New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-07-29


uittee as to the sins Of omission and commission
Of the Publishing Committee, especially a. TO is
expurestipg ts Tepubcatons Of every faint Of Anti
Slavery hsresy. and It'd recommendation that they
should 20 ard sin no more in this wise-tbis action
Of the Society, We say, it was hoped would harmon
ize all the warning elements, and silence Northero
arupblipg, without awakening Southern discomfort.
But the Northern brethern did not do Justice to the
sssscty Of the Southern saints. These la'tdiscern
the real substance Of that Report and all the acct
dents appertsinng unto it, a. instiDctvely as Jack
aud Martin did the true nature Of the loaf Of brown
bread, in spite Of the assurances Of Lord Peter
that it was an excellent leg of mutton. And this,
notwithstanding the eIeeess. lately put forth, of
the Reverend Messrs. Hallock and Eastman, the
Corresponding Secretaries a. TO The true intent
and meaning Of the offending Report. The inherug
vice Of the Report, which not all the contortlons
and srimaces Of the Secretaries conjure out OF
it, lies in the fact Of the admission in the Report
ind Resolutions that Slavery 10 moral evil In It's
own nature, incompatible with the complete preva-
leBce Of Christian truth The Report looks forward
to the time when Slavery "and al other moral
"snl shall yield to the promised triumphs OF the
Everlasting Gospel" The second Resolution says
that the Society "canLot, with proPriety, allo"
"nself TO be made special organ Of any one system
of religious or mo- al reform. such temperance,
"pesee, anti Popery, antSlavery, &c" thus rank
ing The blessed sacrament Of Slavery along with
var Pcpery and druDkenness And again, in the
fourth Resolution reference is made to certain
"moral evils and vices" condemned in Scrip
ture, !" and "deplOred by evangelical Christians
which "Siavery 10 known to promote" And ye'
further it eoes ON to affirm that these little matters
undoubtedly do fall within the province OF this
Society, and can and ought to be discussed in
"fraterDal and Christian spirit"
All this could not fail to be deeply wOunding
to the confessors Of the Southern country. 1t
was heavy blow aimed at the living stones Of
which the Southern Church il edited and adorned.
In fact, it was denisl of their Christian char
than vulgsr sinners, who were to be the OBJ
ects of conversion instead of its chosen instru.
meDts All this the South Carolina Branch easily
die Dtaneled from the invouton of words in which
it was wrapped up, and they stripped and LAID bare
i,s black enOrmity with as much skill and unction
q. ever Mr. Gliddon displayed in the unbandayng
OF mummy. Now, the Constitution OF the Ameri'
can Tract Society states that ito object il ito diff
s.fuse knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ a.
"tbe Redeemer Of. sinners, and to promote the in.
"tere,ts Of vital sodlipess and sound morality, by
"the circulation of religious tracts calculated to
"receivs the appreciation Of all evangelical
"Christiaus." Now. if Slavery be moral evil,
like drunkenness and Popefy, those concerned in it
are living in open sin like drunksrds and papists,
and are not to be reckoned among "evangelical
Christians and their appreciation is no more to be
regarded in the selection of tracts touching Slavery
than Archbishop Hughes or . notorious drunkard
should be a. to those relating TO POpery or intern.
r:,apce. But if tho evangelical Christianity Of
shareholders 10 recognized BY the Society, potwith
standing their slayehOlding, then it is clear that
tracts which would net meet with their apprOba-
ton do not come within the Compromises of that
Constitution. The whole question turns upon the
point whether holding man a. piece Of property,
with all the incidents of ownership, be sin not.
If yea, the evangelical Chrstians are bound to
cease treating men living in this open sin as Chris
tan brethren, and to deal with them impenitent
sinners. If nay, then the evangelical Christians
who own slaves have just ground of complaint
against the Society for unfair and unconstitutional
treatment.
The vision of the South Carolina brethren being
perfectly clear a. to this point, and utterly de-
"Dyipg that Slavery is more or otherwise an evil
ethan poverty, or other forms of servitude "
though they do not shrink from the discussion in
1.-the proper place and manner Of any evils incident
to this. as to other social and family reiatiOns in
1.-THE present fallen state of humanity" they SEQ
that no permanent union can subsist between par
ties standing in these relations to one another.
They, accordingly, recommend their Directors
to enter into correspondence with the other South
cru Tract Agencies for the purpose of cOncerting
plans for Southern Tract Society, in case the
Parent Society should not repent Of its wickedncss
and reform ito evil courses. In the mean time it
recommends that the South Carolina Society elect
its own Secretary, Depositary, Treasurer AMI Gen.
eral Agent subject for the present to the approval
of the National Committee; that none Of the 80
ciety's tracts be permitted to circulate without be-
ing approved BY committee appointed for the
purpose; that the appointment Of colPorteurs be
retained in their own hands, and each one furnished
Il bis protection with list Of such of the Societys
publications % this Revising Committee shall GER
tify to as unobjectionabe and that they shall keep
the control of all moneys received, giving quarter
ly account, of the same to the National Treasurer
Thin last, we imagine, will be very light duty
iudeinp from the proportion Southern contributions