New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-05-28

ses,nres this ia not so visible as could wish in
ia opinions, which are The most important Of all.
The Courier continues to b. the Orgsn OF Boston
| CLIQUE, never large but now smaller than ever,
! which may be described as composed of few
professors in Cambridge, few lawyers in Court
street, few merchants upon Long WhaVf' and
few politicians who occupied prominent, ii NOT
honorable. places in the ancient Wing organization
but who are now merely the csmp-followers Of she
Democratic forces. We have no wish to do thess
gentlemen any injustice We certainly think II
they could muster courage enough to boldly bolt
into the Buchanan ranks, just as did the illustrous
Cboate. that there would be less material for mer
riment in this world But this is free country
for everybody, save negroes and ohce-holders' and
the right Of man to stand still while the rest oil
his race is moving and in day of unprecedented
political activity to fold his hands, is right which
owe are bound to respect" Moreover, if such
persons are fortunate enough TO obtain possession
Of newspaper in which TO say nothing aud pro-
pose nothing the only question is, How long can
they afford to indulge in such luxury at the pres
ent high prices Of printing materials
Not having much to say about politics, and being
reasonably certain, we suspect that whatever it
might saw upon that subject would not receive the
undivided attention Of the world The Courier has
been lachrymOsey sermonzing upon the low state OF
religion in New England; and at the very beginning
of the present week of Boston anniversaries, it
was hard-hearted enough to leopard the pleasure
which many country cergymen had no doubt ex-
pected from their annual excursion, by telling them
that the prevalence of infdelity and the mpOrtuni
ty of the spiritrsppings was all to be attributed to
Anti Slavery Sermons and to their failure " to pre-
" sent Christianity upon It's universal principles.
II may be tie result of own Obduracy Of heart.
but We cannot exactly comprehend what Tie COu-
rier means by universal principles as something
TO be preached in cortradisnction to Anti Slavery
opinions. 1t is pretty generally admitted, we be-
leye that one of the most universal of these prln-
eipes inculcates love Of our fellow creature, and
how diScourses which urge upon the laity daily
and hourly recognition Of this duty be mi rou5
10 sound faith, may be- apparent to the theologmns
Of The Courier but is not DO to us. There has been
2 great deal Of absurd generalization about this
rpstter, and it has been dreadfuAy befogged by tho
Coxes and the Lords fthe day; but the smallest OF
Sunday school girls if she has been properly IN
sricted in position to rsfute every Pro-Slavory
D. d. in the world.
IN our unsophisticated condition, we take tho Lib
erty to presume that the object Of all preaching.
should be to rebuke sin and TO urge men TO repent.
ance The only question, then, is, how far is it
necessary to rebuke specific sins Mind, we do
not say how far is it crpediers because if we know
nything Of the Christian scheme, it does not
gnize the doctrine of expectancy at all. At any
rate history attests that in al ages The burning and
shining lights of the Church have been those whose
teachings have been utterly inae.ensibe upon this
ground, and have done anything but minister to the
comfort and cOmplacency of society. Preaching
which, While dulcetly dronrs about universal
principles" has failed to rebuke the crimes and
sins to which men were inclined, has often been
dashed by the satirst, and never within our knowl-
edge defended by any sound nsogrlist What par.
ticular oen.e of society shall 10 attacked and how
and when il shall be attacked, must BE- left to the
conscience of every preacher. This is a liberty
which all elergymen have heretofore exercised.
They preached unrebnked about intemperance,
prostitution, prison discipline aud indeed upon
every subject which has engaged the attention 81
the moral world. When Mr. Webster indorsed the
Compromise measures great portion of the New
England clergy sustained ha and enlarged upon
the beauties of the Union When Mr. Webster d.
died, they all preached funeral sermons But
when tho Nebraska bill came, TO their credit, they
refused t. swallow measure 80 infamous, and!
doing in case just they did u the other, they
incus the wrath Of TIA Conray as before IL ~
received rs appreciation.
70 preach against Slavery can b. no ain, alwsys
provided Slavery be itselF O. sin. We presume that
it may BE- taken for granted thai - tho institution
is a eJime and wroag. TIE Rev. John Tcdd,
ID. D., Ne notice, il of bat Oginion, and 80 /. tho
Rev Or. Betbune. EutA these gentlemen, ir their
speeches made at the meeting Of the Southern Aid
Socissy in Boston, distinctly admitted the wicked
ness Of Slavery. Heiag wickedne4, no rasaible
amsant Of preaching against it can be considered
as 9sntrayenng . ahe universal principles esChriS-
taaity.' The on.g qqesfOn, therefore, s whether
OF got it be right to preHch against it in sbe Free
States. There axe tW0 answers to this question.
Jast so far rs TIE FREQ States are responsible for
,oe sin do they stand in need of sound preaching
against 1t. IL the second place, We aoteo that
The Co"'er' ins Nell executed puff os Ghs South
ern Aid SOc;sy, t@wais the lack Of gospel pryi-
leges in the Save States, and calls tpOn its read
erS to cpntnaItH. money that missionaries may be
sent to thase lenghted regions. New if we ex'
pect to raise anything Ike handsome sum for this
purpose, Nc must allow clergy aen. before the
coilectlal t. inform their congregations OF the
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