 1t
was the design OF the Constitution Of the . Unised
States to provide for Its own destruction. Such
a notion is alike desparaglng to the intelligence,
aud patriotism of the fathers of the Republic
While, therefore, we fully recognize the Consti-
tuition of our country, all the Authority of the
Constitution Of our country, on all the subjects
to which il applies, yet, If in persistent effort
to overthrow our government for the sake of ex-
tending and perpetusting American Slavery, the
latter institution should perish forever from the
EARTH we shall be found scquiescing In the ar
rangements of Divine Providence.
In conclusion we offer the following resolutions
Resolved, 1st That in its prompt and vigorous
efforts to preserve the Union and suppress rebel
lion and treason, the Government at Washington
shall have our earnest sympathy and prayers
our hearty approval and cooperation.
J R6s0lred, I'd That We are opposed to all com
promise with armed traitors. believing that un-
conditional submission to the Constitution and
laws of our country is duty which our govern
ment has both the right and the power to en-
, force
} Resolved, So. That we confidently trust the tint
has come when Slavery shall no longer be tn
controlling power either in our domestic or for
eign relations, but that Its influence in the affair
of the nation shall grow less and less until ]
, shall please God to remove the great evil alto
Resoiued, 4th. That without intending any i'm
proper interference with the affairs Of the army
we respectfully and earnestly recommend to q
Ofiesrs In command to respect the obligations Q
. the holy Sabbath, and 10 carefully guard tn
morals Of the soldiers against those evils Whie
are but too common to q state of war. Our cor
! 1denee In the justice Of our cause inspires u
belief that complete success will be all the NOR
:, certain and speedy by careful observance Z
Christian morals. G. KINGSLEY.
July 20, 1851. Chairman.
!. The Report was adopted unanimously b
/ rising vote.
- DR.. WALTON moved that duplicate cop
q be signed by the Committee and fOrWarde
TO President Lincoln. Agreed to.
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