Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1867-07-27

SlaUsaotding 10 Be a sin, and YET be now
ventures 10 speak of man who lived and
died 10 the commission Of this grea, sin.
this monster inrquity, as that "ueasrGJle
servant Of God.
Mr.. Editor, you and ! nay submit the
judgment OF our minds 10 the expediency
Of the abolishment Of slayery-and many
a former STAKEHOLDER sincerely PROCESSES
JOY a. being nov rid OF bis old RESPONSE.
blity as such-but sre we 10 endorse the
doctrine that our fathers, who happened
TO have a few slaves, lived sinner aL5vs
all men and tn. dying, with whatever
profession of faith on their lips, or light
of JOY on their brow ye, dying with tie
sin of slaveholding attaching 10 them, are
now in despair ind get this is the
doctrine Of Northern Nslhodism. The
retroactive operation OF its present law,
consigns all our ancestors, in anywise con-
nected with this institution, TO torment
To an irielIigen, and apprecIalive mind
this doctrine must forever bar the door Of
Northern Methodsm-he cannot enter
there, never mind how loyal he may be
10 the government Of the fathers.
"The Methodist Church is loyal; the
Methodist Church South is di,ioyal.'
| deny both propositions. admit the
Northern Methodist Church is thorough
ly under the dominion of psrly-lhe
Methodist Church South, is enIangled IN
no such bonds. Bot | will not defer 10
DR.. Green or asny living man in deyo-
ton to the constitution Of my country.
We have no other country than the UnI-
ted Slales--her government is ours-her
flag is ours; and if we are treated az aliens,
if we have disabilities put upon us by
those in power, we can only submi, the
while, until the spirit Of the fathers shall
reinspire their children and bring back the
former days Of peace, plenty and pros.
perlly. Let Northern Melhojsm stand
aside, and in less than six months, con.
queriDg North and submissive South
will bury the remembrance Of victory and
the history Of defeat in the grave Of OBJ
livion, and amid the funeral rites of
strife, dead as UnhoIy and forgotten as un.
productive, free, happy and united peo.
pie, 1cith no North, no South, no East.
no U,cSt, will join in the song Of one
country, one constitution, one destiny.
Do we desire this result let Us DO what
we c.. - cause Northern Melhodism TO
cease its unhoB crusade upon the South,
presenting the singular spectacle OF
christian church (ProfessedIy sucbJ s:::nd-
ing in The way of the restoration OF polIIi.
cal peace
If Dr.. Green desires inform alton on the
question OF our Loyalty or disloyaIty as q
church, let him read our 23d article of re-
ligion, and bear in mind that said article,
put there al the organization Of Metho-
dism, has remained in our book Of Dis
ciplns iuloct ever since. During the
war, our people had their individual poll
tics, as some of them have uOW-but.
thank God, the church remains, what she
has always been according to her original
inlendment, purely spiritual organiza-
uon free from all connexion with politics.
Our preachers have no disposition 10 me !.
die with a subject so foreign 10 their calling
and trust there is pieIy enough in the
NJ. L. Church, SOulh,tO cause the church
TO spew out OF her mouth, the first rene.
gade occupant Of her PuIpils, who may
presume 10 speak a single word looking
towards any commingling Of party views
with the pure word Of God. We claim
TO be non-polilca, spiritual orgauiza-
lion-a branch OF the church Of God.
Ireanirm, in answer TO DR.. G.'s Stats.
tics, that out of 22l original Methodisls
here. 2O4 adhere TO US, leaving II to tho
Northern Church. According 10 the Dr. )
article, we have So members here in Shep-
herdstown-ihis, he says, was the tesll-
mony Of our witness, &c. lie gracious
ly adds that "the proper pruning Of these
j6 would leave bona fde membership
of number less" can show him on
The church records largely more than 56
names, as making up the local member
ship of our church at ShepherdstOwn-
and these names have each representa-
tive in some person whom we regard as
bona fde member-the proper pruning
having been effected when Dr. G.. called
out OF the church The few discontenled
ones, who have enabled him, by their
course Of attachment 10 Northern MeIho-
dism, 10 be the author OF so much mis-
chief here. Never fear, my dear Dr., our
church is pruned-and you have the Pru
nings-trus. you are pleased with your
bargain.
Nor is there any discrepance between
my two communications, iD respect Of tie
Dr.'s congregations. His fIst, II the
Court House exclusively whites number
ed 35-hls second, al the church, white
and coIored with the latter element slight
ly prsponderaling,) numbered 67. II the
Dr.. will make the proper division. sub
traction and reducuon, he will find that
instead Of doubling, bis white coNgregs-
ton rather decreased.
The capacity Of the Methodist Church,
the DR.. afIirms 10 be 100; that Of the
Presbyterian, 325. This community &C.
qusinied with the relative size OF these
bulldingI, will pardon the DR.. f5r this W.
L IL.