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Respectfully years. &c.,
T. A. Morris, President.
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To the Bishops of the Methodist Episco
pal Church South.
P. S. Bishop Morris Laving staled
tlia' it was doubtful whether be would
be able to fulfill the duties of the com
mission, it was resolved that Bishop
Simpson be added to the delegation
above described. T. A. Morris.
Corrcsgoildi'UCi
];j a "op* «>f Hie M. E. Clmrcli
•Hid the Bi»hops of Hie 31. E-
Cliurcli, South.
•111! Locust stiiket, St. Louis,
May, 13,18G9.
Ti the Hishops of the Methodist Episc.o-
pul Church South :
Rttrereml and Dear Brethren—We
have been deputed to convey to yon
a commuuiciiti 'ii from the Board of
lii-liojis of tlie M- thodist Episco
pal (llnirch.
Wc are ready to wait upon you at
sue Ii lime ami place as may suit your
convenience.
Wish assurance of Christian regard.
Yours truly, E. H. JaiiCs,
M. Simpson,
To the Lishops of the Methodist Episco
pal Church South, convened in St,
Louis, Mo:
Reverend and Dear Brethren—At
a meeting of the Board of Bishops of
the Methodist Episcopal Church held
in Erie, Pa., in June, 1865, we made
and published the following declara
tion :
“That the great cause which led to
the seperation from us of both the
Wesleyan Methodists of this country,
and of the Methodist Episcopal
Church South, lias passed away, and
we trust the day is not far distant
when there shall be but one organi
zation, which shall embrace the whole
Methodist family in the United
States."
Tliis declaration was made in good
faith, and shows what were then our
sentiments and feelings, aiid were
deemed by us as the utmost we were
authorized to say or do on the subject
at that lime.
All hoagli our late General Confer
ence did not directly authorize us to
take further specific tic ion in them at-
ter, yet we judge that someof its acts
justify advanced steps on their part.
In our quadrennial address to the
General Conference weivf-rred to the !
declaration above quoted, and no ex-1
ception was taken to it that body :
The General Conference, to pro
mote the union of Methodist Churches
ivpno nteda commission, consisting of
eight members oi ^liut body and the
B ; shops of the Church, who were
‘•'empowered to treat with a similar
commission from any other Me;’.odist
Church” that may desire a union with
on the chief pastors of the seperated V\ e eaflncrt thiuk that, you mean to
bodies of Methodism. j offt * Dd ns when ** **’«** our having
3Ve would apprdach. dear brethren,' 8eperatedfr0my0n ’ acdTmt the
the matter of vonr communication
same category with a small body of
schismatics who werealwavsan acknowl-
witli the utmost candor and love, ami edged secession. Allow us, iu allkind-
eo meet the advanced steps on your ness, brethren, to remind yon, and to
part that nothing shall be wanting on keep the important fact of history
ours to bring about a better state of prominent, that we seperated from yon
things, becoming and beneficial to us ‘ a no seuse in which-you did not sepe-
botb. We deplore the unfortunate ra * e ^ rom ns - ^* ie aeparatiou was by
, . i _ , ! compact, and mutual: and nearer ap-
controversies anti tempers that have 1 ... , . ,
, preaches to each other cuu be conducted
prevaded, and that sull prevail, and with bope of a suce essfal. issue only on
our earnest desire and prayer to God j t kj s
i?» that they may give place, and. that j it jg C u r opinion that the controver-
speedily, to peace. Iu evidence of sies and tempers which so disturb the
this, we are ready not only to re- j Churches, and are so hurtful to the souls
spond to, but logo further than, your , °f those fo.r whom Christ died, are due
communication, and from our point i * n a barge measure to irritating causes
... . i . I..,' which are not entirely bevond the con-
of view to suggest what mav help to, ,, , , . , " f,,
. ... , , , , trol of the chief pustqrs of the separated
remove tbe dtmcnuies and obstacles that:, ,. m LC . i . ..
— we invite your
arc; in the way.
Permit us, then, to say in regard to
bodies. To this end
concurrence and co-operation.
And we take this occasion frankly to
■‘reunion,” that in our opinion there is gay that the conduct of some of your
another subject to be considered before missionaries and agents who have been
that can be entertained, and necessarily ‘ sent into that portion of our common
in order to do it—wc mean the estab- country occupied by us, and their
luhment of fraternal feelings and rela- avowed purpose to disintegrate and ab-
tions between the two churches They
sorb our societies that otherwise dwell
, , quietly, have been very prejudicial to
must be one iu spmt before tuev can be . ,
* 1 that charity which we desire our people
one in organization. Concord must be to CIlItivate toward all Christians, and
achieved before any real uuion heart especially those who arc called by the
divisions must be cured before corporate endeared name of Methodists; and tlicir
divisions can be healed. j course iu.takiug possession of someof
You will not consider it as unfriendly our hottsceof worship has inflicted both
to the freest flow of Christian sympathy, grief and loss upon its, and bears tlie
1 , , . ... appearance, to disinterested men of the
evoked bv your overture, it wc remind 11 ’ , , ,
, ... , , world, of being not only a broach of
you that we initiated the measure to , . , . - • , , • ,
charity but au invasion of the plainest
effect fraternal relations some Vea.s ago.; rigl)ts of p roperty . Thus the adversary
and, as was declared then, and as we do j,. vs "ml occasion to speak reproachfully,
now declare, in good faith, and with and the cause of- our Master lias been
most Christian purposes. Our General wounded by its professed friends.
Conference sent one of its most honored 1 Brethren, these things ought not to be
ciders to your General Conference, to so ‘ " e P™P«se, until some action
more formal and authoritative, and ad-
convev their Christian salutations, and
through him to ‘‘offer to you the estab-
i lishment of fraternal relaiions and in-
i
i tetvmvsc. It pains us to refer to the
fact, but it is a ma t'-r o’ liji'ory that he
j »ns riot received.
vaneed iu this direction, can be taken by
our liigh'-st judicatories, to unite with
you in preventing them. We do not say
that our own people have been in every
instance of these unhappy controversies
! and. tern oars without blame as towards
St. Lovis, M-iy 7, lhtW.
Ti IHshops Janes and Siiilpst.'n :
Reverend and Dcav Brethren—
Your note of this date i'- the College
of Bishops of the M. E. Chord! .South,
informing them that yon have
d -puled to convey to them a commu
nication from the Board of Bishops of
the M. 15. Church, and tbrirremhnera
to wait upon them for this purpose,
lias been r, reived.
I have hern instructed lorojtly that
they wdl be yl«ms«1 to receive veU to-
moirow, at U nVcfe A. if. at their!
Vo-nn, HOG Locust Place. Very res-1
pcoUnlly and truly yoms,
H. N. MoTyhuk, SeCTctaty.
Accordingly, at 10 o’clock
Bishops Janes & Simpson, havi
been announced, were introduced to
the Bishops of the M. E. Cbitrcb South
and, after Some general conversation.
j vVp have j;;:.doriif;K)‘.i ibftt there
1 were it! tne mio-.is of many members
[and 7niiK*'n'rt r*f the Melbo-list Ejiis
tcopal Church South reasons why
11|:.- y cbiiaider it ;t;isa<!able for them
‘•You will, therefore, regard this com- yon. But this we say, if any offences
fwiSiirntiou as final ou tho iiart of the against the law of love committed by
Methodist Episcopal Church South, those under our appointment—nuy ng-
Sim can never renew the oflfer'of fritter- gre -ions upon your just privileges and
mil relations between the two great rights—are properly represented to ns,
bodies of 'Wesleyan Methodist in the the representation will he respectfully
United States. But the propostimi can considered, and we shall stand ready,
be renewed at an j’ time, either now or by all the authority and influence we
liei'mi tel', by the Methodist Episcopal have; to restrain and correct them.
Church ; and if ever made upon. ibe These are our views; and we arc ?ure
basis of the Plan of Separation as that we represent the eentifflei.fs of our
The church, nlthoiigh hot metro-
polt an in name, is metropolitan in
dimensions and cost ; its site being
ihe most eligible one in all that
section of the city iu which it stands,
aud that also being the most improv
ing section of Washington City.
It stands, representative of an
evangelical Methodism, acftl rtfi object
of the deepest solicitude to the few
earnest hearts who have undertaken
its erection, with trust in God, and in
reliance, through bom, upont the sym
pathy and assistance of their breth
ren everywhere.
Alone, they were unequal to the
task. They partake, in common with
the other citizens of Washington, of
those disadvantages which always be
long to a commercial city. But they
have stood nobly in their lot for the
interests of Southern Methodism in
their community : they have stood
up against reproach and persecution
in that center of political prejudices,
such as, in its peculiar Stress, perhaps
our people nowhere else have been
called upon to suffer; they have de
termined to give our Church a po
sition ti ere that will command re
spect. They deserve to he sustained.
They must have at least §30,000 from
abroad.
We therefore recommend and re
quest that, on the first Sunday in
Juiy next, a special collection in aid
of the Washington Church be taken
up throughout the entire Connec
tion, and the proceeds thereof be
forwarded, by draft or P. Q. order,
to Rev. W. Y. Tudor, Washington,
D. C-, Who will acknowledge receipt
of the same in the Baltimore Episco
pal Methodist, and in any other pa
per that the parties sending may
indicate.
James O. Andrew,
H. 11. Kavanaugh,
R. Paine,
W. M. WiGHTMAS,
G. F. Pierce,
D. S. Doggett.
H. N. McTyeire.
Bishops' Meeting, St. Louis, Mug 10, ’69.
' (3t)
(For the ArguaJ
DIVINE CONTROL.-
[ for the A rgus ]
siloas 1 Rroolc, Tltaf. Flowed F*nst foylhc
Oracle of God.’ 1
BY REV. WM. E. HAMILTON.
By coni S‘l as* >ha>]c,
My wearied fed would stray*
And iu Us tjuict glade.
Mv prostrate soul would lay;
litre let in bathe that troubled soul
And hear—‘‘thy laitli bath in dc thee whole.’
It
adopted by the General Conference ministers and people. We bare no am
to initiate meastffeS to effect « .
~ - w. v i r lott /'t• f -r . tllofity to«»:Vefiniue fliltlaing as to the
nnioo of the two Churches. of 181-1, the Church ti-ill yov- „
, , .., . ,, pw)pl / u4y, fn'ttcticsibility ancl methods
Believing, as we do, that if they dlahy entertain thepntfpositictti. ! of (jf ^ 0hUi . cbes re p re8e nted
were «:ie in both spirit and organw.a- j His language to our General Confer- j, v u nuJ )inrse i ves-
turn, modi More' cotild be accomplish- j enee >“ submitting bis Tepol-t was: | sentiments of Christian regard,
ed for the interests c?f hitmanity and i '‘Thus ended tlie well intended com- we , trej tlear brethren, very ti'itl”, Tours,
for the glory of God, we are desirous ; mi f?°^ . i Up °" <' hia . B. Paine, Chairman,
Tlins ended the well
mission frmil yrmr body. Upon this
HU LUO LilUl J UI UUU, DC til O urnuuus , , ■**,*,' .i -i - X V
. , . • t .1 . ? noble effort 1 renly believe the smile Of xr xr ^r. r r. ^ ...
of doing all we consistently can to pro- H. r*. Sccretaiy.
° 1 divine approbation \vi 1 rest when the c . 7 , r ir.n iq«o
mote a reunion on terms alike honor- ' 1 7. , . 1 Sl - Loilt ^ Mo ' u - 1869 *
TtlOSS 1*I\t*VP flr.Tf fjlllW
The! OriicitJ ,.f God,
?ilj treuihlingheart would fear
JIN dreadful sceptred rod :
But o’er the brook red altars ^Icdnl
Aud hope seciuS sparkling on the-stream-
m.
Angel of love descend:
C'.me stir this fountain deep,
While waiting sou's* attend
And huinb e spirits weep:
The Caran-wound would here be free—
The lame would walk—the blind would see.
Tho wide range of circumstances con
nected with the discovery, acquisition
and possession of this Qouutry, nil com
bine in one grand- chain of evidence
demonstrating beyond all douhtT the
foremost position America is to occupy
among the nations of tbs earth. Al
though the first discoveries were made
as early as the tenth centnry, very little
was done towards the occupation of the
New World until n much later date. The
great Protestant Reformation in Europe
opened the way for religions liberty—
and pious bands of pilgrims sought an
asylum in tlie wilderness from the per
secutions of their neighbors—and thus
laid the foundation of one of the leading
powers of flie earth. Aud the same
spirit that fled from persecution in the
mother country, gave birth to intoler
ance in this land, whose evrt influence
will be seen in a future number.
While the profane historian may revel
amid the luxuriance of prominent; facts
iu the annals of nations; the statesman,
the philosopher and the Christian look
beyond these indices to the great funda
mental principles of their. several sys
tems. And viewing this couhtry from
One or nil of these stand-points, the
finger of G«d is most clearly indicated,
and should be constantly regarded. For
ages this vast territory was finder tbe :
influence of the tel man.‘whose energy
and ability neither developed its mighty
resources nor advanced toward a high
order of Christian civilization'. And He
who makes the flower bloom with as
much beauty nDd fragrance iff the wastes
of the desert as.in the king’s garden,
determined to change this dolorous
monotony upoq tlie principles 1 id
down in the eighteenth chapter of Jerc
miah.
To effect this, tho art of printing Waft
perfected and the power of steam dis
covered, just at such a time ns to meet
the overwhelming growth of this grand
infant nation Steam navigation, rail
roads and the electric telegraph alone
could meet the .demands of tlie rapid
accumulation of interest upon the Amer
ican continent. And in keepiug with
these rapid strides of science and civil
ization, was the birth of itinerant
Tom Paine’s death was a fitting sequel
to his life. As a politician, be allowed
himself nsed for some grand achieve
ment; but as an individual; he was
infidel, and a scourge la all with whom
lie came in contact. Doubtless the skep
ticism of Thomas Jefferson Was owing to
, ked M eil
ferings, and he wns heaM to call npon
the name of the Christ'he had so often
soiled. It is said the only epitaph ever
suggested for his tomb was composed by
an old negro man, as
“This is Tom Paine,-hfertihC tied—'
Nobody laughs, and nobody cries:
Where he’s gone, or how. be bugs,
Nobody knows, and nobody cores.”
Osikbon.
Den. Robert E. j,t6.
The great crisis of the world’s pro
gress-stnc tu develop br bring forward
great central characters, ftien of except,
lional power and genius, round whom
not dniy men but events naturally group*
themselves. Such *n ’ otii»,- beyond all
tfoubt, i* lfie man whose name w6 h*yo
placed at the head of this article!'
Whatever differences of opinion may
exist is to the nature of the moral re-'
sponsibility which He assumed in accept
ing the command of tfie armies of the
Confederacy, it is hardly to be presum
ed that many men,.even at the North,-
arc still so blinded by tbo bittey feelings','
engendered in the great conflict that!
they f»i! to discern and acknowledge the
rfimikhbleability oCiliechieftain whose
single name ar.d individual force so long
sustained a sinking cause, llip-dly in'
the gathering clouds of the* closing
one a of his military career fs the
Strength and dignity of General Lee’s
character bMfittrt-d.b Even those twho'
fongbt against hitn,-,;tfjd we Owrts among'
flietfi, eftnnot withhold from liiffi a cer
tain amount'of respeeiful ad|hira’(ft>!rj .
Our object at this time, bowevet, is
by no meKfis to prepare a eulogy anon
the great Southtfn Icgder. chaffi^ii
on. In previous articles we bit^t tr.ied
to point out tbe fact that not more than
a few of the rcpresentatiyfe men of the
Christianity which wrenched loose from, j,North wore silently but assuredly awak-
long established European systems, ttnd ; fcn uig to the truth of the position which
went about doing good in the most ^ l mpPr i H ligt g0 boldly assumes, and
£5S5S?jr5SESft
Wants of a people so varied, so progres- j clearer minds among our Sout ern fel-
sive and so practical. citizens are not Wanting lfc a similar
Hence it should be remembered by him ! porceptiob. We have therefore selected
“who fills hei- counsels; by the historian '■ Genera! Led as a n;»me to wfisMIljf
who writes her history ( by the young ' po ; nt ouv morafi
ing up to the possession of her rich , From lllc dHy wl)Cn j ie gurrCD d C retl
comi
inheritance, that whatever numau u Q , Grant >ad tbe fail-
agencies wercemploypd in tbe uisctovcrv, r >• J. - " J . ,
settlement, independence and prosper- ure of the pointed enterprise'for which
ityof these States, the good hand of he had sacrificed; so much, bia position
God hue- 1ioen over ns; and has given has been one of silent ana Jlgtlified
us tliis goodly laud,, witli L* religious acquiescence in the results of tfie waft
institutions, its free government, its but it is not to be gathered from this
unlimited prosperity. Let hrttttte' his- ihat j, e f„i| s l0 comprehend those rfi-
tnrian who Writes, especially if be writek ...
for the voting, lie thought to travel oiit ‘ n *, ‘ . g j .f f
of bis ajiproprinte sphere, in an effort to j*- rather be believed that ha clear-
imbiic the rising-ffenerotion with some- ly perccives the drift of public affairs;
what of the religious spirit of tbeif and is conftntcd,' likd thousands of
fathers—to lead them to recogiiifce tho others of our best and Wisest,' to Wait
Divine goyenunefet in respect to nation# ifi heSccful patience for tho inevitable
as Well itk individuals—to impmift upon deVelopmenU of tho fikkre.
them this sentiment of the Father of , Q onf>6im that the old Republic baa
approb
I heavenly bodies themselves will.ha.Vi.
ayve Yobri'h dliTrcbeoand in the spir- ; ceased to shine. We did affectionately , Our Csiurcli iu Washington,
it of oar divine Lord. j endeavor to make aud preserve peace, j \V e |, aV e alioady called the attention
We therefore ask rottr attention to but our offer was rejected as of bo de- to t | ie t gf lllls 0 f 0 u,. brethren iu Wash-
tbe commission above referred to, and ( serving.” ! j ri r„ orl lo erect a sniiable clou cli in the
we express to you the opinion that! _ The evils which have followed this re- p “j era j y jt . They are determined to
should your approaching General lectmu we suffer in commou with you; convenient, commodious,
o , . . and notwithstanding ad that has siuce . ’
Lonfereuec see proper to appoint a occurrodj we are ready, on terms honor- Regent, a credit to tbe Connection,
smiibu- commission, they will be 3blc to a i ]; to join Laml and heai t with They are deeply carnest-and we are
piempth met by' ortr com mis ion, y on to stay, nud as far as practical fo disposed to help those who are doing
who, we ooubi not, will be happy to remedy them. But you could not ex- all they can to help themselves. We
bear
made the following commu’flications :
Meaiivil.i.k, Pa., April 23, ISO’9. ! '*>Mh them and lo report tlie re- ; pect us to say less than this—that tbe Jo hope that their agint will find favor
Brethren.— It ?eems (o us
that us the diviriou of those Churches
of our country which are of like faith
anil order has been productive of evil,
no the reuniou of them would be pro-
f good,
<luc
As the main call? 1 ' of the seperalion
-has been removed, so has tbe chief
•AilwtacJe to the restoration,
Jr fs lilting that the Methodist
Church, which began the disunion,
should not Vr ibe last to achieve the
• reunion ; and ft swniiJ be a reproach
to the chief pastors *4 the seperated
bodies if they Waited fis'tii their flock.?
prompted them to the nni6n, which
both ihe love Of country and of relig
ion invoke, aud which the Prevalence
Vri God seems to render iuevitablu at
tio distant dav.
" e Rre aware that there art tbfiiciu-
ties iu the way, growing out of the con
troversies of the past and the tempers
*if the present.
stilt to onr next. General Conference. Words of our l-eiccted delegate have w itb the people wherever lie goes. We
Praying that Infinite Wisdom un»y . been ever since, and still are, cmr wortle. ; p(d j q 1{ . attention Vo the fol'owing corn-
guide both you and us in this impor- | 11 nK U' help to the more speedy and mnn ; t . jtt j WM w f,: c |, f a i, J v sets forih their
taut matter, so that our Redeemer’s certain attainment of the ends we both.. aftt , .
kingdom may be advanced aud Bis to kee P distinctly in mind onr To the Ministers and Members of the
, ‘ , , * • c . . mntrful positions, and to hold the facts I If K (Jhu'ch South:
nani6 be glorified, we ai*e yours, m , , ; . . . . . l "“ .. .
, , , ° , , , , f, ’ Involved in our common history in a I - 'r( le nrospects and necessities of onr
the bonds of the gospel of Christ, c?esr light „ j common cause in Washington City, I).
Kr S. Janes, IfuRsay the great cans© wbicli C.-, ftidcfa# fl$ to invite your special
M. Simpson- IpJ to the seperation from us of both the attention to tlie Rtateinerts ai»d -request
In bebnlf uf tlie BieliopS of tbo Meth- Wesleyafc S&filiio'tlistsof this country and w ^ ,icl1 we P*P ei *«
of the Kfethrooist fipidcoput Church : Before the war a lot had been pur-
, ,, ici „ chased man eligible iocalitlr for tl>e
South has phased away.’ If we under- ° - r - ■ - i
rv#
Betbcsda of oiir faith—
Thy fountains atiil avpil!
For atil! the Maxtor aaith
Tbe-e water# ne'er ahull fail:
A graeioua tide-—their constant flow
Shull never ebb or failure know.
V.
0 healing waters cool,
Th'ui softly flowing stream !
The virtue of thy pool
Can make the spirit clean —
Then Come, 0 sinful world, draw near;
Nor heave a sigh, nor drop a tear.
VI.
odist Episcopal Chdfch,
St. Louis Mo., May {?, 1869.
erection of a Metropolitan Church of
stand your fteferene*. we' sc fav differ ^ Ja that city' The splendid
rJ7 . . otir name in uiji -»oc o^icnum
To the Bishops of the J/c'WiVf Episto- fr«.m you in this opinion that it may building 0 ? tbe Young M'-n’s Cbris-
p*l Chtirrh: help any negotiations hereafter taking t j an Association now st-nds jupon
Reverend and Dear Brethren—It F^ce to restate our perition. Slavery t ij at i OI> 2D d our former bouse of wor-
has afforiled ns pleasure to receive in was not ’ in uR I secse > {,!C ship on Eighth street, is a synagogue
but the occasion only, of th»t seperaticD,-' of the Jews, Both these pieces 01
person yv. leted colle-gt e, tbe necessity of vlii^i we regretted as propety have been inevitably sacrific-
BmhopsJ:meB& S.mpson, depot ed b> tanchas you B ut cert.m pimdoks Id, and afe loot to ne,
yon to confer with ttfl ; and we can- w5re develoiied iu relation to the politic i Our gcOii'ty, tlecimaled by the for-
Flnw on, tlioa gentle flooil,
Fir. far around nnd widt*;
Criu a’nins th.v tide with hlooit
From Calvary’s ctel fed side !
Fl-w o'er the earth from shore to shore,
Tlil pain and death shall he no more.
Jan*, 1,1869.
-The
not forbear to expressregret that cal 9*uects of that qtiestioff involving
tunes of the war, was reduced to less
One of tbe delegation appointed by the right of ecclesiastical bodies to than fi‘tj uie.nbers, If poiv
. ., _ . ■ ,, ^ • r;ter 2?0 members, nearly a hundred
ytfit to (the venerab* Bishop Mor- handle and detenn.ne matters lying ^ more than it unn&eted at anv
- * ^ - Kerraostflomisfei^pbtibd:
Gar pc t'’f theft «hd not inquire.
•vi ,i - •. . , t ■ , . ... i case onsiuK, certaiu construcuonsol ti!3 V.r»fm-e iuldfcr:hfei«g tiin falltemrise t"
Ae have, thereiore, deputed our I to enioy his society) ilmt to renew to „ . . oeiqie unoc -7, ... , * , „
* . ’ * * J ■■ i a- constitutional powers aud prerogatives wlbch we are about 10 allude whether
'colleagues, Morns & Jaues, to confer him the assurance- of tmr affection of tKe Oeneral Conference were assumed (be* Chinch throughout .he Connec
M i h you alike as to the propriety, Und regard. Our 6bti : “r euperm’eu- andac tedou which we considered op- j iiou would aid them in their under
practicability and methods of reunion,! dent, Bishop Andrew; though in ihe pressiv£fnd destructive of the r>H»* „f i taking ; but absolutely Certain^ that
hopiug that they, having been elected citv, was hindered by the feebleness the nnuffriritl minority represented in : they should need oneh^ asS'^itihce,
and infiiruiiiies,
be>ng present at the
colleagues and enjoyin^ ..— — ......
interview. ^ the , weeks of its complelfon.
to their high ufiica by the church be
fore its serersnee and endeared to all
its parts by their xposiolic labors, may
live to see the severed parts united
npon a foundation honorable to all,
stable as truth, and harmonious witb
the fundamental law of our religion.
In behalf of the Bishops of the
Methodist Episcopal Church.
niervievi. _ , .... ... , , . „■
Your communication, together With f' nrc \ frcm J organization; and yet lhey will finish it by mk^ge-
1 for sixty years there was no seperation. ! men , but in expectation of contribu-
. ——.j j -r. • men«. but in expectation
that laid befoie US by your cominis- w | leQ those theories incidentally tion> from all tbe Churches, withont
siou, has been considered, and we en- evo i V ed in connection with it began to • which they will be embarrassed be-
tirely agree in your estimate of the pa t into practice, then the seperation j vond hope in the payments yet to
responsibility in the premises resting came, be made.
Mb. Motley's Steosg Point.
American Minister, Mr. Motley, is said
to have made a strong point in his
speech to ihe Liverpool Chamber of
Commerce, of the blood alliance be
tween the United States and England.
Outside of Exeter flail circles this claim
of blood relationship will be hardly re
garded as a compliment by the English
who are a pureb'eoded, straight Laired
people, with a very stiong natural re
pugnance to mongr^iism, Mr. Motley
is net tfie representative of the Ameri
can people pufe, but of a mengrclized,
seiiii-ba: bafian, conglomeration of all
na ions, fates and colors—the universal
•man and hre ben*' It »n», perhaps,
a very happy tltlil/ili Of General Grant,
lo whom beieflift the credit of hybridiz
ing bis ctfoSirfr. td JoleCt a minister by
the n.’iihc Sf Motley, tS N-prt-sent for the
first lime al t!ie Court <>f 5t, jaini‘5) d
motley people, comprising iiifcfe Ctibis,
more races and tongues, more ignorance,
vanity, corruption it.t-1 Stupidity tiffin
aKv other ftaliUu under ihe sun;
• lierraf*er when America fit J?d dbboad;
it will be necessary, to avoid awkward
ftsistakes, to add tbe word itftile to their
names oil therr cards; and wbeu they
register It tlie hotels, thus :
John Jones, (white,)
United States.
\Snnr, n noh Metes.|
their conntrv: “Of all the dispositions 1 , , • ,
and hahits which lead to political pros-. cease d to exist, the sagacious jeader ^ees
peritv. religion and morality are indis- no f eason for trying to pCfs'hade bim-
pensablesupports.”—Goodrich, I s^lf that.the e untry catv cdfitmae for-
The colonies Were gfotHug r.-tpidly ' ever jh iti prescut transition sytle* btft
when the mother country, jeafoiis of calmly Waits for tlje futtire in tlif gtti-
tlieif incieaiinsr strength, or covytoiisof tude of a maft who will .assume no
their accnmnlatinR stores, inaugurated responsibility for that which hid Cannot
a system of oppression which eventually prevent; And ?h kH tbw'Gdocrtil tefl
led to their severance from the parent ^ tl , Qsfi „j 10 ^ are
snitreo. Aud it may not be amtse to u and wisc | v The j,. c0lJ r»jCAh c<4
advert to a character wlio took a very welt ana n isety. 11 ei. copras can ^ a
prominent part in tbe spirit of this reV- nflenW 10 it tends to allay
olntion—and whose melancholy end those partisan prejudices which; ri fos-
nflords lessons of warning and instrnc- tered by the jealous watchfulness which
tion. “He was born a Quaker; bred a t] )( Jr too speedy return to.poblit! Iffa
stay-maker, acquired the element* of an n ot,Id causei hJight herWtgf hlle.rfern
education, ran away to sea, became a ibe j r p a ufotifc hsefiilncs? in thd
privateer, an exciseman, a tobacconist, 1. . ,5, a .
a school usher: he divorced his wife, j belief (, ays 10 v ■■ualtj
tvent to America with recommendations I bull, in pondering tne ghat oVenls
from Frankliu, became an inti mite , in which theyhavche^fi parUtkere.snoli
friend of Washington, Jefferson, John men must at times slrtp-k with. the. vast
and Charles Adams, and Sfcetarv of difference between that wliidj they at*
tlie Congressional Committee on Foreign temiitcd and that which they a ;cofn-
affairs. IBs yen determined the colon- p j iR j,«, d; tlrnV attempted simply Yd di-
ial struggle into a revolution : a finnared ri ba Union/ and they d#lcm.ii*e.|
t h on sand copies of tbe decisive pumpli- , ■ , . „ , J . ••.
let flew over the country, nnd in less l * ie f ict l| 1#t a was ^* m}U °.
than half a tear the united colonies de- j in America; refusing longer t*, be gov-
dared tlieir inde'peudenca Washington erned by tlie Conslittil:on, they, enabled
gratefnlly acknowledged bis services; ihe country and tlfe world to’ see that
the States of' New York. Pennsylvania Constitution no tongf r governed
and New Jersey voted him fnnds for anvt hjug.,- iu 1‘Statts rights’',
lands and lie became one of the notable ,,, s ^ T C<i the aUitipp 6f even--State.
wm Thomas Fainc.’’-Sleeps. af)d «'*7 ^ n .°": a */ ’7 %%
At the close of the AmeriCh Bevolu-' ^«the past and the fplufe s*y
tion, he vent fo France, and entered to ol»e another, w6 iffdted *1 fed, but
the revolution then in progress in that a gte** work has been don#, nevertne-
eountry, where he was soon received less. Let ns wait.” ‘‘ -
with aiiplanSe in the highest circles.^ j That Genet al Leo. has no vary high.
Af er this he passed over to Englimd and opinion of onr ejfjfcirg instittK ions\tutkX,
began tod^em.natet^seed.sofrebel-- £ ftfldent 16 aff ^ have Us
lion in that conntry; rmt he was soon . . f ^ rTv
proscribe*}/ afflcl fled to Fraagain, wj.J COUiSe, noik*H even tbe UH>st. rabul
elected a member of the ‘National Con. bipiato 6* the caucus form ot .govern?
vention. -He bad not been in this po*i-; m<*nt blame him if be refuses lb
tion Jon" before be was marked for the ! Ids eyes to jbe bope of better tli ings,
^nfllotine. Bat' tbe mnrk^ was tnad^ j which is held oat to Aim by tlfe greater
npon bis door-shntter while it wjls Open, j national strength and indi.Strtsf freedom
and being UDseeft whed the door w: a wlii ,
shut, the executioner Aid not discover i wl, l cb '. ke “TO W,lt
him as he made his nightly rounds for
llis prey.
Escaping this danger, he returned to
America nnd took up his abode in New
York, where Mr. Stevens says “be fell
into habits of intemperance, and dibd ih
ignctfiiiny with remorseful agony.”. And
this 1% the end of tbe great champion of
reimbi'tian liliertr—llie author of tbo
‘ 542$j iff Reaeoh”—and tbe fenemv of
ChiittiauRy. We have given, him. this
p‘T-.^n*-"(‘*- l to his infidelity;'
engruffed upon "Em pottties, laid the
frame-work of a system of philosophy
which has well nigh overthrown this
once prosperous country. And also tp
-show that such a (ionise contravenes the
will of that Providence who hs» marked
out for us a grand and glorious future—
whose laws must be honored, or we will
suffer disgnea and ruin as a nation,
We bar simjfly presents I General Lee
as a representative man, a prominent
type, but there ara others notiless to, of
9lioms we -ball speak bereafier. — The
Imperulut, 22d. .,
A merchant, pr other Jrasiness than
who d pends upon traue f^r a fivslt-
bood, and who is too peuurlqus to
ava l himself of lliejpress. iQ liiform
the public, of his wfioeiibottts; and
what he has to sell, had’ better take
down his stgu.’ Tmde sbcmkl sbna
him.—A T. Stewart.- j •••[■■ ‘
Col. C. R. Hanleiter has become a
partner in the Atlanta New Era
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