Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1856-07-03

-,..,.ss,N.-s, abandon the organization
| Al FflN IT fi under which. by the divine
blessing it has % long pros
s.-=---=- -s.s--==-=-=tp ered ; The tendency ID
- ;ss asssssss ,, e ;s ~ sss,s. .ss
= . .,...s = Il portion 81 the Church, . re-
suit which every good citi-
xeu must deplore, extending
fsst.''' - ~ 20 'ths dixoutiou OF The
s,..--- 1UnIon q our beloved eDan-
-.t. try and which every enlight-
60 ened christian win u,pose a.
Bringing about ruinous
and unnecessary schism be-
tween brethren vho nian-
tain common faita. Ayes
| =. 49,, 80 49, les Nays ls-excnsed 4.
themselves II the two Assemblies thus speaking hold
the sams visvs they osrtsiny have very different wsy
ofszpecssns them rse shs Is ssrouses, anti slavery
Il IS tAus denoosrsSiy piovsd ahss 4. .r a. record.
.nd acts can estabsh anything h Ia estshsbed that your
Assembly does hold different views from tho slave
~ qacstson end hsoce thst you did great injustice In
.ssr'ins that they stood on the PLATFORM one
more snd-slavery.
The only other question are the, liable to tho same
agitssioos In tho futureg You affirm |; I deny
lou give a. reason, proving this affirmation thsR Ro
bnsoos Of Slavery presents the action of hee
OF that squnt towards anti slavery sentiments
IL remarkable, however, that all this action more than
ten years old am afraid that the law Of limitation wi
rule this tesiiu'ony out Of court And Aer all his very
seson IN tive esses dse.rea that they viii aeqss. and
s no danger Of agitation from those sources A to This
Hand IL really proves nothing it 10 endorsed hy
Dr. NJ L. Rice, Of ST. Lo1is, &c Is q very dangerous
book, for he is noted champion OF the South a. he
proved In his debate with ol your Northern counec
tons" Mr. BlAachssd, the Abolitio,Iss m Cincinnati
There are some documents this part Of the oueS
ion which fear have also escaped your notice and
which viii juss hint You quote the o. 8 synod OF
Cincinnati sayinE in 1884, that the system OF slavery
sinful NEVERTHELESS l. our view that theru are ndrd
ais in our church who stand the relation Of masters 10
slaves, who are for time under such peculiar eircts.
aTee' tos ASy Cannot be justly charged sth sin.
ly because OF this relation This the agitation of an Old
School Synod Nov IL 80 bappens that the New School
Synod OF Ciuciona THAT same year sspsndsd from ~,
mi',istry Rev VIM Graham on the charge Of heresy--
And for whatr The record is for teaching that the
Scriptures sanction the right of property in man. On this
monstous and absurd CHARGE and this alone he was sus
pended and tried n vain obtain redress and was final
~ compelled to Join our Assembly where he still abors in
peace. This is the agitation Of New School SYNOD /
warn you my dear brother that il viii very unsafe 10
presume ON our ignorance Of documents in this matter
rhey are nnnaPpy too many and they had better be e
in their merited obscurity.
The only way Of predicting the future from the past
This prophet certainly indicates that the bodies will
not have the same future, for these reasons Your
Assembly contains the largest infusion of the New Eng
land element the largest the Southern
J GU have but small membership and ministry in the
South, we have within neouth many of both In the
South your entire Assembly IL not to he expected
that two bodies differently constituted will act alike
and the TACT that 40 mapy Southern curches nins
tiers have preferred Assembly, and belt yours is proof
OF the obviousness of this fact Our Assembly never
has been seriously aated this question: and has not
h.d named seriously for ten years its action in lsi5 BE-
ing regarded final at which time abolition elements
seeded from Yours has been agitated almos, every
year even TO the present one in New York Your As
sembly was opened lew years ago by SER
mon ron Mr.. Barnes, which published by request of
the Assembly against the objection OF Southern men,
Such thing could never have been attempted in ours
l. The newspapers OF your Assembly in the North are
all strongly antsavery except the Christian Observer
which now to be taken from the control of its editor
as no himself asserts, because il Is antsavery and
TINS apparently by men welding the publication institute
oil your Assembly. Our papers, with scarce an exception
are conservative the Presbyterian being edited by Virgin
IAN Mheh protests have been entered against the acts
" WS our u mas oeen rom utra-NortheT" men,
49, nase oeeh ente'ed against the acta ot
III "a y ~ osh rouh o"N"ter't men, showing the radi-
S,ha, I,aas. w" seVon ., ,e Two bodies O.
70 our Assembly never iet called TO
.ni e.P'a'ory 'etteI IegArdms the do'ngs oi our
=; IL '1! na'e leEhIuhg your Z; l GU yourselves
-. ' VET! e''er seem 10 anticipate different dction in
- w y, ' J;, ier you eAPeet yours possibly TO act
ri, r ~ LIZ Az you ,'o,n your S9rhen connection,
~ !o1 w Io eAPec' lie same ,ne from ours, since
H. =, ~ 80, - IN 49, .,o., \, connections
I ~ oT ri Pafs can =. al Preac' lne future our As
a. ~ ,,t, " nave ''e sA"e ae,sAaon Win yours
VI" 'h.s su -. l., -
seemed - me- ma po'ha " your arguneh, tat h
S - VIC az. az" ny 49, anu mistake not nave
~ Nv - y; ; 40 .os NC nasty tnu inue'enSioe DENT
a. VI PyaN III lsnoIanee OF monuments when we repel'
70 ~ = ~ .eue .oul ou.e,n eirVaAe iou now
If anv ,bng uss med =; ID, wi" d n ueuai
you am sincerely sorry for it. and II any thing was nnd
stood to cast suspicion on YOU oerson,y or your SI
brethren as being insound OH the question of Slavery,
80, 1.m ~ I,e I SER 'ne cohuary with
'""e nave Oeeh uaggeu INTO TINS
controversy ana am now done with unless
ton should imperou-ly demand il, continuance snuId
,uucb ra,ber v.orL ,yi,b co., Z, h,;II;,,. -, Il,
r. 81, - ~; 80; ~ ~ GINNING up Piatiorm,
in this letter i TO defend myself ftom the charge ~ 80
ton 1sng you IN so much OF the editorial Of paper
rs tebutted the alluson 20 Assembly, and show
those who glass
hope that nothing fhaye said will imnIv tbs, I, n; 40,
-, 'S 49, so VI" ,'NPD Uht u Is not
with sincere CONFIDENCE affection and esteem that
main. fraternallv' vo,,rs
. $500 - '--nOohh'
T. >. hasten alter my return to the city this evening
add r. s. TO this letter. in repy 10 ynnts In tho Whi
of this morning addressed TO Dir Hoge s Ola ~, s