The Washington union., 1857-09-23
.... [our New York Correspondence.l
THE TRACT SOCIETY NOT TO BE ABOLISHED
NEw YoRK, Sept. 20, 1857.

New YoRK, Sept 20, 1857.
The American Tract Society has been great national
society, Its field of operation the whole Union
Men, books and coporteurs bearing the impress of this
society found in all sections of this land
the pine forests and deep Of Maine and the
broad savannas of the Southin the densel populated
regions of the East and North and among the hardy po
neers the western frontierin the palaces Of the
wealthy and among the cabins of the slaveon the At
lantic coast and where Pacific possessions deep
calls unto deepin all places welcome and useful honor
ed and sustained.
The abolition excitement came. In New York the
clergy of the Congregational Church few and
oveshadowed by the great numerous and wealthy Pres
byterian body. The Congregational clergy, Cheever
Beecher, Stowe, and others, would not remain in the
shade. To preach the Gospel would not answer their
end Others more eminent and able than they in
the field AS these had church south of Mason
and Dixons line, harm could to them from tho
abolition excitement Antsavery became part Of their
creed 1t filled their houses 1t gave them fat salaries
1t COAL barrels of -four, and bread to them As it
did much for the church it thought best to try
the agitation larger scale These moral vandals
seized upon the Tract Society," and attempted to abolition
ize that In evil hour the managers quarrelled,
and yielded to the clamor of these demagogues They
agreed to depart from system of action that had mark
ed their for twenty-five years They put press
work slavery the duties of the ''master to the
slave With the propriey they could have issued
another the duties of the 5000 New England clergy
men to the government under which they liye or the
s'duties of Beecher Bacon and Cheever to their family
domestics The issue of the work drew storm about
the heads of the society that made the keepers of the
house tremble" All the South and Southwest
man. repudated the society, withdrew their conr
buttons sent home their coporteus refused their books
and spread alarm through all the societys ranks. An
extra meeting held the other day Of the managers
The obnoxious book withheld and withdrawn
and the alarmed committee refused to carry out the
abolition vote of the Tract Society polled at its last
meeting and resolved TO stand by the old plan This
is what the society should have done at the outset
They should have met the clamor of these fanatics the
start as noble President met Sy-man and his New
Haven crew. The old national platform should have
been regarded the old chart and lighthouse been heed
ed the Banegat wecker with lantern tied the tail of
wooly horse should not have been followed instead of
the fixed and safe light shore And now the battle
has got to The question avoided and Stunned
two years ago must be met The committee of man
agement have bdden defiance to these northern fanatics
They have dared to brave the vote of the society which
pocd under the auspices that presided the
famed Kansas rifle meeting in the Congregational church
at New Haven, when Beecher got off his bloody joke
about Killcm'' being good for Kansas emil
grant Now will the tug of war. If the Tract So
ciety succumb then its days numbered. In its train
will follow all the national societies If it stand it is
destined to green old age of usefulness. Frenghuy
sen the president did intend to resign this fall but he
is national man. and will this fight out The Inde
pendent and the Tribune quite uncomforably mad
this new action of committees
MANHATTAN