Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1863-04-28
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tra!p.tsd !io apsfoss. Of htp!s rspust. :,
Rev, Mr. pos,ur G.tdhs Bup55ssd ito bshop
r.i.cttd to their clapping Of hantls.
nsv. Mr.. Wood thought iley .honid not
diff IN the question. Clapping hHnca mig nj
b. well enough, but thoy could eve he
expression Of the conference by Tho old lash
orcd word of MotbodisT, Am:n.
Rev, Me. Foster said that at The great event
in his lie, his conversion 10 Jesus 10 riI'eu
his hands and he clapped .hsm tof very
Joy. (Appause. and cries Of "1sory 10
Rsy. up. Newmsn informed tic Confer
epce that Gen. Wool would haVs been pre-
sent, but that hu had received msSs are f'o'n
Washington shout great piece III 'ebel
rascsliiy in New York, aa.i be wanted To l'it
il down. tie knew they would 10 satl.n=d
Al that expilniion, especially IT Con. wool
should mi dawn 1t oncs tho Infamous Cop
perbeads at the North. Uireat applause }
The Hon. Moses F. Ojel, in response to
repeated calls, avewsd his s1Ic;ion for the
Methodist Episcopal Church, aud declared
that it had rendered valuable assistance to
tho puvsrnuont IN prosecuting the war. lie
held that the Adm;nistratia m had msde great
progress in srpprsss,ng tho rebellion, al d
cited the mr.. ssnce OF Union troops in all
Mis- 4, nj ard parts Of Kentucky and Tie inrE-
SEQ snd Wesiern Virginia in support of his
statement iApplause)
R,y. d.. Osborn, Of White Plains. said the
Conference were under great ind lasting obi
pa!i,ns to Mr. Olcl, The t-uo friend OF Meth
o iisni, for his lords OF comfort and nor c
| respecting thu state Of tho country. zap
plause.) Daring tire y az past his mind had
b.en in { constant state Of sny!Gty about h'a
beloved crm Itr,; nnd he had TO contend
againsl great deal whore ho lived The IN
famous Copper heads we're % thick as black
berris", and they were obsli 'ate, too. When
he saw them daily he often hoped within
himself tina: thr.sh.ns m.1 wsll might be-
come one of the Ohr,sti,n virtues, that ! 9
might be ahls constantly to dig into such
fnlows. daughter ami appl.use.) Let tho
C pper eads be put down At once. Gap
pjausa.) II hs were p ssident Lincoln, instead
of suspending tbs hobeas corpus he would
suspend the Uoppeihaads. (ApplsuEs)
Bishop Scott then roDe ND s.id ho az
rrnyrd Of the resouti ms, but he did not like
che mode Of appreciation adopted by the CON
| fufencs. Like many, he wAI lei 10 thank
God for cur defeats at Bull Run and other
places. Gou Understood thsm, End they
wonld lead to tie settlement Of the great
question Y hir'r caused tho war. fjrevr:.-
| The Lord was telling them not TO he Il the
wound Of tho daughter OF his p,oplc slightly.
| lie did rot consider, however, that the nio-
istois before him ehnuld forget their chsrac-
ter or tho propristies Of tue occasion. Let
them SAY - meu" I'LL ttay IN so the ysry
rolf abave them, but they should ever re-
metnhsr tnee wpro clergy me'. (Appiauso)
Raw Mr.. F,a,sr said that although no hui
been friend ,u the South by education md
fore a Gun WIS t'ed--(spplause)- AMI p:G-
| q lined that we shru:d fir. twnguns 70: each
| OF the ,ebh'y one. (ArplauscJ ls was
ready to give glory to Gna for cur defeats II
tho q rst Bull Ruh ard tbs sec nj Bull Run,
for he believed they were still able to carry on
the Wal; bat h" knew that il. they tucceooed
sIa7r:y might he saved. Tie 81 u;h lated
tkc Yankees; they cespissd, &C 1rned and hu!d
| hem in ridhu't; srh il 8 Southern man
should say Ysks- had no soul The Yam
kse wouli DO afraid to say he had. Ap-
prsuse snd laughter lie lupea tho var
would cuitiHus til that hsi;sh, devilish ida
WAS Whipped out Of tie people uf the Sluth
ern 5 ale!; and to accomrlich that otje;t lac
did not ca,o If the war went On fur one, lH ]
or tou yoars. Applsu1e
| R.v. MIR F's,cr, recently from New Or
! lu.ns, said thst whiln there the "lsdies' III
suited every Yankee they net In the St. rs
som.,lfnrs .oss;Eg on tie o.hor side to hho I"
lhe!r Contempt. Their ronmjn cry wss
L,uk Oil; for Your pocket t0'e's Iahk ees
curung" IL wanted that fselil5 whipped
,ut Of The Southern people hy shot ond
shsl.
R,r J. 3. W.ke,oy desired 10 inform ;hc
Conference that the proper way TO trss. a
O5ppe head Was to stamp their hoe!s M hin.
The speaker stamped hs feet violently on lhe
floor, viii ca drought dawn" tho houss, Rev
Mr.. Fox rom ,rh;ng: 'D;o,her WILtlsy, did
van mako hols in tho floor that time q
[Tsughtcr.
Tho yeas and nays ~ero then taken Oh the
resolutions ssriatim, and an animated sccnc
followed. N.aIly all tho meIobs,s called
'yes'' in tone whirh lGade it sound like
"nsy," and were IeqHe-tioned, when they
criad, yes, with sll my heart
Two elsrgymen, VITO hal supported the
esolu'i1is ~ favor of tho Union, said they
did not jis,pp-ove Of lhoas introducing the
ssy,ry gues,,on. Tho "no, which each OF
!he n uttsra.: ssanel 10 dsconce:t the Con-
ferrncs considerably, ard sc.n6 OF the
grea est exci.eDs mt followed The n,mas nj
She clergy who thus expressed Themselves,
arc Row. Mr.. uA..eli, prrsi3ing elder Of the
| Rhm6heck district and Nv. Mr. Sstlsck, q
West Oawp. Ulster county, N Y.
Loud cites we,o ,siel for NJ. OAttel to
explain Himself sud show his "loyaliy," aid
&c yrIal iItlnhsTs p,chH.l arvnnd him. AT
length he appeared near tbs pulpit, and de
cned to make speech. Some ministers de-
clsfed no should DO excuse d, while others eS.
.laimed "B,ipg him np;" "put the screwa
~ him" "be's not lrysl," and ether kin
died expressions.
Mr.. Usttcll said he had been dragged up
before ,hcm to explain bis views. and If ih,y
would force hin to spe.k hs would DC So
He and al Lis family were f;om the Puritan
sock, and we,e born in Massachusetts, and
he loved tho Union, But lie would tell them
that be WGuid hot swallow their Iesolut,ona
rn slavery. Dis.es) Tn yenrs since he
w,s a loyal mar; when thoss who now ques-
toned lii 10y atty were the reverse, and when
they did all'rOrppose ard elnbarrass the gov
ernment. loud hsses) The AID inistrsti0n
was supported by III" whole N,rlb; they were
not sInbar, ssset, rs vas SAID in The report -
(.J,ies %. "No. no." ',aIse," and loud Kisses }
liz h.d right TO his opinion, and he would
30 express himself. (CfIes Of M" 's;t
down'') He would support The Goverrm
in tvGrJ just constitutional m'asure to carry
on III. war, hns no would nevsr give up his
right to fec speech. Lond his5es)
When this stormy ecclesiastical scene cub
| ei5ed # vas srranr ed that the absenteSs