Daily national era., 1854-07-13
RIPLEY, BRowN Co., O., July 8, 1854

To the Editor of the National Era:
DEAR SIR: Please permit me, through your
paper, to present to your readers the claims of
the American Reform Tract and Book Society.
This institution was organized at Cincinnati on
the 18th day of December, 1851, by members
Of different Christian denominations. The Sec
ond article of its Constitution affirms that its
object shall be to promulgats the doctrines Of
the Reformation; to point out the application
Of the principles Of Christianity to every known
sin to show the suffciency and adaptation of
those principles to remove all the evils of the
world, and bring on form of society in ac-
cordance with the Gospel of Christ.
This Society aims, by the application of the
principles of the Gospel, to abolish every de-
grading form of vice, and every ruinous system
of opprefsion. 1t is designed to operate sys-
tematically and perpetually against Slavery,
until it. with all its attendant vices, will have
been abolished. Three hundred thousand
Shareholders now hold three millions two hun
dred thousand slaves, and lands enough to
work them on. This is q monopoly large
enough to ruin any nation and to trample down
any Government. 1t has already trodden down
the liberty of the United States, and turned the
Government into military despotism, to force
by weapons of death, against the consciences Of
holding Power. This is the awful power
against which tho American Reform Tract and
Book Society wages perpetual war. No other
similar Society has 80 desperate an enemy 10
encounter; no other has 30 unpopular work
to perform, and no other has 80 important an
object to secure. The redemption Of this ma
tion involves the interests of the whole world !;
and, If redeemed at all il must be by some such
systematic action as this Society intends. No
other Society has 80 much need Of funds. Now
in this awful crisis, when the last hope Of Free
dom is likely to be crushed by an overwhelm-
ing despotism, this Society should have at
least one hundred thousand dollars, to enable
il to sustain conflict 10 desperate. If every
Anti-Slavery person who is able to do it, will
send one dollar, post paid, to the Treasurer Of
this Society, we shall have more than one hun
dred thousand dollars, and five times that
amount could at this time be well expended
Now, it is proposed to make, forthwith, at
least one hundred thousand dollars, without
the expense Of agents Let every Anti Slavery
person who is able to do no more send one
dollar and let every one according to ability
send from one dollar up to one thousand dol
lars, or moro. The Society," during the first
year Of its existence, published weekly seven
tbousand copies Of the Christian Press. Dur
ing the second year il published one hundred
and seventy thousand pages Of Tracts, and also
established Depository Of Sabbath School
Books, selected from other Societies, to which
il has now added some Of it's own publications.
Il is now able to furnish Sabbath Schools with
books on as good terms as other Societies. Fiji
teen hundred pages can be sold at the Deposi-
tory for one dollar, and twelve hundred can be
sent (post-paid) for one dollar to any part Of
the country. No other Society, it is believed,
has done moro in proportion to its age and
means The Society is now out Of debt
Money should be sent lpost- paid to T. B.
Mason, 1S0 Walnut street, Cincinnati.
JOHN RANKIN.
Mr. Rankin is ono Of the class Of emigrants
from Slave States, we referred to yesterday
Ed. Era.
THE JEws.--There are 30 jewish Churches
or Synagogucs in the United States, of which
nine are in New York and seven in Ponnsyl-
vania. The value Of the Jewish Church proper
ty, according TO the last census, is about one
third OF million Of dollars. The whole number
of Israeltee in the United States il II 900. The
variety OF the pursuits or vocations to which
they devote themselves is not very large--they
being generally found, in our large cities, de-
voted 70 one or two kinds Of business only
Thomaston (Naine) Journal.
MArNE,--The Whigs, Free -Soilers, and Mer-
rill Democrats. of the second Congressional
district of Maine, have united on John q.
Perry as a candidate for Congress, on the
ground Of union in opposition to the Nebraska
bill Samuel Mayall is tho present Repre-
sentative He is member Of the party called
Democratic, and voted against tho Nebraska
bill