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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-10-05

We are indebted 70 N Roberts, Esq Presiden! OF the
United States Mail Seamsh Company for the following
correct bt Of the passengers from the kihmus who
on board the III fatsd ,ssm.h'p Central America. We
also learn from the that he M Of passenger,
from san Frahci 90 on board ths uentrsl America
and that duplicate either Of the passenger
at forward by tho Ssr OF the West, and
be expected en the arrival OF the steamer connect
Ing with that Of October 20 from Gan Franclsc, which Will
be due here about tho 18Th or I4!h OF November.
st OF passengers the lost steamer Central Amerca
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THE sECEDERs.

The following resolutions give the result of
the recent Convention in Richmond, Va, of the
Southern seceders from the New School Gen.
eral Assembly of the Presbyterian Church:
Whereas all acts, resolutions, and testimonies,
OF past Geseral Assemblies, and especially the
action of the last General Assembly whereby
suspicious and doubts of the good standing and
equal rights and privileges of slaveholding mem.
bers OF the church, or imputations or charges
against their Christian character, have been
either implied or expressed, are contrary to the
examples and teachings of Christ and his Apos
ties, and are violation of the Constitution of
the Presbyterian Church;
And whereas the relation of master and SER
want, an itself considered or further than the
relative duties arising therefrom, and Slavery,
as an institution of the State, do not properly
belong to the church judicator;aa as subjects for
discussion and inquiry;
Aud whereas, in the Judgment of tuls Con
ventioD, there is no prospect of the cessation of
this agitation of Slavery in The General Assem-
bly,, so long as there are shareholders in connec
ton with the church: therefore,
ReSolred, That we recommend to the Pres
byteries in connection with the General Assem-
bly, of the Presbyterian Church in the United
States of America to withdraw from said BODY.
ReSOLoed, That, in the jud xment of this Con.
vention, nothing can be made the basis for dis.
cipline in the Presbyterian Church which is not
specifically referred to in the Constitution as
crime or heresy.
Resolced, That the General Assembly of the
Presbyterian Church has no power to pronounce
sentence of condemnation on lower Judi.
catory or individuals for any cause unless they
have been brought before the Assembly in the
way prescribed by the Constitution.
RESOLVED, That the Convention recommend
to all the Presbyteries in the Presbyterian
Church, which are opposed to the agitation of
Slavery in the highest judicatory of the church,
to appoint delegates-in the proportion pre-.
scribed by our Form of Govetnment-for the
appointment of Commissioners to the Assembly
to meet at Knoxville, Tenn, on the first Thurs.
dap in April, 1858, at 7 P. M, for the purpose
of organizing general Synod, under the name
of The United States Synod of the Presbyte-
rian Church ia the United States of America"
ResOlSed, That the members of this Conven-
ton adhere to and abide by the Confession of
Faith of the Presbyterian Church, as containing
the system of doctrine taught in the Holy Scrip.
lures and that we adhere to the Form of Gov.
eenment and Book of Discipline of said church.
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THE AMERICAN TRACT SOCIETY.

From the Washington Star-Admni.tras,n'
No one has witnessed with greater pan tlan
ouGsef the gradual lapsiug of the great religious
organizations of the Northern United Sts9es.
that were formerly national, into Abolis On -,
which, by the by, has been strictly pars= pSssu
with the spread of infdelity and the grS WI of
the dedication Of their passions and pr, suti7ces
among the "new light" or very progressive
Christians at the North. One by one, ehE.fch
after church, and society after socies, has
taken such positions on the Slavery e1eslion
as to force sectional division In its OH &n "a.
ton.
We have mourned in our own heart oSsr bis
state OF popular "Christian" sentiment at the
North, as doing more than aught else in the
work OF making the people of the Unite5,St,tes
TWO natlons IN teeling-tcwards produces Q that
state OF mind between the two great ,ctions
OF the Confederacy which must sooner fr later
bring about It's dissolution. For as r. ipfous
ties are stronger than all others, 80 r. iei Gus
snhpathles are more undying, bitter, IN, "a on.
able, cruel, vlndlctive, and unappeasa lie. or
there is no truth in the written history Of c.yil
ization since the fall of the Roman FmTsre
Right glad are we, therefore, that at leu.stb one
great Christian association at the Meth an
pears to be able TO withstand the terdenr-, of
The times there. We refer to the Ane, 5sa /,
Tract Society; the only great organic ion
with which up to this time every branch the
American Protestant church has been- il MT
fed directly or indirectly. It seems alc4s tc
be able to rival the Catholic churches o. the
United S;a es in wiIhstanding the pre0sIs e o.
demagcguism which so distinguishes III era
in which We live, in all countries claiflil t
] be free A.
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From the Richmond VA Enquirer, Sept S
THE PRESIDENTS LETTER TO DRPUTA.
TON OF CONNECTICUT FANATICS.

We laid before our readers, yesterday the
Presidents letter, in answer to a number OF
New England Abolitionists, who had addressed
him formal memorial in relation 10 Kansa,
affairs Under ordinary circumstances. We
have no doubt, Mr.. Buchanan would not have
condescended TO reply to so oficious, bypocriti
cal and impious an address. But as is, we
rather rejoice that 80 favorable an opportunity
sailants Of The North, and to illustrate the utter
falsty Gnd folly of the reckless course of recre-
AIT Democrats in the South.
The Kansas question has been a source Of
much annoyance and vexstion. Almost al
the appointments to the Office of Governor had
proved irju6icious, illadvised, and unfortunate
President Pierce was subjected to embarrass
mept and modification, on account of the inef
ficiency OF agents, and the consequent trouble
in THAI Territory. And the Administration Of
Mr. Buchanan had barely begun, when he toe
was obliged to confront the same demon of dis
cord that bad so seriously tasked the states
manship If bis predecessor. The perplexine
Drobem of Slavery or no Slavery in Kansas
vas siill unsolved The fansticism of the North
an The subject was undated and the ardor
ard anxiety of the South had not ceased to in
euire g hope that the game was not yet lost
Kar sas was still the point at which ali the an
gry elements of the two coDtending sections
met. Geaiy soon returned nom MS unsnceess
tul sci urn, with none of the honors OF cthct
hut The name. Another Governor was nov
needed: : and the South, with Unlimited conf
dence IN the capacity and patriotism OF The
President of her almost unanimous cnoice
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untary and repeated declaration, promising TO
| submit the Constitution to I" the whole people I"
was an assumption not justified by his acts.
speeches, or writings" If he did not make
that declaration, whence all this outcry at the
South, and why has he not repudiated the
speech heard by thousands, and which be has
heretofore vauntingly avowed as the means of
pacifcstion? There is a direct issue of vera.
city between the Union and Gov. Walker. which
they are mutually qualified to settle. But this
is very subordinate to the real question at stake
While Gov. Walker was holding his word of
promise to the ear in speeches, it appears, from
his own showing in the Union, he was break.
ing it to the hope in private, by imposing con-
ditions in fragrant conflict With his published
pledges. Such is the dilemma in which he is
placed by a champion who undertakes his
vindication, and his worst enemy could hardly
have chosen one more damnine or disc1e1 ita.
BILE. If it be true that Governor Walker has
so written, then he has been guilty of the gross
est deception throughout, for there is an i'm
passable gulf between the pledge given in his
Topeka speech quoted above, and the miserable
imposture attempted to be procticed at this day
by the explanation in the Union And what
makes this matter worse is, the evidence clear.
ly convicts Gov. Walker of having made both
the speech and the explanation. Nor is second
airy proof wanting to verifv the latter In a
letter to the New York Times, dated at Lee
compton, August l8, and believed to be written
by person attached to the staff of Gov. Walker,
the following significant passage occurs. corrob.
Grating the previous residence of three or
sac months" suggested in the Unions remark.
able explanation:
1t is well known, by all who have conversed
with Governor Walker on the subject Of the
October elections, that it is his wish to see ev-
cry man who has resided in Kansas since the
first of April last go to the polls and record his
vote, and that nobody would deprecate any in
reference with the right of suffrage more than
he"
This, then, is the sum of all Gov. Walkers
policy in Kansss-this, then, is the fulflmeut
of the promise that "the whole people" of
Kansss-not only those registered under the
Territorial law, or resident before the 18Th of
March last, but those there on the 9th of ] une,
aud those " who will be there nert fall as actu.
al residents shall decide what shall be their
Constitution and social institutions If this
was intended to be cheat or a mockery from the
outset, or, as is more probable, was convent
ent after-thought, it may be followed by dra,
matte conclusion hardly anticipated. FalteriDg
and timid and time serving as most of his
predecessors showed themselves, Gov. Walker
has, in this attempt to impose on the conf
dence of the community, outraged every manly
feeling, and justly invoked the indi gnation Of
all honorable men.
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WHO WANTS A CHEAP DoCUMEETi
FACTS FOR THE PEOPLE,

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"a Decade Of the SlaDe POsOer "--conplett
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Dangers of S1arery Ertension-SlaOehOIdeT:
Privileged Glass GrOs0th of oar NegTt
Aristocracy-being a speech delivered By Gov
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ALBANY MANUAL LABOR UNIyER.
SITY

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color ~ doing good work in Southern Ohio and IN,
neghhorng slave States the subject OF human rights
ano The reforms OF the Here young men and
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The Simmer Term commences on the third Wednes
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such as you will find nowhere in the gospels.
We understand that DR.. Ross is about to write
a defence of the Supreme Court of Judes, which
has for near two thousand years been assailei
by Black Republicans and other fanatics, and
that he will show that the opinion of Chief JUS
tee Plate was in strict accordance with the
Roman Constitution ard the Jewish law; and
that the objections to it can only be sustained
by reference to q "higher law" which is, of
course, fatal to all order and society. When
this is done, we shall have a text book that can
safely be put into the hands of the young men
of the South and till then, it will be quite as
well to omit the study Of moral philosophy in
the Southern colleges
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Address THEODORE d. WELD, Principal
PERTH AMB0Y, NEW JERSEY.
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were fred into him, that he concluded to give
up the ghost, and consider himself captured.
He was drawn home by Mr.. Stevens the next
morning, and found to weigh two hundred and
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ANEcporE OF JOHN RANDOLPH.

He was travelling through part of Virginia
IN which he was unacquainted. During the
time, he stopped night at an inn near the
forks of the road. The innkeeper was a fine
gentleman. and no doubt one of the first fam
lilies of the Old Dominion. Knowing who the
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the evening to draw him into conversation, but
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Which way are you travelling, Mr.. Ran.
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"Sir ?" said Mr.. Randolph, with look of
displeasure.
II asked" said the landlord, which way are
you travelling?"
" Have paid you my bill2"
I" Yes"
4" Do owe you anything more?"
"No."
well, I'm going just where please. Do you
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"Yes."
The landlord by this time got somewhat ex.
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