The daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1863-1864, 1864-04-06
From the Ohio Statesman of the 22d ult.l
The GAINESVILLE COnfereDce..A
Political COnclaVe.

NJ E. Church commenced a session at
GAINESVILLE, Belmont county, on Wednes-
day the 10th inst On Friday the 18th, the
committee on the estate of the Country
made report, which was unanimously
adopted. The report concluded with the
following resolutions:
Resolred, That we cannot as Conference
withhold our emphatic condemnation of the
conduct of any in the ministry or member
ship of the church who have given, or may
give Just cause of suspicion as to their 10y
atty to our Federal Government.
Resolued, That we return sincere and
heartfelt thanks to Almighty God for the
favor which he has shown te our righteous
cause during the past year, for the signal
and important victories granted to the arms
of the nation, and for the rapid and unpar-
alleled spread Of the true principles of hui
man liberty.
Resolued, That we have undiminished con
| fdence in the wisdom and ability of the
Administration, under God to suppress the
rebellion, and that we pledge our earnest
PRAYER, and our continuous and jealous eff
forts for its support, IN til the great purpose
shall be fully and triumphantIy consum-
mated
These resolutions were passed by body
of protested Christian ministers. They are
more beftting conclave of gambling poll
ticians than an ecclesiastical council, The
first mathematics and threatens with ex-
communication from the fold of Christ all
who are suspected, by these men who ass
sumo to be the guardians of Their politics
,>f q Lair 1hriof Of
LOYALTY to the existing Federal Admins
tration-inasmuch as they say in their pre-
amble to the foregoing resolutions:
1t is highly fitting that as body of Chris
tan ministers we should rcaffirm our anal
terable fidelity and allegiance to tho Gov
eminent; and our decidedpnpose to look NTH
disapproJation upon all IN communion NTH
ls aDho either maintain on attitude Of oppO-
sition-or Of miscalied ncurdlity---tO the
Administration ofthe country.
Have these Barnesville tbeologians for
gotten that the master whom they profess
to serve, but whose precepts and example
they ignore, was accused before PLATE, the
Roman Governor, of disloyalty to Caesar
and put to death on the ground of disloyal.
ty to the then existing Jewish administra
ton? The stigma of disloyaity his Jewish
murderers inscribed upon the very cross on
which he was crucifed. Are the members
of the Pittsburg Conference bent upon fol.
lowing in the footsteps Of those prosecuting
infdel Jews?
The second resolution is OF the same ten
or, and thanks Almighty God for the rapid
and unparalleled spread Of the principles of
political Abolitionsm This is what it means
and nothing else; for if the Evansville
clique of ministerial politicians had meant,
BY the expression "human liberty" anything
but negro freedom, they would, ii they bad
said anything on the subject, have lament
ed that the liberty of white men: both re
lisious and political, had been struck down
and violated in the most shameful manner
But the cloven foot, showing that the
Conference was a mere gathering of AboIi-
ton, politicians, sticks out prominently in
the third aud last resolution. These reli
gious demacogues, calling themselves min
listers of Christian Church, resolve that
they have undiminished confidence in the
Administration of ABRAHAM LINCOLN, and
pledge it their earnest prayers and continu-
eu "uo bcaloos Sepport' Oouiu Wv uao'si"
fatuated political zealot and fanatic do
more? These ministers desert the service
Of CHRIST for that Of ABRAHAM LINCOLN
1t was very natural that the passage of
these resolutions should be followed by
corresponding action. The Wheeling Reg
lister had sent reporter to Barnesvile and
published gratis the proceedings of the Con-
ference in full in its daily issues. Immedi
ately after the adoption of the resolutions
on which We have commented, one W. A.
Davidson moved that the Wheeling Daily
Register be excluded from the Conference
rooms, and after short discussion, the mo-
ton was carried, and the Register excluded
from the Conference. Such was the mode
in which these political preachers returned
evil for good, by putting under the ban of
their holy wrath, paper, that had done
them service, merely because its political