duty, that we should maintain them under any circumstances;
and at the same time, the peculiar circumstances in which we
are placed, constitute an imperious necessity that we should
act in accordance with these principles, and make it
impossible for us to yield any thing in a matter which
concerns not merely our personal interests, but the cause of
Christ, and the peace, if not the very existence of the
Southern community.

Should our Commissioners fail of accomplishing this object,
it is expected that they will withdraw from the Assembly,
with becoming dignity; not willing to be associated with a
body of men who denounce the ministers and members of
Southern churches as pirates and men-stealers, or who
co-operate with those who thus denounce them.

In conclusion, this Presbytery would suggest to their
Commissioners the expediency of conferring with the
Commissioners from other Southern presbyteries, that there
may be a common understanding between them as to the course
most suitable to be pursued at this crisis, and on this
absorbing question. And may that wisdom which is from above,
which is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be
entreated, be their guide in managing the important trust
committed to their hands.

_Resolved_, That this expression of our views be signed by
the Moderator and Clerk; that a copy be given to each of our
Commissioners to the General Assembly, and that it be
published in the Charleston Observer.

E. T. BUIST, _Moderator_.

B. GILDERSLEEVE, _Temporary Clerk_.

Resolutions of the Presbyterian Synods of South Carolina and Georgia,
December, 1834.

"_Resolved unanimously_, That in the opinion of this Synod,
Abolition Societies, and the principles on which they are
founded, in the United States, are inconsistent with the best
interests of the slaves, the rights of the holders, and the
great principles of our political institutions."

The following declaration of sentiments has been published in
Charleston, South Carolina, by the Board of Managers of the Missionary
Society, of the South Carolina Conference of the Methodist Episcopal
Church:

"We denounce the principles and opinions of the abolitionists
in toto; and do solemnly declare our conviction and belief,
that, whether they were originat