The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1864-03-25
\ Hgrthern OS1n1sn of -LdncsIn's
sSRunnAness tho Churches.

RuD11nw u C1osCoees
Tue chlcago 1tnA. Nplss Tie saptfsa q "rhe
Hissarrh aat HE Rriestiy paeioians, ,"haos titsss
ai,icls On the ssssnt orders sf Liaeola 10 Disaop
Arues 70 tsks shnee u he Nethoaiss sssrshes u
the south. II ss3ss - !.
The 0snsnjs esnmAAdsns sAsss 6spanmeats,
and omsess command tsssR arHfes detAohmeuls, end
ehrps aad pests, and III cnccw e tAs sefvses q
n.sn:s, ars difeeset % Place at the dtsposa ornsv
Bishop Ames oil pouses ef worship belonging %
the neshcaist Bp;seepsi Cnufch south.
Tits 10 the iantaaee af che order, and the fFelats
uaan yhom sash extraordinary powers are confer
f.d has entered 1pon the duties Of bis hsw abd
singular omce, Row unique and unprecedeufsA n
Is may be infessed fto the fact thai he, - Chris
iarsdic,ion u yslitieis demonstration ehsirsiy
aisconnectsd wtih and foreign y his own. The
aethodid Episcopal Church South" IS an oyGaHt-
aai"n eatir.iy iadspesdent Of the jcisdicti.. q
us IN sthodist Episcopal Church. IN My 1S45,
~ convention IN Louisville, Ky, = sepafetioa
vas c nnsly declared, and the iunsdictieA OF the
sfnesm Conferences over tho conferences ilicfe
represented was dissolved, xDd ieeaiiy Dissolved,
as tae Coats of the United statss enforced fair
rata division Of the chutch property
The separation Of the church was said BY NJ.
iciay TO have sundered or the strongest iouds
OF unioa, and was justly regarded as preceding
the speedy disruption Of the majority OF our vei
g,ous ofeaniza ions !nfn separate secEons bodies.
retercues TO these facts Is relevant 10 this dis
cHsstbft susy snow t92s the fccref0YY OF war -
arbitrarily imposing upon the Methodist Episcopal
Chusch South u jul!sdfeiiea II repudiaied hcfO9s
':ss reheten, and which reputiciioR eur laws and
crarts susia.n.d d, and which The government and
discipline Of The church must have sanctioned, or
ttr courts vcuid not have recognized i,s validity.
something Of the tyranny exercised 10 the ap
rolniEient Of Bishop Ames, and tie grant to him
OF su'soEi.y 20 supreme, und his acceptance Of
aud action in the Office, may be Imagined from the
facts we have Tsci.cd. II this weSe all, the 70
ceeding might be permitted 10 pass, wiih slight
comment, among the ordinary tespa,ses Upon :aw
ana iaStiee and custom habi;ual to the AdmiEis-
dtspoac character might be forgiven. Bot Ii is
nnl ,ega tyfannoiIG thau It Is dshsEt Of Tire Con-
s,ilu'l0a and Of tho discipline and customs oY the
church The Constitution declares:
s;tonsress shalt make M lays respecting an es-
iaa'sshhsut OF selisor. CT prohibiting the f.ee ex
etctse tneEaof.'
Can 1t be imagined th.. these who incornoratrd
snch reetIic;io2 in thu supreme law contem
plated the establishment Of hierarchy, of which
tue S2eIesaYy OF War should be chief? n what
pcr!ian ef lha Methodist discipline, or by what
sa!e OF govesnnaat in the church, de- SiergyMeiFef
sA2s denomination derive appointments ff1ln civil
ntfeers' WheIs is ii provided that Bishops OF the
Methodist Episcopal CbI eh may connect Them
sdic.i,a OF the Genefa' Conference, and yet re-
tsti their Office aad standins In the church,
to;su"ing fas. 0p1G the appointment Of Bishop
Anies comes the announcement that the "Bapiist
The Secretary OF Wak to lake possession or the
Hapsist churches III the Fsbei States. The ecents
o.: :he Home Mission Soci ~, as is also the Bishop.
are made judges oF The ''.oyssy". hieh is TO de-
t-.,,ilps their rights O: possession ard property
1 ae order IS somewhat vague upon this p1.nt, ba.
We shnx the ecc.estasticai appuint.ss Of Stanton,
sile lieTarch, may designate the .dis:0yan ninis
tsrs, and our ofacsrs are required 10 Oas, them
fitis The ve,y pertinent Inquiry arsss ssto tie test
OF "loyaty." Is the same rule to sovera in thes.
departments which was enforced In New Hamp-'
sitirc IN the case or Et.efly'
= With this rule 6. criterion OF jsd.ment, and
despoii, how m ny '.iuyain elerrymsn can be
fouad IN these Departments. And the ssms ruea
sutes sre 10 DC enforced aasnst other dsuominn
t,ohe III the rebel Etstss. According to tie laws
q! Har areh property IL excepted ifoin eon6kca-
Won, aud II IL regarded as sanda- N ihToash6at
lie christian wvt.a sundaerofs in Christlaa
countries 10 interfere with the privileges vi Chris
tan denominations.
uY afuaicy advance in the Southern Sta.es, the
cohgtry IL GesOinted. he pe0p e are denied the
privilege Of sef-eovsrameni. and the might Of the
uatOH is pledged 10 the destruction OF The labor
syat,n Ia which all their na;esiai Interests are in
volysd CoaEseaton drive; them from their
them from thssr affairs These are the Inducements
we extend fer submission, and the authors Of
these measures pfofess TO be "Ualonists," and
engaged III the Interests Of God and humanity"
Since the day Judas, psofesstna Him, betrayed
Jesus, there has not been blacksr hyboc dsy.
IL Philadelphia, on the 18th, the "ministass sp-
pointed BY Ames to take charge O. ell the Gc,ho.
dis, churches In the city Of N-w Orleans was
publicly presented with Yansss flag. ia his
speech accepting IL be declared that be was for
subjugaton or "war forever" As &c don't fight,
md has got snug berth "for the wsr," his snthu
siasm may bs considered very cheap arrange
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