New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-09-17

The American Tract SOcicty-as represented by
it's Standing Committee succumbei to the
Shareholders. Plscpg its hand on its mouth and it,
mouth in the dust, it has eaten its tind and apollo
getic resolve of last Spring and returned to the
policy of absolute silence with regard not only to
slayehodug per SC, but even to the evils and sins
which-as the Society Itself resolved last Spring
are connected with or deduci5le therefrom. Aud
the given s amply the un Willingness of the
Shareholders to receive, listen t. or read anything
that the Society may see fit to offer on the subject.
This is certainly very extraordinary ground.
We cannot remember tina. Noah, or Lot, or Isaiah,
or John the Baptist, ever planted himself upon it..
If it is to be settled that prophets and evansests
are only to reproye those sins which the Sinners
already condemn and are ready to repudiate, we
can imagine no cause for which an apostle should be
stoned OF behesded hereafter. II might be pru-
dent, perhaps for preacher of Righteousness, in
entering upon new field of labor, to make proc.
amat;on 70 this effect: GOOD people l come
to you with message from God commanding you
to repent and forsake your SINS but, AS indscreet
and headloDg acnuncations of iniquity might give
perscna ofense, and subject me to unpleasant
odium and peril, will thank you to make out a
LIST Of the sins which you are unwillus to give up,
so that / msy take care to omit them in my dia
tribes against Elm in general aud other peoples sins
in part;cular" We can see how this precagtion
might be convenient for the Rev. Cream Cheese
but how is it likely to be relished by bis Divine
Master-supposing him to have one
The Tract Society, at its last Annual Meeting,
decided to publish tract or tracts on tbs moral
evils connected with or resulting from Human
Slayery-the "ackHocledgtd evils, we believe the
phrase was. The Standing Committees say tina.
tbi, was TO be done without trenching CD the
political relations Of Slavery, so a. only to Sc.
forth "certa;n moral duties growing out Of its sI.
:. i,teuce or moral evils and practical imnorah %
deplorel by all evangelical Christians" The d.
recton of the Society was unconditienl-the Sand
inc Committees were not instructed to enter upon
this Geld of labor If they should think proper, ror
to consider the prepriety Of doing it, bat to DO Il.
The Publishing Committee, it seems, had already
in nrepa,a,ion tract on the "Duies of Masters, -
made ND of articles written BY Southern Christians
Of various evangelical denominations. But tie
sontb remonstrated-the South revolted-:Ae
South exclaimed like the demons Of old, "Lst U,
s,.ne!" and Committees hearts became hks
water. The work which the Society unquslifelly
directed them to do, they have Iot only intsrm;s
t,a-tbey have deliberately determined no. to do il
Tbei, apology for this lapse We print in another
column. Can It be possible that The clerical gen
tyemen who mainly compose these COnmitsse'
have psyer pondered the Book Of Jonah , What rish
have thew TO retain the stations conferred on then
by the Society for the purpose OF eSftruetng tn
work which the Society ordered then o do, iu'teaI
Of doing it!
The Committees ssy tha! the South will only re
ceiye or listen to their publications on condition
their refrainius from putting forth any thing Will
respect to Slavery. 1t is not enough that hey e1
pIes.ly ignore any consideration OF "the P's't''a
+" relations Of Slavery that they propose to con
slider only the duties of Masters as Masters with
out discussing their duty to cease being Masters
it ia not enough that they proposed to quote onll
fr,p Southern divine, the seaas tssuks' 81 u