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

and the word family as much misnomer as II
,rould be 10 a stable or sheepOld; which suOslsts
onlv by keeping the subject ignorant; when 10
obiiged 10 rank and treat the qualities which our
community NEST ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, ambition,
.ef reliance thirst Tor know ledge, sei-respect-as
,ol.t punishable crimes ia the slave a system
,gbose nrsctice requires what is laws recognize,
IL, rosrhood must be subverted-that the slave
r,rst be intelligent Only for work, AMI religious only
10 the extent Of obedience 5 stem which, taking
avsv al inducements 20 labor natural % man, Is
obfeed % enforce il BY suffering, Or the lear Oh
suHering: which, denying 70 the faculties OF the
,oul q natural expression, forces the miserable
,,,retcb 10 cunning and craft 70 lying and subter
fpee. V hose whole natural tendency J; 8 % pro
5pce labor upon c0mpusion and la1iness b. choice,
living and thieying under sense Of justice, and
truth and honest} with feeling OF Their Injustice
and which At length, as its worst and most dam
nahe result, % subverts that instinct OF liberty
ub;cb belopcs 10 man the world over that the
slave agrees TO his condition. grows fat and la1zHs
and sings preierrng slavery with indu gence % eat
and drink enough 70 liberty, u he must pay the
price Of that liberty by sustained exertion this
huge internal - stem ior the destruction of men,
sou AID body, must not be mentioned 10 the Pal
pit lest the Sabbath be desecrated and the peace
Of the cOngreg alton be disturbed
This the front Of the P1l3.s ofense. L has
dared b. think that Christianity bad an errand 70
nation so bes;ead. Itdared ~ have hear. " pray
for these slaves II dared 10 say that N all tnls
monstrous brood Of evils We had some interest and
bear some guilt, unless we LIT solemn testimony
against II And having done this, the Journal o.
Commerce declares
it is ihe duly Of al good men who desire 70
preserve FOR themselves snd Their pcslefy me
ofe Pulpit and Of he sshhah 70 ffown upon slen p-f
versions Of both AID 90 what IN hem les % restrict ne
Puuil 10 ifs legirin ate uses =, ~
Il declares it to be Peversion OF the Monthly
Concert:
In come congregaliors Abolition an,-ssvery IL 50,
Ten sticslly reported by Committee at ias Monthly
Concert ofPrsyer and me Report Is o'~ea ~ ono ..
more prayers or the same subject One would suppose
thst less the Monthly Concert might be exempted IRON
the visitation, bot i seems Lol ell
In exploring this wilderness OF inhumaniiy, hlled
with the shapes and motley sights Of degradation,
live in a perpetual struggle how 10 calm the natu-
raj expressiops OF an honest soul into that mea-
sured phrase that may best suit the stated public
ear. II one Overhang this abyss until his spirit DO
drink in its very import bis soul must be iull OF
thunder and bis words glance Ike hre. Neither
are these feelings the foul engenderings OF ianati
cism. They are the true feelings Of heart taught
10 hate Injustice and degrading wrong, by that ma
tnre which God gave il By the Bible which educa
ted Il bv the law under which il was reared and
by the public sentiment IN which II has been bred
II is itb sense Of shame that we see strong
words for Cypress on granted an unapologzed n.
berry TO wax up and down as they WIZ while he
der the ashes Of tame prOpriety, and stand b an
swer for want Of Gospel spirit, If indignation at
double and treble wrongs do sometimes give forth
boltl Nevertheless we Hope: we Trust: we
PRAY; and. hoping, trusting and praying we soothe
curse YES in such thoughts as these" From this
shame, too, thou shall 20 forth, on world Tod,
who, unwearied, sitting on the circle OF the eartn
hath beheld and heard the groanings and travail
ings OF pain until now and caused Time 70 destroy
~ 49, hall dpgfrOV thee. thou
abhorred and thrice damnabe ppressiOn-csncer-
ously eating the breasts Of Liberty y
Is there then no duty Of Prudence In this day OF
ordeal Ought not Christian preachers 10 look out
upon the storm and take heed to its monltlons =
None more than we think thus. IL is not all preach
ing that we plead for; it is not rash preaching
TIE very soemnity of the clerical duty in this day
makes it imperative on them to clothe their spirits
in the mantle OF Love; to give earnest heed that
they speak not rashly, that no dlstempered enthu
sasm take the place OF earnest truth and calm
statement; 10 make them feel, more than ever be-
fore that while they stand for God firmly aud for
man courageously, they do both with true Chris
tan Prudence.
But let no man be deluded to think that silence is
Prudence; that it is wise and right dealing for
minister TO withdraw his counsel, and hide his light
OF Gods truth from his flock Just when they are en-
tering he darkness OF political times and more than
ever need night principles and true conscences
That is the highest Prudence which. In day.
when the "heathen rage and the people imagine a
vain thing stands the firmly for truth as 1t IS
the more threatened and is never so calm, so ear
nest SO fearless, so irresistibly true, as when the
calculations of CONNIE or the rage OF politics
are swinging all men from their moorlngs and scat
teriue them by fierce winds up and down the tur
bUleHt ocean.
We cannot listen to the cowardly doctrine OF the
.Journ0I0 Of Commerce. though oar coats be rolled IN
h. los no
butter
The Journal Of Commerce very well knows these
THINGS They are not newly discovered They
are not peculiar to Northern men. No aboltiomst
not even Garrison, has expressed these truths with
such terrible seventy as Southern men themselves
and that too not in the heats OF feeling but with
the severe deliberauon, and the solemnty OF judi
cial honor Says Judge Ruiiin OF North Carolina,
in case brought a. ainst defendant for shooting
and wounding roman, who endeavored 10 run
away from whipping:
"With Slavery It otherwise The End is TIE profit
of the masr hi security s-d the public peace The sub
jtc OF doomed IN bis Dtrn peroH and N his poiy 70
te ,rbouf kao,oledge and WITHOUT capacity 20 make my
thtn0 his olgn and 10 toll pf otheTs may rep ne fruits
What rs con,de shall he addressed 10 such
being 70 convince him, what Ia impossible bat ths most
stupid feel and know can never be ue hal ne s mus
10 labor upon pnnpe Of natural duy or Tor SAKE OF
he own personal happiness such services can only De
expected from who has no will of his own, who sur
reider. biz will in explicit obedience to that Of aaoihef
lhory over the body There s nothing ese which can
operate to produce The effect Tee power q he master
rust be ute render he subssOn Of the slave per
fret Freely confess my 81 OF the harshaess VI
this proposition. ee Il deely any man can Al
a. prineips II oTa 'igt eteTy "a hs reiire1sf
freJudtas BIZ. L. M condition OF things d.
mus, be There Is no remedy. THls DISCIPLINE b.
LONGS TO SLAVERY" .,
Under this appalling state of facts there would
have been no mercy In Christianity ii Northern
Christians had felt pity, desired no change, ut
tered no praNer and engaged IN no efforts 70 free
tbemsey IS from the guilt OF connivance and then
to Tree their land and the void from the gdlI OF
such system. Such Christian Humanity ought to
have excited at least the respect Of the Journal ~
Commerce if it did not enlist its sympathles In
stead OF that with cod and contemptucus sheer,
it felt nothing, and found nothing to say bat such
paragraph as this
From A. this is manifest that TIE people o. The Nora
have but lille with slavery They hare had macn y
DO Whit They and their English brethren he chlei
suihoIs OF the mischief They owEed The SHIPS ssoe ne
from Africa landed them Al the southern Por'
Kept them here until Slavery became Improbable, ana