Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1857-1865, 1861-11-08
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The two Louisville Conferences,

Louisville was the most remarkable and ex-
traordinary, in my judgement, ever held
since John Wesley launched the Methe-
dist ship.
Early in the fall, when Lincoln's lines
began to extend South of Louisville, il be-
came apparent that large majority of the
preachers could not reach the Conference
without danger of arrest, or being forced
to take an oath to support Lihcoln's Ad
ministration.
Under these circumstances, quite num-
Der of them who happened to meet in Rus
selville, very respectfully memoralized
Bishop Cavanaugh and the brethren who
might meet him in louisville to grant Es
an adjourned session near Russelville.-I
The brethren who did this had no doubt of
success if they could reach the ears of
those in the city, and to be sure, several
COMMUNICATIONS were sent, some of which,
at least, went safely. We, in our memori
al, claimed the right or privilege of attend
ing to the business in the South end of The
State, electing our proportion of the dele
gates to the General Conference, and, in
word, of doing all they could not under.
standingly dowithout representation. We
claimed that our demands were reasonable,
and right, and they were urgently prcsen-
ted The Conference at Louisville took
our memorial under serious consideration
appointed committee of seven, who, after
deIberation satisfactory to themselves re-
ported adversely, upon the gronud that our
demand was unsustained by either prece
dent or law What a pity that those sage
brethren did not live when Bishop Soule
and others adjourned Conference from
New London to the country because the
British fleet stood near in a threatening at
titude. Was it ignorance in this commit
tee, that they reported without precedent
or law?" and ignorance in those who sus-
tained the report or was it deliberate vi
olation of the Golden Rule?-"do unto
Others as you would have them do unto
you" Suffice it to say, our reasonable de.
mand was denied us in every particular, and
the little brotherhood proceeded to do, or
do at, all the business of the whole Con-
ference The number there was about for
ty twelve or fifteen of these, with brother
Redford at their head, strongly. urged our
claims, but the cterlchetmjng majority of
about twenty five, many of whom are rank
Lihconites, had determined to use their
brief authority to rule or ruin for once.
In association with their Black Repub-
lican brother, Blakey, they made terrible
onslaught upon the writer. Blakey did
mot intend to prosecute complaints against
me, but hoped by giving me notice to that
effect, he would induce me to pass the
lines of the Federal army, and then he
would have had me placed where / might
be willing to liquidate his fraudulent de-
mands In proof of this, he went there
without his charges, and when he found
that his prey was absent, and a majority of
the little Conference the national enemies
of the rebel Taylor, he wrote his charges
under the eye of the Bishop, and added
one on, of which | never heard, and the
most offensive of the series, Giro. Cren-
shaw is my informan) and had them in
vestigated. AS to what was said or done,
l neither know nor care. But during the
Investigation, | ain told there was exhib-
Iited fine illustration Of the Devil reprovs
ing sin. Robt G. Gardiner, who bought a
fine horse of me some eight or nine years
/, ago. and has never paid for him, made a
strong speech against me for not comply
ing with my Blakey contract. / hope his
sense Of justice will prompt him to pay me
for that horse. Come, brother Gardiner,
don't let the righteous institutions of your
Black Republican brother Blakey be lost
onyou. But you never intend to pay mo-
you know, in view of your wife and chill.
dren, will never force you To do it,
once thought you honorable, but no hon
orable man will act the part you have done
n in this affair,
'e What they did in my case, I have not
yet learned but if such clique were tC
endorse me. should have very little con
G 6deuce in myself. l will state here, Mr.
Editor, that / joined the church in my
fourteenth year, am now near fOrty-six, ,ant
Geo, d, Blakey has the honor of utterins
the first complaint against me. You re
r member the Card l addressed him, som,
time since, through the. Chronicle, Tha
explains it all.
Necessity is said to know no law, bu
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