The Louisville gazette and republican trumpet. (Louisville, Ga.) 1800-1809, October 21, 1800, Image 1
Vol. ll.]
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■ the address
mj the general conference of the
i Methodift Epifropal Church,
I i) all their Brethren and Friends
I i n (he United States,
I WE the members of the gc
fccral conference of the Metho-
Idifl Fpifeopal Church, beg leave
■to addrefsvou with earneftnefs
lon a fubjcft of the firft impor-
Itance.
I We have long lamented the
■great national evil of Fegro flave-
Irv, which has exifled for (o ma
|bv years, and does flill exift in
|rr»any of thefe United States.
■We have confldered it as repug-
Icant to the unalienable rights of
■mankind and to the very cffencc
|cf civil liberty, but more e(pe-
Icially to the fpuit of the chrillian
Irel'eiou.
I For inconfiflent as is the con
■dufl of this otherwile free, this
■ independent nation, in rcfpe&
■to the 0 very of the negroes,
Iwhen confldered in a civil and
IpolhT'J view ; it is ft ill more fo,
■ h'he f ~ examined in the light of
thegolpid tr 0 , fj, e whole fpiritof
the new Tf (lament militates in
the (Tongeft manner igainft the
prafrire of flave v—and the in
fluence of the gofpel wherever it
has long prevailed (except in
ma’-v of thefe United States) has
utterh ahohfhed that fnoft crimi
nal part of flavery, the p flelhng
and ufing the bodies of men by
arbitrary will, and with almoft
uncOiVrolable power.
The ?mall number of adven
turers from Europe, who vifit the
Weft-Indies for the Idle pu r pofe
of amafting fortunes are hardly
worth our notice, any farther
than their influence reaches for
the enflaving and decoying of
the human race. But that fo
brae a proportion of the inhabi
tants of this country, who fo tru
ly hoaft of the liberty they enjoy,
and are fo juftlv jealous of that
iaeftimable bleflirg. fhould con
tinue to deprive of every trace of
liberty fo many of their fellow
creatures equally capable with
fhemfelves of every focial blc fling
2nd of eternal happinefs—is an
tnconfiftency which is fcaicely to
be paralleled in the hiftory of
IfiankuH!
Influe nce( j fey thefe views and
feelings, we have for many years
ourfelve by the iftrong-
regulations, from partaking of
*be accused thing/* and have
a ‘*o laid fome very mild and ten
reflri6lions on our fociety at
* ar ß e * But at this general con
brence we wilhed, if poffible, to
8‘ ea blow at the root to the
en ormous evil. For this pur
pose
we maturely weighed eveiv
r cgu!arion which could be adopt
within our own focicty. All
THE LOUISVILLE GAZETTE;
AND
REPUBLICAN TRUMPET.
T U E S D A Y, OctroßKß 21, 1800.
LJPERTr IS OUR MOTTO AND TRUTH OUR GUIDE .
Teemed to he infufficient. We
therefore determined at lafl to
ronfe up all our influence, in or
der to haflen to the uttnofl of
our power, (he univerfal -extirpa
tion of this crying (in. To this
end we palled the following refo
lution:—
“ THAT the annual confe.
rcnces be direOed to diaw up
addrrflrs for the gradual eman
cipation of the flaves to the le
giflature.s of rholV flafes, in which
no general Jaws have been palled
for that purpofe : that thefe ad
drelfcs urge in the mod lefprft
ful but pointed manner the nc
ceflity of a law for the giadual
emancipation of the Have.'; that
proper commit!* es be appointed
out of the moft refpeftable of
our friends for the conducing
of the bufmefs; and that the
prelident ciders, elders, deacons
and travelling preachers, do
procure as many pioper dena
tures as prflihle to the addrefles,
and give all the afhftance in their
power in every relpedf to aid the
committees, and to further this
blefled undertaking. And that
this be continued from year to
year, Till the defined end be ful
ly accomplilhed.’*
What now remains, dear bre
thren, hut that vou coincide
with us in this great undertaking
—for the fake of God, his
church, and his holy caufe, for
the lake of your country, and
for the lake of the miferable and
Give your flgnaiures
to the addrelks ; hand th< m for
fignaturcs to all your acquaint
ances and ail the friends of liber
ty ; urge the juflicC, the utility,
the nreeflity of the meafuie :
perfevere in this bleffed work,
and the Lord, we are pt tfuaded,
will finally crown your endea
vors with the wilhed-foi lurccfs.
O what a gloiious country
would be ours, if equal liberty
were every where elbblilhed,
and equal liberty every where
enjoyed.
We are not ignorant that fe
veral of the legiflatures of thcle
flates have mod generoufly
flopped forth in the caufe of li
berty, and palled laws for the
emancipation of the Haves. But
many of the members of our
(ociety, even in thefe flates,
n ay be highly ferviceable to this
great caufe by uGng their in
fluence by writing, or otherwise,
with their friend* in other flates,
whelk r thofe friends be Mc
rhodifts or not.
Come then, brethren, let us
join hand and heart together in
this important enterprise. God
is with us, and will, we doubt
nor, accompany with his blcf
fiegs all our labors of love.
We could write fo vou a vo
lume on the present fubjeft;
but we know that in general you
have already weighed it; and
we have great confidence that
your utmoft afliftance will not
be wanting, and we promife to
aid you with zeal and diligence.
I hat our gracious Cod may
bid's you with all the richrs of
his grace, and that we may all
meet where perfed lib- try aad
perfeft love {ball etemafly reign,
is the ardent praver of
Your affVaionafe brethren,
Signed in behalf and by order
0/ thegrnn a-conference.
Thomas Coke,
Francis (bury, S- Bifhops.
Richard W hate oat J
Ezek, Cooper, "j The
Wm. M'Kcndrec, commit-
Jelfc Lee. J tee
From lie iURORI.
A inomer t’s difp.iflionate at
tention is due by every Ameri
can, of wlatever pa*f V) Federal
or Anti-Federal— Democrat or
Afi/ocrat, to a (uhjcdf in which
ali a?c alike core* rood, ; nd in
which cvciy man, who feels the
Icafl regard for national charac
ter, or for the indepeme of Ihc
country, muft read with concern
and for row.
The Editor was yeflerday fa
voured with 'wn letters one in
cloied within the other. Lorn
whch he will barely extmft
what is of a public nature, and
leave rhe fa6fs to the comment
of (h< public, and the notice of
thofe who are fworn to adminif
terthe conflirution and the laws
equally and 'aithfully.
Extract of a letter to an officer 0}
government in Pennjylvania ,
dated on board his Britannic
mafe fly’s Jhip (arnatic. Port
Royal July 19, 18000.
“ Dear Ccnjin ,
u I write fo advtfe vou, that
I am in health, but unfortunate
1\ imprefled under the Bntifh
fbg, and have no rcfource but in
applying to you, wiih a hope
ongrefs may by taking the cale
cf myfclf and fcveral more Amc
nrans, who are in the lame
ftuation, and having their pro
tQions with them, into confi
ieration, contrive to extricate
is from this ftate of diflrefs
I he Ameiican frigate Conjiella
ion, lay here fame time ago —and
fare werefme AmericansukoJwam
m board that /hip, and carried their
• rotections uith them. I he
t ext morning captain Tf v xto n,
erried them back to the {hip ufucli
hey jwam f\om., and faw them (e-
Krcly pumjhed % which kept the
tpO of fhr Ametiransfiom doing
the fame— • # * ♦
Stgnrd,
STEPHF* FRIfKER.
The letter m which fhc fore*
going was inclofed, and deliver
ed to the editor, fays,
‘ Fucker is the fon of Artho.
m Pricker, who for many years
kept a public houfe in Reading,
and was married to the widow
Hengleman a litter of general
Muhlenberg's mr.fher, Young
Fnckef was formerly in. our ar
my. I d n't know how h■* got
into the clutches of the B itifh,
hut general Muh'cnbeig knows
ail the family, and can give lull
information The latrci part of
(he letter deferves fenous no
. * 11
tire.
The original letter of Frickcr,
with the Norfolk and Philadel
phia poft marks on it ate in rho
poflefhon of the editor, and the
former will fv (hewn to any nti
xen who may entertain a doubt
cf the authenticity of the fafts
Is it not p' tfeflly fidnulous
to talk of national indfperd nce %
or of the glories of our navy 9
when fuch outr. ges are counte
nanced by pci ions in public
trull.
C HAR -}SI ' , OftohtY 2,
( n Friday evening iafl. ahe ufc
nine o cli ck, a hie was d<(ro
ve red nn ( harleftcn net k whicli
proved to be in the va uahlo
faw mills eieffed at a Itioif dif
tance from the hve m Je Pone,
on Cooper river, a lew \<ars
ago, by Mtffrs. Martin, r< rg
neuf and Deporf; there brong
no a IT] fiance at hand, the whole
was dellroyed. I hefe mills cofl
Upwards of 6000 l fterling, and
were laid to be as complete aa
ary ever erefcied in this ftatc.
Wc have not leatnt whether the
fm was the effeft of accident or
defign.
—-.-.-T—-r-.v^r-rar; —rrsr.-y~i nrn&
Stale o / Georgia ,
Jl'arrrn county ,
\AI HE REAS Wifliam B-rry «
* * James Mitchell fat -pplicd
• o me for let'era of admioift at n on
the geo a, cbattlrs and credi a of Aboer
Mitchell, deccaftd. late of this corny
Tbcfe are therefore to cte acd admonifh
all and fiogaUr the kindred and rrrditot#
of i«td deccifed, r o be and appear b fore
the honorable ja ges of true c* urt of
ordioaijr, co the fe ond Mr nday ia
Frbratry next, to (hew caufe if aof
thry can, why laid Icl'ers fbould oot be
grau ed.
Giten under my band and feal, tj
office, th • 24 h cay cf Septcm
ber, D the >r*t of nnr Lord,
1 too and 26S' y<ar of Amen
can Independence.
Sept>mis Weather by, C. C.O^
BLANK DEEDS
fer Sate at tkii OJficQ
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