New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-12-24

Pyth,a, Of MI Damon SPrstt, Of Charleston, in ,hs
iLoet enceit princip ality Of South Caroliss has
addressed to u feeble but touching no e. protest
| Jog sgsp.t the plain way in which We have DIS
cuised bis friends esays 10 be ,af Of the revival
| of the Afrcan slave trade. The most important
| f,ct communicated to q, Through the medium of
this .bllgipg episte IL, that printed the Illus
tricus pane Of Spratt With superluoas iaal 90 +"
(,ic Spratte) and in III way have done Injustice to
tie spIatt sepealogy-perhsps even to the Mr..
| John of that pams, who 10 celebrated 10 soog as
having teen quite incsp .ble ofc in tae adpo's
portions Of biz daily meat, and who may have been
the ancestor Of the Sprstt 8. present under consd
Grafton. The excuse for our error must be tbs.
We mistcok an autographed flourish INDUCED IN
| By Mr.. SpIatt, at the end Of letter which he
wrote 10 us, for sn 'e," although, upon closer in
seeciop, We bserve that it more nesry rese nbles
the kLk Of very curly pig.:ail. But il we were
euuty through carelessAess, Of this literal super
foity, We did also pay the penalty. as We find that
tho unnecessary "e's" cost as, for composition,
tao cent, and fise mills which money, considerable
il there tnes, when Fernando il keeping Us out Of
our jost DUE won have been worth saviIg. With
| Ih.se remarks apologetIch and financial, we easily
drop the ,utjeet Of the "e's."
Or corres sondent further informs Us that Mr..
| So ats "heart 10 IN the right place." We have
ny doubt Of il. II is very uncommon to 6od man
whose besrt 10 any where else; for any decided dis
oc.tan of toat useful organ is generally foLowed
By sudden death. We are told, also, that NJ.
Spratt's integrity is uniDpeschabe." Pray does
N mean the integrity Of his head or Of biz hearsi
We believe We have never said that Mr. Spratt
would steal our pocketbOOk, or rob our hen roost,
should he have an oppOrsunity-thst he would take
to tie highway az put travellers upon their "stand
s1d delivers" 10 have never said tina: 10 s.,isiog
to revive an sbOminabls traffic, be was not to use
the words Of his dsfepder) "sncerey honed."
A Q,eas many persons 10 this fallen world, uner
various 6iaboIcai ipsiigatiOns Of interest or Of
passion, persuade themselves that black 10 Wits,
and tuat chalk 10 cheese, and "hones.ly" defend
their asloi sbirg propositions. The inmates Of
lunsiic ssyums honesty believe that there is
not .sne individual at large in TIE world. Oar
cor, eel OIL dent himself admits that the Sprass re-
vival Of tie trade would be "in utter violation Of
"ihs principles Of humanity, the act OF Congress,
AID the sentiments Of the American people"
His friend spiatk then, is honestly" de.irous Of
b.ieg cruel of being . law bresker, ard OF out
| raging tbe pubic feeling Of this country. With
what cent menis Of pity should he regard the wofal
mental ard moral condition OF bis friend in
Charleston!
But, % our core,por dent informs us, Mr.. Spratt
is principally desirous of stealing Africans and
bringing them here TO be slaves, because in that
way great many heathers, now up to their shout
ders in the slough Of idolAtry, will be converted to
the true faith, and charged iRto tip.op Christians
Now there are two things TO be said upon this
point. In those essays Of Mr. Spratt which we
have seep, there appears, Notwithstanding the
writer's evsp gelical devotion, TO be quite respect
for Ii w rid, ard this worlds goods and chatels
Wbsteyer desire the author may have fox . god
balance above, be has evidently no objection 10 .
coed balance below. He 10 - much interested in
tie cotton crop az in Christianity in mOssses IS in
the visionary enterprise in sugar as in salvation,
in rum aid rice as in religion. If be is great In
faith, be is also great in figures. While ne loves
bis nsighbor as himielf lin q PieAaickian sense)
Mr. SprAtt svows his desire To snnhilste the CON-
meIcial property Of the North, and upon it, ruins
to erect q great Southern trade. These are apOs-
toeL traits not heretofore recognized in orthodox
Christian circles, and if in6del negroes are TO be
b,ou pht here - be made over into Christians, We
THU that the qualifications Of tie pious gentlemen
who propos &c ~ manufacture them should be strictly
scrutr led .ince it will be admitted that this mus.
be delicate operation.
Assip, Why sht uld the African monOpohEe our
charity II unhappy mhdels arc to be taken
b. id, from their homes and xoI<ss roIexs brought
over here to DO spiritually polished, why should we
not rrd sacred ships to Csina, to Siam, to japan,
to Pa,ssori. (wheIs there are very tall sinners,
and TO other dsrhened lsnds to ansport hher the
raw material for church members Ia the nane
Of oil who .'bow dswn to wood aud stone" We
de- n and that other races msy be made the happy
psrtalers Of Mr.. Sprat,s beaevolence, whieh m its
.cieme dess not seem to be sufficiently om2rehen
ave. We never could abide p,rtality.
nMr. Spratt's views, - stated By his friend,
| should be ,eaaided, and the missionary alsven dis
patched, doing tie double work Of God and Nam
NOD, il will make much change 10 the invoices Of
those lorg, low tlsck-IoOlipg yesseIs-ss least it
.htuld. The woik Of redemption cannot be com.
nenced moment too soon-for just think Of the
poor devils Who might die upon the passage There
fore, with the peas mus. be provided piOus books;
With the handcuhi, bomilies; with tae shachlss,
sermons; with the instruments Of torture, tracts.
Let no one be shipped, from the Captain TO the
Jenny DucIs, uplen be can exhibit certificate Of
church membership! Let there DO morning and