Winyah Observer

              I'llliLISin.O I'.VLUlf WLONllSDAY A.ND SATIUIDAV   \T 'I'll 11 I'.l'.  IIOI.I.AKS I'llli   ANMM. I> ADVANCI'..
Bv E. WATEKMAIf.
Vul.    1V--—x1lo> ltf:»
I Division  of the   Mothndlst    Episcopal   P"'"!"'"*^ ' ""'^ "' ^"""^ "'"'''^'"- ^^ '"'^"-
^'     C/z^/z-cA -The, pt'oceedingp of the Gener-   ""S^ ''^'^1 '¦" '^^'^1'}' |ii'eacliing-place where
'     elConlerenceai New York in  May  and   there was a .society.     And   on  all  these
June last, must be remembered by -all oiiv   occasions, there has   been one voice   iit-
roadeis.    We have all  aloiii;   le^aided it   tej'ed — oiie opinion cxprfsscd-from the
c(iiine(;teil with a dissolution   sea-board to tl
Ci4>nrK4>touii, $. C   Wcdiitvxtliay,   J:iiiii:iry 15   BNI5. ^   -,
lure   or    Discipline,   and   I09_g<^neral , involving the most soleitiii pledge u hicli tiii'oiidli    lhe   Kastern,   Norihern,    and ! could have been given by thn rtiajority to
a step cidsely c(iiine(;teil with a rlissolulioii   gea-lioard to the mtpintam,-, tis to the nn of lhe rtli,lit, and hence vve  have  dec))ly   roiislilnlionalilv and   injurious chai'acl(;r   (^J,-,ult.],,,ice icdrciK-d the  iicciKienc,;,      But if slave   ol'ihe action in  ihoiases   above nameil : h(i'(h;i- ares,, nlleiisive   to   (iiir   Ninihetli I'rieiids ns to he iiiiliti(;d fur iiiinisieiial ilii- fij's in the Olnircli (if(4i>il.   what   elsi^ can We d I llian   nrganizc   and   keep   np   the E|ii--cupa(:y in   the   l^nulli.       Tlu;   Sodtli. Caiidina   (.'mil'i-i dice has jnst   spuken    nn the -iihjcct', and the rnllowind  aiticU;l:om llil' i.isi Snnthcin ('loisiiaii     Xdvnciile  ex¬ plains the course nf Ihal bndy   nfthe   min¬ istiy. 'IM
iNiirtii-westera Conleiences lobe resisted j the iiiinority and the churches represen- any longer by the easy goodiiatnred | ted by them, Tor the i'lill and fiiifhfiil ex- priidencp of the brethren lepeesenlina ! ecntMin ofall lhe particulars Bpetifled atul ihose  coiderciices in   the    late (Jeneral , intended in that Itoporl,
¦1. lies'deeil, That  tve- approve   of the I'ecoinmctidaiioii of the   .Soiitherii   De\-
|-'ress('d     beyond    iheir sii'ei!gl!i, wheiher  iilile   or   much,   they
the necessitv   whicii that action   impose;    i,,,,| i,, „;.,,j ,,.,,  .  .,,,,i ...wii,,.,.,!    ii,,.   ,i,,.\       ,_     ,    i    i i      /-i •       ...
-. , , .   ' It'll' loiiivL vv.IV , am! i.^ilitceo,  (h)    the j i-giues. to hold a   Conveiitlo'i  in Ijduis'
lor a separalioii ot the .Soiitheiii hinii llic   r,,,.,.,, ,,i'   i,,;,,,.;,,!,, .   „ hh-l,     ..i,. o,,,,    t,. '   'ti i     ,      i .'m
I i,M(.(  ol   iitimipiis   uhKh,   wliuiln.;!   Iiy|-vdle,   on  the Isiduvol Mav next ; ami
I    . . . I
I'lll elect  deleiTiitr'S lo the   .«aine on   the
proprieiy o.   bohlnig a couven-   ,.,,„,,,„i|,„^ j,<,„,,-;r,) lo  the   aliernaiive of
ircaivii
The   Soiitli-Ciirolinn CoiiliTeiice.
,,,, I- 1 '   /,     ,- I       1 I ment inquiry hot
I he session ol tins (.oiileii'Uf e (dosed .'    •'
b> calling   ofienly
Notthern conferences; and   the expcli-   thoir own lank or tun,   had   obtaiu(;d   r
eiicv and
tion at Louisville, Ky., and ol'vonr sen
ding   di'l('i;:Ues   lo    it,   agree,diiv    to Oie
propiisilioii ol   the Sonlbern   .twd Sonth-
Westei'ii  d(;legiites of lhe   late  (Ji'imral
Conl(;rence.
Your cominiilee. also. Inive mide dil-
oili   n!
ratio   reconiniended in the addfes!* of liit: 'he Chinches ol   their  own i ilelegaies lo their con.s'iineni.'j. , coiileieiice dislriets, or oladopiiiig ineii.s- '      1. Ru.solned, That vve earnesllv request
ures which Ibey mighl  hardly   persuade ! iIk-  IJi.sltop.s. one and  all, lo  attend the them-;:!; i;s   could    be   enditred   hy   the ' siiid Coiiveiitio'i.
Sonl;   ami ."'soiiih-vM'si, Ibey  deiei iiiinfcd i     H.   Resolved,   That  while   vve  do  not
on ic l-jiii r.  The ne,-i (il men may have ' coiisider ihe proposed   (/OiiV(;ntioii com*.
liieii jiiu. iiiiiis pi'i veiicii ;   and il is not' peient to make any change   or chaiid't;*
'icli'iii.i llial under such   siress ot cir-; in the rules ofdiscipline.   iht^y  may   no-
cum-iauccf, the majority .-hoLdd   have a- i vertheless indicate what changes, if anv,
dopied ,. lieu consii'uciion ol both Scrip-' are deemed  necessarv under   a seiiariite
iiiru    i.i.i     fiiscipiiuc,    aiui    persu .divd'Jurisdiction of the .'Southern   and .'>oiiih-
ihai If,   jiiicilying   die abolitionisis,  ihey   VVesiern   C^onferences.     And thai  /'/ is
cere i.ci unjust ll) their Sontliern   bre'di- [Uece.s.si/ry   tor llle Conventiol''lo  I'esok'tj
i ;;i.     ."-iicii, liowcver, is uiKjiie-itonably ; on. and provde lor, a separate oro-aniza'-
iiie chiii'acier oi the nieasnres they adop- 'tion ofthese  confi^rHiices, under a (ie.i-
';,; which, ibe .Souilie-ii Cliurcheu i eral  (>iiil'eretice to   be  oonstituted  ,ind
i    ,"   posiibly   submit    to,   unless  t!:e : empowered in   all   fespects,/iy/   the ang-
-  ,.,.iiiiy  who enacted   them   conld 'nii^o .eniment of these Cotfei-ences, ta^ ibe Cen-
lavi.; brouglil ns to a conviction thai vve jeral Conference hiilierio has been with i;ij;;^ii io be bound by tlieir jiidginoni, : lespect to «-//the Animal Cimfereticc-s again-:! our consciences and calling ol —iitJC'-ording to the provisions and inten- Cod, and llm vvan'anl of .'-^criplure, and ; 'mn of late (ieneral (Jonfert.iice. the provisions of lhe Discipline. But ¦ (> Resolved, That as, in common with while vve believe ihal our jiaramount du-liH om' breihren of this Conlerence dis^ ty 111 our calling of (m.(1, pusiiively for-I nicl, we have deeply sympathised wilb bidsoui yieldang the Liospel in liie Soulli- I liishop Andrew in bis affliciions, and bei* eiii Maie.s, lo iiie pa, ilii aiioii ol aboli-, iicve him to have been blamehiss in the lioniiMii 111 lhe Aoitheiri, and llie convic-; !i'""fi' Iff which be has 3iifi(;i'ed. so, lion IS sirong and cleai in our minds that ^^''1' 'lieiii, we affeclionately a.s.siire hiin vve have iii>ili the wai rant of .Scripture "' <""' approbation ot his course, and re- and ilie plain provisions of tiic Ueciplme i eeive him as not the le.ss worlhv, or less to siiaUiiu lis, we see nn room to enter- ' lo be honoured in his Episcopal charac lam any piopo.siilon lor couipromise, - ter, for the action which has been liaij uiuiei   the   lale action   in   the  cases of  in his case.
Bishop Aiiiiiew   and   broiljer   llaiding,       7. ./^cs'o/iW, That we recognize in the aiKi Uie principles avowed lor   the mam-: wisdom and  prudence,  tbe firmness ami
,. leiiauce olthtit action, short ol   what  has ! discretion,   exhibited in   the  cour-e   of
measures which  are in  orO'^ress for   the   i ,    .        , - ,. ... . ,     .
'    " Lit^f" shadowed lorin iiuiieli.eport olthe : Bishop Soule, during the General Con-
select coiiiiiiiitee winch vre have had un- ' ferenee^as well as in   former iiistancea
r.   1 /1     r - 1 1   u     1    '      T *^'^'' '^^'nsideraiion, and the   measures re-   wherein he has   proved   his  devolion lo
Oeneral Conferen(;e, as  aibpied   by the I     Your    cmumiite*',   also,    con.sider  it;. n*  oevoiion lo
Conrerenc-e ; and 'he proceediigs of nu- j due lo state, that, it does not appear that
nierous quarterly conferences, and other , the action ofthe (Je
cii'iict' ano iiici' r 'r iii- Ibniialioii fioiii the prea, i-';i . :- lo ill" iimiiber, if any, of local pri^achers, or other odicial membeis. ol some s'lndlng anioiiu u.s, who should have ex: ic-scil, in lhe meetings or m jniv lU , ,i i'lt'cieiii opinion   li'oni   thai   wlmli    ,,; .•mi^s
ml  ihi' I'        ¦ ij iilis
i inquiry has been, tiiai, m iln of oui'coiilerence distiict, oue i. only has   been  heard to cypres-   li.i,; doubtfuily,   as to   the   B.\|)edieiii \ sepe.rate iniisdic'i'i" ie .'• die S,)u'|i - •.
1 South-\V esiei 11 eonfei ences ;  iioi     v cii one as  to ibe cbaractit  ol   ihe (iei.eial
Oh the   evening of tlic   2nt\ instant, and
deserves   to   lie    considered'  one .oflhi*
niosi   delightl'iil   thtii   has been held for
(iiiiiiy  years.     The    generous   afli'Ction
fltui hdspiti lily   of  the  commimiiy, the
pleas;iti!ti(?ss   if the weather, the presence
oftwo   hoiKiiiied and bel.ived   Bishops, ^ , 1-1,1 lli ""ve proclaimed.     At
the (irosperily   which  had  crowned die ! .
labotii's ofthe yetir,   the  fine missionary
and   bible   colle(;tions   which  had   been
iiiadc; — and   aliove   all,   the   assurance
ibal (iod was in ciir midst, and his bles-
-1'. r till o'-r (IO) lioii,!^--al,   coii-pired   to
iTiake the Chris/mas Coiifereni^e  iiienio- i
rable in   our   annals.     The   final action ;
..... ., I (^onlerence action.     No does   ilapiiear
in relerence to the division, was wiili en- . ''
.    .     '   ,. . ,, thai tins unaniijiily of the iieopic bus been
till' imaniiiiity   ol seniiment,   aod lieartv • ^ i     r
devotion to Soiilhern .'VIethodism      The
grounds of that action are set forlh in the following preamble and lesolulions which were adopted hy a unanimous rising voli; :
I'HE   UEl'oKT OP   THE   CflVIMITTKE   ON IJIVISIO.V.
¦ brought about b_\ (lopidar haiaugiie.s, or i any sciiii-iiialic i;lf()ris, of ati\ of thi; '¦ pteachers, or oilier intiiieniial persons ; i but that It has been as sponianeous as , imiversal, and from the tiim> that ihe fi¬ nal action ofthe Ceneral ('onference be- i came kiioun, at every place.     Vour com-
j imtiee siaie ibis fact tiiii? formally, tlct it The (Committee to whom was referred j may correct ceitain iiiielous imputalions till generel siibje t ofthe difficulties j which have been c;.si en some of our se- growingont ofihe action ofthe laie (ien-i iroir ministers, in the t iiristian .Advocate oral Conference on the cases of Bishop & Journal ; as well as lor the evidence Andrew and Brother Harding; and, in which it fmiiishes of the necessity of ihe parii('iil„r, the Report ol'the select   com-
niiiKee on   the Decl:>i'aiion of die .Soulh-; relief of the   Church  in   tha   South and erii and South Wesiern delegates  of the   Soutli-\Vest.
couiniend by the Soi.ihern   and   .South-  '''^S''*"''' principles of coiisiitiitional right
: in onr church,—nothing more   than wan ; to be expected from the bosom friend  ot
ni
eeting.s, in all parts of our animal  con- : the cases of the  Bish
wesieru delegates at iheir' meeting  alter I'" "'"" ''''"''f'';~'">'l''nK more   than wan 3 (Jeneral   Conference in   ij,^ (;^,.e,^, ^,„,„^.,.^,,^^   ,,.^j   ^l^^^j .,^
"^   Asliury and iMcKendiee,
8.  Resolved,   That   in  common   with
op and of brother , ,.,„.„,,,„
f,.    . 1- 11 ,.      . ' tsCission.
erence   district:  resiiectlully    oiler  tho   Hardiiitf.   oroceeded    of ill.will    ns   nf ~ i        i   i   >    i      r
followiud Ueoori • I     '       ^'   '"""'-''""^    ot  dl.w.l,   as  ol^      Your Cotumitlee do therefore recom-  ''"^ ^^''"«''"''>' "l^ <'"'' People,   we  ap-
loiiovviu, Ucpoii. ipnrpose to  oppress   us; nor ol any  m-' c .     , „     ' : pnive of the   condiicl   of onr delegate*
It appears to your committee,  on the , tended disregard  of rhe authority ^,,'(^^   ""^"" I'"" "^"P""» o'l"t= lollowing   res-  both during the (Jeneral Conlerence, and evidence ol numerous  document.s,  and; Scriptures or of the Discipline, as i! lo,°'""°"*" suhseijuenily.
the testimony of the preachers, in open | effect the designs ofa politico-religious I Resolved, Th-it'tt \s necessaray for p^;,/,^,'™i''''^ ''^'''^* ^^ concur Jn the, conference, that in all- the circuits and ; laction, without warrant of the Scriptnres !''''^ ^^"""'»' Conlerences iu t''^ Slave-j ;f"J'";"^,"^']'|,7i|,e''clia'lL 0/^11^'IsTxTh stations ofthis conference district, the ^ and against the Discipline, and the peace ;''"'^'"g'^'^''^''^"'^''''¦'¦''"'¦'«*' ^iid Tex-j Article of the liestrictive Rules in' the people have expressed their minds widi i of the Church. But they consider ?Ar/y: ^^' '" ""'^'^ '" '^ disuncl ecclesiastical ! book of Discipline, so aa to allow an respect to the action ol the General Con-! action as having been produced out „( connection, agreeably to the provisiona I''T'""'''*^'l>''o-i'=ila, division of the liooft ference, and the measures' proper to be ; causes which had their origin in the fan- j °'''"' ^f-eport of the Select Commitlee of' <"'^'"'"- adopted  in   consequence of that action. ' aiical  abolitionism  of (iarrison and oth-  "'"^ ^'   ^^^   '^^^  Ceueral  Conference,
adopted on the Sth day of June last.
2   Rxsolved,   'J'hat   we consider   and esteem the adoption ofthe Report ofthe
Resolutions to  that eff'eci  have been a-  ers; and which  being suffered to  enter
dopted by   the quarterly   conferences of, and  agitate   the Church; first  in   New
all the circuits and stations,  without any   England and alterwards generally at the
exception; and  in   many,    perhaps   in  North, worked   up such a revival of the j aloresaid committee ol nine, by ine  Ge-1
most of them, by other  meetings, also, j anti-slavery   spirit    as   had   grown   too! neral Conference, (and the more forihe ^
'vviiich havo been called expressly for tbe | strong for iho  restraints of either Scrip-j unanimity with which il was adopted) ms
W, Capkiis,
W. SiVIIXH,
H. Bass, N. 'I'a lli ;v, C. Bktts,
S.   W. (^JjlPKHS, S.  Du.WVODV,
H. A. C^. Walker, R. J. Bovu.
^CominittjPe.
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