Dallas and Victory"
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Bishop Andreus-Methodist Episcopal Church
a Southern Dirision.-The members of the
Beaufort Station, N. c. have held meeting and
protested against the actions Of the General Con.
ference relative to Bishop Andrews. They de.
clare that the proceedings were unwarrantable and
unjustifabe to which they will not submit,


In New Orleans the members of the Methodist
Episcopal Church held meeting on the 9TH ut.
where was read the address of the Southern Del
egates in the General conference, after which
they passed n preamble and a series of resolu-
tons defining their position. They declared that
slavery as it was held in the south did not remove
them from position perfectly in keeping with
the decipine Of the church, and although they de-
peca,ed disunon and scbism, they feel unwil-
ling to submit to tho unjust course pursued by the
majority in the case Of Bishop Andrew. The
following preamble which led off , series of reso.
lutions will show the spirit in which the Southern
portion Of this church means to act:


"Whereas the decision of the majority Of the
late General Conference of the Methodist Episco.
pal Church aga inst James o. Andrew, one of the
Bishops of said church. is calculated to produce
unfavorable results 10 the great body of Metho.
dists in the slave holding States, we feel bound as
a portion Of that body to discluim all connexion
with the abolitionisis of the north. The charge
alleged against Bishop Andrew of being slave
holder, is the only exception which has been ia.
ken to his high moral character and peculiar fitness
for the station which he has long and worthily
filled in the church. That this exception was
made and maintained by the delegates from con.
ferences within the bounds of non-slave.holding
States, and inasmuch as this charge is equally ap.
plicabe to slave holders, we make common
cause with the Bishop and the thirteen annual con.
ferences who sustained him, and with them raise
our voices for separate and distinct organization
asthe Southern Methodist Episcopal Church.