The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1846-10-09

dOOnuOfl OF Hitci otutcS, nus,
in every place that it has occurred, been attenG-
ed with results that have not only tended to per-
petuate the system, but have created discord and
strife among persons whose interest and duty il
is to harmonise together Tins we see indivdu-
ais of different States, in their zeal for the eman.
cipaton OF the colored race, denounce the glori-
Gus principles on which our noble institutions
have been founded We see them aim blow at
the foundation of our political system, every par
ticle of which is cemented by the blood of the
noblest men that ever lived, and openly threaten
TO dissolve our confederacy-the pride of our own
people and the admiration Of the world--unless
their crude, foolish and undgested ideas on the abo
ltion of slavery are practically carried out, with
outreference to consequences Argument, sober
and imprisoned argument, is thrown away on
such people, and happily they are looked upon
in the same light az Jealous fanatics, and award
ed as much attention as is usually gwen to the in
mates of lunatic asylums
These people are - be found in every State and
city IN the northern part Of the Union, in greater
or smaller numbers, and carry their rude notions
with them into religion, politics, and even their
social circles Socially and politically they can
not do much harm TO be sure they have sepa-
rate and distinct organization as political party;
but thus far their influence has not succeeded in
carrying the meanest office. 1t is, however, in a
religious point of view that their destructive prin-
ciples have caused mischief
Within short time, the question oil abolition
was drawn into the Baptist and Methodist
churches, and was agitated with ierceness and
asperity quite at variance with all religion, even
with principles of Christian charity. The debates
that took place on those occasions, were calculated
to set husband against wife, and parents against
their children, and to let loose the worst passions
in the human breast. Its course has been
marked with destruction, from the time when
it first commenced until the conclusion, when
two of the largest and most respectable persua-
sions in the country, were artfully and desgnedly
divided among themselves, and cut up into frag-
ments and sections, which had lost all power of
attraction cohesion-and therefore all power of
doing good. The consequence of this is, that at
the present time, we have the South arrayed
against the North, and rice persa, and people
whose Christian interests and duties are identical,
opposed to each other in spirit of malignity en-
tirely at variance with the doctrines they profess
to preach.
We are sorry to say that there is great proba
bility OF this question being carried into
another of our churches. AT the convention
which terminated its labors few days since, in
this city, question arose upon the proprety of
admitting colored congregation into communion
with the Episcopal Church, and the subject was
postponed till next convention, which will assem-
BILE next year.
Here, then, is the subject brought In in the most
direct and unequivocal manner. 1t strikes the
question of abolition in the very vital s; and if it
be not voted down promptly and decidedly, we
will witness another scene Of fanaticism and in
tolerance that will be attended with the same un-
fortunate results as those which followed in the
Baptist and Methodist churches.
The well-ordered portion of this church have
heavy responsibility resting on them in this mat.
ter. If this question be not, while it is spark,
smothered and extinguished, i: may increase to
confagraton that will consume the whole fabric
of their church, and scatter their congregations
to the four winds. Let them vote down all de-
bate on the subject, as being out Of place.
church dedicated to the service of the Almighty
is no fit place to discuss the question whether
some few thousand negroes are to be emanc-
pated and thrown on the world, TO get living by
cutting the throats of our white citizens If the
fanatics among them want to agitate the ques.
ton, let them amalgamate with the negroes-in-
termarry with them-and thus receive some
practical knowledge of the matter but let them
not desecrate the temples of religion with dis
play of their foolish notions and evil passions.
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