The daily Green Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1861-1865, 1862-10-07
DR.. Cartwright.

The Methodist Episcopal Church n r.
ada is one of the sraler branches Of Mat
dism, having less than 10000 NOM
mostly IN Canada West. Their General G.,
ference commenced August 10Th, and coo,.
ucG one week. The delegates from the r,;..
States we're present, and made addresses IL,
are published at length in the Canada e.
tim Adcocats, published at Hamilton r
Chairman OF The Committee was the 4oo,n..
Peter Cartwright, D. D., from whose ,n...
we give the following extract
| commenced to travel in lS04 y.
country was supplied with preachers BY B,s,
A,hbury. The work here grew greatly in
became an Annual Conference, 10 1874 =
1928, on account Of complaints of certa, 4 :
abilities on the part Of the preachers in c,n,i
the General Conference, held in pr.on.,
permitted the Canadians TO organize Cbp,,::
[ was acquainted with your ancestors =,
old preachers. ! was always in favor Of v,,
recognition, and Of traterna relations rs,.
before it was carried out, and il afforded n.
tie creates. pleasure when cousumma-J
am h ppy to learn that you are at vcsos-
tina. God has enlarged you In ministers an,
membership. [ have seen some of YOU, mir.
listers and members in Illinois | was ham,
to find them holding special regard 70, 4,
old landmarks. | have often been ssbsns
that we ourselves have not KEEP. as cIosy
those landmarks as those We have r.,i,.,
from ycu.
am happy to say our Church ha, DO,
pered, but VIC have had trouble. and cop,.
VERSES, resulting in divisions. The m4
division was consummated in 1915. th,
been brewing for years before slavery sp
its sole cause, and civil war its bitter CONE.
quencc and will say that the prea.,e,
South have done more for this than all TN
Southern demagogues and great uea put b
gether. | am Southe.ner ~ birth and u.
ucation-born in Virginia, raised in Ea.
lucky, and travelled twenty years in the :n
States. understand the matter thoroughly
Even as late as the General Contersl,e 0.
1882, we had no Methodist preacher: sao
would openly avow slavery to be right. BIZ
in 1886, at Cincinnati, Brother from South
Carolina made set speech to prove shVs7
divine appointment. His Southern oies'
rem were ashamed OF it and Kissed bin, BIZ,
at Baltimore General CoDference-lAl-
some pretty strong advances we're made b.
ward Justification Of slavery. In lAtH
had the great battle in New York. BaT
Andrew, a very good man but ownero s.7"
was selected as fair case for fight. lM
then determined that we should make it ~
full to the ministry and Episcopate, or M
would go out. There was a magOrlyn'
the free States, but they did not undeH.''
those Southern preachers. ! compreAf'Ia
the whole plan. ! said TO MFsrln-N
} perhaps, in JAIL or he ought to be-lhenA
tor Of the Sohth- Western Christian AarN@
Brother MFerrin, if the Methodist C'1s
ence is divided, it will be the entering "A:
: to the dissolution Of the Union. DE answer
God grant it | care not how soOn'
| want to see the back bone OF sIa'S
broken. It's great cursc--God vii, Een1
it IRON US. | am glad to know tna'
brethren IN Europe and Canada pray H
II | have any request, would ask thai }"
pray that God, who is too wise to err sN' w
: good to be unkind, when he has SCOUT
will deliver ns from the wrath Of our e0eI"