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HALIFAX, PRINTED AT THE MESSENGER OFFICE. 1843. •if X. ^ MINUTES, Wednesday, leih January, }B49. A requisition signed by tho Rev. Messrs. Manning, Bill, Vidito, ChaBc, and others, having been addressed to the Clerk, requesting: him to invito tho Churchss, to meet by their Delc2:ate8 in special Association, for cer- tain important purposes, and notice of such request hav- ^ ing been accordingly circulated by the Clerk, such special Anaociation assembled at Nictaux the day above mentioned. A sermon waw preached by tho Rev. S. T. Rand, af- ter Tvhich the Rev. J. Pryor, was elected Mo^' "r^tor; the Rev. W. Chipman, Clerk; and brother 1. L. khipman, Assistant Cleric; when tho followjnor Minutes were taken. tHURCIIES REPRESENTED. [The names of ordained Ministers are in Small Cnpital«,^ihp«, «f Liegntiatcs ia Italicg.] I IIH'L%C> CHURCHES. Chester. Windsor. Horton. Ist Cornwallis. 2nd Cornwallis. 1st Aylcsford. •2nd Aylcsford, Nictaux. Wilmot. Annapolis and Upper Granville. Wilmot Mountain. HELEttATES. Joseph Dimock, Daniel Dinicck, Jnrnes Moslicr. S. T. Rand. J. PnYOR, E. A. Crawley, IL Chipvxan, Jnnics U. Fitch. Edwd. Manning, Holmes Chip- man. William Chipman, Abel Park- er, Alfred Skinner, Robert Lyons, James Shaw. W. C. RiPKouT, Obadiah Saun- ders, Walter WeUon, John Wheelock, Cyrias Viditoe, W Graves, Calvin Raker. James Parker, Thomas Tupper, Reniah Spinney, Edward Par- ker. I. E. Rill, Stephen Taylor, Ca- leb Siiaffncr, Gcorfre RishoD, Samuel Chipman, Tliop.Rnnkis, Rufus Ranks, Samuel Whee- lock, William Randall, Wil- liam Troop, David Landers, Jacob Gates, Anthony Wilkins Renjanjin Rrown, John Dodge, Ambrose Dodge. Nathaniel Vir)iTOE,Silas Jack- son, Abner Saunders, Phinehas Rent, Joseph Elliott, Warren JiOngley, Caleb Marshall, Si- mon Starratt, Rarnabas Phin- ney, Asaph Marshall, Jonas Ralconi. John Chase. James Messenger, Ambrose Rent, Daniel Rishop, Asaph Rice, Walter Rickerson, William Morse. Richard Cunningham, Thomas Marshall, Wm. Restine, John Graves, Josepli Elall, Walter Wilson, James Charlton, Silaa Charlton,Peter Starratt. . -Mvi^tn*p<9rMitipi^^itb*m cnnnciiit. let Hillsburgh. DKT.FOATr.0. Hekry FADNDEnH, Jnmca Pnrfl/, Abrrr MorFO, Jolin Morse. CnAniKs Randait- Wri.iiAM I!lhton. Antikiay Dimock. WiM.ARn PARKrn, Doniol Whit- innn, (icuinc S. Paikcr, Saml Tutiy. • Prirjr Aliiriry, Porr?, Murray, Liiilicr LriidLrifcr, John Dou- p'ns. Williuiii Henrys, Jabea Fn^riiiiiij. W- S. Jiicohp, Tliornns Knowlep, Edvv!i!{| Kr(t>pfon,W.A.Kcmp- fnn, Ni.iliaiiVVliitman, Stowarl FlTf'iiiiiir, Benjamin Vauoiian,Jame8 Ste- vens. Onslow &, Stcwiacke. D. W. C. HtMccK. Sissibno. let Vnrtnouth. 2nd YorriioutI). Kew Albany. Broolciicld. Liverpool. Snd Ilorton. Port Medwny. Kempt. Dalhousie. Wellington, Springfield. 3rd Cornwallis. Colin MrVicjir. HK.Nny Facies. Gcoi-ro Han is, John B. I)on- dnlc. Gnspcr Brown, Freeman Water- mnn. Riifn? Arms], nil, Israel McNenr C. R. Bill. Brethren John Woodwor'J!, Liccntinto; and Eliaa Woodworlh, from Lower Granville, W. T. Stiibbcri, W. Fitch, W. McAdains, Liccnti.ttt s ; nnc! A. Freeman ' were invited to take a seat with tl;o Association. * The Baptists of Nova Scotia hnvinjr been aa a body addressed by the Honorable Jo.sepln Howo in a series of letters in relat= "^ to his recent claim for publishing the Christian Met- v.,ger, and the nllrjjrd prrsonal responsi- bility of the Editors, on account ol ihat claim ; to whicli letters a minute and full reply has h^cn laid before them in thepag:e8 of the Messeniror; and bcinor now assem- bled in this Special Association, cmnposed of the Dele- gates of their Churches, they feel themselves called ou in answer to those letters, to express in the following statement, their judgment on the matters thus brought to their vi«w. ^ It cannot but bo siippoMil that .1 rcli-jious comrnunitv, profcssingr, nnd, nstlipy tiU5t, Kinoorely nnd (hcply ftol- in^ a wiitclifiil CliriKlinn jooIniiRy ofUio clinrnctor mid roputnlion ol'nll ilioir motr-bors, in'iiot tipocssurily brcnil- Pd to flio Iii<;!ipst pxpicif^c of this principle nnd its result- in'/lA'' "" ^ ^ l^alanco on a large amount covering nearly The natural relief from the Inntful impressions result- ing from thjs notice, was an account of tho transaction out of which tho debt arose, and which was given by the iAlitors in a brief staten.ent published in tho Christian Messenger of August i'2. This statement Mr Howe has stigmatized as cxparlc and disingenuous throucrhout. But this Association can perceive noiiiing in it'boyond a calm, uminpassioncd, and correct recital t)t the transac- tion alluded to, not a fact of which, so far aa this Asso- ciation can discover, has been varied by any of the subsequent explanations even of Mr Howe him«elf The statement distinctly ndmittcd the balance due to Mr Howe, and also rmbodird a declaration of iho g[real anxiety of the Aepoc'.ation for tlic pnyment of the debt, together with an account of (ho payment at that time of considerable Btiins by pcrsonR who" had guaranteed the debt, nndofngrnts ogniii nppointed to collect the ba- lances still due from gnaranh cs and tubscriptions. It is also necessary to obsci vo iliai it is usual to record in the Messenger, all the transaciions of thcDenomination,and this statement of the 12lh August was requisite in order to explain the urgent noccf-sity for calling in the monies due on subscriptions and guaranteus. And it is worthy of paiticnlar notice, that no allusion whatever was made in this statement to the previous piiblicationof the Baptist debt in the Novascoiian, nor did it contain one word of offensive reference to Mr. Ho've. On September 7th however, nearly a month afterwards, thsre appeared an Editorial in the Novascotian, headed " The (Christian Messenger," in which the Editors, among other injurious reflections upon them, were openly charged with dishonorably refusing eittier '• to acknow- ledge, secure or pay," lhobalanco,''thcy shifting as it is there said, " /Ac rcsponsibilify of their own shotdders, and the body for whom they professed to act hnvivg no corpo- porate character eniiflwg it to sv.e or be siied.'^ On this, the Messenger of the 10th Sept. following, presented a demand on Mr. Jlowo to disclaim having given any authority fur the publication ofso gross a slan- der; and although we are aware that Mr Howe asserts that he did not see the Messenger until it was too late, and that if he had seen it ho was under no obligation to exculpate hireself from any participation in the^slander, because he had sold his right in the Novascotian ; still this Association cannot but bo of the opinion that on article like that in the Novascotian of the 7th Sept. which Mr Howe, it is to be presumed, saw when it first appear- ed, coming from a person who as Mr Howe informs the public, was most intimately connected with his affairs, containing aspersions so deeply injurious to the reputa- tion of those who had in no way meddled with his privat* character, fully justified the Editors in demanding and expecting from him a disavowal of its publication wtd^r kit authoriiif. ;e due to llio great [lie debt, t time of itecd iho t llie ba- )n8. It 13 ird in the ilion,and in order c monies {illusion previous tian, nor > to Mr. erwarda, , headed 3, among t openly acknow- 'ns it is ders, and to corpo- Uowing, having saslan- nsserta 00 late, [ation to slander, tn ; still that an t. which appear- rms the affairs, reputa- 1 private tng and 1 vmdtr 9 The whole period, however, froiii the JSth AwnAo the 7th Sept. and thence to tho 3:Jrd Sept. elapsed, durinrr which It IS reasonable to hclirvo Mr Howe himself mus^t have been fnlly aware of tho nttack i>indo on his behalf ajrainst the Editors and the IJaptist Body, of who=e con- duct in the transaction this A.-^sociation do therefore feel that the Editors under those circmnstdncos wero compel- led to publish a Vindication, which Ihev accordintrlv did in the Messenger of the 2Hnl r.nd :jOfh Scpfembpr" Mr. Howe, however, hn-- hon- assntncd Mr Nufront's allegations as his own ; and tJie ch,-iractcr of thrchar.rea reiterated in the Novascotinn. i.inkes it needful to elu'ci- uate in particular three distinct pMinrs- :— First, that the Editors wrro not personally responsible to Mr Howe. Secondly, the (me character of the tran- saction between the parties: and thirdly, the true history of the delay in payment of (ho b.lnnce remaining duo, which was the only circun.s'uKc that could afford tho slig'htest colour of complaiht. With recrard to the f p,.,ni. this Association cannot wi Iihold a distinct deci.ratiMn nf t!:,. „ttor astonishment with which they heard that tho Iviitorsof tho Messentrer were openly charofod with hdnn- pp.>nna]ly responsible. So constantly were the affairs oftho paper brou^rht be- foi-ethe Missionary Board, n :>n - umm .,c R.ich a declaration I'ditors and their ' Mly was such respon- • ''iiiiiiitteo of gentle- I'lr and Mr Ferguson 111'' Christian Messen- >vould not have been, both hr friends, repeatedly made. Ji-n ; sibility never hiiUed, either ii^ t' men who tofrethor with Mr :\'(i first undertook the task of cdjtin.. ^.„.., ger, as appears by Mr Altornev GcnioraT.Tohnston'CrcTtor published in tho Acadian Rocordnr of Oct. 9%\ or at anv n/^T? T^'^'^'P ''^^''^ As.^oriation. (the extract given b'v Mr H. from the Yarmouth Ilnvaldhpin'r an entire mis- take, as will more fully appear horpaftrrj or in the pre- sence of the Missionary IJoard n-hn„ he appeared before Ihein ; but Mr Howe himself, in nil his lencrthened com- munications, no where pretends to sav, that he at anv il i .«Ivc8 Mood no t?,n,n; in'^r'"' "■'"" "'" ^'''""^ 'l«n>- in Jan. I837/S .\s et e n ; pf ' ° Messenger 1842, this Association cannot f,'^"''^^^'- <^^. pel. 8, tinn as a fact of ,ho uLo't wei, nn i'. ''^'""^ """"- the conviction, M.oy fed^iTer s' K;p^^ ^'"/vever painful Botwithstandinrr the exnl- nn inn^^ ^^ '^^^^«'-'^. >n his letters that hnl?- n r ^^' ^^"''^ '^^^ attempted for believh / nV Mr T 'i'«covor no evidence whatever transacti"n%ou ,K o^eZd.:^^^ '"^'"^ ''' other manner responsible! t/n'^^^^^^^^^ '' '" "^^ •n.^htclain,, than an v M>nn bo o the b' ntis^hnT"^ • 'i^ feel himself responsible for mnin/ • ^ \^°'^y "^^^^^ community to wLh"he^t^";,r^A''Mr^ eo studiously labored this i^nlnT II a ^' Howe has a.^ain. in addition o ttfa'^ of Mr' rf ^"'j'"^'"" "?"«» sHencedurina the entire nerodnr. ."'''' ""'^''o'^en attention once morn to a no Hn Jr ''"""'''^^^^^ call of the fact, stated n fhp £ ^''° '?''''^'^^ evidence the idea that y responsible, tiirow offsuch ova?cotian of in his letter ' are perfectly such nn idea claim for the ntrncted dis- iciitors them- 'r«^ the samo 1 claimp, no for a moment rd, so far as lie Editors as tlie balance are assured, '0 the arbi- ntedlothetn point, from Afessenger of Oct. 8, 'ccial ntten- 'ver painful 1 io declare, satlomptcd e whatever during the as in any yments he Jody mififht onorof the Howe has ition must unbroken ■tion, call I evidence lied by Mr ossession, figer suo- on of the 11 ?»?in;^ ' '^'' ^'^^^^'•^"^^e himself published the Ma- gazine, . res-ard to which no individual cb EdUor of othervv.s... .lood accountabio to him for the pavment ofh,3 work: and a number of which, for Seprja35 contained the Pro.p.ct-.is of the proposed paper accmnl the Baptist denomination were to be concerned in the publication of such p.per ; and al.o publinhed 400 extm he v,lurd with the ve taken up irhapa trou- he current a HowB. ' subject of J terms : a note fbr Tie due tUl ire an net HowB. other half >ne for the e 4th, and Howe. urged me nount due has been 13 Thursday, Feb. n, 1841. ""''■jos.ph How. " ' Yours truly, accommodate JVlr. Howe anH npf hL " ^ ^rguson to ^£100. Received from Messrs NufHnf I' p ^""^ ^^' ^^»- Joseph Howe, (In Mr. Godfrey's hand writing >' ^^''^^"' ^'"^^''^^ ^ Three months after date for vdt^Se"^^^^^ to pay to Joseph Hoive or or/pr thi!,,, V ^ Pi'oni'se o//Ae B..rJ Mrss.ZVrBolnT^ Poands on account of t Edut7'^ "" '"' '"'"»' ^"' ^'»-^ ^>- -- Received from Messrs. J. W^ NuUm J^nn /^r' ^#^^* son a joint note for ii mn f^r 7rn " ^"'^ •^' Fergu- £50. ^"AUD. Joseph Howk. (In the handwriting of Mr. G.) "^"''"' ^°'^^'^>^- Six months after dafe for vif^"""' ^'S^' ^^^ ^nd severally promLtl^?^ J?!!!.^^^.?'^^^ ^^^ jointly ■ ' I aiini of one hiinJreJ pounds on account of the. Baptist MissioNARr Board, (In Mr. Howe's own handwriting and signed bv both the editors) ° ■' {See a lon^ list of similar notes and receipts besides the above published in the Christian Messenger of Oct. ■*i« Jo42.) u Z^Vr" ^^'^ Association may well ask with the Editors, Mr. Howe, in view of this mass of evidence can now boldly publish to the world that he did look to the Editors and only to them for four years and had no right to look to any body else, and that the Editors had thrown him upon persons for payment ivilh whom he had never contracted and never dealt, and from whom he had never received a payment, and that the Denomination had not adopted the paper until after the bulk of the debt was contracted, is quite beyond our comprehension. " Tenthly— In the fact that Mr. Howe before his debt was due, pledged it to the Bank of Nova Scotia, as thfi debt of the Missionary Board, and not of Messrs. N. ARD F. and afterwards drew an order on the Rev. JV.Chip- man, tfie Secretary of the Board, for the amount, in favor of the Bank, under which assio^nment the Bank held the Missionary Board as their debtor— knowino- nothing of Messrs. Nutting and Ferguson in the transaction ;°and this Association hfs reason to believe the Directors of the Bank deemed the security good for the amount, and that therefore when the balance was finally discharged on behalf of the Missionary Board, it was necessary it should be paid to the Bank, and the order of Mr. Howo on the Secretary of the Board, cancelled. Eleventhly— If anything could possibly add to the evi- dence now adduced, that Mr. Howe did not consider the Editors as responsible, it is certainly contained in their express disclaimer of any pecuniary responsibility, as eontained in their note to him dated 16:h Tan. 1833, onlv about one year after the publication of the Christian Messenger commonced, in which is found the followino- language : ° " Although we should most cheerfully a^ree to an\r measure which we consistently could for your accommo'- dation, yet I think that you must at once feel how senoiis a matter it would b3 for either or both of ui to become 15 of the. Baptist igned by both Jccipts besides aenger of Oct. ith the Editors, lence can now lo the. Editors right to look d tlu'own him ever contract ed ver received a )t adopted the racted, is quite Jfore his debt Scotia, as thf, Messrs. N. Rci.'. W.Chip. ount, in favor iank held the ? nothing of saction ; and Directors of amount, and ' discharged necessary it ' Mr. Ho wo ddtothoevi- consider the ined in their isibility, as 1. 1833, only le Christian e following ree to any raccommo- hovv sc-ious to become the personal debtors of those gentlemen (the Dircctora of the Bank of B. N. A.) on account of an undcitakinrr m connexion with which we iiave from the very con" mencement, determined whatever amount of time or la- bour it might demand, xve would not pasonally incur any pecuniar}! liahilili/:' And again : '• Alhough the Baptist Association hav« plcdi^ed themselves for the support of the Messenger, yet it is with the fullest understandin^rofall parties that its continuance depends on the prompt and immediate payment of the 3ubscriptio7is/' Here, then, only one year after the publication of the Messenger, are the Editor* most expressly disclaimina any responsibility.! Does Mr. Howe, tlien, turn indU^- nantly upon them, and declare that however Me?/ regard- ed the matter, he held them as personally responstble = No, he does not so much as pretend in any of his letters that he lisped a syllable to them in opposition to the view they then avowed. Nay, most painful is it for this As- sociation to acknowledge, in the case of a person once fio highly, and as many of their body have thou^iit, .so deservedly esteemed, he admits his silence, and afthouah he avows that he "smiled" at what ho is pleased to call ^e solemn impertinence of these people (the PJditors;) yet he continued to leave them under the impression that he acquiesced in their views as not responsible, because, foe SUCH virtually is his admission, he could only by this means induce them to accommodate him with notes ' At such an avowal as this, t>om such a man as Mr Howe, the Association cannot but utter their overwhelm- ing surprise and deep sorrow ; nor can they hesitate to pay that, surely, no pressure in Mr. Howe's circumstan- ces could justify an act so deceptions; and, whatever pity they may feel, that he should be betrayed into so unworthy a course, it is but too plain, that it places him in no suitable condition to allege untruths and disiionor- able conduct against others. xir'^u ^^''°'"^' ^''^"' "^v^"" 'ifiving been responsible to Mr. Howe, the question occurs as to the true nature of the transaction. In regard to this point, this Association are of the belief, that the correct view of the matter is well stated in the letter of the Attorney General, as fol- lows: "The security for payment on which Mr. Howe relied were, first— the subscriptions to the paper as they should come in,— next, the engagements of a number of ■m 16 indivicIuM. to pny end, a .pacified 8nm in cn^e it should be necrs.nry ; and lastly, if ihrse means Huled, the libc- f^lr^^ ":; V.^"^« "^i"««ice of the Denon.ihotion' ^oneral- nomed hy Mr. Johnston the fnnds of the Miesionarv above ^tVarZnf Vl^T '^' ^'"^""^^^^ "'^"^'oned aoove, at Yarmouth and Chester, were f»«ven On these grounds, this Association c^annoi bnt believe .nvSr';''T''/"r""'^«3' think that he had ever ^rge a )o(Iy of persons ot nnunpeachablo, rrliaioug and moral character was a ffood security. Bnt however' this may have been, he n.i^htatthe first, if he pleased have declined the contract unless on persona! security He upon the Editors who had so early and expressly dis- clam.ed responsibility; who derived no proHt from the undertaking^ but bestowed their arduous labours ratuit- ously, and now publicly charge them with bein^ Pespon- «ib e, and with endeavourinc. to shift off their liabilUy nnd withhold payment, because they pave, un.Ier he circumstances above named, a calm history 'of the tran- With regard to the delay inpayment, this Association has already noticed, as is not denied b^ Mr. Howe Tat no part of the balance now paid was du'e untiVsistD^^^^^ ^41. It ,s also needful to keep in view the fact that this ^as a transaction which, in the course of four years in- volved an amount between two and three^hou'sand paid ,nd,3ed overpaid, until the last year, as may be seen by Mr. Howe sown account. Thus it appears that he ^asoverpnid in 1838 for the work done in J837; in JsSS Jor]8.J8, and now that heat length credits £30 previ- ous.y unacknowledged itnppears that he was also^aid in 1840 for every thing due him in 1889. ^ On Deo. 31, 1840, the Christian Messenger ceased to be published by Mr Howe, when he claimed a balance anrffhl M "'/"^ ^° ''"" ^' '^'' '^''^' ^"'^ t»'« «"'ount and the time of payment were disputed by (he Editors aq inconsistent with his written agreement Ld me noran- l"?^«'^t"^''^•'^'^*'""''''' ^*^^" «'nce, in a measure illn'J M'-" r""^: '^^^ ^^i^'^^^' «"^'o"« for a set ' iiemont, as this Association are assured, pressed Mr. «. I nse it should led, the libc- ion goneral- ist pnrticular Miesionary > mentioned : bnt believe D had ever inniir of so 'ligious, and lowever this ased, have Mirity. He turn novr •repsly dis- t from the »rs frratuit- ng respon- ir liability, under the f the tran- Usociation ^nwe, that 1 31st Dec. ct that this ypnrs, in- ihousand IS always ay be seen s that he ^ inJ83» 30 previ- also paid ceased to balance e amount editors as nemoran- measure, )r a set- I Mr.«, 17 byhimselforbisaixont.tomeet the Missionarv Board m the Winter of 1841, and again at the Association „ Onslow ,n June of that year. Tins ho chose t / iocline do,n.. un ,1 the meet.nn, of the Board in Cornwa lis in fZfl'r ^^^' T'"" ^''' '''^'^'^ "■«"'^'- "'^^ '•^'<'«rred to a bi^ rators, by whom certain principles were sotiled.on which the arnmmt should be stated; in accordance witl which when the account was subsequently in part adju Si nen^; 'S.n^^t''' '"" ''' '='^''"' ^-'^- °^'- In the mean while, Mr. Howe was constantly inform- ed of the fact that acrents were actively employed d^r- ;ng a great portion of the time, ,n collectini/ubscnn- t.ons : that a larnre amount was, as before mentioned "e- thTMi{'i"^'"'^"p^ guarantees; and. that /he Ss of the M,s:iionary Board were pledged; and ho also received ass-irances from various Tea d no- members of llie Baptist Body, that they felt their bono al their property pledged for the linal liquidation of lis debt' :??!,?;■"'''/ "^'^r ^'"^'^' fi'st be taken to collect' Avhat was due from subscriptions: and it may also bo re- marked, t at from the 1st Jan'y, ld4.>, his debt.^s bear- ing fiill interest. In the desire that the debt should be paid the Editors concurred with all other persons con cerned, and under these circumstances, this Association are at a loss to conceive on what grounds Mr. Howe can TeZi^-Vl '";,?.f P''"^' ^'^' Nuiront's injurious as sertion that the Editors were tomolding Ihc payment of hsdebt. They refused indeed to accommoda e'h n ani further with notes at the Bank, which they ce ain"y that nan oV/"^''', '^"^ f'P^'r ^o give, and resi ted hat part of h,s claim which they deemed unjust, but have never done any act, so far as this Association can perceive, that indicated any other desire than tha" Mr Howe should be paid his just balance, in acco dance with the award, at as early a day as possible. "'^"'"^"'^^ I'rom the above statement it will appear, that the de ay m adjusting the account wholly origiuited w th Mr Howe whose subsequent injurious condTict may in mfny ways have seriously impeded payment-and Lt there liever was on the part of the BapUst Denomination the shghtest intention or desire of withholding or delaying e payment of the money ; on the contraryTsevera la a? 8ums were paid him during the year 1842, (See Appe'^n! 18 'V. ! i in liiii dix C) and the utmost eflTorts uand to collect the balnnce, and when the whole ndjnated halance wob finnlly paid at the Bank on hi.-? order on the Secretary of the Mission- ary Board, it was found, as hrfore intimated, that ho had lonfj been preatly relinved from inconvenience arising from the want of the balance, by his note on thn Secre- tary of the Missionary Board havinff beon accepted nt the Bank, and the debt of the Missionary Board bo as- sirrncd bein^ thenceforward rej/nrded there as ultimate- ly available security ; so much so that the sovoral sums paid Mr. Ilowe during the year 184'2, nn mentioned bo- fore, havinnr been applied by him to other purposes, it became necessary that lie should repay such suma to the Bank before the full discharjToof the Missionary Board could bo obtained thence on the payment of the balance du©. Havinfj thus touched on what they deem the principle points in thisunhnnpy controversy, this Association can- not conceal their extreme recrret that Mr. Howe Bhoukl havejudrred it proper to turn aside from the essential question in order to fasten on the Editors, as he seems to suppose, falsehoods and dishonesty, on a variety of mi- nor or irrelevant points. Althoujrh it is impossible to go into all these, and with respect to them all, the Associa- tion regards the answers made by the Editors as most complete and aatsfactory, yet to a few of these points they judire it as well sliplitly to allude. The Editors had said that they never had been in ha- bits of familiar intercourse with Mr. Howe ; — this was a comparatively unimportant point: He grounds on it a grave charge of falsehood, and affects to have sustained it by shewing a few lines from Mr. Ferguson in a note mainly on the subject of the Maga2ine, and referring to a measure before the House of Assembly affecting an object connected ivilh the public polity of the Province. With rej^ard to Mr. Nutting, he adduces a note respect- ing Acadia College also a public object. The irrelevancy of such evidence needs no coniment. In another case the Editors had said, "that any printer in Hiilifax would have been perfectly willing under all the circumstances, to have published the Christian Mes- senger, in connection with his own paper, for £400, for which Mr. Howe was then receiving nearly £600. Mr. Howe charges this as a gross untruih, overlooking the 19 tho balance, finnlly paid the Misston- , tlint lio had cnce nrising fi thn Sficre- nccopted nt TJoard so as- as nltimate- levpral sums enfioncd bo- piirposes, it fiums lo the^ )nnry Board the balance the principle icintion can- lowe should tlie essential ! he seems to iriety of mi- ORsible logo the Associa- itnrs as moat these points ] been in ha- : — this was a inds on it a ve sustained 3on in a note 1 referring to affecting an the Province. note respect- 2 irrelevancy it any printer ng under ail ristian Mes- )r £400, for £600. Mr. Hooking the words now pnt in italics, which wcro necessary to the Editors meaning. He grounds nnother charge of nlleped gross J'(^sehnod on a discrepancy nhich he cndeavr'Uis to .'•how between the Editors' present statement of Mr. niooliMdur't) rfject- ed tender, and the statement of it ninde to Mr. Ulucliadar at the time; a discrepancy which disappears, ho soon as the differnico as to the nature of Mr. Howe's and Mr. Blackudar'H tenders are considered and underatooo. And yet this difturencc had been distinctly pointed out by the Editors. This Association are grieved to percpivc that in tho letters professing to answer the Editord on these and other points, Mr. Howe for the most part either renews his previous misrepresentations withoutany notice of tho highly satisfactory evidence and answers produced by tha Editors; or else quits the ground to m;ike new and irrelevant charoes. With reirard to the last point ho urges — the quotation from the Yarmouth Herald— this Association think it merely necessary to declare, that that paper is in no res- pect connected with the Denomination — that it is in no way, "semi-ofiicially" or otherwise, the organ of the Baptist Body ; and that they conceive Mr Howe himself must be well aware, that no representation made by a stranger who must but very partially have heard or un- derstood their proceedings, can possibly do away or alter tho mass of proof that goes irresistibly to show that Mr Howe never had the slightest reason for regarding tho Editors of the Christian Messenger as personally respon- sible to him for the printing done by him for the Baptist Denomination. [See appendix D.] Mr Howe presses in one of his letters the idea that the Editors in their reply were bound to abstain from com- menting on any points considered by the arbitrators; and has sought to make it appear that the Editors have cast injurious reflections on them by so doing. This Associa- tion feel themselves bound most strenuously to protest agamst the justice of such representations. As to the high regard and respect manifested by the Editors to- wards the Arbitrators, they conceive they cannot do better than quote the words of tho Editors in the Mes- ■enger of Nov. 25. Their words are as follow :— " EveTjr person will at once feelthatthe position in which these If T/".^Tc" delicacy, honor^bh mnn «„„ , ;. ?"^ "usi have felt, ns every « doubt CO I ^i;;" ; . ':ir;^ T ;? i^'^p"'^' «" ^^'"^^'^ direc..v opposed ,o<.;.h';i'^^':^:"r:^^ ^'"*^'"^"^- H'lpoii ')t item of H.n . . . , ^''" *^"^<' "n every i^L the .ai^^'l!^:; ,;:;;;;:;;,';, rt'r^-r^"^^'' i^ IJtMni.-Hiforfno(l,thnh ih^ \ ,• n " '° S''^'^''^ "^'Sf^t what he knew L b^.Jl'lV'V '^"reSfef'^ ""^^T'"^ u^;r:^^;r;ie:^;:;^.:-n!^^^ lament that there el;;; . t ^i.^^^^rir '^^^'^ any part of the discu.sio,, nnlf „^ ,° ^'"^' "•" ^^f they see not how thel' i " " n ^''"/'/deration; still, clear view of the w lob ^n o ha tl Pr/""'^ V? ^'^°" ^ '•elating to the dispute u^',. o' / ^ '^""^'^''''ed the facts with regard to thom T l^/no '7'''°"^'""^''^f'0"« ^'ard itexeeedinr^; unj /och.r'l r ''Tl '^"^ ''- towards the abitrafor«^oca c^Tinf s"il7'o;- 1"'''^'^* the same Views as ever wifhrrsDP^MoU Precisely co.npelled for their ow-, u'^J-^^^^ °'^ '^'''"'' «nd ofthoca£;e,theyhavei ; ; °"^°S^'/° "^ ^"U vievr tho injustice of^tho de,n , ; W Ift'i ''f'T '''"''' '^''' of d.t yei. and for poJ:;:^!:, ' ^ wo^^H^ "T Ihese points made so uiwuvvna i nrVL^!. ■ ,- P^"^- that it was impossible t ri o^l'r "'^ "■'^"'^' ^««^. «over them from the ^p ' V,'"' '^^°" "°"°«»^«' 'o dis- Edrtorial in the NovS t ' JT T V'''^ '^^ forced the Editors. R , .^"o L^^^^^^ f^''^ i^tters, them with wilfully and ini, , nS i ? • ^""'^ charge* orthe accounts, a/llnvliS:*'^,^^"^,^^^ able then in reply to this wn^. fK,V . i , unuvoid- preat cause of delay. M'r He ' l^^P^^^^^^o . -, .he Editors believe them of impL«. 1 i' '^''^'"ges, as tho which in some partT^'ujLri'rh.^^ P°/^"^^' ^''^--^^^ the arbitrators. C eis bllfo^o^s^i^n^^lel^?; ''^''''"^ ^^ hnve been subsequently de^uc^te J /J^^T mJI'J.V^^ou^ a rcmo delicacy, of both pnrtiea, M\, as every iStODOCH, cspa- piitp, on which vo the benefit ido statements cuso on every SB seemed to Kditory might 'lo ofetatinjjT len wo know -St jiidjyrmL'jjt iro thrm, und y thuir deci- points confli, I'lion deeply t'lis, or for ration; still, lavo given a led the facts ■convictions net but re- h disrespect 'f precisely items, and I full vieir eir view of ig" the cre- tually paid, vholecase, ive, to dis- which the 3's letters, e charges djustment t' unuvoid- tio - ihe res, as tho ( charges ected by learjeaOO account 21 in accordance with tho prirriplo.iof tho award. Bcsidcjr U- 1 be rrmrmher* ' ^•' ^''n ^y 'el. ^.o m t|,e Aword in tho But independent of this the Aspncialion cnniiot butac- knowledrre thnt, in a matter which, by Mr. Nnpenfa and fn^„l r';' "'''' ''"'' ''""" '''■"^'^'^'' *^" P"l^li«= .rotice.and n which their own personal clmrncter ns well as that of the whole Baptist comm.mify wns involved, it wouh' be most unpist to expect that they should ho so far fett.ored as to booblio'od to conceal prominent facts, or forbidden to declare plainly whr.t thoy 8till deem on the part of Mr. Uowo to be a moral wron... injurious to a jrreat extent to irLr*'?.""""^ "J^*"""'"^' "^ '^« ""Ptist denomination, llavingtims said, in justification of their brethren, the Ld.tors, what they think impartiality requires, and bemjr unwrhnpany further to canvass the sub.siance .f the award, inasmuch OS the denomination hold them- olvei bound by it, this As.socia^ion abstain from rxprrssinir any opinion on the questions of interest and of posl.iffel the facts are fully before the public, and they will of course forrn their own judgment upon them. The A 3o- ciation add, that in this matter, as in all the rest, ti-v conceive the Editors have most satisfactorily repel ed the injurious charjres of Mr. Howe : and they would also fh^rh- ?^'!^"*7"■ ^P'"i«" '"'Rht be entertained on the subject of the disputed items, were these to be again ex-amined, the Association wish it to be understood that the> cast no blame whatever on the arbitrators, but are assured thny acted as upright and honourable men desir- ing^to do right in the matter referred. The Association are sorry to observe the attempts made in the letters under consideration, to divide the Baptist body on politica questions. In regard to this, they will only say that, whatever d.tTerenco of opinion may posai. bly exist among individuals on subordinate points of practical Government, they have no hesitation in declar- ing their conviction that, it appears to them utterly im- possible for any true hearted member of the Baptist bodr -the first confessedly in the world that ever conceived the unfettered idea of Religious liberty, through its great champion Roger Williams-to have any otirer polftical ientiraents than those of which the foundation and whol» 22 fabric consist of every fhirp that is most valuable in civil and religioiia librrty,— nnd that, of these principles ihey are well j^ssured tlinf iIk individuals ocrainst whom the opposite statcmenf8 Imvc been levelled, are still, as they ever have been, amonjr tho warmest advocates. In concliisicn, tliiK i^s-.-nciation cannot refrain from deeply lamentin the real points in discussion between him and ilie Ediicjis, and invade the sanctuary of their private life ; nnd by casting ridicule upon their religious character and profession, to give occasion to the enemies of religi.ni :!:.,>irto treat sacred things with contempt; and lb. y n,ii.t not avoid this opportiTnity to say that, they have the fniiest conviction that the long tried consistency ni;d r;ice!lrnce of the moral and rel.i«-i- ous character of brtb Mr, Nutting and Mr. Ferguson a"ro proofagainstmi-SK i liM ions, from whatsoever quarter they may proceed. It is, tiuy reprnt, with the deepest regret and sorrow that this Associatic n linvo Iclt themselves compelled thus to express- their judgmfiiis on the most prominent facts presented to tbern bv Mr. llutve's letters, and the answer in the pages of th.> Mrssencrpr. They have felt that their judgment on these snl jects would be of no small consequence, and dninncird Christian calmness and candour joined with all lierdtul firmness. It is thus as they trust, they bavo i ulucd. They owed it to their brethren to declnro ili.^ir continued confidence in thf-m It they believed ihcju iiin: cent— they owed it to Mr* Howe to withdnu- in. ,-, •!;,.,„ tbeir ChVistisn fellowship,' A , ■^' u'^f *^ ^'"^'-^ "'' ''"' - '''^''^ charges be has preferred And while they no. v 'I'dnie their unaltered— nay 'in- creased—confidence ;.M Mio integrity of their character, and tfieir conviction (uihr: ...xicnsivo utility of tbeir labors . --they, at the same (iine, declare that they are desirous of cherishing no (.Hi- r -^cntiiuents towards Mr, Howe than such as are sanctioned by the charity taught by the religion of the Saviour, ^ valuable incivil principles ihey ainst whom the ire still, as they catcs. )t refrain from in their judg- 3 becomincf his people ofthia 3nds and ndvo- -ns to allow 3 in discussion ti;« sanctuary ule upon their 'e occasion to 3d things with opportunity to that the long ml and religi- Ferguson aro soever quarter cit and sorrow impelled thus iminent facta id the answer five felt that e of no small almness and It is thus, as d it to their ice in thfm, ed it to Mr. 1 fellowship, as preferred, d—nay, in- ir character, their labors, aro desirous I Mr, Howe ught by the r.'lj 23 APPENDIX. A. The Prospectus for the Publication of the paper appeared, accompanied with a notice containing, among others, the remark, " that nnless the Baptist Denomination should shortljj occupy the ground in publishing a paper instead of the Magazine, some piuvate individual might he induced to do so." C. Ml'. Howe's receipt is given on the back of the fol- lowing account : " Slatcmcnt of Mr. Howe's claim under the award of the Arl>i- tialors, made between him and tiic Baptist fllissiouary iioard. 1&40. Dec. 31 — Amount of nrcount made up by Mr. Gocllrey, - - £610 12 2 Less amount of deduclions claimed, but not admitted, subject to further reference, - - ' £33 Deduct due iMr NuUing. £30 Int. due on do. 4 months, 12 2 30 12 2 im. Dec. 31— Int. on £445, at 3 p. ct. 1 jr. £13 7 6 fi G8 12 2 £551 19 13 £570 13 1342. Jdy 7— Int. on £S6l, at 6 p. ct. 6 mo. 7 days, 17 3 3 Received July 7, A«g 4— Inl. on do. 28 days, Lees received August 4-, Int. on do. 21 days Ucecivcd August 25, £587 16 .-. ii2 10 505 G 3 2 6 6 507 12 3 20 4S7 12 1 13 i; 459 6 4 G5 42i fi 4. Ii«c. 3l.-*Int. on b»ianee to 31st Dec, 4 m. 6 days, 8 17 fi 433 4 a A n f 4 • The re«eipt on the back of which j^ j * "" ""^" "' "^nicn was as follows : _ " Halifax, January 4, 1843. of the Baptist VlisionJrS' ^""^,«'''"i"^'«. on behalf claimed by, ne for :Jb,hJn?."^^^ ^^'« balance exclusive of"',ol'^"s ' ;' ^l btto h^^" ''"""-^^' went-the above payment hnvin^h '"''^g^^'ng state- ^, , Joseph Howe." The order above alluded to is as follows : S,^^_ Halifax, October 21, 1841. ia Scotia, thesurof Six HuSirr^'';' ^'iKo^No. from that date, and charge fhL ^"""d^.^vuh interest the Baptist Mlsslona%7oJd^ '"' '° "^ ""'''' ^' ^'^^ Your obedient servant, Rev. ;ri7/{a;n C/,.>,,wn, '^°'*''" H^^'^' Secretary of the 13ap. Miss. Board." The receipt by the Bank appears as follows : "Bank of Nova Scotia, p . ,^ Halifax, 4th January, 1843 thirty three Doi.nda Z,r .'i "i "'.^our hundred and .helinbi:,5™;t S .:" "7e K "mt^'iv' £433 4 0." '''^^' Foreman. prS;,^who Sr^:;,?r'f r 't ^^^^^^' p— Nuttin^mvin?decla ed auL t''"'''^ '''"'^"'^^^ Mr. that he woul J^Tncur rlnf 7^o'^ ^^ Yarmouth, J followfl : iry 4, 1843. !sum of Four i{,'s, on behalf the balance Messenger, 3going Btate- e to the Bank Bank, on the )ard. I Howe." 21, 1841. iber next as JankofNo- nih iijterest ccci,,: with I Howe. y, 1843. uunt of the indred and le order of iam Chip- it October, REMAN. 1 persons niber Mr. t^armouth, 1 account ise stale- id in the which a 1^ Ptraogersuch as the Editor of the Yarmouth Herald no way personally interested in the business lie reports, and unacquainted uith the tern^s used on such occasions may record a transaction, Iho frsct may bo noticed that on the flame occasion of tlie Association bcincr at Yarmouth lhei.ditor ut the Herald (oentions thr.t the Rev. Joseph Dimock prenched lUc Jnirodudonj Sermon on Saturday whereas the inlrodudoru sermon, so called, is alvvaya preached on Monday, whon {Ikj Association, as on this occasion, assembles on Siturday, and was preached on the occasion referred to by tlio Rev. Theodore 3. Har- ding, and not by the Rev. Jos. Dimock. The following facts which have previously been only partially referred to, m;iy servo more fully to illustrate the circumstances attending the earlv efforts to establish the paper, beloreany application had been made to Mr Hou'e. It has already been stated in the replies to Mr' H. and appears in the Minutes, that a Committee of three gentlemen, none of whom resided in Haliflix, was ap pointed at the Association there in imn, to commence the paper. As no person could be found in Town totako charge of the Editorial department, a proposal was mado to a gentleman residintf in the countrv, to induce him to remove to Halifax for that purpose, on condition that a fluittible allowance should be secured to him. ft was however, first necessary to ascertain if the e^i'perises of establishing, printing, and conducting the paper, could besecured, sons to warrant any individuals in under- tikinw the responsibility, and accordingly a pledo-e by which each aiibeeriber was to engage to the extent of £10 payable to the Editors, was drawn up for this pur pose, which it was hoped would be numerously signed in both 'Provinces. A number of copies of such proposed pledge were prepared, and signed by two of the Com- mittee, and by four gentlemen in Halifax, amomr «honr were the present Editors, and were forwafded todlfferoat parts ot Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, the names of some probable signers being also added. These pn pers however, were returned without signatures, with the exception ofsixadditional names, the persons to whom they were addressed declining to enter into the onaage. ment. This plan of establishing and conducting the jwper w»8 accordingly relinauished. and nmrv^anio \,^^ 126 then sufcstnuemJy m«de to Mr H. and olher«, to ^certain effected, OS i.as appeared in the coursi of the controtere. and the present Editors w>th several other remS then first unw,]l,ngly assumed the gratuitous EditSin T\ le award so often referred to ia m the follo^inrr terms : *► ^oy^n«^ ^"bscribers bein^ irtutuallj, chosen by the decide «.^'n 1^"''" '1"^ '!'" ^^"Ptist Missionary Board to decide according to tiie best of our judfiement on cer M ssr's'Tw N^m'^ «^^tu;eensaidi/eprHore and tL f XT " Messenger in reference to the said Joseph Howe's account rendered to them the .aid edito a ?n,H kI i^??' ^""^ ^'"^'"^i? «>^ f'e information that could be afforded us on the subject and having carenZ c"am:'tf 1 e'Slf"^^ ^"' ''''h^ considS?hS ZTA fii . ^"Jlowinrr conclusion, viz-that only one cember 1 « Jl ?^^f l"^,^'-' 1837, to the 31st day of Do- ThlfVuJ f ' ''r'^' ^° ^""^^'^d Raid Joseph Howe 1 hat the charge forpaper of £13 Ms (>d and 378 6a for' deducted from said amount, and that the whole of the nffisaTdHlwer^^^'^ '" ^'^'^ account'tufd ^ ^uoweu sajd Howe (with any correct on of error incarrvl »ng out) and in conclusion recommend that the said ao S dda; : '''"'If r '''° "^"- principreVwifi;:, MUe delay us possible by the said editor* with m7 Cwnwallia, September 27, 184 L i ifc er», to aetettam lii?hin{f could be he controversy, tlier pcntlcmen ous Editoreljip y arrangemeat the following :Ii08en by the >nary Board to 'nrient on cer- )h Howe and on the editors ■ to the said le^aid editors 6uid Messen- orination that ing carefully lered thereon hat only one », viz— from t day of Do- seph Howe. d 37s 6a for siiould be 'hole of the t should b^ rorincarry- tho said ao- plcs with a» » with Mr, 27 2. Whereas the resolution of yesterday is a Ion? do- cument, «nd the person who prepared it, is anxious, in order to secure its most entire consistency with the claims or christian moderation, that a Committee shall re-examme it, and, without » Itering any of the leadir/ir sentiments, modify any such expression?, as on further consideration they tnirrht j.uigo desirable : Resohed, therefore, that the Rev. W. Chipman, Mr. 1. LChipman, and the Rev. L. A. Crawley, be a committee lor that purpose. 3. Kesolved, That this Association feel themselveB called u-on to declare distinctly and separately from the previous resolution of yesterday, that they have deeply sympathized with their brethren the PJditors of the Chris- tian Messenger in the painfulness of their situation, as objectaof the unjust and inexcusable attacks lately made on them m the pages of Hie Acadian Recorder and of the Novascotian, and that they now tender to them thus pub- Jicly, their thanks for the manly independence, as well as the clear and satisfactory evidence, with which they have triumphantly refuted those calumnies, and establish- ed the upright and cliristian character of themselves and of the denomination. 4. Resolved, That inasmuch as the injurious attack upon the Editors, and by implication, if not expressly, on the whole Baptist community, has been made by a person high in office, and cnjoyinga confidential station in the Councils of his Excellency Hie Lieutenant Governor, this Association feel it due to tliemsrlvcs as representinir a large portion of the popul.-.tion of Nova Scotia, and to the respect they owe to Her Mnjcstv's Representative to present a copy of the Resolution of yesterday to His Ex- cellency, accompanied with a suitaole address to be signed by the Moderator and S^^cretary of the Association: and that t'le Rev. W. Ciiipnaii, :. n,l Mr. f. L. Chipman, be a Committee to prepare stic'i a hlross, and to forward the same, together with a copy <,f the Resolution, in the pro- par manner. "^ 5. Resolved, That n C Tuniit^e be appointed to wait on His Excellency with tfu- i-oove mentioned Address and Resolution. 6. .n&toived, Thrtt a copy of the Resolution of yesterday be sent to the Editors of tf.? Novascotian and Acadiaa m $8 •erted ,n those journals, ue the reply oflhe Buptil BoAv aJlhT? '' ^'•- ^'r' P"*^''^^^'^ inVhZ papas', and that such number ofcopiea oJthe Minutesof ihe As :.oc,nt,on be prmiod, «s shall be deemed neccslry by U a Moderator and Clerk, and also that the procecdinas 01 the nicet^rg be published in the Christum Sen .r p ,^^^°M That in contiideration of the presentstato of Educafon in this Province, nrd r.pcciall^ n "clftfun to Co lecrcs, and of the view cntcrtaire d by /< no ne,"or.8 bat the interests of science demand the establ shment n ine CopHnI o but one Collope for tho whole con ntTy this Afsocmt.on derm it desirable to present Qro.pS Me norial to h.s Exeelloncy the Governor, to be stned bv flweotthefirm conviction of this Association that th« requirements of the Enptist c^n.nmnitv, i 7of he res^ dents in the rural districts penoraliv c"nno bo mJ except by an institution estibiish j' in c countrf whero he cheapness of livin^e, .nd the ,niot ess and ab scnco from temptation to idleness and dissination nl better suited to the means and habits of telnoatbuk fcelle'nc'f "'"''"' '"^ ''' ''"'' '' presented loh« ^e«,fi.erf, That the Ministe:^, Deacons, and feadinek^.«Mico »o theCi,ri.ti^n-n rS Ung the history of the Churches^in Nova ^S fKl 29 9t it may bo in- B Baptist Body Ihetse papers; luteeofiht'As- ceeenry by tiie procecdingB stian M^-ssen- E) present stato iliy in relation ' f( ti;e perEons Jabjishmentin 3 country, thiii oppoctful Me- bo flipned by mien, expres- tion, that the id of the resi- nnot bo met the country, ness and nb- 'sipation, are e [»roat bulk ented to hi» and ieflding" ed to hasteji gislgture ju circulation, [il Churches be reqpest- lan noiv i;i to erect (^ to report tp jpubljpbiBjl ;, in behgif (flu re^pp^- Mq, ftjidjp- 11. RcsolvfJ, That the Ministers and Deacons of the 'Churches present, pledge thciriselvos, that on the first convenient Lord's day within three months from this As- Bociation, and after this year then on the first convenient Lord's day within three months from each Association in every year, there shall be a collection taken in their Churches respectively, for the relief of their afflicted and highly respected and beloved Brother tiie Rev. Richard Cunningham, In whose behalf there was given by the Association and other friends present, donations and pledges to the amount nearly of £30, 12. Resolved, To recommend to all the Churches and to all Ministers and otiier brethren, hereafter composing Councils called to consider the propriety of ordaining to the office of the Ministry, tliat in all cases in whicli the Council so called shall be of opinion that the Candidate for the Ministry, in each case, is deficient in needful in- formation, such Council shall refuse Ordination, unless the Church over whom the Candidate is proposed to be Ordained shall solemnly pledge themselves that, in case tliey shall at ?ny time come to be unwilling to continue their connection with sucii candidate as Pastor, they will then call a further Council ; and if such Council shall be of opinion that such Church has become disinclined to continue such connection, onaccountofthe want of men- tal improvement in their Pastor, — tiiat then, in that case, «uch Church will afford the necessary means to enable ■uch Candidate to obtain needful information, to the sa- tisfaction of such Council, and this for the purpose of guarding against hasty Ordinations. 13. Resolved, That brethren, I. E. Bill, 11. Saundera C. Randall, and W. C. Rideout, be requested to proceed to New Albany, as a Council, for investigatmg the mat ter of Brother Willard Parker's Ordination, now brought before this Association, in a Petition from the Church in that place, — and set him apart to the sacred Office, if aircumstances justify in their opinion such a procedure. 14. Resolved, That the ihanks of this Association be pfcaented to the Pastor, Deacons, and Members of the Baptist Church and Congregation, at Nictaux, as wellaa to their other friends, who, though burthened with a very numerous Association only last June, have again so 'cheerfully and hospitably entertained their brethren on •thie occuion.