Show TRE THE colowit 4 ta r NEW YORK april 2 the ta color or I 1 f line was distinct distinctly lk visible corff short time fluie in cods session on of df the yew new york Method methodist Wt ej lisec pil conference it was precipitated by a resolution chic h xe that the general conference fonfe rw take under consideration the advis abili ty and expediency of put tinga a colored man on the benow bencho bishops this was characterized ia by the rev G C H McAne as an attempt at special legi legislation for the colored race man many jr of 61 whom homi he be said had shown themselves ungrateful for favors received take fred douglas continued con linned dr mcanerny who was held up as an ideal man by those of af his race in what way did he benefit them and when he died did he leave a penny i for their improvement J several other members spoke in the same strain j after which the resolution disappeared from sight without having been put to vote or wd upon the table press dis and this too from the northern methodist church they who for fifty years years or more haver have fought the slaveholder and pronounced their southern brethren in league with the spirit of darkness because they would not acknowledge the he liberty and equality ot of the colored man such conducts conduct as above stated when viewed in the light ot of their past professions seems to exhibit the very essence of inconsistency and hypocrisy whenever a col coi ored man dares to assert his manhood and exercise his freedom freedo mif if it does not happen to suit snit these phar overseers seers the lashof lash of hatred and contempt is a applied ap pp aed thus showing in that all their boasted friendship 0 8 for the negro negm is a mere pretense and that they desire to bonti continue nue the race in mental menial and moral slavery to serve their own selfish ends such incidents as the above only serve to open the e yes eyes of the negro and nd discern the thinness of the cloak these clerical demagogues L are wearing |