The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-10-08


The IxSsh Potato Crop.
The annexed letter from Longtord in Ireland gi,ss
view Of the cuson Of the harvest Ia that counry
the potatoes better estimate can be formed a. TO the
smouDt Of damage done by the disease daring tue
sent year II very satisfactory to find that the las
sustained vii! fall wonderfully short Of what was NJ rt
anticipated That the growth OF the potatoes has been
considerably impedst there he DOUBT; bat a.
eeeSt rhile The quantity actually destroyed form; 6m
small per cesltdge Of the 0hole Making every allowance,
however for the losses Ia this and taking into con-
sderaon the great breadth OF ground under potatoes
this there can be no doubt that the supply win be
quite equal TO- II not over the average of former years
II must be remembered that prior the 6rst
year of the famine the population OF Ireland ,eeded
5000 coo, while II IL little than 900 600 and
that this falling OIL IL chiefly not entirely among
the poorer classes whose staple food is essentially Inc
potato there proportonatly less TO % ideC
FOR The grain crops too are abundant and DOW that
the farmers letting them in the utmost satHl Action
"@pressea W AL
The Anne ricaa Board Of MissiOas and Slavery.
TO THE CONGREGATIONAL UNION OF ENGLAND AND
WALES.
GESrnys-In my last promised to give some facts
reatpg to the merican Board OF Missions snd slavery
The American Board Of Missions has for May years
supported churches among the Cherokses and Choctaws
TWO indian nations These churches have been and
are open TO Shareholders In 1916 the board reported
thirty five Shareholders their communon-s mos. / u
the abolitionists, usual forward the subeet
of slavery these churches and, sas usualn IL WAC
.
beard to proceed TO some acton they reported that
they consider the further sgts of the suosc. pere
as csculs'ed njurously to affect the great OF
Inifsons in which the board is engaged So nothing
done in that year In 1s47 the sbolonists ~ s.n
made effort to bring about direyt action, and the
epit Of deter nina ton then 10 nut off
ae they had been, elected the premise tha the
secretaries should visit the missions in question that
year. and the whole subject wouli come up MS
The secretaries sImed that they had every possible
disposition to move slavery and other evil and lin
gave the abolition fier ds ground to hope that
something about to DO done In 1846 the missions
hso been visited The secretary repoJ ted and to fe
facts from that report l ask your attention
The secretary quotes Of the laws Of theee two
nations on slavery. respecting which win only FAY,
no nation nor equaed BY any saving the Uned states;
yet the prudential committee Of the American Board Of
Missions say Of one n.tion, they have good govern
meRt," and Of the other, they have excellent gov
eminent" 1t seems fair to presume that the "obect'
struct them in tho principles Of the Gospel Blu. the
religion they teach is anfes,y not the religion OF
Christ Their teachings resemble those Of savshod-
ing divines they to the slave Laws.
hetecretary says"The relation Of the Christian
ter to his slaves, either to its awfuness its
tinuance, has not been disturbed and little has
raid to him calling in question the fundamental prnc
pies Of the system"
again he says at does aot to have been the aim
Of the brethren to exert any direct influence either by
their public their private teachings upon the system
Of slavery" Hear what the mi sionaries themseives
say We never make 1t test Of piety condition
Of admission to the privileges of Tho church. that can
didae should express determination not 10 live ana
die . Shareholder" ask thar this may be borne in
mind One other fact and must claim forbeIrancc
when say that the American Board OF Missions has
ployed on those stations to whom God gave
commission to preach the gospel who ought to be
tolerated earth, and who will be in heaven
Fear what they say about the separation Of feniies:
n relation to the separation II parents and Children,
must first that it things which
ere not for hidden by express Injunction OF Scripture It
10 impossible our circumstances to make general
rule that the separation of parents and children by sale
or purchase fhall be regarded discpnable oenceH
This the Language Of the missionaries oft American
Board OF Missions Not only do they show utter lac
Of religion but it would appear that they sso want
ing IN the common feelings OF humanity.
The expectations that the board had raised that they
were about 10 cut loose from slavery
hired The impression was, that il the Choctsv Missions
did not slaveholdfng he board would
them This opinion becoming current aroused The rro
slavery spirit and the secretaries, instead OF repo-
ng that the board free from connection will slavery
the committee have never had any tenton Of cutting
of the Choctaw mission but repeat the expression OK
their uDdminished confidence in the integrity Of these
servants OF Christi Slavery vctoricus the board,
insesd Of being true, receded and took back the on
seeming anti slavery act ii had performed the
meeting was reported to have BEEN Harmonious TIE
South and the prOslavery jouus in acies
the friends Of humanity and the only tlue friend of
God, refined to weep and 10 pray A member o! ,s
eele, alton 10 Hndostan declared that it ~as ths INST
etIious meeting ever hello (" SO 1t for the .riamlh
Of wicA.dness 1t was "glo,css meeting Tor The
rions meeting beld' for the slave trader now
be could continue to buy snd sell and separate families
II not forbidden by express Injunction OF Scripture
80 the missionaries tell us lie american board saw
they have nndimnished 6dsnce in servants
Of Christ ~ so then they arethe board and the mis-
sona,ist-of one hesrt and mind, making those
beathens ten fold more the children Of wrath than they
were before This cannot be denied for the re rotary
says IN his report that slavery in proportions
as civilization progresses One prcof Of this il eeen in
connected with the m zion churches While in 1898 as,
oorcpg to the report there NO. It is rather
singular fact that in 1S45 the total membership
r n he Atnht hnn trua unE Cnukx
churches Of the two missions. In ls4s there were
eight hundred and seventy two showing that out an
rcrease OF twenty nine members in three years. twenty
seven Of them were slayeholders
Are TO infer from this that the preaching of the
missionaries tends directly to bud up the system Let
in the fan Of 1s4S he saysI fully convinced that
this csion Ohio Choctaw) must to supported by those
who wiling and disposed to give their influence in
tie support In the propagation Of slavery IN tho
Christian church For past the gospel brought
to bear upon this people has had Indirect influence
10 propagate and brid up this system of wrong and
oppression. sorry, in justice to truth, to say, in
rome respests it has had direct tendency 20 e.
man md woman In the United states who have with
dTAvp frt m the american Board Of Missions; and the
party to build up savehoding ches nor In any way
be identified with them.
Tie American Board of Missions very wen understands
the feeling which ID fast gsinng ground against them.
They suffering in the confidence of the public
and more every year. They need not Il they would do
they tried plan whos L would mai. i
appear that they had done right-viz to obtain .
trsnsfer Of the mission churches shareholders and all
to the Assembly's Board Of Msions but the missona
lies would not hear to this they had their cooca
either to retain the missions they were to aboll
rlsveholdng 10 them aad they chose the former Thii
has only made II worse for them than BEFORE it an
attempted evatonn0t repenting and putting away Of
sin We have seen how this unv ortby scheme faDsdl
viii look At another artful espedent not 20 rid
themselves Of the cd of tolera,ing slavery, but to
strengthen the whole thing just a. it is in al it's IN
iqniiy. The American Beard happens to hsvs some
missions in Turkey. AL England Is in sympathy
with Turkey Moreover the English churches are al
most entirely ignorant OF the facts here pre- enied-
II they Uhe board) sucsetd In begniing thee
churches Into operating With them In augmsnting tho
rniesons Turkey three very portant points viii be
gaIed First but least, these missions will be aug
ted Secondly, oil the English churches Will be 10
uDion and communion with the b. ard and thus 1t viii
require strength immeasuIaty grester than IT has vst
In the ION Of the abotionists: and thirdly and
chiefly, the whole religious abolition movement can
Re easily ciuhbed for Il the English churchee