Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1841-04-08
For the ddoeTiiser.
To the Editor Of the Biblical Recorder and South.
ern Watchman.

To the Editor Of the Biblical Recorder and South:
ern Watchman.
My DEAR BRoTHER.-In correcting the,
slight error" into which you had fallen in
relation TO- the authorship of the "Address"'
from the Sharpe-slreet Baptist Church, i'm.
Baltimore; you have, fear, fallen into a.,
greater one, in reference 10 her estimable
Pastor, Rev. S. P. Hill. In your article,
Error Corrected" after stating that "the
Sharpe.street Church are too scrupulous to
allow the Southern Delegates. the use Of
their place. Of worship" you add, ga
tolerable explanation Of this circumstance,
may perhaps be found in the fact, that the
Pastor of said Church, and the repute d
writer of the Circular, is New England
man." =
If am correct, in my apprehension Of,
your meaning in this sentence, it is, that!
you are ofopinion, the refusal of the house,
was occasioned, by too great regard, or.
respect, for the Abolitionists, and their
cause. Ifso, am sure you will be gra,i-
fled 10 have your "error corrected" and to
contribute to The correction Of it in others,
by giving publicity TO this communication,
in the columns Of The Recorder g. Watch
man,
l therefore send you the following extract
from the letterof Brother Hill Pastor oe.s
;.hassharne saiseet Rabtist 60
, " VENERABLE AND BEAR SiREazi had fi36..
pleasure ofreceiving your kind letter, with
the accompanying resolutions of your Con.
ven1on, two or three days since, for which
am greatly obliged TO you. Permi, me
to say, that like the spirit and design Of
lhe resolutions, and shall be happy to give
them publicity. With regard, however, to
the use of our House, agreeably 10 the re-
quest and appointment Of the Convention.
though 10 grant it, would I am sure, be
Sra'lhcatIou to US all, yet owing to the
stand taken in our letter, a copy of whichI
Will transmit to you with this, | doubt
whether it would be consistent for us 10
10 So" I'VE, all of US to a man. disan-
prove as strongly as possible of the spirit
and measures o[lhe Abotionists, and be-
ieve lhe whole Northern section of The
church, with the exception of these few
Misguided men, does the same"
You will now see, my Brother, that
Brother Hill, though ga New England
man," has not fallen into the mistake of
he Aboli'ionis!s of that region.
This worthy Brother is mentioned in
o very favorable manner, in the Reflector. !.
Soth Deer, 1910. Is the closing SEN
'nce of an article in thai strong Abolition
erlodIcal, headed Stephen P. Hill, the
ritter says, "He," S. P. Hill, of Balli-
'ore' "lives abouthaLfgay from the North
The South, another recreant son of The
orth." And all this because,i in visit 10 tho
outh some years ago, he wrote favorably
the condition Of the slaves, and in The
ddress from bis Church, which the wri-
suPposes Brother Hill wrote, the right
a Church to agitale the "polilical"
lestion of slavery is denied. Brother
i'll in the same letter, from which the
owe extract is taken, Informed me, that,
conversation with some brethren o. the
slvert-slreet Church, in Baltimore, thew
ormed him, that similar meeting, 10
Il, which we had recommended, was
to bo held in Richmond, on
same day. On this information, | i'm
dlately wrote to Brother Taylor of
'hmond, giving him the information re-
we'd from Brother Hill, and requested
10 consult with Brother Jeter, on the
Pr'ety of having our preparatory meet
at Washington rather than at Rich.
.a' if we could not have the privilege of
House at Baltimore. He, on consu],a.
with Brother Je'er, wrote TO Brother
inns, Of Calvert-s,reet Church, Bali.
e, to ascertain whether there would be
objection TO the occupancy of their
'uog House for the Southern Brethren.
received for answer, "that should
meeting be deemed most advisable.