New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-08-18
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Ir your paper OF :he 18Th inst are eX-
tracts from The RGl,cs ~ c. STANDARD and
TAf Ssisn. Press, relating 10 he excitement pro
duced N :ha. State o. steady habits, by the mis-
sionary efforts OF two worthy Wesleyan preach
ers, named Crooks and Bacon The extracts
contain The following statements
The COMMITTEE made q report, setting tor.S lie
true character o. Crooks and Bacon as Ao0hiioa en-
ssarles and showing fsom TIE Annual Report OF tae
American and Foreign Antlslaverv society, that
these men are engaged N ne nc'ar,oGS WORK 81 run
mug al Slaves &c The free >,ales. AM IN eNctinS
slaves m the above Counties 70 diso5edence toward
their masters Extracts were read from the
Annual Report o: the Abolition Society a. the NORTH,
IN which The names OF Crooks, Mcbride and Bacon
appear emlS>sres sent out - Virginia ani Norm
Carolina 10 labor N The cause ot Abolition stating,
believe, that .hey had been instrumental IN run
ning of" near one hundred slaves n the above
named States during he past ye.T
Knowing something Of the extreme eXctaoii-
iy OF slavehodnc communicative the pOpu-
latIon IS about much frightened At report
tina, anything is sand 20 Glsaffect The slaves. as
little children are when some urchm appears IN
a dark night with pumpkin fashioned some
what like human head. with candle inside
have had the curiosity 20 turn TO the Anti
Slavery Annual Report. 20 see what was sand
therein about MesSrs Crooks. Mcbride and Ba.
con. suboIn an extract, containing every word
said about these three ministers, and this ex-
tract Is the authority. L seems, for making the
above assertions
The tender mercis> of The wicked are cruel"
The truth OF this DIVINE declaration i witnessed not
only IN the treatment 10 which large portion OF the
slaves OF this country are subject but IN the eroctN
with which those are viewed who are suspected OF
enlghtenmg them. case has occurred IN North
Carolina, showing the truth OF this remark and We
have been furnished with the following particulars
Some Antislavsry pamphlets were distributed IN
tina, State IN ls44 The result some Methoilsts
became 50 much opposed 10 slavery thai they re-
fused to 20 with the South when the VI. t. church
was DIVIDED On inquiry, they learned that the
Northern division was not wholly Nnt'Savery. but
that there was Methodist AnuSavory Church a.
the North letter OF inquiry was sent to Rev. Lu-
Their Lee. OF New-lork, who gave the requisite IN
formation, and a Wesleyan Methodist Church was
Organized IN North Carolina on the principle Of non-
fellowship with Shareholders
In is47, the Rev Adam Crook sent 10 that
Southern field Of labor The work increased upon
his hands and IN Is4s, Rev G. Bacon was sen, 10
his assistance. The work still increased. and IN ls+9
Rev. Jesse Mcbride was sent. The work continues
to increase interest and extent and there NJ the
present time 4 membership OF nearly Ave hundred
persons. with hyo or SIX chape>. extending over por
tons OF North Carolina and Virginia
The above named ministers have been prosecuted
BY slave holders. Nr Bacon has been twice indicted
and put upon trial On the charge OF violating the
law OF Virginia by words IN the pulpit. he was ac-
Quilted but ON charge OF circulating the Nara
tive OF Frederick Douglass. he was convicted An
appeal WAS taken and the higher Court reversed the
decision. Mir Mcbride has been indicted for giving
a little pamphlet, entitled The Ten Command
mentsn (appsying the Decalogue TO slavery 10
Unite girl whore he boarded tred. convicted. and
sentenced ~ stand IN mo plll0Iy an hour. receive
twenty lashes on the bare back, and De- imprisoned
one year Tie has appealed To The supreme Court
But Judge Lynch was too inpatient to wait
tor It's decision, and his laundering clerk or At
torney General did not record or state the facts
with the accuracy proper Tor a court u Justice
The persons named are not IN the service OF
any Antlsavery Society. They went TO the
South openly, as missionaries of the Wesleyan
Methodlsts They have never been engaged m
running of slaves, nor exciting slaves to dis
obedience" Had they been, the Antlsayery So
cietles would not have been green enough to have
published the facts IN their Annual Report The
Lynch Court should employ more accurate
reader The excite pent has been caused chiefly
by the little tract (Which cost five mIlls) on the
Ten Commandments, which contained running
antlslavery commentary on them. Behold
how great mattera little FIRE kIndleth :" What
Southron was II who SAID lately that slavery
nigh, now be considered permanently and Sc
curey established IN tins country. and that all
the Efforts OF AbohtionIsts could not disturb the
institution Was j, North Carolina states
man g.