New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1846-04-09

AMERICAN CHRISTIANS LOOK HERE THE fol-
lowing extract of letter from D. L. Brayton, an
American Baptist Missionary among the harens' Is
from the Boston Christian Reflector. II appears
THAR the Hsrens are afraid TO become Christians lest the
Missionaries should carry them OF into slavery be
sides slavery is as deadly in its influence on Religion as
II Ia pernicious 10 Politics
MrssRs. EpIroRs: VIII you. some OF your valua
HE correspondents tell how 70 meet the following
objection which have meet wherever go among the
"a Esrens, If VIC become disciples. when you get
large number Of u.s. you intend 10 enuce US away and
make slaves OF Us in your own country IBIS ooJec-
ton often urged with as much seriousness arc conn
dence as though they actually acquainted with the
svs,em of American slavery. Did these ignorant but
star, hating heather, but know the saFenoding cnsrsc
ter of the American Churches-Would tney NOT say 70
our faces Go back thou hypocre-Go back, and teach
the heather of your own country. and give hGn the
bible, before you come here to impose upon us am
fully persuaded that did they know II this would In
substance be the language OF many WIG Karen L.
will no, the Karens become acquainted with the his
tory of American slavery see not how il can possibly
be avoided.
Some OF their young men are learning our language;
heron,inp acquainted with books, papers &C. And
b.n they once begin 10 get the idea they will not cease
their opportunities until they know Its history AND
when IL Ia once known. IL will spread ike wld-hre
o,nony The people Sometime since, noticed in pub
lie paper the following remark, as coming from Brother
Kncatd If the heather were aware OF the savenod-
Inc character of our Churches by whom the Mssona-
RS are sent out the usefulness Of the Missionaries
gould be al an end" Now should not be willing to
90 quite SO far this and say that their usefulness
would be at an end. But most sincerely believe. that
the strength OF the Missionary's arm would be sadly
parGiy-ed. e- Id, 49,
thought felt Interested for the slave before let my
native land but during the eight years since lett and
came to this heather country, have been Witnessing
the amount of men and money employed IN behalf OF
the heather Of these provinces, and how small ther
number compared TO the slaves OF the United states OF
r, and indeperdent America. According TO the Census
of Government in 1e40 the whole population OF these
nrovinces including ay-Chinese-Siamese and
Tounrthoos (who never have any Missionary was 49,
600 not one tcsntnh the number OF oppressed hes.hen
in that land OF boosted freedom and Christianity And
what ia the amount of used in behalf OF this pop
u,aon7 There are on the ground at present thirteen
Missionaries and their wives, and one single female.
According to what statistics have before me- the whole
expense cannot be less than $50 600 year and oeneve
it must be considerably more than that Don't under
stand me 20 convey the idea that we have superaound
ance of labor and money. No tndetd. Almost every
department of labor among is suffering tor want oil
reinforcement, In many instances we cannot employ
ssstants and have schools for the want OF money HAD
we twice the amount of men and money, there would
be an abundance OF work to be done. But when think
of IL In connection with American slavery and think OF
the slaveboder holding the Bible from his own people
and vet apparently anxious TO give the same 10 the
heathen my heart sickens, while seems as though
had been dreaming the subject OF American slavery
Would that we might all awake. and wash our hands
on this a,fill polutios D. L. BRAYToN