Lewistown gazette. [volume] (Lewistown, Pa.) 1843-1944, 1862-03-12


The following expression Of sentiment
was offered in the East Baltimore Metho-
dist Conference last week By Aqailla A,
Reese and Geo. D. Chenowith:
/ WHRREAs. Since the annual session of this
/ body. fearful rebellion has broken out IN
several OF the Southern States threatening to
/ overthrow the hest and most benign Govern
ment the world ever saw and whereas. the
| Federal authority has been compelled to use
/ force of arms to suppress said rebellion and
/ to maintain it's Own supremacy; and whereas.
/ patriotism IS q Christian virtue taught IN the
/ Word of God ana enioined upon us In the
/ twen,y-third article of religion therefore,
/ R>solrea. That, ss a body Of Christian min
+ listers IN Conference assembled, we hereby
I express our adherence of the rebellion now
/ existing within our borders .. being treason
able in its origin, sanguinary in its prngress,
and as tending to retari the progress OF civil
i liberty throughout the worll.
RcsOtUed, That we hereby endorse and ap-
prove OF the present. wise and patriotic ad-
ministrati5n of the Pedera! Government in
lts efforts to overcome the armed resistance Of
the 50 called Confederate States, with the
view of maintaining the unity and pcrpetuity
Of the Government
ReSotred, That, In our patriotic efforts in
the past or present tn sustain the Government
Of our country in her time Of trial, we are
not justly liable to the charge of political
teaching, and ia the inculcation ofloyal prin
ciples and sentiments regard the pulpit
and press as legitimate instrumentalities.
Resotccd, That copy of the foregoing pre-
amble and resolutions be transmitted to the
President Of the United States. signed by
he i l. -
retary of the Conference.
After an animated debate, in which the
negatives took the fimsy ground of in
expediency," the resolutions were adopted
by vote of 1872 yeas to 10 nays The
nays were as follows:
Messrs. j. Wesley Brown, Dcals. j. II Dash
iell, Hedges. Hall, Kepler, Kinsey, M'Court.
ney, Norris, Parish. Philip B. Reese, Sargent,
Stevenson, Spangler and Welty.
Mr. Shoaf, who it will be remembered
was compelled to leave the church at York,
on account Of popular indignation against
his disloyalty, came in next day, and record
ed his vote among the nays.
Slicer played the dog in the manger,
speaking against the resolutions, but refus.
ing to vote.
No one who knows these men and their
party proclvitics will be much surprised
at their course, or deceived by the shallow
cloak with which they cndeavored to en-
velop the vote. But whatever the motive.
they have gained notoriety and created
dstrust which will completely destroy their
usefulness in the church-for so far as we
know public sentiment here, there is not
church in this county which would place
itself in charge of any Of these {: inexpe
diency" gentlemen.
In presenting the subject to the considera-
ton Of the Conference, DR.. Reese observed
that it was not only due to our citv, but also
to tha National Government, that this body
of ministers should adopt these resolutiuns
The riotous acts Of the 10Th of April are
known tc all men, but the guilty parties are
not so we'll known. Those wicked men, with
treason and murder in their hearts, would
have robbed Us ofour homes. There are men
in this Conference who are not in sympathy
with our Government. The eyes Of all loyal
citizens are fxed on this Conference and
desire an opportunity II show my loyalty and
the loyalty Of my brethren to the world by
recording our votes in favor of The resolutions
1t has been intimated that if we take this step
we shall compromise our brethren in the 9th
er Conference. No one Eympathizes with
those brethren more than do. ! was born
and converted within her bounds aud by her
licensed to preach the Gospel: but by pursu
ing that myth, Secession, she has brought
trouble upon herself; and poor Virginia, dis
tracted and torn, is upon the verge of ruin
Let us not follow in her footsteps.
Rev. g. B. IIamblin said that he had been
studying the subject for fourteen months
ever since the first gun was fred at Fort
Sumter. lie had come there to record his
vote for his country, which he would stand by
as long as he lived. His station, Danville, had
come to the same conclusion. No greater
disgrace could come upon him than to be sus-
pected Of sympathsing with treason, and he
would not leave the Conference with the stg
ma resting upon him.
In answer to the idea that nothing could be
lost by referring the resolutions to commit
tee, the Rev. j. A. Gere said that he differed |
with the speaker, and thought that the soon
er that action was had on the subject the bet |
ter it would be for the Conference. COM
mittee could not express his sentiments better
than did the resolutions. They are, indeed,
not strong enough for some members, but he
deemed them sufficiently so for the occasion.
They are not at all contrary to the spirit OF
are well expressed, and he
hoped that they would not be referred. He
had never been suspected of disloyalty, and
he would stand by his country to the last
A-Frank K. Bellman, born April 1885, |
in Union county, Pa, was killed fighting no.