Smyrna times., 1866-09-12
A Good Man TraduCed.

Among the truest and most reliable of the
many excellent Methodist laymen Of the little
State of Delaware is James Riddle, Esq, o.
the firm of James Riddle 4 Son, of Riddle
Mills, near Wilmington. He is by birth al
lrlshman. of Scotch extraction Methodist o.
the MethOdiSts, an earnest local preacher, a
this time, we believe, president of the Nationa
Local Preacher Association. Like man,
other good and true Methodists of Delaware
Mr.. Riddle long held his position as a conser
vative on the slavery question, professedly anC
honestly anti-slavery, but terribly opposed tC
abOlitiOnism. But the course ofevents in both
Church and State compelled such men TO as
sume definite position, and to take sides or
the question of the day and because he coulC
not be false, Mr.. Riddle is now on the side o.
the Church and the country, against the enc
mics Of both
The loyal Union men of Delaware have late
ly put Mr.. Riddle i'll nomination for the office
OF Governor OF that State, and accordingly he
becomes the target for all sorts of vituperatiOn.
Ills democratic opponent, salisbury, who,
we are informed, is Methodist also, has the
control Of a paper called the Deldwaredn, iu
which short time since there appeared a vio-
lent personal attack on Mr.. Riddle, in which
his Methodist preachership was made the spe-
show the animuS of the piece:
II is not surprising that Methodist preacher
should be the leader of the abolition faction in this
State or in any other. All the hopes and interests
of his denomination have been publicly embarked in
that He has been the head and front of the
abolition agitation in this country from its origin to
the present time. He is more responsible TO God to-
day for the blood Of the ten thousands slain in that
sanguinary struggle from which we have Just
emerged than any other agency that may be named
His book of Discipline together with every denomi-
national paper issued from the smallest chlds paper
to the chief official organ has for years been conse
Grated to the pious work Of agitating and nl4ming
the public mind; and this bas been responded 10 in
the extreme and violent action of the conferences all
over the land. A Methodist preacher, therefore, is
fitting subject for the hnnOrs Of that sanity party
OF "bloOdthlrsty aud decetful men, of which he has
been the willing instrument so long,
We are always grieved at exhibitions of de-
pravity and bad temper, and therefore we read
this display with sorrow. And yet we find in
it occasion for comfortable reflections. The
enemy is evidently driven from his covert and
brought to bay, and such an exhibition OF spite
tulneSs evinces desperate state of mind. AS
to the subject of the attack, whether consider
ed as the man or the Methodist minister, he is
safe against all such assaults. But the Metho-
dists of Delaware have an interest in this bust
ness that they will not lightly forego. We are
glad too, to know that our brethren in that
noble little State have such testimony of their
fidelity to God and the right. Christian AdUo-
cate and Journal
THE SOUTHERN LoYALIsT CONVENTION
We gave, last week, the proceedings of this
Convention up to Wednesday. On Thursday,
the following resolutions, reported by Mr.. Ha.
milton, of Texas, from the committee on reso-
lutions, were adopted:
Resolved, l. That the loyal people of the Smith
cordially unite with the loyal people of the North in
Thanksgiving TO Almighty God, through whose will
rebellion unparalleled for its causelessness its orr,
city, and its crmnality, has been overruled to the
vindicaton Of the supremacy of the Federal Cons,i
tuition over every State and Territory of the repubc
2. That we demand now, as we have demanded NJ
all times since the cessation Of hostlties the restor
alton OF the States in which we live TO their od re
latlons with the Unlon on the simplest and fewes,
conditions consistent with the protection of our lives
property and political rights, now in ieapordv from
the unguenched enmty Of rebels lately in arms.
g. That the unhappy policy pursued by Andrew
johnson, President Of the United States in ts effects
upon the unhappy people ofthe South is unjust, op
PressVe and lntoleran and accordingly. huwever ar
dently we desire To see our respective States once
more represented in the Congress of the nation, we
would deplore their restoration on the inadequate
conditions prescribed by the President, as tending
not TO Sbate but only to magnify the pers and sor-
rows of our condition.
a. That the welcome we have received from the
loyal citizens Of Philadelphia, under the roof of the
ume-honored hall in which the Declaration of lnde.
Pendence was adopted, inspires Us with an animat.
ing hope that the principles of Just and equal govern
ment which were made the Foundation of the repub-
llc at its origin shall become the cornerstone of
their constitution
5. That with pride in the patriotism of the Con.
gress, with gratitude for tho fearless and persistent