The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-09-24

q we'll q iii tie other Conferences of the
M. u. Church. 20 continue their united and
unanimous testimony, until rebellion shall
have been utterly crushed ont aha tae 0lo
Star and Stripes shall fioat without rival
flag over every foot Of the Uuited States
and Territories. .s@ hi
i Whatever may DO said in relation .
other sims which defile the land Apd call
for Gods judgments, on Slavery the most
criminality rests. 6laveryiis tie eosfseiof
the war. Some, 30 know, arc continually
charging that anti-.laysry msn, sspeciely
guilty agents IN involving the country In
The present troubles. We repel the charge
- utterly ,uDlonnded. AZ we'll might the
martyrs Of the Church b charged with
crime, bscaase they fearlessly proclaimed
slavery, aSo antagonists principles !, pro-
claim fothe one and you provoke the Other.
What, We ask, would b To situation q
our country II anti-slavery men had never
made any opposition 70 the Shave Poweef
That Power would hays continued ite
nsospstions until TIE xho y, county wo1 9s.
and should We have had pe4Co down to
this msmsnt, II would hsvs 6een the'psaes
Of deeth... 1t would betpeece at the sacri-
fice Of Justice, truth and lberty-a peace
dictated BY the Slave Power, than which
death would bs more xelcome boon. 80. 7
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OF truth, justice and Nbertyf Compro-s
misses Of this sort, % far % they have been
resOrted to, have already aggravated the
evils complained Of rather than warded
them Oh. The principles Of secession only
pave the way for universal anarchy. such
thousand fragments. We cannot have
peace, then, by compromise. 81 III
There II but one other way by which
peace can obe restored. This rebellion
must be put down by the sword, as the
to use in numbsrleD0 cases, and which he
requires Of Christians to nee - the dernier
resort in the support Of truth, justice, and
good government. None can supercedo
the precepts OF God and His providential
arrangements. Paper manifeatoss are Of Il
no value q, This critical juncture Of our
The signers Of the Declaration Of Inde- !"
pendenco declared, July 4th, 1776, for them-ia
selves and their country, 70 sspItd0e their !,
lipes, their fortunes and their sacred honor"
70 the support Of the principles Of their
.sr,s - ,S;s t,n,1 T1y LIT .ho rssos ~ ia
or honor, In sustaining the Un- j
Ion to the very last, are either stepped in,
treason, or 20 grossly ignorant that they 4
give actual aid and comfort TO the rebellion, III
and act against the hest interests of the
and Of humanity. fiji -
Church, or Of her ministers, in their eccls.
siastica1 capacity, 70 take steps In favor Of
my mere political party ii the contestD
,h6t have existed on this subject. Our
Church will not now commence TO depart y
from this sound Christian policy: BnstAs
inst because they ors rebels. The distin- N
guished Doueias, just before hin death, de-
clarod there were only two parties, viz - +
TIE Union men and the rebels and there
Are only these two now. s-tI@
But Il ID needless to enlarge here. We H
maintain there are only two sides; We Y
mean the truly Union men on one eide, and g.,
On the other side, the Southern rebels and
their allies, made up OF such ~ are calling
Ioran armisticeand pleading for peace, uns "
til rebels will lay down their arms and q
submit TO the lawful government Of the
And while We make the foregoing state I
nerts, e. 0~insO, We owe It TO our God, our d
and ours church, TO support tho
Union cause, Although at the ex pense Of
life, fortune, and honor. 1'
Il is with sorrow wesurvey the carnage {
md suffering which the rebels have VI,
brought on our beloved land. And yet W. =
must be thankful to God for the good that
ID 70 follow. The slavery OF the cClored
race In the United States has received it, d
death blow: the vassalage OF the poor IA
white must soon cease: and what II still !. \
themselves win Be chetked.r@s
0o1ihas given the armies Of the Union il
many and, signal victories and the time ID q,
not far diatsnt when, under Gods Provi- !,
lence, rebellion will be crushed out, and -
peacs willreign throughout the land.g'o a9ec
hank fnlneN. q Ono Of The fundamental "a
moral anti-slayerZ principles was freedom /.
u all cases. In i7S4f this was her Adopted ~
principle In 17S5 tho rule was suspendeds "a
wing to the unchristian laws which for. ID
eade lsmsncipatiol., Bet. now, after the Z
IS prayers Of sks cSufsS, and de dslivsrsd
Der by his own right hand. Abraham d y
Lincoln, by his constitutional proclama-s.s %,
ion, = = military neoagsitys has ema1cin ] !,
pated the greater number OF the slaves. .
And now our WORTHY bishops have ufalis .
WHICH full discipline can be exeraased. ID
Surely this was = day Of salvation TO the
n. 81 Church, inv hich' she WaA delivered
rom = bondage under, which sac groaned !,
/ Bat WY as We dwelr on pa4.icasa-s u j
his timer Les usu hasten tos renew, for 4.
,uFseaves, the PIED0E which the ts:herAofe lid
Resolved, BY the Iowa Cohference OF Sksi u
VI. IL. Church In Conference GseelA b3e0kp8
hat I'VE unanimously .plsdge our livoe.ai
,ur fortunes and our sacred hcnoxy to- (
maintain the Union Of all the Sta!es and =
and 10 transmit our national ~
nhefitauce unbr6ken to eur CHILDREN SD q
Resolved, That The Secretary efihe iowa ~
Conference send copy Of this report TO TIA "
Of tho United States. - t1's.V'
sChairtnan Of CommitEoe,o soi,
Keokuk, Iowa, Sept 18th, 1884. ,tgt- 81
The Conference also adopted the so;loW.. Y
6.sc1..sd sr,sf a. thA - 49, q.