New-York daily tribune., 1856-05-24

fed uat the agitation lad led 70 the rivetng of the
chains Of the slaves tighter and tighter and led to the
enactment OF laws more severe against the slaves.
Still he was glad that tue Committee appointed 10
St. LOuis, believing that the power OF the General
Assembly over the subject had not been understood.
| He was the only member Of the Committee from the
South and be bad felt the weight ofresponsIbty resting
epCn him. In the remarks which DR.. smith had made,
be bad given the impression that he lDr hsd almost
ootseLttd 10 sgn the majority report, with certain al
ttratons. That impression was wrong. de mad never
dreamed that the Detroit acton would be brought 10,
and be bad tod Dr. Smith that he never could ndorse
that action. Wien be got here be found there was
camor upon the subject. He suggested alterations to
| DR.. Smith TO the effect that Slavery not
per DR.. Smith agreed 10 il, and Dr.. Barnes s-O,
but others the Committee would not az to Il. he
Or b.. took the position for the Southern Church.
that if they could find ~here the relation of mas
| ter al slave ncOnslsten; with the demands OF
humanity, be declared that Il an Ofense II the
sight Of God He had been surprised TO hear it said
that there difference between the reports. he
| had said to the Committee "esve out the
reference TO the Detroit resolution, and be would
| "sigr the report, and they would not do II. But
tbe question was had the General Assembly the rlgtt
10 discipline perous for holding slaves IN any case
when slsveh ding not named IN the BOOK OF DI'-
| ciliLe. That question had not been touched u2on
| but had ben studiously avoided He had been sur
pTiseo that any gentle man should express the opinion,
that the hpa ssue in charge of delinquency against
Synod, was not to be left to the Synod itset. Dr.
Smith had said bis report was wrong, but those pri-
cipss therein contained great principles that pre-
vailed in legal well ecclesiastical courts One ot
the first lawyers in Virginia VINO had read the minority
report had rad that there VAS not court in Nrginla
| which would not tOd those principles 20 DC good IN
law. His abolition brethren nigh think he ha south
! en Jreiudices but be woulG say that he Owed this
cluitb, lie constitutions ard doctrines. They had
| made .aCrihces greater than any other portion
| Of tie church had done, social and other
| W Sc, which II might DO to tell a. othei
| tunes. They small in numbers IN the South,
bu; lie dec sIed i here that the of this ~as be-
II ny apfa of
! Asseu BY DIR. Boyd referred to numerous Pf'-by-
il the South which would have formed eoces's.-
teal connection with hr body had not been for I'M.
agitation. However they might be responsive Tor SaV-
cry he threw upon the North the respon lbty OF the
condition o the re, black population OF the North ana
the greet influx of the foreign population II tAls
| body established principle that slavery was sn
| PR Sc every minister or member OF the church
South-sayeho,dcr none aychoder-sOuii cut their
connection asunder ami pray that Goa might ad them
in their efforts alone. He regarded the only true
mode of doing away with Slavery 70 give attention
not to Slavery agitation, but to unite in extending the
| KIgcOm OF Cbrst.
Tie Rev. DR.. Smith ssd that none could sustain
the uitcuabie proposition Of the minority report. He
d-et nted from thrre propositions IN It Fltsf, a. 10
the power of general review and controls secoGd that
moth Dg was an Off.nse which not named and de-
crbt as such and third, that the action at Detroit
was a judicial action. IL the position taken by Dr.
Boyd were that in II gard to general review aud con-
tro then the General Assembly had nomore authority
over al inferior h1y than the General Association ot
Massachuse;t Its had over a Congrogauonal church.
According To that doctrne the power of the General
Assembly was not mandatory, but smpy alVisoIy'
DR. Smith read from he Book of Discipline TO sno"
that the General Assembly had authority over tue IN
fenor udcaoy: There could be no otter ia,t ing ,h
pretation placed upon the language than taat the
mower WAS authority and not counsel. And this We"
be- believed too, not without precedent.
The Moderator abscnted himself, and Dr. Beman,
of Troy, took the chair. .,,
.d,rabe portion OF his coDgr,g alton were 7aveh"lders
and he had Shareholders and slaves IN his church SX-
teen or seventeen of the ministers he represented
owned slaves and otnels hired them. lie dii not own
n slave but be did hire them. 1hey consented 10 De
krowu here as Shareholders IN the CHRISTIAN Church'
They accepted the system OF Slavery as It exi-tef IN
in the Soutb Christians of the North accepted the
mail ,ervice OF the United States; dad they accept the
sabbath part of it They old and took the respon-
bity of It. They of the South took the responsibility
of tie evil of slavery and accepted 1t III preference to
anarchy. He thought tle illusions to warfare ana
combat, Qualifications and guns, was untortu tunate
II Dr. Smith had got Lis gun sighted, let bin fire. The
Detroit reoutots assumed that the case- where slave
+, ding exist in accordance with the demands of hui
Inauity were the exceptions. Was tlaveholdlng an
otfrns.-a sin par lie opened his Bible add found
dir, cons as To how be should hold slaves-and II 1t
were Elm he found Go1 telling us how should com
NIT en. Wayland and Charming had stumbled upon
this very matter. He went home to Richmond from
Detroit aBo brother WHO owned slaves there, said
that by the language o. TIE resolutions, he had 10 re-
son to quibblt 70 himself from condemnation.
They understand this thing. BY those resolutions the
otnbids of humanity required master 10 support
SICK. dccrtpd, disabled slaves. Gnd not reimburse hs
o,s IN the labor Of Others of The who
ole e. wOIk. IT. however they thought II
6ry o cut off their Southern brethren. they could do
It. The Southern church might lose The sIven bra-
zen tone If the General Association of Newly ork yet,
ii they did they ght survive that calamity. If the
word humanity "a7 construed NJ the South construed
IL he was willing to te for il.
Tie Rev THcRSTOS ID. MILLS said he was educated
IN the SOutL-N cot, All wds, tO certain extent,
conIec'cd with slavery though Inyoluntarly. tic did
fan in love with darkness. s position was middle
with j. sOc!a come ct all IN the SOuth. Slavery
wa a - winch took the labor of man in great
many instances without rendering any just and
Quste rev nd for it, II interfrred aud ALMOST ann.h
lated .ae family ibsti l;ion, and put nmor beings at
the viii Of d master, and subjected a moral respoD-
SHE mind TO the ultimate motive Of brute force. God
the OK, hr'se, Gil ass, 10 work, and II hum IN
slavery was tie work u the Almighty, it tbs
u.oi absurd piece of WORK ever az. fmpted. The
hGmen mind grew Trstve under il. Wuen q slave
reached certain standard Of progress they wanted
bnl g. stop. Ih ystem required hlm To be IN ntcll
geut animal. There was 10 natural Law of savehoit-
ing thy were the laws of ,Ae State There could be
10 such thing a. M abstract relation Of Slavery
SuprCse two color ID people, members Of a church
caIRe to their pastor aud e-ktd T. be married.
Tie minister asked the man, " Do yoa take this
woman to be- your welded wife to be your vile !
ua. death separates yOu!" And he replies, Yes, II
Mt l. OF the sheriS young master does not sel!
u,r Tie speaLe referred q to an il stance in Fax
fol VI rr the mistress of cJOred man. regUar o.
Ca;ued mni-ter oi the Colored Baptd Church there,
received $50 year iJr Als stryccs rs IL lste4. |
u -o-- Tat mi ser Of ca - had ..lt hs II called
,c %, 10 ueicb. .rg county to prea the worl % /
L. He would 1av, beea advertised ~ a runaway. |
..t # be- had gene ir'o NOrlern stat to prea'h |
ne Go.2ei lr voL.d lave laQ tle Uni SKATES MAR |
ID ...rr liz. 10, 'DL Linn u.lrr tue fJytIfe Save |
hold southern Ctii-tian- responsible for that. 4 !
e..,t,,.' . lat tie senfifne III OF tue Presbyterian