The Abbeville banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, 1857-02-19
REL,GIoh.-NoRTH AND SOUTH.

The following striking appeal to the
Christian charity and sober sense OF the
CLERGY Of the Northern Methodist Church,
forms ,,;lrt of letter from the editor of the
Nashville Christian Ildcocutc To Bishop
Morris of Ohio:
''Wiil you, reverend sir, interiosc =
VIII YOU AMI Your colleagues throw oil up
"n the troubled waters, an'l strive 10 calm
ani quiet the pre- juliccs Of such Of your
preachers and people us are warning against
the interests uf the Church of Christ g
They know not whereof they affirm. They
do not know the condition OF the South Z;
they are unar9uainlcd with the clements OF
Southern society. Thousands Of the cli- |
zrms Of the North are mSlcd hy dcsi gning |
,"cn who cater 10 their passions atl pr.ju
,licc<. They Judge Of slavery hy the repre-
scnla,ionS Of irresponsible writers who carl
ca,ure Southern institutions and slandcr
southern Christians. Will they he persua-
,cL to let us alone! We are doing great
w"rk We preach Christ, aud not politics.
! We arc looking after the sheep in the vii
.lcrnrss, not rs wolves to scatter, tear and
say, Int as shepherds, to feed and provide
for the flock Of Christ. You have full
enough to employ all yonr men and your
means in il,sruc,ing tic horde Of ignorant
and Iiilcl men who throng your cities,
skirt your prairics, dwell upon your sea and
lake Shores build your rail roads, dig your
ditches, ard serve ms mcnials in the houses
and on the farms of your wealthy citizens.
"Wl.at is yonr clurcl, doing for the free
blacks at the North? Sir, 1 was surprised
when | looked at the statistics of your Gin
ciunat conference. The returns show that
1,,, al - f1,,Fn
ninety weight colered members! My dear
, sir, how many thousands of colored people
live in your great Queen City, to say nothing
sympathy Of your preachers and people for
the black man, You have less than one hun
drcd members in your whole conference
T. Compare Cincinnati with the city Of Charles
J. ton-a city with perhaps population not
one third SO great as yours-and there you
will find & colored membership in the Meth
odSt church of not less than five thousand
y In the South Carolina conference alone there
= are not less than forty five thousand cclorcd
e people in communion with the church -
' We'll may ask, who cares for the souls o
> the negro! All, sir! it is easy to say, b'
u We warm, and he ye fed but the good Sa
!, u marian ministers 10 the wants Of the suf
"a !erng. Say to your brethren, Let then
10 alone they are following the example O
D. Jesus and the instructions of the inspired
- APOSTLES. Let them aloue and 60 au'
20 preach the Gospel to your own poor"
I'd Tile Living 7ide.-,rhe Liverpool AlLio
IS gives the statistics Of emigration from Gres
ne Britain during the year 1856. The tot'
'f- emigration was. l36, 900, from whom 81
= 600 emigratcd TO the United States. I'll
all Albion says s:.s4 ~. -
MS These figures show that while about on
ny half Of the emigration 10 Australia and I'll
a. whole TO New Zealand are composed
W. Engslraen, more than two thirds Of fthatl
ed the United States is composed, Of Irishme
Ir- The Mormon exodus continnes on the i
lly crease, the number, who. haye sailed fro
he Liverpool for American ports on their y.
ip1 Is Utah siufihg tie past twelve mouths, !
ith inr upwards Bf 700. Accounts from q
es.l / C,seat Salt Lake eshoH, oweysi tl,abcoDsl
I'D srsbles numb beEs age cont tiunalty leasSng t
6e on Jsr1sal 81 sorno forC Casit ternia q
ss ottets fo mon i sities i, tss 1tait