Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1871-11-09
a. For the Herald and Tribune.
fise MerrssseyEa EeseIutzsAs-

MEssBs. EDITORS Il see, in q recen
date Of your excellent paper rich ans
remarkable communication, signed, -
member Of the NJ. z. c., South" Thi
document is small, in every way. In itsel
considered; but it attempts to moot Ger
tain great questions, and for this reason
alone, is it important. 1 must think i
very unfortunate for this Sosaa Church
that she seems disposed to agitate ques.
tioas that mar tend to ALLEVIATE the goot
feeling that IVES rapidly growing between
the two churches, and the discussion q
which can only result in the, complete
1indication of the M. e. Church, on the
one hand, and IN proving the damagins
record and bad spirit of the Church South
on the other. 1N 90. 7s'''hs =
But If they ,osH discuss thess questions,
their glairing and palpable misrepresen-
| tations and false statements SHAH be ans
wered. The self-imposed task our brother
| of the South assumesis is, firstly, to justify
the singular action Of bis Conference at
| Morristown, IN ''tabling" certain resolu-
tons that contemplated the promotion of
a better spirit and better feeling between
the two Methodisms." These magnani-
nous resolutions we're. as we are inform
| ed, tabled uitho9t debdte, but not until
the brethren had experienced "much
deep feeling on the question. We're
they really fearful that, in their great
haste, they might do themselves the Tarc
(fer them( honor of doing noble gen
erous, manly act? te
Let them continue their course, If they
so desire; bat certainly il will be hard
to convince the people that we have not
had war and bitterness enough for the
present generation. Why hen this fresh
and blazing brand ofstrife and alienation?
Thy tear and probe a~Gesh the healing
sores Of the past? Why not let the angel
of our holy Christianity take each of us
BY the hand, and lead us GHto the Gross Of
the Meek and LoEly Jesus? He forgave
%, Why cannot Us forgive each othaT?-
Secondly. he takes it upon himself 70 en-
Tighten the public mind upon the Church
Property Question" end, Of course, pT0gs
that the Methodist Episcopal Church isa
mere intruder IN this country. and that
her Ministers are s clan OF coldbesrtsd
thieves. Well. We viii look after this
matter presently. Let rs now take mp
the little article. item By item, Just IS it
flowed cut from the eopious brain of tais
redUot son of Southern chivalry. at the.
very oatset, he lzbors TO create the i'm
preston that the word "Eo>th" is q part
of the real name OF the Methodist Episco-
cal Church. New. I feel that it is alDost
an insult to the intelligence Of any Amer
lean community, to say. b. way of eccle-
siasticSl and denominational Tildication,
that such a statement is utterly fGlsc. If
this writer believes what be writes, he be-
tca5ed his deplorabls ignorance; nhs
did not believe it, then no kssw he was
penning a faIsahood. Choose you which
horn of the dilemma You will take, my
brother. There is not aud never uEs
such a church as the Northern Church."
nor the Methodist Episcopal Church
'.North." The contanptible, little sui
fix "North" Is perfectly gTatuitous, snd
is generally applied to Us by the rebel
members Of the Church SDs:h. to create,
If possible, the conviction that We are as
narrow contracted and Sc ctional IS them
selves! The u. Z. Church knows no
North, no South, no East, no West, only
as she knows Humanity, and seaks tho nL-
walton of ali men. It Is true that the De-
VII, slavery and Southern rebels did try
to ~sectionalize our Church, but God wip-
ed slavery cut, che boys In blue whipped
the rebels. and the Devilseeingh his strong
holds thus broken mp. suddenly turned
Grand Cyclops of the Ku-klnx khan, and
now reigns over the invisible empire" of
the South. The NJ. z. Church is perfect
ly xon-secSonal. The world is her par
ish, and By the grace Of God she is going
forth to occupy until the Master comes.
Our brother again complains that our
Church, in Conference, at Athens, Tenn.
1865. passed 3 resolution refusing to re-
cognlze the Church South" and that the
resolution remains "unrescinded." IF j.
was yery tcrong for the Holston Confer
enes of the N. q. Church to pass such 3
resolution at Athens, m 1855, how could
Il be right for the Holston Conference Of
the NJ e. Church, South, TO pass q sims
lar one ct Cleveland, h 1867? Will
you explaina. But more than this: If the
Holsson Conference Of the n e. Church
dad pass sach q resolution, thsre ere cir
cumstances and facts that tend to palate,
If they do not justify their action. 1t
ought to be remembered that this resolu-
ton, Of which complaint is made, was pass
ed the first of June, 1865, only a fer
ueeks after the surrender of the rebel ar
mics, and while the ghas.ly wounds of the
war were still bleeding. fostering and
unhealed, either by lapse Of time, or by a
pronounced spirit Of repentance and
brotherly love upon the part Of the Hoi-
sson Conference Of the Church South
May it not be well to r~efeot, that many
OF the men who com posed that Athens
Conference had been expelled from the
Church South, imprison ed in Southern
bastiles, or otherwise sha mefuliy maltreat-
ed, all because of their fealty 10 the Tn
ion? It would have been almost super
human for these men to have forgotten In
q day, al the thousand WRONGS of the re-
bellion, and t have met these an Asen
echo ootedto c1peH them from the Confer
encs, With all the fraterral love of kin
dred spirit. But again, If the Holston
Conference, of the II. Il. Church viii
pass such a resolution in form, she has
done herself the great honor Of utterly |
it in fact. from that day to this.
Al ell her ennual Conferences, where
ministers of the Church South were pres
ent, hare been formally introduced to the
Conference. Let an impartial public
Judge between the two, and her say who
is the more guilty. But now We reach
the keynote of ali our brothers trouble.
Here it h-Eareka i-the Methodist
Episcopal Church has "ecizcF' the proper
ty Of the Church South! Let as see bow