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GENFitL~CONFfRENCE OF THE . E. CHURCH, SOUTH. Saturday, Maiy 2, 1846. The Conference met ni 9 o'clock. Jaimep James 0. Andrew appeared ,nd took the Chair as President of the Gnference. ter appi opriate religious exercises by lie'President, the proceedings of yes, -teiday were read, as recorded upon the Jountal by the Secretary. Dr: Carets moved to amend the Jour nal-bytrikdig out tha*t - portion wthich refecrred. to the absence of a Btihop of t-e lM E. Church, South, which motion waspfposed by Messrs. H. C. Leigh, "W. A. Smith, Winans and Crowder. - -Mr. Stevenson of Kentucky, moved :to-auind by -inserting. in place of the -h jetionable woids, the. - follo ing. : ' Bishdp Andrew not having arrived, WnBishop Soile not, having as yer for. mall}''adhered. io - the -M. E. Church, South," which was adopted.. Mr. Early read a le:ter from J. D.d ley-Towvns, Esq., inviting the membei of dtie Confere'nce and -visiting friends, ito vat the'Extharge Reading Rooi. he certificat.s of Delgaeto la4 e* inceid'stenfag 'ei tut -ossbRules, ihich was done; where upon they were adopte14 simply chang. jng the hour of meetinag to,& o 'lock5 A. M., and 'the hour g; edl65arfmcnt to half past 1 o'clock, .. A . Bishop Soule rose Bpd "asked indul gerito for a few rmark,at the preseat period of the proceedin gs,..llesconsid ered that the assemblineg of tifs:%Qdy, as now drganized, was the consummation of the oiganizattion of the Mlethiodisi E. Church,,, South, in confdrinity to.the Plan of Separation ad.opteTi-tihe Gen eral Conference of the M. E. Church in 1844. . le regarded.himuself, therefore, af this juncture, as standing befuo the General Csnfetenceduifrlra MetJpodist E. Church, South, llly organized, and clothed with full and entire powers to transact all business appropriate to a A. General Conference. This organiza tion he looked upon as having been commenced in the "Declaration" of the delegates of the Conference iii the slave holding Statss, made at New York in 1844.as ha~ving been advanced in its variods stages in the " Protest"-the "Plan of Separatin"-the aippointmett of delegates to the .Luisville Conven tion-in the action of that body-in thie subsequent action of the Annual Confer ences approving the, acts of caeir dele, gates at the Convention, and Gonally, in sending their delegaies to constitute the present body ; and to be now comple ted in the assembling of the body under a constitutional President. He had mnarked with great'care the written sta ges of tis important;aatter from first to last, and was fully satisfied that every steep had been taken- in full conformity to the act of the General Conference of 1844. He had marked, with no urdiria ry satisfaction, the peace .and unity which had govet ned the. counsels of thie New Oxrganization.. lie knew of no sin g!&ease-he doubted-whether ecciesi ajficai history could ~furntish a . case similar to this, as to the- unanimity with which such a great -nmovement had beeni carried thi-ough. - We were .debtors to a supeintending.Providence in this mat ter. -God be praised! -His last tour of-labor had called him into those porzions>'tf the .work where the greatest difficulties..were apprehen-. dd, and he had~ben ha1ppily disap pointed in finding :uuch agreement and u 4nity both awnoog-;preaghers atrda peop-Ie A'pprehended difficulties had t$6sided' in a greaty degree, and\- peace aid quietness prevailed. every where, He rejoiced exceedingly.:n ts-sate. of thsings.. Be refeife~d to .the. srepow sszttions of-E' s:and. opinions,: hilhben~ binaiu quar.a tak, ii thet very srange attitudes he, ba bee-bal - asnite' in regard to the Episcopal office.and its prerogatives. These misrepresentations,. had been cir culated thratgh these lands and across the seas. .He had been held. up aq pps, sessing views on ,this subject quite differ, ent fon rhoste ente.rtained by his vener able predecessors, Bishops ~Ashury and McKendree. These charges were too general and iodefinite to allow of any si ecific defence or.reply. It was suffi. ci nt for him to say that after an inti nate acquaintance with both these good aind great men, at a period in the histo ry of the Church which 'tried men's souls,' lie had.as ,full -access to, and as perfect a knowledge oftlhe Views of his predecessors as any other man of his day. He assured them that, if he en tetained any opinions different from those of Asbury and McKendree-.aoy higher views of the- prerogatives of the Episcopal office,-it was unknown to himself. That he d~ffored with many excelfent brethren wtitl regard to the relative position of the Episcopal office he did not doubt.; but no man.should mystify him. He did not accord with the views of.some brethren expressed on the floor of the General .Conferenbe of 1844; piidi.furtlhpr, if those were the views generally prevailing in the Church, he should unhesitatingly say he. could not sustain the office, .He tad,o.nce re signed his election on this very ground, and under similar circumstances hewould resign again. Not that he, personally, was so much concerned, .but,thr great principlesgiven to us by* our Fathers, in the organization of the Ctrch were involved. He was resolye that this sacred deposite should not be marred in his hands, essential as it was to the ac, omplishmient of the great work before the Church. Hie needed not say more. The time oad now come when it was proper for him to declare his adhesion. Sustain ing no relation to one Annual Confer eico which he did not to another, he could. notdeclare his adhesion to any 4ie e had stated at entions that Defore Ingt - r _rpteSe1 jpO1I4Iflit C! asdhered, and, now, forma.ly, gave his adherence, to the Metlgdist. Episeoal Church, South. $! would do ihe satie were he only a private . ,member, or min ister. lie was ready, if the Confer ence should think proper to receive hin in his present ret ition; to serve them to the best of his ability. At the conclusion of the Bish~op's ad dress, M-. Drake, of Mississippi; mo ved that this Conference receive the Rev. Joshua Soule as a .Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, % hich was adopted unanimously. On motion of Mr. Early, ike-station ed ministers in P.etoasburg, togettaer with the Presiding Elder of the Richmond District were appointed a committee to provido for preaching duiing the session of the Conference. . On motion of Mr. Cowles, Mr. Early was added to the above oomutittee. ..On motion of Dr. Bainem, Bishop Soule was requested to communicate in writing, the substance of his temark.s, in dclaring his adherence to the M., E. Church, South, and dint a committee be appointed to respond is the shape of a r esol ution. Mr. Crowder mo~vee to take up his resolutions of yesterday, relative to a committee of publication, &c. They were read, together wi* Mlr. H. 0. Ligh's amendment to the same. IMr. L. M. Lee moved the following as a substitute :"Res'lved, thbat .weu will havethe proceedings of this benetal Confer-ence officially reported and pub. lished " Mr. Crowder moved to strike out of the substitute the wvord 'proceedings,' and insert in lieu thereof, tbe word 'Jourql.' Lost.. Mr. J. 1. McFerrin opposed the whole matter. He thoght the difier ett Editors presenit would be very lpar ticuar to give the best and miost ier esting ieport to their respective read ers, and that there was no necessity for such a resolution by the Conference. HeJ gave. his vtews at length, which were inepspersed with mudh good humor. The resolutions weare discussed at considerable length, by Mess~s..Smith, Winans, Longstreet, Leigh and. Green n favor, and Messrs. W. Capers, Fer guson, Crowder and Schon aglainst. Mr. Lotigstreet oflered the following ing amuendmrenc to Mr. Lee's substisimt, so that it would read us follads:'Resol ved, 'That the proceedings of: this Gen eral Conference and a synopsis of the debates, to be regulated as to matter and:, extent by .a committee .to .be ap pitd, be officially published. -Mr..Le aeeye the amendment. Ijr. Evans .mov en to srilie outi the ' Mr. Green moved that .Messrs. Lee, Wightman, J. .. McFerrin and Dibrell; be a committee .to make reports -bftho proceedings of this Conference,and pli fish the same in the papers pablished in this town. Before the vote was taken, a inoto'n: to lay the whole mitter upon the tab11. was made and carried. During the discussion upon ihe above subject Bishop Aodien retired, and Bishop Soule took the chair. . . On, motion of Mr. Early it was re solved to uppoint the following coa rmittees: - On the Episcopacy to consist of one . member from each Conference Itineracy, do. do. do. Finance, do. do. do. Missions, do. .do.. do. Boundaries, . do. do. do. Literary. Istitutions in connexion with 'lie M. E. Church, South. Revisals, to consist of 5 members. Saltbath Schools, to consist of 3 mem bers. . Temperance, - " " ..."&,." Claims of the American Bible &:iey ty, to consist of 3 members . To ascertain the expenses of the Bish. ops and Delegates to the Conference, miud the best niethod of defraying the same, to consist of3 members. t On moution of Mr. Early the. Dele gates from each annual Conference were authoriled to appoint from their own delegations the members upon the coin. mittens requiring one fr'm each Confer ence.-,, After prayer by the Rev. Mr. Stam pet the Conference adjourned. _ Petersburg, Monday, May 4th, 1846. f he Lunleece met according to ads journment, anti was called to order by Bishop joule. After i'ppropriate religious -exercises by - the Rev. Dr. Pierce,. the roll wes called. The proceedings of Saturday were read and approved. Certificates ofmembers who- had ar-. Lived Since Saturday, were received and iead, and, the, members the Rev. Mr , :$evemof-. te n ' n .;h' e3 ecommit ties'consisitng member fron iach Conferene a. announced: t. EPrsIorAc.r.-,Crouch, Patton, Mons roe, Schod, ,Creoder, Bryant,. -Berry: man, Brock,. Wig:ttman, Winans, Rich ardson, Luckey, Busing, Truslow, Wil son, Parks.. - - .FrtNEIRtANC.-CrouCh, Stamper, Sul. lins, Patton, Jamieson, Browning, W. M. McF.-rrin, Talley, Lane, Alexander, Martin, Levert, Ratcliffe, Wilson, G. F. Pierce. - . B..:uNDARESr-Kavanaugh, Fleming, Wallace,.Ferguson, Cowles, Doub, Ber rymmn, Huriis, Betts, Rogers, Richard s.,n, Luckey, T. H. Capers, Truslow, Wason. Glenn. -. - FINANCE.-Brush, Catlett, Boyle, A. L. P. Green, W. A. Smith, Leigh, Browning, .akkervile, Walker, Drake, Alexander, Mat tin, Hamilton, Hunter, Wilson,. Evans. . I issions.-Stevenson, Sevier, Red man, Pitts, Dibrel., Carson, Berryman, McMbeni' Win. Capers, Jones, Rich mrdsort, Lucky, Summers, Hunter, W~il sonl, AnthonyA . . -. .* '-.. .. -- 2 T.,e Bishop remarked thati he would announce the other committees in the. mornintg. On motion .of Mr. Early the rule which requires the calling of the roll every day, w as suspeunded.,. . a . Petitions were then called for mn thlm order of the Conferences, and the fol lowing were presented : KENTUCKY.-By. Mr. 3. B. *McFer t in, a petiti..n from the members of the. charge of M'aysville relative to thei ps cuniary difficulhies pertaining to their church property, growing out of their adherence to the Church South, agd ask ing ths-adfice of the General Conler ence, which was received and referred to a com~mittee of five membgrs. By Mrs .Schon, a memiorial of the members of Soule Charge Chapel of Cincinnati, recommending that city as the miost suitable place for' the locauidn of the 13o91Concernn, which was receiv ed and referred to the committee 4r' Finance. TENNEsEE.-y Mi. r,'eenapt' tion fr~om the Official memibers of M~ic Kondree Charge in.Natshville, in refer-. ence to the fdcation of the Book Con ce-rn, which 'as received and referred tci the Committee on Finance. Also, the Rep.ort of a. committep ap pointed by..u):Zosiisville Conveniida so comiula Histdry of the Metho~dist Epis. copal. Church, South,.which. was receiv ed and'referred~to the conimittee on Fi nanco. * . *-. On mnotion/all odIdr memoeialson the sem isbjeit -was ref4 eod td le'sinsd - r. Paine reseed'f~ha ffnn e. sT~ lici uas adopted: That he committee on.Fi, na uite i to consider the subject :fo .Is?.dbd tereport what juris dicu c enference has over those pope tished by the MethodistEpis. copil- cli,M'within our bounds; also wbethe _xpedient to continue all of "iii , e(her it is proper to ap, oin e Editors at this General Co anndunced that the Rev. C would preach this even irgW ' ashington street Methodist ?pl Church, and. the Rev. J. H. Lii ~High street Methodist Epis. copil ci. Aft ayei- by the Rev. Mr. Evans, the 'o ence adjourned. *"> "Tuesday, May 5th, 1846. Con! ace met according to adjourn eoet. th Bishops present. Bishop Sef -e' chair. After appropriate religi 'rvices by the Rev. William Paton T'ert. eeedings of yesterday were read-a roved. - :.Napoleon B.. Lewisr of Kentu and the Rev. Samuel W: Ca. pers, " rued delegate from South Carob ppeared, presented their cer tificates d took their seats as members offiu# 'eras Conference. eti memorials &c., from the severs) taferences, were then called for; sd re presented in the following ordsi a ae- - Ea 3g-By Mr. Stevenson, a me moilir Louisville, in relation to the locati the Book Concern; which was, a igh ibresolution of the Con teien errd to the Committee on Fiunt . . Y.etar By Mr. Parks, a petition from A': , inreference to the same sbjec ach was referred to the same is talesubmitted the following leipar~ " ook agents at N. York: t.our, May 2 1846... " nd: Nmouers of the: r e e ': e aae ditidvidisgtot Conferenes ifed epa'agof abeI. NI. E. Church, .Southt ihe: gentsof the Genera \Book..Concerne considered it theiriduty to lay the subject before the. Book -Comniues foe their counsel and advice. -cdoa cingly, at a meetinghild at the Book 'Room," March the 26th, [all theirnembers being .present except Rev. M. Force,) the Agents proceeded to enquire. - - - - "1.. Whether the Book Committee wuuld-advise then .to pay the.-annual dividends to theaCbnferences within the bounds of the M. E. Church, South, up to the nest.session of the General Con ferende of the -M.'E Church in 18481. "2.: If the dividends are not paid, bvhetherithey would advise the Agents to retain in their hands a sum equal to the portion-of those Conferences, subject.to the disposal of said General Confer encel "3. Whether they would advise the Agents t pay the- table expenses of she Bishops- of the M. E.. Clturch, South, up to -the-time *if th'e said General Con ference in 1848.1" * . -." On tse first and third of these ques tions,, tieCommittec were unanimrous in the-negative. a " On'the second they were unani mous in the affig~UativA . .' T~Iis Agents, f'a-view' of all the cir cumsaines, hate concluded to act in conform~ity. to-the advices of the Com mittee, and to invest1 in available funds, the~ wholk amount tbai,would: fall to the share of the Southern Conferences, sub ect to the disposal of the General Con eenceof the-M. E..Chur<.h in 1848. "Yty affectionately, your brethren in the Lord,-. ~ "c*LANE&eC. B. TIPPETT." - The letrwgrfre to the Comn mittee on Finance.Y On motioa of Mr. Groene, - Dr'Winans has the leave of this Con feeceio. visit New; York lot the pur ose ofadein ring an address to the A merinColonifaion. Society on the .Mr. Wightah~ offered the following reolutiqunwhich was laid upon te ta ble for the present Whereas, it is. highly desirable that various'changes &r improvements should be -made in a'nbir edition of the Metho' d Hjni p to i e'ifuished undler the aiatpority of..this General Confer enice Thyrefore,. . ,Reseleed4aThapapcommittee of five baidiotidato prepare sur~ka work for pubiestion er' sooa as possible:~ givimg iia-vdrf asadh'd:.naef theoanhor.df he: hymag inar afeijhe umber- of tii mmon,. opg, an~short netros, by setinfrom efauthrized Wesley' an Hymn Book, and other approved soues, and excluding some of the par ticular metres, which are unsuitable to congregational sihging; introducing into the body of the Hymn Book-any valua ble hymn now to be found in the Supple ment, and dispensing with the remain der; ind naking such alterations in the method and arrangethent of thesubjects, as they may deem advisable. W, M. WIGHTMAN, Taos. O. -SumanaS Bishop Soule presented to the Confer ence the substance of his remarks on Saturday last, in a written comrnunica tion, the closing paragraphs of which are as follows: " And now acting with strict regard to the plan of separdtion; and under t/iq solemn conviction of duty, I formally declare my adherence to the Methodist Episcopal Church South ; and if the Conference--receive me 'in my present relation to the Church, I am ready to serve them according to the best of my ability... In conclusion, 1 indulge the joyful assurance that although separated from our Northern brethren bya distinct Conference jurisdiction, we shall ne ver cease to treat them is " brethren beloved," and cultivate those princi pIes and affections which constitute the essential unity of the church of Chiist. JOSHUA SOUE.", .Dr. Winans.remarkedlhiat, as Bishop Sotie,--no doubt from motives of delica cy, had failed to name the members who were to constitute the committee to-res! pond by resolution to his formidable de laration of adherence, he wouid move he.appointment of a committee by elec ion of the Cutiferencei. which .motion was carried; whereupon Dr. Bascom mad Winans were elected to constitute I hat committee. .. Dr. Bascom-offered the following res )lution, which was unanimously adopted Resolved, That the committee on E )iscopacy be instracted .to. institute spp, :ial. enquiry into the character and 'i rou d h a -t erous instapces, not on y co " lively infractedbut grosliolatedboh. the spirit and. the, letter of theG neral Conference Plan .of separation in - ap. pointing ministers, to Border cjiarges, statioprs, or Societies, where the people, or members of the church, had not -ad hered South by a vote of the majority,. as directed biy the General -Conference, and that said committtee report the re i.it o(,such enquiry so this Conference during its present-session. Bishop Soule announced the names of the 'members of the following commit, tees..: .;4;, ;. . . Literary Institutions.-Messrs. ns com, Paine, Early, Longstreet, Winans, Richardson, Bryant. Bible Cause.-Messrs, L. Pierce, Sehon,"and Drake. - Dr. Ifascom presented a communica tioz$from the Trustees of the Transyl vania University, which was received and .referred to the committee on Lite raiy Institutions. A fter Prayer by the Rev.Win. Burke of Cincinnati, the Conference adjourned. Wednesday, May 6. Conferencepet according to adjourn rent. Both Bishops present. Bishop Soule in the Chair. Afrer osppropriate religious, exercises hj Dr. Capers, the Journal of yesterday was read by the Secretary, and appro Pedtitions, tiemorials, sad app'eals were then cdlied for in the ordier of the Con rerence. Tjiejollowing were presented, Kentucky.-By Mr. Stevengon, from the official members of Wesley Chepel, ELouisyille, opposed to the, division of the Kentucky Conference, so that the line shall pass through the city, with the request, in the evcent of division, to be identified with the Church, South, which was a eceived and referred to the com mittee on boundaries. . By the same, a petition from the of licial,-membiersof Brook Street Charge in Louisville, requesting a certain line to be observed, in dividing . the -Ken tucky Conference, if. any division be determtned adgan, which was received and referred to the same Committee. Reports from Committees were then called for:t' Dr. Capers presented the Girst 'report from the.Commiitee on Missions, which ref'erredto the' 6th section of tlie present Discipline ; it was read and laid on the table fqr the-present.. o , . : T-h&Rev. Whiefdr' Srmith, a-dele gate fromi South " Caroling presenied! his cettifiueate anid took hi esatii' ~inhner of thel doifeee. 'Dr. Smith from-iie Financejp-. mnt, prentedt a rpor, in Potaton to a Southern Book establishment-by. the M. E: Church, South. recommendio the establishment of a Book -concern ponpisting of two divisions'- one in the East and the other in the West,. which was laid on the table for the. present. Bishop Andrew in the Chair. Mr. Wightmad, from the committee appoigted a; the Unuisville. Convention, lb suggest such verbal alterations in the Book of Discipline as shall make it vonform to the organization of the M, E. Church, South, presented -'a' report upon the subject, which Was laid on the table fo, the present. Mr. Bryant moved that one hundred copies of the reports of the committee on Missions, and the committee appointed by the Louisville Convention, be'print ed atthe onice of the Richmond Chbis, tian Advocate, for the use of the 'mem bers of the Convention; An amendment to strike out that pp referring to the report of the couiitt of the Louisville Convention was:cart' ried; after which,. the remainder of the resolution was laid en -thetuble. Thetiepirt of the committee on Fie nance was then taken up. -' After an explaeatorynotersation be tween Drs. Smith and Caperss to the particular object- of the, committae in making. the. general recomneodatio contained in the report, on the' motion af Mr. Crowder,'it was, adopted. ' ' The report of the Committee ba Miss Lions was at the suggestion of Dr. Ca. .ers, taken up and tread againg together irith the diflejent items of the section as, hey now stand in the bisdipitpe.. The; ecommendation ofthe committee, with' ciome 'sliit- alterations, were 'adopted; with the exception of that- referringtq he corresponding. Secretary; which was recommitted- to the committee. Bishop Soule announced the names of nembers appointed upon the folloiing :ommittees : -. n Bas.-Messrs. Baiston,Ham' rOafTmupran e=uen .: : ' On the motion Mof MIMoote Lien of Missouri- a'dded o mittee on Literar In tutions... > t .c Dr. Bascom, under instu tions frinm that Comittee,- requested a Uersoni having,an immediate interest in the"LIt. erary Institutions of tlie-M. E Church.7 South, to make such communications to the ceinmiUo as nmight, be- deemed proper to lay before that body. After prayer by the Rev. Mr. Evans,. the Conference-adjourned. Tjeurlday, 7th May, 1846.- - After Ippropriate religious exercises by the Rev. Mr. Browning, -the pro ceedings of yesterday were read andapa proved. - - Reports from Standing Committees. Dr. Winans-'presented;the first report rrom the committee on Episcopacy, re commending that two additional Bishops be created. Mr. Drake moved that the report be accepted' ;and' adopted,.. and'a that-the; Conference proceed immediately to the' election. - Dr. Smith was opposed to the elec . trossof -iero 1))shops,a and is niakiq~ known his opposition, he hiad' nothifig to'- say against .the present., venerable Bishops; tshey -were laboring men,:,men - in all respects, after his own- heart. - But he objected to..the election; mainly: because of the inefedency of our present plan of operations, which he did not; conceive- would be improved, save in increased facilities for ordinagjniby any fdditionfo the pr esenf nmber. 3Thet whole time of our- Bishops-.is, consumed in visiting the sei'eral annual conferen Bnces, presiding oversthe i,,andmaking out the appointments of 'the 'hifarst which latter duty is in fact perforined' more by the- Presiding Eliders thaalbg -' the Bishops. The Bishops camnnt posm- - sibiy become acquainted with the uinise ters, or the demnands of .the circdit1tand4 stations, nor can they do it; with 4be'as.' sisance 'of twor others. Re wanted .an - Episcopacy similar to that wicioikexis ted i-n the tiines of' Asbry and M&I~ed~ diree ; an Episcopacy exertiig a'heal ful, salutary and official' indsdice~ovg every portion of the jorisdicsionihoe a Cburch,South. He drewra'-comarisottod-do between our system andtbitof-thrPr9." testant Episcopal .hei tiitipgts that the' latter exerted ah4'irihiflieins.:' over the.. ins~ id: a bdah hitha ',/ ours cou!di 5intessnade'imuch strob~4 thai' it was,'or tronidbdbystbeaddibV~ or'onigtcede No'syarein oubt a ~uore:healiiyii W ".k$ i