New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-06-25


refused by the Missouri legislature In adfion there
| verr some seventy German Churches, all Of which
| adhered 10 the Northern Chorch Tho late Platte
| Comfy Elimination against Northern Methodist min
isters VAS directed against a fine old man who confined
| iiusef principally to cutvating very bne fnrn he
| lad ahou, four miles from Weston, and a poor Tier
man preacher who might perhaps get sl90 year 'er
preaching TO three four cengrcg ATOMS. linen cam0
| the Eaptiss divided into two classes The first be
Eevcd in fate and pracced their belief for As to be
entirely inactive in relation 10 Missions, slavery and
| 1emIersnoe. They w,rc called Hard Sides. lie had
I heard Of seven ministers In the same town being
| Clurk day. The rext were the Catnpbellitcs
| numbering two hundred thousand. Tho arrange
uenis It iihis church were to take in everything.
| h had re particular doctrines, but If wOad say
believe jesus Christ he Son of Co" aud wonld
carry cut his belief and be baptized BY immersion ne
would be saved. He bad studied this system for five
wears and this he thought 70 be the essence Of H. He
cor siered that to be a doctrine debaGehing to
religious seutim,nts than any other Il maSing
Ire way of salvation TOO easy. The effcc. most
disastrous uICn other determinations, especially the
Metz odis Church. 10 the Soath there WAS GREATER
sfriGa among denominations than in the North, aud
other churches took in members WAC were lnsnfi-
Gently converted. The Preeby tef1an Church had
lopted Methodist doctrines aud were tar more ef-
fcCni there than the Old or the New ScaoeL In
emotional meetings the Cumberland Church conld
lad everything. They preached The longest sermons,
prayed the longest ra ere ana spaiei telr h0nds me
hardest of ALL The Old and New School Presoyter-
ans were about equal and they grew slowly aud sol
idly Their churches the most Ihuen'ial The Old
School in the South par Hence the ProSlsyery
and the New School driven INTO ntSlsvery
any wsv. The terrible word 'Aboltonist' used
in the South Instrumental murier men with Put
all the crimes in the New-l DIRK State statute book to
goher and represent the aggregate of their turptuds
by some one word If possible, aud that word would he
Al Oliiionis clean paper to blacklist night When
this terrible stigma affixed 10 those churches who
a1heleu TO The New School, many of their members
fiinched. lie had never preacied Abolition. When
he went there he had little Sunday school OF some
~ oil ltfeu scholars. and the slayCs
wanted 10 come 20 the school 10 tho pictures and
see what was going He SPOKE 70 the master OF
Slave whom lie int, nded to emancipae about fitting
HIM for encring uron bis freedom, and offered to teach
him 10 read and wife ii be would consent. Tie master
consented he slave desired il and be commenced teach
ing him. Soon two girls who lived IN the same house
wanted to come, aid obtained PERMISSION OF their
master by and by two mon came, aud
then two more grls. He thought hat as it was
dore with the written PERMISSION OF their masters no
should get olong well enough. But alter while no
went down TO PaYkyi!c To protracted meeting, and
orc morning he reading newspaper there aud
bis eve caught articlea regular Southern article
en- article which without saying ANYTHING sand every
Thing. II was after that Fashions ls II true that
certain individual is teaching the Niger population
ito read and write II it Is true we would advise
"men TO lie up and doing" He showed it TO Mr..
Park, the whose press was thrown INTO the river,
an Elder in that Church. man of wealth and slave
holder andhe advised him TO put letter in the paper
So while the excitement was up he wrote letter.
But in that country II always safest to speak
No .. On his way home he called on tho Justice OF
the Circuit Court at Platte City and explained the
whole matter TO him. The judges wife was present
and listened with great inter ST. She sand at the close;
That's too bad II we hadn't moved over that very
"week we did Twas going to send my two gi5ls over
" TO YOU" MIR. Starr said that he had had soma
thhty arulicaiions hut had relieved only the seven
who brcwht the written permission of their masters
The Judae considered the matter and told hun that ne
had done whit was right He showed him the letter,
and atked him if he should publish. ooh, no, the
Judge said, if you print that in the paper they VIII
"reply and get up light 90 home, a'"i II any OF your
" friends, II any member OF your church Wishes %
" talk TO you about il, don't say word but go
home ard provide yourself with tho best bowie
knife and tie best revolver that you can and then
if any man touches you just make specimen OF HIM
That same Judge, at the polls IN hansss, WINE n,
inc Pro Slavery speech-he is an Elder IN the Old
Sehoo Church-said 1--WE must mako Kansas
slave State-pencoably if we can, torcbly II we
must" Mr.. Starr proceeded to say mat he " "a.
home; he had big jack knife and he took II out and
laid il on the bureau and slept with there two nights
1t was on Saturday that he went home. lie ioitered
ON The way so as to enter the just about dusk
On TnesSSy he had an eng agement TO go 10 st. Jc
se1hs He found that his wife bad received two let
tets for him, one of them promising him very peca-
liar hind Of a rice on very pecuhaf kn1 OF con-
ard be went 10 the stage office and told them 10 STOP
! Nordry morning instead of Tuesday As his wife
YVES cuite timid he took her with hun. lie preached
flat sunday though nothing had happened
and rolbing was said to him about IL. AL 81.
Josephs they had most gracious meeuhg
for four weeks, and one hundred and sixty members
were ADDED to the Church tsore, and after they got
home they had meeting then and the members ~ OF
lis church was doubled that that was bad time 70
make up the matter. But that little thing gave his
opporents handle and they lid not forget 1t. In
conclusion he exborted Christians not to treat their
Southern brethren harsby --many of thom were moro
thoroughly enslayed than their servants. Let them
pray for item but LET the fact that they belonged
10 tic same Church with Shareholders make them
sreak in favor Of slavery That was more than even
sayel oiders demanded. When he went To that coun-
try be found the little church where he settled several
hundred dollars in debt, the church had some
g. 0OO worth Of property they had enlarged Their
church and built parsonage.
The Rev. Mr. THoAPsos asked him TO tell tho I'M
meciai Of his removal
Mr. STARR said that last year they attempted TO
drive him out, and he rallied his friends around nm
enough TO make the decision "stay" instead OF "go.
That contest broke up the great organzaton to carry
Slavery into Kansas. They were Obliged to form
secret association That association boosted 0f COM
maudiDg at few houys notice the services OF l3OOo
aimed n en- and an unlimited treasury. IL was mat
which threw Mr. Parks's press into the river ana ru-
uors came to the city that he would be the next VIC
finn. II YVES his wish to stay His Church told him
that II he did they would stand by him bot the only
r. suit would he sacrifice first bimse and then they
would 30 one by one His wife feared very much TO
stay in The city for him to remain and 30 he came
away two deys in advance of what be supposed would
be a warnngto leave. He had meyer received any
rersonr insult. TIE only answer men got when they
! asked, "Why don't you Hog starT or Why don't
Won hang him7' was, He has got so many
friends" he came away with as much dignity ~
be could but a little faster than he wanted to.
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