The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1876-05-27

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! of our church throughout the country that
| they endeavor by every just and proper
| means to place in all the civil offices of our
Government only such men as are known
| to possess and maintain Il true Christian
| character and principles.
Referred to Committee on the State of
the Church.
EDITOR OF LADIES REPOSITORY.
The election Of editor for this paper was
then proceeded with. DR.. Curry was nom
mated. and DR.. Nesbitt withdrew. When
the tellers returned the vote was announced
! as follows: Total number of votes cast,
2S4; necessary to choice, 143; of these
DR.. Curry received 200, and was declared
! duly elected.
AFRICAN NJ. Il. CHURCH.
! Ii was announced that the delegates who
| had been appointed to attend the late Con-
! ference of the African Methodist Church
on behalf of the General Conference would
report the result of their visit.
| Rev. Mr.. Sherman stated that as his
associate, Mr.. Tate, was, so to speak, "to
! the manner born, he would retire in his
| favor.
Mr.. Tate, who is full blooded African
| from Tennessee, said: Two weeks ago,
Il
| was told that had been selected to bear
| the fraternal II don't know if | pronounce
| that word correctly greetings of this
I Church to the African Methodist Church
| did not know why l should have been
! chosen to go to Africa, and felt surprised:
! but then thought that | had stood three
| times on the block and been cried off to
! whoever would give the most for me, prob
| ably the old bill of sale and other papers
had come up, and as l had always been
good, loyal niger to my masters, | had at
last got credit for it, and was about to be
distinguished. Laughter. | suppose it
will hardly be necessary to say that | am
graduate. When | was little boy my
master said to me one day, " | am going to
educate YOU" The next Sabbath | went
to Sunday school, and the next and then
the next-three Sabbaths hand running.
At the end Of that time my master put me
through an examination to see what had
learned, and suddenly discovered | had
graduated. "Hand me your book" said
he, "a nigger who can learn like that will
make a fool of HIMSELF" and | gave him
the book as a matter of policy. \ on will
see by this that was fully prepared to act
as a delegate, and knew what was required
of me. | could not at first the pro-
priety of sending two educated men, but
thought that probably Brother Sherman
was to be Aaron and | was to be Moses.
The Doctor said some mighty pretty
things that made the darleys laugh, and
he thought they were believing all he said,
but | could than see the wisdom of the
Bishop in sending me, because they
wouldn't have believed one word if l had
not been there. [Laughter.l Your greet
ings met with hearty response, and they
all manifested strong desire to come home.
1t was suggested they were secessonists,
but they denied this. They were agitated
on the color line, and charged some of
their colored brethren with having favored
it. l told them it was mistake, that
some men with only limited education
might have done it, but those who knew
more had not, and SO | satisfied them with
this, although they told me they believed
me, but they wouldn't have believed
Brother Sherman. Laughter and APP
plause.
The question of fixing the place of
holding the next General Conference was
then made the order of the day for Tuesday
morning, at 10 80 o'clock, after which the
Conference adjourned.