New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-05-13
x,, .rr,h.Ica, and unanimously their dissent from any
'Ss,pt 3nr~sohiI career officially . honorable energetic
estbohe and upright x,uIIAM n WILLIAMS
WILLIAM ADAMS, BENJAaIn =; EtuLhh'

h. oopolu.ions the Publishing Committee have
,A,su,s Sssn ded BY conference with and ssse n' from
their brehrs e1s o ,n the qnesiiou-restins did
the i..ue of IN It's form 70. Pr
man y.s. r md 6o.y the common Ie.pGnsby
Of the whole Executive CSmme b ~no ~ sss ss
TIE result Of such patient and general dohbera
tons eOrd. ana eare., ae EsecuVs
beatty and undivided the expression Of that Judgment
TIE paOu' which they rest are tnen briefly stated
for seton Of the Society at ~ snver.ay Of 1857
.aopd upon the recommendation Of the Committee Of Fifteen
bed hoped that Committee exPcuy 'tse that
@ nas Po 4. ns and H.
tee setting Themselves all candr and prudence aud honestv
carry these recommendations into execution found another
Of sentiment than that thus anticipated Christians of the
Southern AID South Western States most earnestly and generally
North sympsh1ed IN such dissent Taere ia large conrvs
tive interest in the Northern Churches devou liberal and sbo
the frat outbreak Of strife fixed and aunch dep
reosnE rent with the South 1t evident that any publ
exclude Southern coporteurs and clog utterly
choke channels the South aud Southwest for the further
Of any Of the works bearing imprint This
apprehension We had the personal Of
drawn excluded funds withhoden and initiated for
The entire spsrsoo Of our southern aaIes which process
Executive Committee IL change 10 the whole state Of hs
iD "ya 70 he ennre constituency and even 70 toe Nortn
friends Of the movement forbade further action recon-
meDestons which bsd been expressly pedcsed on another
ss state oil '0A' '0'n 'H' ~N'n was No" 'uH'
H. But the resolutions recommending such publication
had not stood alone As conservative couneose TO rash
s.s under them there had Gs IN and q hs a H5 Of
which the Iintb expressing condnce in the wisdom Of me
promote the wide and best usefulness Of this Society through
out whole county L. had the emphasis position It
the final resolution the closing sentence and the as woi
of the Committee Of Flteen-to borrow sehptu. phrase
the concuson Of the whole mater was the closing sn's
Of report which, in lee opLitg sentences mad eNpeiy oe
clUed that not the province Of toe Society to take up 10
resot.os csied yet higher the restrcin twas that
be
withdrawn the general principle remained and
euphsicsy announced Those States could not be
held out Of forming part 10, or whole country" No
logic of construction could carve them apart We were not to
sacrifice the widest usfslness OF the So"ety II we aena
oDazed tiff the bridge spanning the whole coniederecy we
arch by out and the structure be gwen up a. our next
anniversary the condition Of being no ongers thorough
Interest or conserved the society's u.efulnessl
ALL Nor could b. csed the Society in s anniversary
q .na d es.n so" tDGd ii sqh s and
Western States in consequence scede The nnsumty io &C.
claim Whatever thought the relative
the Society ever YET held given unanimous vote
for eparsor That The the unanimous here,
God was evidence judgment of Society hsng
it. nUi be connt pr their language de-
aabe intention OF the body giving them 10 an element OF
ntepprest guiding the parties that receive the
That ineLton In this never was to sever and
dtnsiionsize the Society.
dinste body acting with limited powers under Society 'foc
eIP,hs 4. Constitution S. ia tbs s IS Of 20 So
rses rule Of morality ths, the be doubt
f should be- il 1t be avoided such as to be IRE
yocs. the superior appointing have falei to give
explicit instructions his subordinate ought not 70 e9. on &
to ieye BY sesns publication the Executive Committee
saved The question eue and intact for the Society @
ally empowered All lost is but the delay oil lew months
But subord body assumed In spite OF the debate as
to ther rights the authority made the publication their act
would have been irevocsbe The separation once mace lne
Society found itself at its next anniversary impoten
TO reneoy much they might regret it, Action bya
subordinate such dubious when involving result which
the superior body es1SSt recall Is but the
The .eton of this Comittec was further embarrassed by
tie the issuing of such publications on the subject OF
slavery then existing Of public sentiment would have
n.entn Of Constitution 1t is the object Of the Com
me in thu. P.per to discuss the Society
under would have been regarded IN conflict
;,S lin be ESscutiye Committee and among oice by
body Of evangelical Christians at tee south ana Sy
pcy which bad mark its of harmonious action taroush
former years Of its exl'tence ,,...
DAVID MAGIE WI1Li ,AilN ADAMS 6afTLER
NEHEMIAH ADAMS.
Dstribgtrng CommItee :, r,pnu,rrr
MILAN WILLIAM w aGSEEsT 6L rap H. LEE,
ALFRED S: BARNES
H M1Sss stL boaEuus G oEsh W VsS
N.,s YorS March So 1858. I.recutre Committee.
After the readiTg the Rev Dr. MAe1s OF Etha
obtained the floor aud made speech, going over SUD-
stsntaly the same ground with the report, attempt
ne TO vindicate the COMMITTEES action and declaring
that il they had acted otherwise the result would nave
been the dismemberment OF the Society. .
Bishop NICKNAME of Ohio moved the ADOPTION ol
the report and in epeech OF great length adVocateo
the Committees policy in the past year. lie sau ne
was one of The or ginal members of the Society," that
before it's formation the late DR.. Minor wrote to hun
Of it's contemplated organic aiion requesting MN TO
become uneI. Der; and that he was now the Oldest
elected Vice President-not only the longest elected
but the oldest Of its VicePresdents. AT the tune OF
the organization state OF feeling prevailed among
the various evangelical denominations, nov dlfncut
to be appreciated by those not witnesses OF al ns aa
there was great soctude respecting the possibility OF
such Society, formed of men of different ecceslast
cal connections ard holding different religious views,
remaining long in harmonious and successful ope-
ration. He became member alter having
carefully examined the constitution, aud took
active party in It's public and private meet
iDgs till 1892, when he removed to the West. lie
rnentloued also that he had probably written more
OF the tracts than any other But though he had
rot gled in anniversaries for many years. yet he
had not during that time, lost any OF his attachment
10 the Soc ety. When he came to the city TO attend
the meeting Of this year, he found mems hearts
failing them for fear, and he would not disguise ms
apprehension that serious detrment ana lofcloe
might IesUlt to the Society from that day P'ouee.
ipes. He would not in detail state the Committee $
action for past yearsit too compile sted 10 De
spread out except at great loss OF tmei moreover,
It was too we'll known TO need rehearsal ne quo'o1i
the Report Of the Committee OF Fifteen OF ioo, anu
said that the other Committee 10 attempting TO carry
them out found themselves envroned with difficulties
of three kinds; that by the resolutions the society
could not allow itself to become an agent io lhe Pio
motion of any special reform such as AntiSavery;
that the Committee were told to exclude tae
q political aspects" of Slavery, as not belonging
properly TO their sphere of publication; and that
nothing was 60 be published that would not meet the
"npp,, baton of all Evangelical Christians" How
IN Construct a tract against Slavery, aud still COM
NV with these instructions, tue COMMITTEE could not
Satisfactorily 10 themselves determine; and ne ven
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