Brownlow's Knoxville Whig, and rebel ventilator. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1863-1866, 1865-06-14


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one 10 heart one 10 petposs. and one is en- CREST
wetk and labor Of love.
They siso with equal uBaninity, adopted The fol
loNing report on tbs state Of The country
aEroHf Ok TIE STATE OF FHz COUNTY,
Your COMMITTEES on the state Of The country re.
spsetfallT report
The Holston Conferencs Of the Mstbodlss Epis-
eopal Church, 10 rosaminE the place she oceupisd
among her sitter Conferences mp 10 1874, takes q
decided pasiiion ~ legally, ard heartily agrsss
with them n their oaspoksn entaR0Hirn % slavery
Oar peopls hare given costly proof Of ghslF de-
votion 10 She National Governments BTthsir votes
slavery IN Tennessee has been buried beyond ~ sc
trust, hope Of resurrection.
In assuming shis position, Ehis Conference makes
for hersaf very dihasent rccoFd from that a. tbe
H0islon Canfsfencs Of The n E. Church south
touching these questions.
That Conference Al iis session held in this place
10 1884, expelled one a. &c members oT Joining The
snssnies % In coahtssf that Is OR being loyal
citizen, and aiding bis Govsrnment u suppressing
Rebellion. Itsaspended smother 81 ih members foE
. similar reasoa. In "a sabofats report presented
b. John u. Meier, on these cases and ohsrs SIM
LARRY accused tbe continued agitation Of the sub
jaet Of slavery By the churches NoEtb 4 hlsaly
.signed As The Gauss Of ths Itis wicked rebellion.
We say falsely because Il waa not The agitation
Of the slavery question: bui the ineradicabie tsu-
denotes and vices OF the system tsef which brought
about the unhappy events which have transpired.
That report also openly avoWs and advocates the
rghtfuhes Of the late attempted disruption Of the
United States, and grayely urges htbe Methodist
Episcopal Church South alike bseanss Of her his
touching Southern Institutions generally and this
institution slavery espeeislly,' % "be f0urd sT
rsysd, side by side with tho great masses Of the
Southern people, In religiously contsnding 10 part
for thesAEne rightspoilticAl, civil and religious
for the security Of which they were compelled, In
1874, to adopt measures for separate and indepen
dent ecclesiastical Organization
-sBut now that these questions (abstraet politi-
cal questions Of secession and rebslhon) have A.
suFaed . concrete form, and under the Inspiration
Of abolition anaticIsm, have kindled the fires
Of the most brutal and ruthless war ever known
20 the history Of man, Involving every interest
political and religious held to Be most sacred and
absolutely vital TO the present aud fntare veal
Of our people Il IL The deliberate conviction Of
your Committee, that no patriot no Christian, and
least Of all no CbristAn minister who claims 10 be
citizen Of the Confederate States Of AmeFiea, and
who Is presumed TO Be even partially acquainted
with The merits q this unhappy controversy, ean
rose tie tssigIf Of his 0piioas c0rfs acts into
the scale Of enemies s9aiHst with moral Inn
purity, or with copscienee void Of ofense toward
God and his felIow-conntrymen
Such reasonable deliysrauees by the body Of
ministers in the Nineteenth century, and In the
United States, a. wsll sS tho apparent spirit 10
which they were adopted and the intolsrAns, re-
lentless and bitter prosecutions Of dissentients By
which they were followed, justly produce sarpri1e
iAting fact in the history Of religious organization
"A fact from which, It would seam, sll good, true,
patriots and Christian men must tarn away with
lnefable shAne and regret.
In view Of the foregoing facts and considerations,
1t Is therefore
Rssolrsa, That We hail, with intense, ine1pressi-
BILE pleasure and profound gratitude 70 God the tTi-
uulph Of our National arms over E gigantic, unpro
voked and wicked rebellion the dispersion Of the
rebel armies which erinasOned the land with the,
bleed Of our sons and hfethrea, swept our homes
With desalation and hIed oar hesfts with anguish
the established unity and integrity Of our country
and government; and Also, the assured future Of
priceless national heritage Of peace And liberty,
civilization and religion,
Rssolre{ That a. cORssibutive % these results,
cherish with iiyelest intsres the hope and we win
labor with earnest zeal 30 realize it, Faition that
soon the banners Of true Methodism, loyal 70 the
country, 70 reEoaa, % right and - God shah wave
in triumph over tho whole, from Rast TO West aud
from North 70 South, - now wave the banners Of
the republic
On behalf Of the COMMITTEES,
Chairman.
Athens Tenn, June I'd, 1855.
Thus the Holst0n Conference Of the Methodist
Episcopal Church, with = ministry Of s. and
membership OF 6,i9i, is fixed fact, for the II. Z
Church takes no backward steps, And East Ten
nessee has within Il church loyal 20 the core and
Of sound mind on the great questions which have
been SO rife during the last four years and more,
The publication Of those reports In your paper,
aud in Brownlov's Wing Was requested by the
Conference.
Greensville Was fixed the place for the next
session Of Conference and e. the
time THOMAS H. PEARNE.
ApEatntnsenes ef the Preachers
KNOXVILLE DISTRICT.
Thos. II. Pearne, p. &. Knoxville, j. FSpencoi
Knox, Joseph p. Ailburni Rogersville x. 3. Gil