The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1874-05-28
POSTAL TRLEGnApH
Presbyterian General A.,;teImrably,.

FLespyteIlan General Assembly.
ST.. LOUIS, May 27.-The subject oI
freedmen was taken up at the mornlnp
session Of the General Assembly and, dis
cussed till recess. ,.,,z -. -
Rev. Mr.. Call, colored, Of tho Adkfn
Presbytery, replied 10 the statement d
Rev. Dr.. Garnet mAdey yesterday, that inc
South objected 10 the Freedmen's Com
mtttee. II Gid not, He believed, how
ever, that II The work was consolidated
with the Home Missions 1t would suffer,
Rev. James A. FIfer, eOlofed. .yot OA-
tawba, said that he told the people il Ma
South that he worked under the Presby-
!crian Church North, because Of the prea,
workit was doiugs sau the committed was
dropped the work must be stopped and
tho colored people left 10 their own re.
sources.
Rev. Mr., McOook, of Phlladelphia,
urged that the Committee oil Freedmen be
exalted into board. II must be headed
by man ol ability, who can give all hip
time TO the work The work In ihe
@Na sou1, he h. Sas3ss sais Eas much the same a.
Rev. J. Il. Wilson thought there was
no special emergency now calling for a
change. To carry II on under the Board
OF Home Missions wo1ld necessitate a
revolution in the Board. He introduced
resolution looking TO the merging OF the
committee In ten, seven or five years, and
continuing the.work so long.
+ DR.. Wilson, Of Cincinnati, said If the
Committee could not do the work, he IA.
vored Wilson's amendment. If the Board
OF Home Missions could not do tho work
as constituted, give them another Secre-
tary, and let him have special charge Of
the work. he did not say he would not
be candidate tor the office OF Secretary.
but II Il. Highland Garrett was his ,op.
ponent, be. thought his chances would be
slim indeed. They were specially called
TO the ,Freedmen's work by God, and II
they neglected 1t they would be Grimm.
ally responsible.
Dr.. Clark OF the Boston Presbytery,
had forty years experience in 1.-The work,
and was first colpOrteur in the West, and
said the subject OF freedmen could not be
adequately cared for unless whoever took
hold Of 1t gave all his life and soul to it.
Father Hunt, Of Lackawanua Presby-
tory, said he had been born and raised a
stakeholder. HC urged that the work
be permitted'to go on as 1t had been going
on. fs7'1Ur ~ 'a,71'p a''F' b =
Dr.. Z. Aikmen, oi N. j., said the claims
OF the freedmen were beyond all parallel,
and work among them should be increas.
ed rather than merged with any other
board. "S-7,s 3 49,
Rev. Il. W. stratton, Of the Neosho
Presbytery Of Kansas, thought prejudice
had been excited against the consolidation
by calling 1t Capitalization, forgetting the
Board Of Foreign Missions possessed the
features so deprecated. He submitted o
substitute for DR.. Wilson's motion amend.
ing the resolution Of yesterday 10 the ef-
feet that the work Of Home Missions be
divided into three parts,-viz Home
Missions, Sustentation and Freedmen, and
that an assistant Secretary be appointed
to care for tho Freedmen's work espec-
tally. The Chair decided the amendment
out OF order. -;
Dr.. Collier, of Pennsylvania, proposed
substitute that the freedmens' work be
| Mauo ulsluCL department Of the Home
Mission. having It's own Secretary, and
that collections be taken up in aid Of 1t.
DR.. Aaron Williams, Of Pa, said Rome
was ready and watching to do her share
OF this work, and all The more was II
necessary that tho Presbyterian Church
should do 1t ,.,- Fl rrsss--,.--
DR. johnson Ielt bound to sneak in vim.
dication Of minority report. 1.-THE
work was transferred 10 tho Home Mis-
sions there was 10 be a committee pro-
vided to take charge Of the work. Logic
was what was wanted, not sympathy.
Put all the branches together, abolish
class distinctions, and strive Tor unity, and
the cause would prosper. SgFIef 20
After several other speeches vote was
reached on the amended amendment at /
O'Clock, and the amendment was adopted.
The second item in the minority report
was then adopted, as amended. This pro,
vided that the Freedmen's work shall be
done by the Board OF Home Missions fol
the next five years, and then merged en-
Itrcly in the Board. - s