The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1866-05-27


observation-disclosures Members OF the
Baptist Churcn North Refused Seats IN
the Convention.
Special Despatch to the Chicago Times.
RussELLvILLE, KY, May %.
In the convention, this morning, an ANNA.
ted discussion arose upon motion to rescind
the resolution passed yesterday, inviting Wis
ting ministers of the Baptist faith to particl-
pate in the deliberations Of the body.
DR.. Pratt, Of Lexington, stated there were
brethren present from Indiana who had al
WAYS sympathized with US, and also, Rev. Mr..
Stone, from Philadelphia. 1t would be dis
courteous to refuse these persons seat.
Mr.. Henderson, of Alabama, said that
while he had strong sectional feelings, and
had every personal reason to retain bitter an.
imosities, yet, in cause like this, he would
embrace the whole world.
Rev. A. d. Sears objected wholly to the
proposed invitation. He was against it in all
forms and shapes.
Messrs. Poindexter, of Virginia, Voolfolk,
of Kentucky, and Gwyn, of Georgia, also
objected to the admission of these parties.
After lengthy discussion and debate, in
which considerable feeling was evinced, the
whole matter was, on motion of DIR. Manly,
of south Carolina, laid upon the table. 1t is
evident that there is not the slightest DISPOSE
ton in this convention to cooperate In any
form with the Baptist of the North.
Mr.. Poindexter from the committee to re-
wise the constitution, reported to strike out
the words Confederate or other Southern
States This occassioned spirited debate.
Mr. Voolfolk moved to retain Southern
States It was q matter of respect to their
friends in the South.
Mr.. Williams desired to know if Missouri
was Southern State.
DR.. Burrows responded that it was, and
ever must be.
| Mr.. Crane, of Baltimore. desired the adop-
| ton of the original constitution.
| The report was recommitted.
| The report of the board Of foreign missions
was read During the war the missions were
Maryland and Kentucky Last year Kentucky
contributed onehalf Of the receipts.
The afternoon session was devoted to tie
consideration of the claims of the Southern
theological seminary at Greenyille, South
Carolina. Addresses were made by Proies-
scr Boyce, DR.. Sampson, DR.. Fuller, DIR.
| Lechenor, Mr.. Poindexter. and others. In
| the course Of the remarks of DIR. Sampson,
who is president OF Columbia college, Wash
ington city, he alluded to certain suspc.en-
attached to himself, and others who were
| Oyer the border For himself he could say
that since 1874, at the disruption Of the old
triennal convention, he had known the South
ern States were right, and he knew, too, the
Southern people were right. His Bible told
him their peculiar institution was right He
had suspicious attached to him before, and
came near Imprisonment in Baltimore He
was near saying he had no country now. for
he resided IN the district where there was not
vestige Of civil rights left. If he had said
anything that might offend any one at the
head centre from which he came. all he could
say was that il would only cause him to have
q free passage home DR.. Sampson spoke
with mnoh feeling aud warmth, and elected
| the heartiest manifestations of sympathy.
DR.. Fuller, Of Baltimore. rose end said that
| he had been astonished to hear OF any sus
! picion attached to him, or his brethren.
While the people of the South were engaged
in foreign war. the people of Maryland
were in the midst of civil war. There are
thousands of soldiers all over the South who
can testify to tits Would that this cloud OF
witnesses were here, 10 feIrte these unjust
and unkind suspicious.
4 subscription for the theological seminary
was then taken Up to meet the current ex-
penses Of the year. Ten thousand dollars
was. in very short time, raised. The sem
mary saved. from an endowment of SlS5, 900
it possessed before the wa, only $4,000.