New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-05-29


II he were without God snd without hope W max
motive is there 10 the slave 10 strive for Christian
ersces when, Il they make him real man. tney are
,hreshed on, Of him or # they m AXE hun more ODE
dent and faithful man. they raise his market PRICE,
ard only make him more merchsntaoie disS'P ~
Christi 1t is the religious phase o. siave'He
that reveals the darkest features Of that Alper'
yertine system. -
These things are no. new nor out Of the reaon
n the .Lpr10l Of Commerce. Yet when upon THIS
state Of sc.s the Christianity OF the NorIn' TO ,'n5
unsensitive, lifts up It's voice, the JonrR0t o. Cg"'
merce assails il as if it we're a monster rsFeuln3
for .tspfey! Three million men, a. ans. hasu'a
Law, sgeinst every fundamental PnhoiPe " ~
State and National Government, are, y laNi
thrown over the pale Of the race and denied 20 Dc
men This is not fit for the pulpit 20 menu9n II
allowed, nevertheless, 20 preach about Nniua suu
India Every year thousands OF cpiuiou az
snstcbed from the parents bosom, ana reil"'o
" sold eve-ywhither. The Pulpit IS not tne P'S.o
In mentioning such things, though 1t De aho"ea 70
na,cb children from the Ganges, and TO mourn
over infanticde iD Polynesia Every year nus
Ioods and wives are torn asunder Christian or no
Christian; and the Journal " Commerce oro"-
beats that Pulpit that utters "ord ABOUT s1cn
nolitlcs when II should rather be busy IN eXpOstu
istine with cannibss in Malaga, 0r snatchng de-
voices from under the wheels OF Juggerns1t =
Every wear thousands Of women are lashed tor OBJ
stinate virtue and tens Of thousands robbed OF
what they have never been taught 70 prlze; sna
the Journal Of Commerce stands poised to cast It's
iavelis at that meddlesome Pulpit that dares speak
OF such bouhdess RIGHTEOUSNESS, and SEND u 70 us
more Appropriate work OF eyangeiZlng the couIte-
zsns OF Paris. or the loose virtue Of Italy and It
assures US that multtudes OF ClergymeD are taanS-
ing il for such a noble stand Some OF those Cler-
eymeD we know. The platforms OF our Beneyo-
lent Societies resound with their voices urging
Christianity TO 90 abroad, stimulating the Church
not TO leave corner Of the globe unsearched, nor an
evil upredressed. But when the speech IS ended,
thew steal in be hind the Journal of Commerce 10
give il thanks for IFS noble stand against the right
Of the Pulpit 10 say word about home-heatnen-
about their horrible ignorance, bOttomless hceh
tiousness, and about the mercenary lnhumanity
which every week is selling their own Christian
brethren. baptized as much as they, often preach
ers OF the Gospel ike themselves, eating from the
same table Of the Lord, praying TO the same
Savior listening TO snatches OF that same Bible
Whose letters they have never been permitted TO
learn out of which these reverend endorsers OF
the Journal of Commerce preach!
1t requires distance it seems, to make topic
right for the Pulpit Send it to Greenland, or TO
Nootka Sound and you may then practice at the
faraway target And the reason of such dscrimi-
nation seems to be- that preaching against foreign
sins does not hurt the feelings nor disturb the quiet
of the congregation; whereas, II the Identical
evils AZ home which we depOre upon the Indus or
along the Burampootra, are preached about the
Journal says that it will risk the minister place and
"bread and butter" and it plainly tells all North
erD minister's that fthey NEEDLE with such politics.
they will have "ther coats rolled IN the dlrt and
the experience which we have had # that opera
tion AT the hands Of the JOirndi assures us III 1t
the process is full dirty enough VIII the J0urnN
tell us how many lesgaes of sin must be before 1t
is prudent and safe for courageous ministers TO
preach against it
Tha nal of ob0U1PYcp cannot back out OF
these results by denying its position. Again and
again. in every form OF statement 1t has been SAID
10 newspaper, book and sermon, that the Pulpit
claimed no right to NEEDLE with Slavery in its
mere political aspects and only as 1t was great
moral and religious question, belonging 10 the con-
science and the Christian heart. In reply 10 all
this, the Journal gain and again, in many forms,
protests that begin where you may do II with
what intent you WILL If Slavery comes into the
pulpit at all, it is free sOtiism 1t is bad enough
not to have detected the superior view OF thus
question; it is bad enough not to have teH that 1t
was The moral question of the age! But when that
view has been eauced, illustrated, and plainly re-
cogpised by the popular religious mind, then not TO
know il; 10 gaze upon il with such an utter desc-
Gallon of sympathy, and with such an inert aud I'M
penetrabe conscience that II cannot see the dlier
ence between political view and religious
view, between praye tor heather slaves and
Free Soil prayer; between preaching humanity
ard Justice and religion. as it respects the most de-
Graded people of our aud, and Free Soil sermons
is one v ould think 10 identify itself with that
class OF whom Christ spoke For thus Peoples
heart Is u0Led gross, and their ears are duH o.
hearing and Their eyes hare they closed, Jest dtdny
fiUe fLeD ShOulG see ruth their eyes, and hear ruth
1e,r ears, and should mderstaHd ruth their heart,
and shOuiG be concerted and should heal them
Neither can the Joarnal get rid of these reason
nes by protesting that the things which we de-
plore in Slavery are but the abuses Of Siduery
How absurd is II to talk Of the abuses of system
whose first step. as settled by Courts, and recog
nized as the basis Of all Judicial procedure, IS, in
the language OF the Courts OF South Carolina Dess.
Reports iv. 266, that slaves are 10 be considered
not as persons, but as Things. They can De sold
or transferred as goods or personal estate they
are to be held, pro Rpiiis, pro mOrtuH J! We
should like to know what would be an abuse Of that
siave.lsw OF South Carolina under which II a run
away slave after due publication i'm newspapers
which it is penal TO teach him u read returns not
TO his master, that ANY person may kill and de-
stroy such slaves, by such means as he or they
may think fit, without accusation or Impeachment
of any crime for so doing without mourning any
penalty or forfeiture thereby" Will the Journal
tell us what would be an abuse of system whose
laws demolish the family state the right OF pa
rentage; the decency of virtue ; and put men,
women and children under the name OF merchan
die 2 The very idea Of abuse implies some start
ing point OF rectitade. Bat the ioundat rs o.
| Slavery are laid in the monstrous doctrine that
Man is Lot Man, but mere Tang. What
abuse can there be where every crime is egalized,
| where every vice stands upon enactments, and
every depth which evil can plumb hath bottom
| OF Law
Our laws scarcely recognize crime against
| man, save murder and violence akin u it, that is
not legal under slave laws There is not a sensual
vice which We taught to abhor, which Slavery
doth not monstrously engender. There is not SIN
which Religion condemns that is not garnered and
sown, reSped and sown again, by American
slavery. Among ireemen, the road OF honor lies
array from animal passion, from sensation toward
Conscience, Hope, Love and Spiritual Faith. But
Slavery sharply turns the wretch downward and
teaches and compes him to evolve the task Of life
| from such motives as are common 70 him with the
OK the ass and the dog. The slaves pleasures are
our appettes. His motives are, almost of necessi-
| " those from which RELIGION most earnestly de.