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ENCOURAGING THE EXODUS.
STRONG RESOLUTIONS IN THE AFRICAN
NJ r. CONFERENCE

Speeches Fnvorinx the Movement wedwnra
The BnItinore conference Advising the
Exercise of both Denberation and CnutIoa.
The subject OF migration OF colored people
from the South to the West was considered
yesterday in the Zion American Methodist
Episcopal Conference Of New York State. This
Conference has been in session about n week in
Zion Church at Christopher and Beeckcr
streets. All the colored churches in the State
are represented by clerical and lay delegatss.
and the business has been similar TO that trans
acted in the whito Methodist Conferences. In
the early part o. the' session attention was
drawn to tho subject OF colored migration.
After an informal discussion. Bishop j. j.
Moore appointed n committee TO draft resolu-
tons expressive OF the sense Of the Conference.
The report OF this committee was the text OF
yesterdays proceedings. and was as follows:
To ne Bbor md N,nbei, Of ne Ner FORK annual CoVrss
We, your COMMITTEE the Narration Of the coored
People OF tre south beg 70 '"r a, ,o"s , tho so,n
TO the TAR West has been brourht about by improrer
o,Ser rsSderiHS Ire and propeTy UNSAFE a. Wei q. ds,
phe te G e Of ~ tbS y usd sse ow aSd
Whgen' There ri,auon suffering and much sacrifice
R,-JteL rhatwe a Church cel it our Indispensable
satisfaction the movement Which has been iniuauracd.
R,-srst That We urse and eneeursse our ch1rehss 70
uon ~ The condition in their new homes.
srs snd u..ioStrie. to admim-,er to tnyir spirIaal
advanced In their midst
The Rev. Jacob Thomas. in discussing the re-
| port said he heartily approved OF the move
as a speciai providence. as much ne he lid the
exodus Of the lsraelitee. He hoped that null
ana would ssy the eaSS s0R 80 S
| living by the sweat OF their brows. He wanted
| the South to foel the need of colorrd labor. He
gufH Ia Lna lint fltn anlg "A a
face anything for liberty. lie disb-leved tue
theory that the colored people we're not nccli-
| mated to the Western climate, or thnt such an
| obstacle will prove detrimental to them. Why
brethren" he said. that /; all monnshine
well as In the bot South. The muscular arm Of
| the black man will break down every barrier
and will at last write his name high up on the
| remarks be enogizsd the phllnnthropic spirit
| Of the Rev. Henry Highland Garnet and his
| hearty approval Of the movement. He said he
would rather have one Garnet than ten thou
sand Fred Douglnsses.
| The Rev. r. r. Morris followed with similar
| sentiments He said the sufferinRs ~ ths "ol-
| ored people OF the South should elicit the sym
pathirs aud command the charity Of Northern
| people in every possible way.
| The Rev. @. II. Robinson said that the Balt:
| more and Philadelphia Conference WIS divided
mrnt the coored propl'. had received ut the
South wa, SUN 'irnt jusi iilcntion for their
| myself. and. IL necessary. hello cast and bore
| out two hundred thirty-pound cannon"
| The Rev. NJ. II. Ross said he thought thep
| were too merciul. The Southern opprcssors
| OF the colored people should br made TO feel ths
| resistance OF the oppressed. There should be
| some retribution for the wrongs inf upon
| the negro. Referring tn the excitement crrHted
| throughout the country 10y the movement,
he declared that i was one Of the most
| important ever undertaken by the colorrd
| people. He WAS sorry TINT any division OF
| opinion existed among the colored people.
| because that tended to disrourHg. the nova
| ment He said he believed that Kunsns was
not too cold for the colored people now. any
| TO extend slavery in its borders. II they could
| live there then he did not Sea why they cou
| not live there now. He also referrad to the lib
eral donation of 81 900 hy Cll. Bob lngersol. .nnd
Is. F. Butler. MS instances OF approval OF the
| movement that should arouse the gratitude OF
the colored race.
The Rev n. II. Turplne OF the New England
| tion Of Kansas and other parts OF n" West.
| and claimed that coOred men are adapted to
| living there. He wished his name enrolled on
the side OF approval OF the emigration move-
| ment
The Conference adopted the report OF the
| Committee unanimously.
| Bishop Moore announced the death OF Mr..
| Lloyd Garrison, aud NJ the request Of the COn-
| terenca appointed tho Rev. j. Thomas. the Rev.
| II. NJ. Wilson, and the Rev. NJ. II. Ross 10 pre-
| pare appropriate resolutions.
| PHILADELPHIA. May 26.-At the Philadelphia
| and Baltimore Conference Of the African M-th-
| odist Episcopal Church to-day. the report OF
| the Committee on the colOred exodus was
| adopted. While rrcogniz'ng the privilege OF
| the freedmen to locate wherever IL seems best
to them. the report sets forth that their interests
| and habits have been formed in the South. and
advises that great delberntion and cHut.On
| should be exercised IN considering the adyHn-
tage or disadvantage OF leaving that section