New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-12-05

Slavery, protect has gradually arisen in the bo-
som of the Northern churches which protest at
last has become so loud as to threaten disrup'
ton' and the formation Of new American Tract
Society, To be constructed without any regard TO
the donghface policy which controls the existing
one-a scheme which, according To The Courier
and Enquirer, has its origin in nothing but rank
faDatlcsm, and which ought to be named only to
be denounced ard spurned'
BY way of forti6ing this dogmatica illumination,
The Courier and Enquirer insists 90 that even bad
men will not deny that the best hopes Of our Re-
"publc lie in it's Christianity" Now, as the term
Christianity is generally employed among US to
express our beau ideal of the good and the true,
everybody WILDE ready enough to agree with The
Courier and Enquirer in this well soun1iOg form OF
words. But still the main question will lie be
bipi-What is Christianity and that, unfor.
tunately, is q question upon which many and
notorious differences exist. However " mon
strous." however unnatural" to borrow the
words of The Courier and Enquirer, it may seen,
that the Christianity OF one section shall not
"abice the Christianity of another" it has, I'M
fortunately 'or long time been the fact, that the
Christianity of Western Europe could not and
would not abide the Christianity of COnstantinope
and the East that the Christianity of England
would rot and will not abide the Christianity of
Rome: that the austere Presbyterian christian
ity of S.otlsnd could not and does not abide the
Epi.copasn Christianity of Eogland; while the
strict Cougree aticnal Christianity OF New Bnglsnd
is equally unable to abide Popery, Epi,copacy'
or Presb, terianism, each or eithsr. And yet we
are much mistaken indeed, if the gulf Of sepsra-
lion betwee the Greek and Roman Churches, or
between Popery and Episcopaanism, or between
Pcpery and Prssbytsrianism. or between Con-
oreeatiohslism and the whole four, is by any
means so wholly impracticable to be bridged
over by any kind Of engineering, whether by
brethren in orders or out of orders as that which
at this moment divides ths Anti.Slavery Christians
otbis country from their nominal Slavery breth-
rem. and indeed from that non committal quietis
tic class of Christians of which TAe Courier and
Enosirer is so eminenty doctor. "The Christian
"repion," says that journal, concerns itself not
about forms of government, or systems of so.
"ciety, but deals with the individual mind and
suirit of mana view Of Christianity well
enough suited, perhaps, to monk in his cell, who,
having nobody but himself to think about, or care
for. is naturally enough solely engrossed in the
affairs of bis own individual mind and SPIRIT
but which would seem to have very little appli-
cation to the Christian citizen OF democratic
Republic in whom rests portion of the national
sovereignty, which he is bound by every religious
az well as social obligation to exercise, not only
for his own individual edifcatiOn, but for the
good of society st large. Certain it's at all events
that, however orthodox the views of The Courier
and Enquirer may really be, they are not the
views which generally prevail among the profess
ing Christians of this community, of whom there
is large and quite respectablepOrtion who hold
that Christianity consists in no small degree in do
ING unto others as we would that others should do
unto u.s. Now, to attempt by any subterfuges or
dry and crisped-up withes of organization to hold
this sort of Christians to an alliance and brother
hood with those who hold slaves and coVntenance
slayeholdipg, seems to US so unnatural" and
"monstrous" thing, like binding the dead and
the living together that it cannot by any psssbili
ty long be kept up. To borrow the scnptural quo
tation Of Tbs Courier and Enquirer, "a house d.
"yi6e6 against itself cannot stand" Why then,
in spite Of that text does that intelligent journal
uselessly spend its precious ink and paper in try
ing to keep the American Tract Society together