The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1863-09-04

Canada Views - Repsr, OF tbe Rav
Quinte Annual Conferences of ne
Methodist Episcopal Church In Can
ada on slavery.
Your Committee on Slavery hoo
leave to report that they deem in inn,
lportant that this conference should.
at this particular time, express clear.
!ly and fully, their sentiments upon
this subject, inasmuch as the slave
holders rebellion. now raoino with
such desolating effect in the neigbIor.
ling Republic, reveals The humiliatinr
fact, that. notwithstanding the exist
ence OF universal freedom throughout
the entire British domimons. 40 that
. il is our fond boast. that. irrespective
lof color or cline. as soon as the slave
touches British soil his bonds fall Off
and he is free--a glory and boon
which was purchased bv our father,
at q cost Of G50, GOO, 600 sterlino-yet
there are some protesting to be Brit
: lohs, breathing her free atmosphere,
and treadlng upon her free soil, who
still advocate and sympathizc with
the upholders of system of slavery,
so offensive to all the moral and so.
cial feelings of humanity. .L
Our opinion is, that slavery s1s the
sum of all villainies.'' 1t is a sin
against God, who "hath made of one
blood all nations of men for To dwell
on all the face of tire earth" 1t isa
violation of the spirit of the Gosusl.
which condemns cruelty, injustice.
and licentiousness, and requires that
''"s y -ry'''d tlat men should do TO
'lyou, do ye also 60 them" II is a
monstrous injustice to the slave. sub
lJecting his person, property. and fam
lily, to the absolute will and caprice
fot the stakeholder. 1t is the most
palpable Inconsistency of the present
age, that the descendants of those who
fought and bled for national liberty,
should enslave the persons of others,
and even undertake to degrade in that
thralIdom their felow-men to the lev.
! el OF the brute, and use and traffic in
them as such; and that, too. in the
midst of all the moral religious, and
lpolitical light of the nineteenth centu-
ny.
And our opinion is, that the rebel.
lion now heino carried on against the
United States Government, has been
lcxcttcd for the express purpose Of
supporting and extending slaverv.--
The Southern Confederacy was es-
tablished upon the avowed belief that
slavery is Of God. The Coniederntcs
never advanced an excuse, much less
a cause for plunging their nation in
To the horrors of civil war. They
have always manifested the keeuest
malice in retaliation upon every meas
ure taken III favor Of the freedom of
the slave.
And it is our opinion that no intel
lgcnt Christian, or friend of humani-
tv, can sympathisc with the authors
'of that confcdorncy, for the above aud
following reasons:
l. They are rebels, having uncon-
.stitutionally taken up arms against
their Government.
>. They are traitors. having EN-
ployed the influence, prosperity, and
strength which they have derived or
stolen from their nation, in IN attempt
=" "rerthrow its Constitutional Gov.
ernment,
3. They are murdcrers, being the
direct and wiiliul authors. and cause
of all the death and slaughter of the
present war.
They are the destroyers of the
peace, commerce, institutions, and
happiness of their own nation, and are
seriously interrupting and cmbarrass-
ing the prosperity OF other nations.
1t is oar opinion, further, that all
Christians, and all lovers oftreedom,
in all lands, should sympathizc with
the Federal Government in their eff
forts to put down the rebellion:
Because, if that Confederacy
should succeed the liberty, peace, and
prosperity of this continent would be
constantly ieopardized, and their com
monwealth, if established, would bea
reproach to any people, and standing
disgrace to humanity. -
,. They are fighting TO put down
an unprovokcd and causcless rebel
lion, and to maintain good govern
mcnt, law and order.
3. They are now avowcdly and
practically aiming at absolute, uncon-
ditional, and pcpctual liberty for the
slaves.
t. We believe that he He whonow
holds the reins aud tries the hearts of
the people, is conducting them in this
terrible conflict to his own glory, and
'or the good Of the oppressed.
Our earnest prayer is, therefore,
that the Federal Government may
speedily triumph, ana peace, iawv.
prosperity, and liberty he permanent
/ ~ restored, and the United States, as
"A nation, become stong and powerful
TO unite with other civilized nations
in the great struggle for moral, polit.
ical and universal emancipation. 4.
ions W. SILLs,
T. b. AYIEswoRTH,
MICHAEL DAVN,
Committee.