Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1881-03-09
AND mErHODISM.

nav. Dr. Matlaski Presiding hidsT O.
tho Wilmington District Of tbs Viii
ming tsnConferencs Of the NJ. L, Church
has written history OF the Anti-Slay
cry struggle and its final triumph IL
the M. II. Church, and has Published
1t in handsomely sloth bound Volume
OF s7s pages straw tinted paper. We
acknowledge the rscsipt Of copy iron
the gifted author, and for the informa
tisn Of hundreds who may desire THU
interesting work, will state that it oGt
! be had At Sentman's Book Store, South
West Corner OF Sixth and Shipley
streets, the price being $50.
The work Is dedicated blythe author
$50 the memory OF John Wesley, vht
declared American slavery the vilsst
that ever saw the sxn," to the father o.
She Methodist Episcopal church, Whose
prayer WITH Bishop Askury, was,
''Lsrd, Danish the internal spirit o.
slavery trsm thy dear Zion !" to the
anti slavery heroes Of the church, W hose
faithful testimony and jealous action
were necessary 10 the extirpation o.
slavery, and, finally, to all who cherish
these memories, and now have confdrd
to them the vindication of all rights fol
all men," DR.. Matlack commenced tn,
work at the req usst Of such representa-.
tive MethGdists as R. NJ. fairfield, K
8. Rust, William Rice, Gilbert Haven,
Daniel Garry, G. Ii, Fowler and Thomas
W. Price.
The author before entering upon lis
compilation of the facts gathered, useu
Whedon's introduction on the subject
Of slavery in the church.
He then commences with the early
history OF Europe and the American col
onies from 1902 to lT76, and from the
latter date the whole history Of slavery
in the Methodist church, the opposition
it met with and the aGhemes ii led to
are gradually nDioldei to the reader as
only such gifted author as DR. Mat
Jack could do. We of course canuot 20
through the whole detail Of the work,
bnt must leave that pleasant task for
tbe reader. and pass on to give the fol
lowing brief and modest personal reia
ton Of TIE author 70 the work OF the
Emancipation ofthe slaves, Dr.. Matlack
says of himself.
Fifty tour years ago stood gazing
sadly il my native city, Baltimore
upon chained gangs Of NEIL and women
followed by wagons laden with infsnt
children, moving off from George VOL
folks slave pens, ON Pratt street, to-
ward the great rational mart Of the
Domestic slave trade, Washington, the
capital Of "the land Of the fIes and the
home Of the brave"
Forty-iour years ago. yet minor, !
was secretury OF the Wesleyan Ant. |
Slavery Society OF the Methodist Epis
copal Church in Philadelphia, with |
eleven others, Henry J. Pepper, Presi-
isnt. Soon atterWard nay name was
tsfors the Philadelphia Annual Con.
ference, a candidate for admission, bat
rejected by unanimous vote, because
- ecrstary of an anti slavery society |
aud "a modern sbolitionist. A unan,-
msus rejection was repeated the follow
ing year by the same body, for the
same reason. This was followed by my |
expulsion from the Local Preachers |
Associa alton OF Philadelphia, because
unacceptable as an abolitionist; also |
by a refAsal, in 1859, to renew my Ii, |
cepss 10 preach at the Quarterly Con
ference Of Union Church, and by u!
threat Of expulsion gtterward from my
pastor for preaching without license;
and, fnslly, by fleeing for refuge to
Lowell, Massachusetts, under the ITo |
lection and patronage of Orange Scott
and the New EDeland Conference. This
vas in 1880. There my itinerant life
began.
Fw-nty.one years were occupied in
New England, New York, and the
West in active cooperation with the
modern Abolitionists. The pulpit,
The press, and the ballot box were all
more too eapacous for zeal, perhaps
without krowledges st times which owed
its main inspiration 10 the scenes Wit. /
messed in the streets and fields Of Bal.
timore. j9iusd With the thrilling tales
pf slavery from the lips Of Quaker
mother, made irGellible by
reading the "Gsnius Of Universal |
Emancipation" edited by BENZ |
hundy and William Lloyd Garrison at
Three years were spent in camp and
fAd lie first as chaplain for less
than q year, then, in the crisis follow
ing Mc(Sellsn's Peninsular Csmpsigp,
mach of the following year wSs spent
in giving Military addresses in the
state OF Illinois, enrolling volunteers,
and finally returning to the army E
field oficsr of cavalry. Thence forward
until after the rebellion was put dom,
Two years were filed up as a subsrdi. |
nate officer sometimes IN command Of
3 post, or at the hehd Of regiment,
and not unire quently healing charge
Of cavalry in line OF battle; and fually
as Provost Marshal Of ST., Louis city
and twenty-five counties, with the ad-
ministration OF justice committed tony
hands, embracing all matters involving
the relations OF the soldier with the
citizen, or servants and their masters,
and landlords and soldier families who
were tenants. The "code" OF law to
be administered was my own sense OF
equity alone.
I Fifteen other years have elapsed.
The preacher unanimously rejected two
years SUCCESSFULLY by the Philaielphis
Conference Gin 1887 aud 1889 was re.
ceived by the same body in 1857 with
perfect upanimity and hearty greetings
when 6fty years old. The thirteer
j years following, and reaching to 1880
have been spent in the psstorats o. Thu
Methodist Episcopal church, and distri
butsd in the States OF Pennsylvania
Maryland, Louisiana and Delaware
Three times l have been allowed to rep
resent my brsthern in the Genera
Conference. To-day is closed gl&dl