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Preamble stad Resolutions.
Following will be found the Preamble and
Resolutions adopted by the Holston Confer
ence, in session at Athens, touching the duty
and relationship of the Church in the revolu
tion and struggle in which our beloved coun
try is now engaged. The positions, views,
and arguments fmoorlied are of a highly im
portant character, both in a religi.ms and
civil sense, and will command general atten
tion and approval.
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON CUR
TAIN CASES REFERRED FOR THEIR
INVESTIGATION.
The Committee to whom was referred for
suitable investigation certain complaints a
gainst the following named brethren : ,\V. H.
Rogers, W. H. 1-1. Duggan, Wm. 0. Daily,
Jesse A. Hyden. Patrick 11. Reed. Jno.
Spears. James Cununing. Tbo«. H. Russell,
and Thos. P. Rutherford, beg leiive to present
the following report:
Solemnly impressed with the duty and res
ponsibility devolving on this Conference (ouch
ing the exceed!ugly delicate and momentous is
sues iuvoUeu in any action which it may take
in reference to its seriptual and ecele-iasncVi
relations to the great and terrible <-.onfroversy
now shaking the foundations of Church ami
State, your Committee feel constrained to pre
face their specific report in the case of the
brethren above mentioned, with the declara
tion of a few genera! facts, essential, in their
judgment, to the proper exhibition before the
public mind of the causes and realms of such
recommendatory action on the part of this
Conference as is hereinafter set forth.
The jurisdiction of the General Conference
of the Methodist Episcopal Church having
been entirely' dissolved over the Conferences
in the slave'holdiug States, in May, 1845, by
a Convention of Delegates formally appointed
in pursuance of a "Plan of Separation"
adopted by General Conference oi the Me
thodist Episcopal Church in 1844, the Church
in the slaveitouling States, in her primary as
semblies, the Quarterly and Annual Confer
ences, with a unanimity unparalleled in ec
clesiastical history, approved tire course of
the delegates, and declared her conviction that
a separate and independent jurisdiction was
necessary to her existence and prosperity.—
Iv the judgment of the wisest and best men
throughout the South and South-west at that
time, (a conviction since attested by the moat
overwhelming proofs.) the continued agita
tion of tiie subject of slavery, an 4 its actual
. and practical abolition in some portions of
the South, not only rendered necessary, but
absolutely demanded, separation from the
Northern portion of the Church, in order to
the successful preaching of the Gospel in the
South, and the establishment of Christ's
Kingdom in the hearts of both master aud
slave. j
The history of the Methodist Episcopal
» Church South since its formal organization in
1845, has furnished, and si ill furnishes, mul
tiplied evidences of the wisdom and far reach
ing sagacity of the fathers and chief pastors
of Southern Methodism at that time, in-hav
ing divorced themselves and their flocks from
the ecclesiastical jurisdiction of those who
came amongst them as wolves in sheep's
clothing, openly and covertly undermining the
foundations of our social system, stirring up
internal commotion, aiding and counseling
the sedition and iusurrection of our slaves, by
alienating them from their masters and dis
afiecting them towards their providential al
lotment.
It is with profound regret that it rsmains
to be written, as the sequel of this unholy
and antiscriptual crusade of abolition fanati
cism and higher-law infidelity against the
Southern Southern institutions
generally, that it has eventually culminated
in the permanent and irrevocable dissolution
of the Federal Government, and has forced
upon the sovereign people of the Southern
States (as the case of the Southern Methodist
in 1844,) the inerradicable conviction that
the only alternative left them in the Provi
dence.of God, is to appeal to the Sovereign of
the Universe for the righteousness of their
cause, and, under His blessing and guidance,
to organize for themselves a Government
founded upon, the great principles of justice
and equity, fir mutual protection and for the
better security of all those rights of religion
and good society guaranteed to us and all
other peoples by the God of heaven. It can
ABINGDON, FKIDAY, NOVEMBSR 14, 1862.
not now be gainsaied* with all the lights
before us, that to the people of the Confederate
States has been committed, in a sense true of
no other people <>n the face of the globe 1 , the
guardianship ami moral and intellectual cul
ture of the African race, and that the Metho
dist Episcopal .Church South is, to a great ex
tent, charged, in the providence of God, with
the religious destiny of the colored man.
Peculiarly and intimately related to the
institution of domestic s!ave:y in the Con
federate States, as the Methodist Episcopal
Church South has ever been, and deeply in
volved as she is in the future weal of that
people, it is gratifying to be able to state that
still, as ever, she holds it to be her religious [
duty to throw the whole weiglii of her inriu
ence, ministerial and lay, into the scale a
gainst the. encroachments of religious fanati
cism and infidelity.
It was no unnatural result, therefore, that,
the ministry anct membership of the Metho
dist Episcopal Church SouiJi. as a whole, alike/
because of jier historical antecedents aajjj her >
doctrinal peculiarities, touching Southern in
stitutions generally and this institution spe
cially, should be found arrayed side by side l
with the great masses of the Southern people <
in religiously contending in part for the very
same- rights—political, civil and religious—
for the security of which they were compell
ed, in 1844, to adopt measures for a separate
and independent ecclesiastical organization.
And now, that the Abolitionists and Black
Republicans of the North, and out of North
ern churches, have inaugurated, without just
provocation, causelessly and wickedly, a ter
rible and relentless warfare of invasion, plun
der and wholesale confiscation, against all our
rights of property, person and conscience, by
an utter and base prostitution of all the sa- 1
cred sanctions of constitutional liberty, with
the repeatedly avowed ol.ject of subjugation, |
or extermination, the peonle called Southern
Methodists could not so far forget their pa*t j
history, or become so blinded to their pro- '
vidential destiny, as not to perceive, with the
clearness of a sunbeam, that the success of
the Federal Government, in any form and un
der any circumstances, as at present related '
to this terrible controversy, could only even
tuate in the utter destruction of Southern
Methodism, as well as of true republican
liberty.
And now. moreover, that the Southern
States, under the blessing and providence of
Almighty God. have been enabled to organize
themselves into a permanent Confederacy,
with all the machinery of Government in
motion, and with ail its resources, internal
and foreign, laid under contribution for the
preservation and perpetuity of our political,
civil, and religions rights, yi.ur Committee.
in common with the Methodist Episcopal
Church South, as a whole, hold it to be the
religious duty of her ministry and member
ship within the limits of this Confederacy,
not only to be subject to the supreme authori
ty of our country where they may reside, but
also to use all laudable means to enjoin ober
dience to its established powers. The Scrip
tures and Discipline of our Church enforce
these obligations. Touching the duty with
which your Committee has been charged, on
behalf of this Conference of Southern Metho
dist preachers, invested with the spiritual
oversight of a flock of perhaps fifty thousand
souls, they beg leave to say they are pained at
the very thought that any suspicion, much
less well grounded complaint of disloyalty to
our established Government, or of disaffection
to, and want of sympathy with, our Govern
ment in its earnest and mighty struggle
against its ruthless foes fir the blessings and
I rights of political and religious liberty,
should lie against, or attach to, any member
of this body.
They feci constrained furthermore to say,
for the sake ot not only themselves and this
Conference, hut for the sabs of all the people
of our various charges, that no member of
this body is held obuoxious to complaints or
allegations because of former or present opin
ions touching the abstract politiaal questions
of secession and revolution, and that such a
representation of the acts of this body would
be as false as malicious. But now that these
questions have assumed a concrete form, and
under the inspiration of Abolition fanaticism
have kindled the fires of the most brutal and
ruthless warfare ever known in the history of
man, involving every interest, political and
religious, held to be most sacred and absolute
ly vital to the present and future weal of our
people, it is the deliberate and religious con
! viction of your Committee that no patriot, no
! christian, and, last of all, no christian minis
| ter who claims to be a member of the Metho
j dist Episcopal Church South,-awl a citizen of
I the Confederate Staves, of America, and who
iis presumed to be even partially acquainted
j with the merits of this unhappy controversy,
; can throw the ifcii/ht of his opinions, words or
I acts into the scales of our eyeing anuinst us
with moral impunity, or with a conscience
void of offence toward God and his fellow
countrymen. Therefore, in the judgment of
your Committee, the following simple princi
ples are held to be true and unanswerable:
First, The word of God ant? the Discipline
of the M. E. Church South, as far as it res
pects civil affairs, make it the religious duty
of christians, and especially all christian
ministers, to be subject to the supreme au
thority of the country where they may re
side, and to use all laudable means to enjoin
obedience to its established powers. See
Rom., 13—1, 7: Tit., 3-1: I Pet... 2—14: also
Articles of religion, page 32 and 129 Disci
pline.
Secondly, The Scriptures make it a duty to
offer supplications, prayers and intercessions j
f,;r rulers and all in authority, that we may
V I
lead quiet and peaceable lives in allgodniness
and honesty. See I Tim.. 2—l.
Thirdly,'in a moral point of view a wilful
and persistent violafbtt of preceptive
truths of t!ie Gospel and religious obligations,
involve legitimately a grave offence against
the Word of God and the Discipline of the
Church.
Your Committee hold, therefore, that in ap
plying these general principle* as a test of
moral character in this body, instead of being
liable by. such a tiosi to the imputation of in
stituting an inquisition in the; ■>:uliarabstract
: political dogmas of any member, we are only
fulfilling our obligation to God and the Church
in thus guarding hs purity an.."integrity.
A true extract from the MHstes:
J. W. Dicickv. Sec^j.
A "Bfeee3a!rt«Jib?r*s'" St«:>?'y—Narra
tive of asa escape to 'i'auada.
The Liverpool Mercury publishes a letter
from a resident of New York, stressed to his
I brother in Liverpool, and date 1 at Montreal
'on the 15th of Augast, in wb eh the writer
gives an account of his flight t > Canada to a
void the draft. His adventures seem to have
been of a lively character. If > says he "got
home as soon as possible," af, .--.r reading the
telegram announcing the ord-sr for a draft,
"gave his wife one hour's nou.e, kissed her
and the children, and started in the middle
of the night for Canada." lie : ontinues:
''The whole cunning scheme iad bo»n plan
ned out beforehand, and a 11, the-'-military and
i police of the nation were on tii ■ alert, under
| instruction, and with a b aiuty or reward for
each poor devil they cuid ca r m, to stop all
travelers, and lock up all hiseir Mkens in their
roost.
In anticipation of drafting, I had filed an
exemption plea, with a doctor's certificate, on
the score of ill health, (the had been
attending me for above one yVur for liver
complaint,.) but Uncle Sam, b : Mug hard up,
gave it out just before the order appeared that
he could not release sick peopl -. He might
ease up a little when they hayj b>st a leg or
an arm, or were iucurabie in a h >spital; but
otherwise they must come aio'.ig and help
catch a rebel ball or an odd pie<„i of shell or
so. and there was therefore no but
to go a soldiering or quarrel with old Whittle- .
sticks. There was some bar' crying and
scrambling even on Friday nigit at the'dif
ferent railroads and means of irtit from the
cit.v. the .police picking up-thei.i victims, so
that I had to move mighty callous. 1 got
to Albany, the capital of New V >rk State, on •
important, State business, and iWy first plan
was to strike boldly for the suspension bridge,
Niagara Falls, the easiest, neayst, and best
guarded point of the Canada fn '•:ier. with a
through ticket for Detroit across .ower Cana
da East, demanding a pass boUly as a fo
reigner, and if denied I then krs;w two haz
ardous ferries—one between tr.T Large Fall
and the American Fall, and tin other about
a mile above the rapids—by whh v I tiiought
I could slip across.
Iliad not gone far on ther<.,<-<i to Buffalo
before things looked very sits.pMkrtis on the
train, and studying my map, -I concluded to
slip off unperceived by the co iduetor at a
junction, entirely change my plana, and strike
off into Northern New York, too small port
on the St. Lawrence, two hmv.'-ed miles a
way, which I thought would n * be, as yet,
so sufficiently guarded as to prev.mt my get
ting over the St. Lawrence in a I'"at. I soon
found I was spotted, and for hoHr'a expected
every minute to be laid hold of, ithough, of
course, I had planned out schemes to .meet
such an emergency. I luckily, however, slip
ped out of that train again, be'ore it got to
its destination, at another jivnet'n -:, by which
I was left at an inlatid village during Sun
! daV -"
!He finally his way to 3 t;se's.Point,
[ aud underwent several additio sal experi
j ences:
i "Having gained the good will oi' the landla
dy, during an argument on Siir.'iayin sup
l port of her church, and through her some
what won upon the shrewd, cunntiig but stub
j born husband. I concluded, duiing Sunday
! night, to make a confidant of the "old boss,"
j with a safety reserve, aud if possible to get
j him to help me. He turned out fe-true friend,
i and on Monday I left as quietly is possible
I for some sulphur springs, for the betteht "f
my liver complaint, near to'the border line,
(eight miles.) Just as the stuge ,-tarted, in
jumped a United States soldier, op.'bis w:<y to
the same place to catch straggi :-rs, and sat
with his back to mine, while opposite to me
sat a cunning impertinent Methodist minister,
who set to work immediately to quiz me, and,
if possible, to catch me tripping, so as to nab
me and a precious hard tiaiel had to check
mate him. At the hotel at the springs 1 had
to undergo the hardest examination yet, from
a six foot Vermont Yankee, but I fro* him off
the track by making airangc»fteors for the
boarding by the week for wife, two children
and nurse, and in the middle <S the night
made arrangements for footing it along the
bed of the Racket River (my only guide) a
cross the border line.
A violent storm detained me, so next morn
ing I followed a previously concocted plan of
hiring a carriage, aqd driving to an Indian
village, a special object of curiosity to the
spring visitors. Just before starting down
came a company of soldiers, intending to
sweep all before them, but there being no
other chance, I drove boldly up to the hotel,
(for I had to cross a most exposed bridge in
front,) and asked several of the loitering vi
sitors to take a morning ride with me, and
coolly started off before them all;'..but I had
no sooner got across the bridge and on the
right road, than the carriage brokjf down. I
Tankeed it together again, and in due time
got across the border line. I then made
friends with an old Canadian to take bark r
my carriage, and finding an Indian, I start- c
ed across the St, Lawrence in a leaky canoe, t
Indian fashion, followed by three men, for j
several attempts had been made on the bor- ~
der line, which was on one side of the road. f
to pull victims over for the reward. I threa- j
tened to shoot the first man that touched me. •?
and she Indian, if he played false, and I 1
should have kilied them all in two minutes if ,
they had tried it on. f
With great labor and difficulty we got to ]
one of the middla Islands of the river, when \
the Indian wa<*nised up, and the worst had <
to come.,for the wind was very high and con- i
trary. After bailing out the canoe, we struck (
out again into the current, and after ab"iit I
four hours' battling with wind and wave*, I ,
got to Cornwall. Canada East, and at once .
telegraphed to mv wife, having had about a <
seven hundred mile race with Brother Jona- •
than. (
The Rumored Meditation of France !
and England. i
The following is the article from the New '
York Express, briefly mentioned under our / '
telegraphic head, yesterday, foreshadowing 1
the recognition of the Southern Confederacy
by the governments of France and Englami. i
It may be remarked, that the Express is the '
most trustworthy of all the Yankee journals: '
Reliable information has been received I
here"*from a semi-official source in Europe, >
that France and England are in accord in re- '
gard to their line of conduct towards this Go
vernment. . '
Lord Lynns was to have sailed for the j
United States in the Austriala-uan, rut was <
detained a: the last moment by order of Lord (
John Russell. (Her Majesty's Secretary for ■
Foreign AiFairs,) to await further instructions '
in consequence of Lincoln's abolition pro- *
ciamation. '
His Lordship's departure was then fixed ><■
far the 25th of October, and on his arrival at
Washington he will positively inform Mr. ]
Seward of the orogramms decided upon by
the European Powers. j >
Similar instructions to those of the British '
Minister will be forwarded to Count Mercier, ! \
the French Minister at Washington, by the j '
same steamer which will bring the English j '
Minister back to'this country. *
We are also ghen to understand that our j '
Government will soon be informed that Eng- j '
land and France have decided upon the recog- j
nit ion of ike Southern Confederacy, if the j
joint affairs of mediation and armistice to be j
proposed to Mr. Seward are not a^-ented.—
At any rate, this Government will be duly no- i
■titied of (he intentions of England and France , "
in this respect, and. as those powers are fully ;
aware that any offer of mediation on the basis I 1
of separation Vll p*'t for an instant even be I i
listened to by our Government, united en
deavors will then be made by all the European t
ambassadors in Washington to obtain an ar- \ j
mistice of f"ur or six months between North |
and South. These foreign Governments are \
under the impression that if once a cessation j
of hostilities can be effected, a calmer spirit f
will succeed, which will enable the two sec- g
tions to negotiate. ]
The utmost endeavors will be marre shortly j.
after Lord Lyon's return to Washington, by g
the whole corps diplomatique at Wa-hington, j
to bring abeut such an armistice. Only then, j y
when all these offers of mediation and armis- j t
ticc shall have proved of no avail, will the |
South be recognized simultaneously by Eng- ; j
land and France. Aside from the fact that I t
those powers would now look upon the South j
as a defacto Government, they fear that an | |
insurrection of the slaves in the South, as a |
consequence of the late Emancipation Pro- \ t
clamat'n n. will take place after the Ist of \
January.'and hence, in order to afford pro- j j
teetion'to their own citizens residing there, | q
are. compelled to grant protecting power to j 1
their agents in the several Southern cities, t
which, as things stand just now, they do not t
possess.
They fear that the Confederate Government, -
unrecognized as it is. may at any time tell
their consuls in Chaileston. Richmond. Sayan- j
nab, and elsewhere, that there is no diplomat- \ _
ie relation existing between the Confederacy ; {
and Europe, and they can, therefore, not per- ,
mit them to act in a consular capacity. It is i
to guard against -uch an emergency, and to j
afford their own citizens residing in the South j
ample protection under the of their j
regular appointee agents, that England and :
France will claim the necessity of recognizing 1
the new Confederacy.
From TEae Avmj of the Potomac.' ,
The news from the Army of the Potomac, j
indicates important movements near at hand,
and we think many days will not elapse be- t
fore a battle takes place in the valley. As a\ I
strategic movement, the line of our operations ; j
has been extended considerably, but our I
original base lines on the Valley and on the ; i
southside of the Blue Ridge have not been j
materially changed.
There is a rumor that Gen. Jackson has had I 1
an engagement with Gen. Burnside, in which
the latter suffered a defeat, but we can gather j <
nothing of a reliable character concerning
the reported battle.
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We are informed that the Hon. Geo. W. }
Summers and Dr. Spieer Patrick, of Charles- i
ton,. Kanawha, have both taken the oath of '
allegiance to the State of Virginia and fideli
ty to the Confederate Government. The oath
was administered by Captain Catlett, A. A.
G. to Brig. Gen. Echols.— Examiner.
SJo; 33;
Homespun.
The Caddo Gazette says: We are much
pleased to find that many papers have enter
ed the lists in favor of homespun. During
the embargo under the administration of Mr.
Madison, the richest and fine* ladies in the
country vied with each other who could pro
duce the handsomest homespun dieses. Old
pieces i f silk were nicked, carded, spun, wove
and made into dresses. Many of th<nn equal
led the finest silks and cambrics. Fourth of
July celebrations were held where both ladies
and gentlemen were all dressed in h mespun.
But those happy days of purity and \irtuc
have past —extravagance in dress and almost
every:oing el*£—idleness and profligacy had
usurped the mace of prudence and industry.
God semi that our wives and daughters could
be induced to imitate the custom* of the days
of Martha Washington—then, Indeed, they
would be helpmates for man instead of being
drawbacks. If we were entitled to wear the
"robe," we would necessarily urge the people
toref rm ! Reform !: Reform !! 1
The Southern (Sparta,' La.) B'nnfrsnys,
nearly every family in the paVMi are spin
ning and weaving tiieir own winter clothing.
Families who, twelve montha ag". bought all
J their kerseys and jeans, are turning out a
i prettier and more substantial article at home.
Nearly every parlor in the country is grac
ed with a "Georgia piano," and its merry
Antes can be heard from early dawii till dusk.
Good for our patriotic ladies.* If tjhe blockade
prevents them from donning s'.lk*, they .ran
manufacture their own cotton ttripes, and do
not blush to be seen wearing them.
The ClarkesviileChroni le says : "We saw
a happy illustration a night or two since Wf
the patriotism of some of our young ladies in
dressing ifi homespun and discarding those
expensive appendages—hoops. We could
n<>t see the ladies' faces, but the balance of
them was shown off to derided advantage in
their republican garb. We would advise all
ourladv friends (unless they are rather ema
j. eiated) to adopt it.
There is no dress more becoming our young
ladies in these war times than the above,—
I They may prefer silks and satins, delaines
and wierines. and rigUhemselves off in jewel
ry like an Indian squaw—but beauty nna
! domed is adorned the most. Give us the girl
jin the plain calico dress, or, what is better,
i homespun. Throw your extravauee and pride
j away together, young ladies, and remember
I what your grandmothers did in the revolu
j tion.
»i» . . .
i Tito Wisconsin Lieutenants in
Trouble.
T. C. Hinoman, the rebel-commander, in
1 Arkansas, has written a letter to General
; Curtis, warning him not to saoo* or hang one
Lieutenant Folleson as a guerrilla, and notify
ing him as follows:
"I have ordered 2st Lieutenant H*bbs, of
the Ist Wisconsin cavalry, U. S. A., wh m I
| have in custody as a prisoner uf war, to be
placed in close confinement, and in the event
of violence being done to Lieutenant Folleson,
I shall hang Lieutenant Hobbs by way of
retaliation. I desire, also, General, to call
attention to the recent murder of Samuel
Berry, a citizen of Crittenden county, Ar
kansas, by men of the Federal army.or navy,
at Council Bend, Aikansas. The circum
stances are reported tv me -is foil ws : Berry
i had been charged with burning his own cot
! .ton and sugar, to prevent its lai.ling into the
hands of the Federal troops. F> r that offence
jhe was taken aboard of one of your boats,
I tried; and acquitted. As he was having the
boat he was told to run. which, in his fright,
he did as he ran, the "brutes uj on the b.>at
fired; upon him and kdled him. I demand
; that the murderer be surrendered to me for
: punishment. To enforce this demand, I have
! ordered a 2d Lieutenant from \V i>cons»'», J.
!T. Consul, a prisoner of war in my hands,
; into close confinement. If you fail or refuse
to deliver up the murderer of Beyry, 2d Lieu
| tenant Consul will be handed."
Lieutenant Hobbs and Consul both belong
| ed to company B, Captain Eggleston, Daniel's
; cavalry.
We clip the above from the Chieugn Times.
j —Hii.dinan's policy will bring the Yankees
1 to their senses. x
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I FaoM N.iSiivtLi.E.—The Murfreesb->ro* R«
--; bel Banner, of October 20th, says; On- ad
vaoce guard now completely surrounds Nash
ville. On Saturday we drove in a I', .raging
: party in force, kiiiog ten and wounding fif
j teen or twenty. Our pickets skirmish every
j day, upon which occasions* our cavalry out
posts generally get a clear sight of the ene
my's heels. a...:
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The New York Times reiterates the as«er
!ti m that Gen. Edward Price, sun of Gen.
' Sterling Price, has taken the oath of alle
j giance to the Federal Government, and adds
that he has reported himself to Gen. Curtis,
I at St. Louis.
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Acgusta, Nov. 5. —A tire broke out here
I last night which destr yed Stovall's Ware
House and stables, also six thousand bales of
i cotton, some produce, &<:.
The loss is over half a million of dollars.
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Oresfus A. Brownson, the great Ca f holio
j writer, has been nominated for C •ngro-s by
i the Federalists of the Third District of New
j Jersey.
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j A lady in Jackson, Minn., advertises to-knit
i "socks for the million "at tuxn'y five cents a
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