The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1855-10-10

| "iSot MS "uereaOOutS as 10 undertake TO
lecture the Southern members upon their
sins and dutiesp Instantly a dozen or
more Northern members sprang to their
feet, each eager to cast the frat stone at
him. Aud among them, they gave him
very much, such letting down, as the
old man did to tie young Intruder whom
he found robbing his orchard. Most
handsomely and ably, says my informant,
Were the Southern members defended w
their Northern brethren. without tie ne
cessity OF Southern man SAYING word
such men as DIR. Boarlnan of Phla-
delphia, DIR. Dumont- of Ne~ York, and
DR.. Rec OF ST. Louis, taking the lead in
the detencer .- rr..
Instead, then, Of its being true that We
OF the Soath arc in danger Of being over
powered, nd driven out by these avalan-
ches ofabolition, Of which you speak in so
earnest admonitioii, tue tact is we have
put them where they deserved te be-on
the outside, whiie zoe remain secure NTH
an; have swept them from our whole arena
and there they will be compelled to stay
not fragment Of that disturbing ele
rnent left to annoy Instead of ce.lseess
and inloIerable dissensions, a. YOU stated
we have perfect peace! Instead ofim-
pending and inevitable division no such
thing is even in the distance contempla
SD. Indeed We have nothing about
which either 10 contend or divide. Such
are the facts in relation 10 agitation, fra
ternlzation and the prospects, of division.
But there are othe- frcts ~
The Principal religious newspaper of
our denomination. is published in PLila-
delphia-a large and ably conducted pa,
per called the Presbyterian That pa.
per is now in the Goth year of its age
Its circulates through the United States.
IL IS one Of the most conservative aud re-
liable papers in the world. l have ney-
er yet seen in it an infected article, nor one
IN any other way offensive to the South.
We have also book publishing establish.
D'ent, called the Board of Publication.
TIE members Of that Beard are eject
ed from year to year by the wln,le Gene..,
raj Assembly. The Majority OF the mem.
bers are always Northern men. Our Pub
fishing Hous is also in Philadelphia
within that vast region whence YOU have
supposed NOTHING clean could ever issue.
The publications Of that Board amount
now to about FIVE hundred different works.
Large and repeated editions Of many of
them have been for several years scatter
ed all over our country. They embrace
vast variety Of subject and are adapt.
ed to persons of all classes, characters and
Gsn .sh ". 4
'hursery lullaLies' forming no iuconsidera-
ble portion Of their issues! And yet, sir,
fyou can point out a single paragraph
in any one Of them which directly or in
directly incalculates abolition sentiments,
you van do what it is believed the whole
South has thus far been unable to dol
Indeed, it was precisely on these grounds
that the simon Pures,' who now consti-
tuie the Free Synod Of the West, left us.
Our Assembly was firm as Gibraltar
against their seductions and assaults; aud
they could pour none Of their lava streams
through any OF the presses Of either the
Assembly or the Synods. They left; and
for the e'refornation' Of the rest Of manki d
they are now doing their own publishing.
With little il any qualification, I be-
lieve that the same may be said of the
millions of books published by the Ameri-
can Sunday School Union, the American
Tract Society. and the Episcopal Church,
ay, and Of their newspapers and cl,ldrens'
papers also, which have an imrense cir
cuiatioa. And yet al! these are publish.
81 north of the line. Indeed, nearly all
Our books, Of every kind, come from the
North. Large. then, as is the mass Of
rabid, fanaticai publications, vastly greater
is the strength, and incomparably more
numerous are the works of those millions
who have not bowed the knee to the
modern Bsal. Nor do I agree with YOU
that in regard TO any Of these matters is
there anything portentioas Of worse
state OF things in future. So far as the
Old Sclio,d General Assembly is con-
cerned, the Soaih may have the fullest
confidence in its future character aud ac-
tion. For not only are It's spirit I'd It's
principles thoroughly conservative; but il
is all powerful as regards ability to keep
out or suppress fapaticism or error Of what
ever kind, or under VIII atever name. Aud
SO determined have It's members been,
that agitation on vexcd and fruitiess sab
jecis should be excluded. that they have
IN several instances broken of al CORE.
spopdence with which they formerly held
intercourse, on account of their attempts
to cast tirehrands among our churches. or
distract our ecclesiastical councils. Tie
Nv School Prest,yterian Churcl,,a n large
aud respectable body OF christians, is also
FROM year TO scar, becoming stronger aud
more uni;c.l. Their approach is steadily
toward the position which we occupy
! Its mixture Of uncongcnial foreign ele
meuts is working of. Their tendency Il
to Crater compacthess and oreer. In theiI
last General Assembly their action wa,
decidedly conservative; end, 20 Gar as
know. satisfactory 20 their membership il
1.-THE South. Even ss Fegrads that bod,
there is less probability Of division thai
there was yers ago.
No one, Il seems 70 me. can doubt In
conscrvative spirit Of the Episcopal Cnuscl
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