The weekly Louisianian., 1874-05-30
. REV. ". NJ. DAILY, .. D.

81. REV. ". M. DAILY, D. D.
The Rev. William N. Daily, wa,
bornin Ohio, and removed to Indi.
ana at4an early age, where he com.
menced preaching the Gospel whilst
q youth of only seventeen years
Education and study developed hi
natural abilities, and, thirty years
ago he was recognized as being
amoug the ablest D,vines of the
Methodist Episcopal Church. Sta.
toned in Washington City for some
time, the eloquence and freshness
of his discourses, made his church
q favorite resort with Congressmleu
in days, when the "oldest and best
were fond:of declaring ability was q
condition precedent to Congress.
ional honors. So great was this
clergyman's popularity among the
representatives Of the people, that
at the last session OF the last Con-
gress, under President Tyler's Ad-
ministration, 1844-'45, W. M. Daily
was elected Chaplain of Congress
an honor that was likewise accorded
him by the members Of the sue
ceeding. Congress, 1S45-'47, that
assembled simultaneously with the
inauguration of President Polk.
Subsequent to this, the Indiana
State University conferred the de-
gree of Doctor of Divinity upon the
former Chaplain, who shortly there
after received the more ponderous
title of Learned Doctor of Laws
from the Louisville, Kentucky, UNI
versity. During the late war where
in so many gallant men, las Stephen
A. Douglass, was wont to express
it, sought to recover their rights
in the Territories" DR.. Daily was
commissioned a Chaplain in the
United States Army, being stationed
principally At st. Louis, Mo-, where
thousands Of soldiers of both armies
were the recipients of his attention
and care. Five years since, DR.. Daily
ordered to this city to give to
The church which had received the
hope and vigor Of his early years,
The matured strength of his expe-
rienced and splendid talents. The
wisdom Of this action was evinced
by the fact that the Mississippi
Mission Conference held in this city
10, 1867, had taken an
position in regard to the
distinctions heretofore made in
churches, because of the races.
This position was, on motion Of
Rev. A.. G. Mcdonald, December
20, 1867, assumed and a resolution
expressing it in the following Ian
.uage was, >the writer quotes from
he official report,) unanimously
Resolved, That the Mississippi Con-
erence having been organized on the
,reat principles OF equal; rights, the
common brotherhood of men, the
'neness of believers in Christ, and the
equality of oil men before the
<ar of God, and that, recognizing as
We do the odiousness of all distinctions
on caste, we declare as the
principle of this Confer
that we are, and will remain, un-
lterably opposed to all distinctions
made in the House of God on account
# race or color"
At the time of this action, the
ity of New Orleans was a part Of
he Mississippi Conference, and few
Eill forget the severe tests to which
he weak-minded among the Meth
dists Of both races were subjected.
he power of that test will be bet
er appreciated when it is recol-
scted that, although near an entire
ecade has elapsed since this action,
ct two months have passed since
, this very city, the action thus
ourageously taken by the superb
rity Of the church, was deliberately
by the Pastor and Board
+ Trustees of the Ames Church, on
ne corner Calliope and St. Charles
colored men and colored
were denied admittance
!, the ground floor Of that church
Office, and were directed to the
alleries, in the hope, possibly, that
petty exhibition of vulgar preju-