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

posed 10 have no special reasons for liking Mr. Ga,
rson In bis zeal for the abolition Of Slavery. he
ba. denied her every attribute Of Chrssisnitv m,
journal Of Commerce, In is zeal agains, .b!tion
has denied 10 the Church and her ministers pe.rl,
every rlgAt Of Christianity.
Mr. Carl son denies any nan night % cal him.
self Christian who will uot make Christianity ,e-vs
primarily and chiefly TO the destruction Of Save-v.
The Journal Of Commfrce, with an aitrAsn DOT
ere whit less, denes that praying for Save.
urging the guilt Of Slavery in the Pulrt n /,
Christian duty gee, ith severity not lessre-
prehersib'e than Gsrrsons.
Garrison declares that i Christianity Sil nos
iberste the slave, then the Church should De abaA-
d0ned. Ire Journal ~ CJmDlerce declares tnatd
men 10 preach and pray for The slave, D, IS Just
cause Of complaint b. ttcir congre gatioos' and,
persisted In, OF reputation. Both the J0HrhR q
Connerce and Mr. G.rri.on are revoltoniso-
NJ. g rrisou is Revolutionary or Freedom, and the
journal ~ Commerce 200 slavery. The Lfber1tor
and the Journal ~ Commerce stand on a common
sround-only they have come - IL from opposite
directions
Because some me- are msd for freedom Il that
a ressou that others should 20 mad for oppressioal
Because Garrison a.tscas the whole North and ne
Northern Church Dr t'e sake OF Liberty. does thu
| Journal Of Commerce need 10 attack toe wboo
North and the Church. and the body OF ts unis
tiers on behalf Of SLAYER 'orit says:
ave hope freed. % TAs isdercaeeaf VII so,eo,
slider hese remafks irlrnc eXcusye.y Tor
They are Intended cr he ~tve boay Of Ihs eetyy t
ceroUr alons"
Now. we would not willingly become fool On
either side. But d iata o. compelled Us To choose
the nadress Of either extreme, We would As soon
he's Gorr.soa as Jolraai Of Commerce chad
rather commit ruinOus aosurdites lnhamed by tia
love Of Liberty than O. commit the same sbsurii.
ties utterly figid 70 humanity and on hre oay for
Slavery
We now reafrm our doctrine Of the Pulpit:
The Gospel q system OF truths designed to be-
this worlds medicine IL has DO intrinsic value az
a system LIS end and value are In l.s powert,
stimulate the soul to develop rs faculties 70 parity
its emotions, 10 cleanse its evils, and to lead rh
the whole man into a virtaOus and holy life.
The Pulpit IS, therefore, the Dlspensatory Of So.
ciety The minister 4 physician. Preaching, q
prescription OF medical truths tor heartevis-
There Is not an evil ahch siiiicts life nor temp
tation proceeding from any course OF lie, which the
Pulpit should not study. the sources OF right con.
duct the hlndrances the seductons OF business tho
lures of pleasure, tue ilhueuces Of public life. the
maxims of society, its customs, its domestic CON-
mercial and public Institutions in short, whateyer
directly or indirectly molds the human chsracteris
10 be studied by the minister and its benefit or IL
dspger made known from the Pulpit.
In this work il is to deal frs, and most faithfully
with the evils of Its Own age, is own country, ID
go, the Pulpit Is to follow them with its true isht
Whatever iuvades it's provnce-thst province %
Right Humanity, Purity-be il Fashion, Con-
merce, Politics, they are fearlessly To be met
grasped, and measured by the w ord OF God Not
only may the Pulpit thus explore Lie, but II mus,
or else prove bankrupt 10 Fideiiy 1t Is not 10 FOL-
| low the camp; but IN spiritual things to lead the
people Ii Is not % wait I'LL oes are slam before
il raise its spear; nor 30 asking OF Poitca caoas
| what 1t may say nor criuge 10 supercilious men Of
| commerce bat occupy itseii with only tmstvn
| thought how best ~ please God and oenens man.
Therefore, a gaiust every iue Of the Cowrds
| Ethics OF the Journal Of Commerce we soemhy
protest, and declare minister made TO Its pattern
litter to be sent TO the pyramids and tombs OF Egypt
| to preacht to old-wOro mummes, than 10 be eliyng
man OF God among living men, loving them but
| never fearing them God be thanked! that in
every age hitherto such pulpits have been found,
the ally Of suffering virtue. the champion of the
oppressed And If IN this day. after the notable
examples Of heroic men Ia heroic ages, when Lie
itself often paid for fidelity, the Pulpit is to be
mined and sapped by lnsincere friends and insdi-
Gus enemies, and arm to mix the sordid prudence
OF business with the soDorous and thrice heroic
couDses of Christ, then. o my soul, be not thou
found cons pirDg with this league of iniqaty that
So when in that angus. day OF retributon, God shall
deal punishment in flaming measure to al hrellng
and coward ministers thou shalt not 90 down,
der -bolted thunders, lower than miscreant
Sodom or thrice polluted Gomorah
We close our article by asking of the JouraG!
| of Commerce parting favor. viii it tell US
l. Whether American Slavery, as it is estab-
lished by Jaw in the Southern States, is RIGHT,
morally or politically
Q VIII it state distinctly whether Christ and
the Apostles approved, Or 10 any way gave assent
to the rectitude Of, such system Of Slavery as by
law exists in the United States
3. VIII it state sthcty whether the system OF
Slavery existing by law in the United States is
matter which concerns the people Of the North
and whether Christian men have any Christian
duty to perform with reference 20 the subject
4. VIII it point to the authorities and the facts
| ON which il declared the North 70 have kept slaves
as long the system rds profitable, and then 500
| the sidrest 10 the South?
| And ask the public 10 notice what replies the
Journal II Commerce shall give to these sPeclho
| questions some Of which have before been pat U
| IT, bDt never answered
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