Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1863-05-28
OUR CORREsPONDENCE.
The Baptist Missi"n"r5 Uxiou-A
UniOn Meeting In Cleveland.
CLEVELAND, Ohio, }
May 81, 1853. (


EDITOR RUTLAND HERALD: -.- The
Baptist Missionary Union have Just held
their lorty-ninth anniversary meeting in
this city, Hon. Ira Harris, of Albany,
presided. This is the meeting of all 9TH
ers that most engages the sympathes of
the Baptist denomination,
According to the report of the Treas
urer it appears that there is balance in
the treasury of $40, 900, which fact seem
ed to be taken as an omen that the Exc
cutive Committee might venture to en-
large their operations
Several returned missionaries were
present, among whom were the venerable
DR.. Dean, late of the China, and the Rev.
Mr.. Douglas, of the Burman mission, who
expects soon to return to that country -
There were also two young gentlemen,
and two corresponding young ladies, who
are expecting soon TO unite their fortunes,
and to " go far hence to the Gentiles. -
One of these is Daniel Appleton White
smith, who but few short years ago,
your correspondent recollects as a small
school boy, wading through the mysteries
of Long Division and the Latin Syntax.
The other is the son of Rev. S. +. Smith,
d. D., author of many beautiful hymns,
and among the number the well known
missionary hymn commencing
eyes, my native land, love thee"
Near the close of the meetings Rev.
DR.. Bowling, from the Committee on the
State of the country, offered series of
resolutions, to the effect that the authors
and abettors of the rebellion had inflicted
a fatal blow upon their own cherished in
stitutlon that the recent acts of Con-
gress and the Presidents proclamation in
dicated the dawn of a brighter day;-that
as American Christians we rejoice in the
growing sympathy of our English breth-
rem across the water, but we feel able to
fight out the battle ourselves we ask no
favors and shall allow of no interference
and that as ministers and Christians we
will give the President our unwavering
support.
The resolutions were passed by accla-
nation, not only the members of the I'm
ion, but the whole audience rising to their
feet in mass, and with an irrepressible
outburst of applause.
A mass meeting was held here yester-
day, of the friends of the Union, merely
to give expression to their sentiments OF
attachment to the government. Among
the prominent speakers were the Hon. S.
F. Carey, and slim Lane" of Kansas
Mr.. Lovejoy, of Illinois, was present, but
excused himself from speaking, as his
physicians have absolutely forbidden it.
The speech of the occasion was of course
delivered by Mr.. Lane. He said tha
eight years ago he advocated slavery as ;
divine institution, but now he believed tn,
war could not be closed till the last slave
was emancipated. In reply to the ques
ton "What will you do with the mig
gers ?n he said have built nine mile
of fence this spring, planted hundreds 0
acres of corn and cotton, and the WORK
has all been done by negroes, most o
whom have become free within few
| months, and whom | was careful to pa,
every night and enjoin upon them to b
MEN" He said the people of Kansa
| took upon themselves to relieve the gov
eminent of all anxiety about copperheads
which they would recommend to the Obi
oans. First, give them notice to quit
Second, if they refuse, then proceed a
once to hang them, and If possible EN-
| ploy ''nigger" to pull them up.
The speech was Jim Lane all over, ant
seemed to be we'll received by the assem-
| bled thousands.
The Home Mission Society assembled
this morning in Rev. Mr.. Adams Church
the President, j. w. Merrill in the chair
From the report of the Treasurer, E
Caldwell, it appeared that the receipts o
the year have been about $4,000, ant
the expenditures 1913, 900. The Rev. DR.
Bockers, Corresponding Secretary, con-
menced his report by stating that the SO
ciety was organized in 1882, and one 0
their first acts was to send Rev. s. R
Clark missionary to Cleveland, a vii
lage of one thousand inhabitants, to see
he could gather from the region roun'
about Baptist congregation. Now W
behold city of sixty thousand inhablt
ants, and a Baptist membership of seve
thousand.
| | must close abruptly. M. B.
| NEWPORT, Orleans Co., Vt, }