Grand River times. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1851-18??, 1857-02-04

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practices, and permit sue logs and timber to
float along peaceably and unmolested into
the boom as above directed. ,aolii.g a
Done in the office Of the Bayou, on board
the Pile Driver, February 25, 1888, and seal
ed with the hammer thereof. , aaO p5'a2
RIx ROBINSON, Commander-in-Chief of
all the forces on said bayou lia a
T. w. WHITE, Second IN Command, &C..
JOHN BRoADBRIDeE, Admiral and Com
mander on board the ship Thumphard. y
PLAIN TALK.-We commend to northern
Methodists letter addressed by the editor of
the Nashville (TeDn,) Christian Adoocate
to Bishop Morris, of Ohio, couple Of para
graphs Of which we append: '''1 t.e
"WiI you reverend sir, interpose? Will
you and your colleagues throw oil upon the
troubled waters, and strive to calm and quiet
the prejudices of such of your preachers and
people as are warring against the interests of
the Church Of Christ? They know not
whereof they affirm. They do not know the
condition of the South; they are unacquaint-
ed with the elements of southern society,"
Thousands of the citizens Of the North are
mised by designing men, who cater to their
passions and prejudices. They Judge Of slave
ry by the representations of irresponsible
writers, who.caricature southern institutions
and SANDER southern Christians. Will they
be persuaded to let us alones We are doing
great work. We preach Christ, and not
politics. We are looking after the sheep in
the wilderness, not as wolves, to scatter, tear,
and slay, but as shepherds, to feed and pro-
vide for the flock of Christ. You have full
enough to employ all your men and means
in instructing the horde of ignorant and inf
del men who throng your cities, skirt your
prairies, dwell upon your sea and lake shores,
build your railroads, dig your bitches, and
serve as menials in the houses and on the
farms of your wealthy citizens"
Plain talk, certainly, but true as plain
Here is more of the same sort:
"What is your Church doing Cor the free
blacks at the North? Sir, | was surprised
when looked at the statistics of your Gin
cinnati conference. The returns show that
you have in the bounds of that conference
ninety-eight colored members My dear sir,
how many thousands of colored people live
in your great Queen City, to say nothing of
the country around ?-and with all the SYM
pathy of your preachers and people for the
black man, you have less than one hundred
members in your whole conferences. Com
pare Cincinnati with the city Of Charleston
"a city with perhaps population not one
third so great as yours-and there you will
find colored membership in the Methodist
Church of not less than five thousand! In
the South Carolina conference alone there
are not less than forty-five thousand colored
people in communion with the Church :
Well may ask, who cares for the souls of
the negro? All, sir, it is easy to say, Be ye
warm, and be fed; but the good Samaritan
ministers to the wants of the suffering. Say
to your bretheren, Let them alone; they
are following the example of Jesus and the
instructions of the inspired Apostles. Let
them aonel and 60 and preach the Gospel
to your own poor