Brownlow's Knoxville Whig, and rebel ventilator. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1863-1866, 1864-07-23


The sose 81 tha oaaelai coslsrenep indi-
Gales Is nav p0asiliy = be rejected by The
West Virginia and A4.fluekr nffrence1
md : few ggtss may - cast Against 4 n
the Philadelphia and hattinfQfe tuninrehnee;
het ell the others will pas Z With nsafIy
entire ptauiuhiiy Ihls veto viii ba taken
aaflns the present ysnf, and when 3akeI1,
= Elb be fpand that tbs Methodist Episeo-
Pal Church stands atsthe head pf tie anti
slavery churches IN the United Siatss -
Tho preachers and people, therufofe Of the
Holsson Annual Confsrencs who elect 70
become psFt and parcel 0f the Metbn6ist
episcopal Church III the United gta3es
fhOuia % 30 nndefstandingly, Yoxf com
snittce have looked tho ground over, con.
sideriu ne step theF faife. aad e elect
fhv 6ensrn ;nss e ne s. ,s q; "a
Episcopal Church, Il will he aaid, consists
only Of dericai delegates. This Il true. but
the iaity are by no msans behind the cier-
gy on this question At'a ganeral eonyen.
tion Of laymen from ali parts &C the eoan.
try. which met 10 PhiIadesphla this last
spring, 70 insnorialize lhe General Confer
enee foe the introduction Of lay delegations
into The church assemblies rssoIasioas we're
fBtrcdaced In favor Of tie abolition Of
slavery Ia Church and State. and they
passed without dissenting voica although
many members Of The convention were
known heretofore 10 Be IL oppoaition to any
disturbances Of tho fnstanticl where st ex-
isie.l Sach Is The change 10 public sehti-
snent upon this great question. Your COM
tnittee feei that it ls sorse thar madness 10
attempt to bold on 20 an institution that
Hnderlies all oar troubles, ard that hiss nc-
tually been destroyed IN the heuse Of its
friends
And, now that thc1nasi numerous of the
American churches has placed itself at the
head OF tho anfi-slayery Faovesiehts Of tho
country, we may expect that other churches
viii foilow.s Hitherto only a number OF the
smaller Denominations Of the country had
taken this position. Thus among the Meth
osiists. only 4 branch known as che Wssgsg.
ans, wfth membership of 2i 900, and,
may ade., the Free Msth0disfs and the In
dependent Methodists, two small ofeanixa.
tions df recent origin. had excluded slave
halders from their communioH whilo the
Meshodisf Episcopal Church, extending
through al the States ana Territories, with
the sisesf SO. .00e szeFnbefs only pFohioJt-
cd the sbnyihe Alm selling Of slaves. The
Methedisl frnfestAnt terelI hranch that
leif the Methodiss nn nlseopa 6hhreh thifty-
frD wears Ag6. and nufabert abosit 50 900
members, had no zen eFal iAw Oh rho snbiecH
Of sIasehoItling. Anlhng tito Pre- teriars
the UaAed preeby ans, nnnahesiHa 3 I 600
members; the Refsrnned Rreshy yterians,
Numbering Is Oee tssssbesS. and the Free
Preshyterians. numbering 1900 members,
did not allow siayehoIdilg. But 10 suoh
prohibition was enierced among the Old
Sohoal presbyteriana, numhering se0, 900
members the. New School Ppesbyterisns,
Numbering $50, coo naesnbers or tho Cam
bcrland Plusbyterians. nurabcring i0l, 900
members Ansngfhn other denominations,
the United Brethran, numbering about
100 900 members, and the Friends, COM
monty called Qstakerx adhere 70 \ slavery
policy whils the Protestant
Episcopal Church, the Roman Catholics,
the Isutherans, the German Reformed, and
the Cnitarian, with their large emembership,
hive all stadipusly refraiued from legisla-
ton on tho subject.
1. ReSotred, That the FcbcIlion Of the
Southern States against the Government
Of the United States WAS without any
Just and sufficient cause, and therefore what
has followed is without any foundation IN
right, justice, or the laws Of tue land, or in
the wants and necessities OF the people In
this or any other country.
2 ResDtred That All who willingly en-,
gagged ia this rebellion have In the eyes of
The snrreuis law OF the land, in the jadg
mont OF all enlightened nations. and espe-
rially Ia the feelings Of every loyal heart
pf this vast continent, have forfeited ah the
rights, privileges and immunlties OF the
Government of the Eniled States.
B Respfred, That the loyal menibers and
of the Holsten Annaal Conference
IRE entitled in law g all property eelonging
Q sald eeglesiassical organisation, ahd with
Divine blessing We intend % eiAalH aud hoisl
Ihc same, and Tsshuild the Taste places q
zion st
4. Rtselttd That the lnyai people ana
areaeheFsat thc Methodist I.pls c.,pal Church
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