The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1844-04-13
To the Commissioners Of the Free Church
OF Scotland.

To the Commissioners Of the Free Church
OF Scotland.
New York, April ID, 1874
Rev Messrs. Cunningham, Burns. Lewis and Chalmers,
and IL Is Ferguson, Esq, Commissioners OF the Free
Church Of Scotland.
CHRISTIAN BRETHREN
You have come IRON a land distinguished throughout
Chrsendom Tor the stand now maintains and has often
during the last three centuries maintained against eccle
sastic and civil tyranny You come to seek the sympa
thy and solicit the aid of the friends OF freedom in this
land your noble struggle against civil dictaton In
cred things. The aholi0niss of the United States
also engaged in struggle behalf Of the downtrodden
in this and whose rights natural civil and religious
taken from them We respectfully tenderto you and the
Church you represent our sympathy, and we shall be
glad to give you our cordial support we can consistent
ly do it.
You are probably aware that Presby you have
in the Southern part OF this Union between thirty and
forty thousand OF the protested brethren and sisters in
Christ whose situation far pabe than that OF the
oppressed in your land The christian peasanry of suh
erland grievouly they suffer, know little OF the
despoism Of their colored brethren in the Southern part
Of this country The Duke who bears that title insists
that his shall listen to the preachers HON he
ects for them, not build their dissenting churches
his land; and the civil courts sustain him in his aerna
tive The Free Church appeals to Goi and to every God
fearing against this tyranny In this republic there
Dukes, but there thousands of tyrans OF
whom styled honorable who will not allow their
preaching OF their choice and the civil courts
sustain them in their prohibition These honorable
at any time and of beating or ling or humbng them
as to them seems hest and Of selling men, women and
children-and the law authorises it. II they muir
der one of their slaves and God only knows how often
this is DONE though twenty hundred. instead Of
1.-TWO three" ready to prove the fact they only
the risk of being murdered in their turn for the law does
not suffer them testify against whose skin is whittier
than their own. But it may be said, it is Cesar" whe
does these things and what be expected from Cmsar
What does the church, She declares from her highest
her lowest udicatoes that these things shall not be in
terfered with that the system egal-nay even Scrip
tura-and that they who declare it is outrage against
repubcansm and the Bible fanatics and incendiaries
We have reason to believe that neither the Free Church
Of Scotland nor yourselves wholly ignorant of these
things is therefore, with establishment and grief that
have learned that have commenced tour through
the slave States OF this Union with view to solicit funds
well OF shareholders of other persons Doubtless
you will be warmly greeted by the people, and especially
by that portion who hold their fellow men and fellow
christians in bondage While they proer you their
pits Of the ministers and the kindest attentions will be Ia
Wished upon you But will be only while you seal your
lips against any condemnation of slave holding and
preach the Gospel according to the usages of southern
minister's and the restrictions of the slave holding mem
ed with appreciation tolerated Should you de-
termne to preach you have been accustomed to do
your native hills with special reference to the sins Of the
classes to act out the great principles Of the Gospel
whether they will hear or whether they will forbearn
YOU will speedily learn that the hatterng attentions with
which you were welcomed will cease that no more efer
ngs will be made to your treasury that you will be
tilted to qn the district where you sojourn peaceaby
You may exhort from the text, Servants obey your
masters but unless you are prepared to have your tour
abruptly terminated speak not oil the image in which
man made !" of Gains question, Am my brothers.
keeper p Of Noses law, In righteousness shalt thou
Judge thy neghbor !" OF Davids challenge What hast
thou to do to declare my statutes When thou sawest
thief then thou consenedst wi him, and hast been par
taker with a1uerers !" OF Solomon's sayings The
righteous consdereh the Of the poor but the wick
ed regareth not 10 know IT, SO returned and consider
ed all the expressions that done under the sun and
behold the tears OF such oppressed and they had
no comforter and the side OF the oppresors there
power but they had comforter !" of Isaiahs com
nands Cease to do evil seek Judgment relieve the
oppressed judge he faheress plead for the widow " Of
Chsts rule, Whatsoever ye would that men should dc
YOU, do yeeven to them for this the law and the
PROPHETS !" and his question; "how much better is mar
han sheep ~ Pauls eshortatisD, Masters give unto
our servants that which is just and equal y of James
Iptrai1ng Go TO, now, ye rich men, Behold the brt
If the laborer who have reaped down fields which
'of you kept back by fraud GRIFFITH" Discuss any o.
hose texts representing free Church ought t.
iscuss them ambassadors of Christ bound ever,
shere and in all places to discuss them and you vii
lad that the Of the of the soui
nd their people will be turned Into excavations
Lest you should imagine that we have imputed to tn
One of the most Northern counties in Scotland