Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1857-05-09
THE rGLLIEsaF SECTION ALIsM.

THE StLIE tf sAj!ADN AAsbSth-
In the city Of New York there i, q society
known as the Young MEMS Christ an Asso
citation. Its objects are in all respect mn.
lar 70 those OF the institution N ,5e" Or.
ileans which bears the sa me- title, aisconr5ett
the ". o. Bee, and which, dunn. the past
season. has dispensed so much usefu! and
entertaining knowledge by the aid Of talent
ed lectures. and thus raised a handsome fund
destined exclusively for the most ph.ianthro-
pic nurposes. The New Orleans ~assoc!a-
ton wisely and iadiciouS'y steers clear of The
dangerous rock Of politics. Questions con-
nected with Southern slavery aid its aspects,
or with the administration OF the general
government. are wholly foreign to the de-
signs of the fraternity, and would if intro
duced, undoubtedly provoke discord, ard
initiate against the noble ends for which the
association was organized. Thus pruden:ly
and skiiifuiiy managed, the society bids fair
to remain united and prosperous, combining
its objects to benevolent mi 1lstrstions TO-
wards The needy and suffering, carrying com
fort TO the abode of sickness. and bringing
relief to the Impoverished and distressed.
Now. mark the difference. A kindred as
sociation 10 New York in an evil hour over
iesped the limits assigned 10 It's duties and
objects. aud permitted the tirebrand of sec
tionalisu, 10 be hurled into its midst. 1t APP
pears that various members who had taken
an active part in the recent political cam
paigr, introduced The subject Of slavery into
the discussions of this body, and persisted in
endeavoring TO extort frotn the association
expressions OF opinion favorable TO the tenets
Of the Black Republican party. Unfortunate
ly, the originators OF this suicidal movement
constituted a majority, and succeeded in
their purpose--not, however, without strea-
nous opposition, ard after provoking a de-
gree o: strife aud irritation altogether at va
rance with the character OF the association.
and the protested views of the members
The result was inevitable. AT a meeting OF
the association Oh the 9th ut, nearly two
hundred Of its most active and efficient MEM
bers Withdrew, stating openly that the iusti-
had forieite' its character, End was no
a Young Mems C.ris,ian Association,
but had been converted into a disofderiy hot
bed of sectional politics. The New Ysrk
Times says that the seceders comprise some
If the ablest and most nsei4i members Of the
association. I,
Thus we see that the deviIlsh ianaticism
If the North thrus,s ,.se)! everywhere. pol (
uting all that il touches, aud exciting strife
md dissenslon, inpsirins or break, Z up the /
most useful and charitable societies. II med a
lies with religion and virtually dssrobes the
Of Cop, piucking from him the BIZ
lie, and placing in his hands the rifle and the :
filing his heart with hatred and
is mouth with words of wrath and fury
t forces It's way into the annual religious
onierences Of the country. procla.m5 anath- :
ma upon the South, and banishes her from
with the North in the services t
+ the church. 1t is now rudeiy and bolster /
us!y asserted its control even over secular
besmirched charity itself with :.
s dehling embrace, and mingled curses upon .
avery with the aid rendered to the sick a.d
re sostenance extended to the starving. I, :.
as succeeded IN dividing the church in :
-eatlrg schisns that can never be healed p"
establishing one religion for the North and I"
lotheI fo, the South. and now triuuphantly q
ausura'es a yet broader policy Of mischief. -
allowing no work Of fraternity and good "
Ill to proceed without the alloy OF its de- II
influence, and the whitening conse- III
iences OF its ascendency. p'
VIII the good sense Of the people of the D,
orth ever learn 70 correct this great and se
owing evil, or will it 60 on until It's acme TT
reached in the utter, hopeless and ~eternaI '"
I~enation OF the North aud South u
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