The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1868-07-02
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West Virginia District.
Editors Of the Register:
In looking ever the Methodist Re
corder of April 2d, 1868, l find an arti,
Gle from West Virginia, over the sigma
ture of one P. T. Laishley, purporting to
give an account of his visitation on the
District of which be claims to be Presi.
dent
Now, Messrs. Editors. such a paper
has not fallen from the pen of any Min,
lister at any former time that we have
seen for misrepresentation and false
hood. We b'gin with his account OF
the Division, which took place at the
PalatiAe Conference, in 1868. He says
it twas and is psrely political" This
we will call misrepresentation Mol. See
the Articles of Division in the Minutes
of said Conference which say the Div
isiou was Ecclesiastlcal-"and insur-
mountable Ecclesiastical Difficulties"-if
there was anything political about the
thing it was on their part and not ours,
for they were the diScontented party.
For this same p. 7. Laishley, n few
weeks before the Grafton Convention,
heads CircaiGr calling upon those
whom he now calls rebels and rebel
sympathizers to meet him and the
others whom he says "are loyal to a
man" in a Convention at Grafton, West
Va, to form an independent Methodist
P. Church, and because they refused to
do it and become dislOyal to the NJ. p.
Church, they are now sligmatized
with rebels and rebel sympathizers.
2. r. L. says, 1.-THE small body of Min
listers and delegates that met at Graf
ton in August last are to man loyal
to the government of the United States,
and claim to have no fellowship with
rebels or rebel sympathizers." This we
call Misrepresentation No. .. Well,
then, let us see, VIC begin with Jacob
b. Mccormick, one of the Graftonites,
has he had any sympathy or fellowship
with rebels and rebel sympathizers:
Yes, he has-where is L. W. and Z. w.
n, whom he received into Church fellow.
ship, and where is w. p. X. with whom
he made such an effort to get into the
Church, We give publicity to these
things to show the falslty of 7. L.
Laishley's assertion. Again we call
up more additional testimony. Mr..
Holland (the Pastor, as Mr.. Laisbley
calls bim) of the Hsrrisville Circuit
What Holland having any fellowship
with rebels and rebel sympathizers
o, yes He and Mr.. Mathers received
into Church one Mr.. J. N. Now Mr.. n
fought under Gen. Lee. So much then
for their claiming to have nothing ts
do with rebels and rebel sympathizers
Aud where was John b. Mccormick but
a short time sincei We see him running
for office and voting with the party and
against the Constitutional Amendment
of West Va, which party Laisbley
calls rebels and rebel sympaathizers. II
is said that Laishley voted for Breck
inridge and in so doing voted indirect
lily for the perpetuation and extension
of slavery, which he now calls
"Herrid Crime" and in fact it II
thought by some that he voted for th'
ordinance of secession, aud when he
was captured by the rebels he disclaim
ed to them being Northern Methods
and persuaded them no doubt that b.
was all right, so they released him-an'
he went on his way rejoicing.
| So the time would fail me to toll wha
all these men are guilty of. They con
descend. to say and do anything
almost in order to advance the rottel
cause which they have espoused.
THE Conference known as the Jes
se's Run Conference, repealed all tn
loyal resolutions ofthe Conference wit
regard to the general Government, an
the government of West Virginia as re
stored after the secession act had bee
passed in Convention at Richmond
They likewise declared themselves trn
and loyal to the General Conference 9
the N. p. Church, which body at thi
. time is constituted principally Of thOs
Conferences that took part in the blood
scene that characterized the dreadfu
rebellion that grew out of the horribl
, crime Of slavery
, This We call misrepresentation NJ
i3. No such resolution as referred Z
in regard to the general Government G
the government Of West Virginia, wei
! ever passed. See the minutes OF sal
Conference, in pamphlet form, of ls6'
P. I. L. says they declared themselve
true and loyal to the General Couferenc
t of the N. P. Church. This is the onl
f bit of truth have found in p. T. l..
whole communication on this subjec
Yes, the Conference did then and theI
. declare themselves loyal and true I
the General Conference of the NJ.
Church, while P. T. L. and his friend
' have declared themselves by their act
4 disloval to the government of the NJ.
4 Church.
P. T. L. says "they sent out sever,
> men as itinerants who were soldiers
II the Confederate army" This We ca
q misrepresentation No. 4. The Coafe
r ence at Jesse's run sent ont but one vi
had been in the rebel service, and