New-York daily tribune., 1858-08-31
The AMERICAN BOARD.

,iCii peIi. to CO. yonr a,tsttion 20 ers. deir-
cueioy Of the Board. the hope tta, eeiiso SC ION
vii be taken to remedy II Tns o-gan, Of tae Boni
have voluntarily AID freely spoken sgs-st Pdg,sat.
ifg, War, DueliDg and In.eDpsr,nce, ard 10 sppro-
bstcn q Colonization the K ghts OF the Io.ns and
tie claims OF the Lords Day and, after much urgency
on the part Of the fiierds Of hs Save, the BoNd DID,
sone yeNs sitce, speak Cf tie "sckeiuess,' "the
"disaitrcus mors ana SOCIAL influences which Slavery
"eIer5 upon the Iud.an Missions ard Of toe wrorg-
"fujIess ard evil tendtrcies Of s'avehoding" Blthe
Board has for many years refused, though repeatedly
remol strsed with the subject TO adm, srm the
principle that ssvsholdipg ia practice which is not to
be slowtd IN the Christian Church-,hs. the p-aoice
Of hrg slaves OF their owners to DO the work Of the
Missions should be orbiddsn-snd that 10 the rscep ou
Of members to the Mission Churches, s.veholdiog
should be ccnsidered 7a tdce evidence agaiust the
te'y Of the candidates applying for admission into tie
Church.
La. not time Sir, for t.e Board 10 utter its vocs
empha,icslly agsins. the sIUPESDOUs WRONG of
American Slavery, and to take prompt and eicsciou.
measures TO ces itsef from al completely With the
curfed thirgl Can the Board a. its approaching
meeting DO anything more acceptable 70 tue great
Head OF the Cbmca stvsn.ageousto to the cause
Of Missicps7 l. hss already declared that it eau
"sustan 70 relation TO Slavery which implies eppro
baton Of the tyeteD, ard yet sustans missionaries
in the Cbcctsw and Cherokee nations who sdmt
sl.velodes into the churches ss Christians 10 good
snd regular standing; thus "beloie al! l'rasl, sad
before TIE SUD- tfoIdDg cou tsnsnoe to vast oae of
your missionaries has c,ed our county ain, snd
which Il is allowed is Of tae greateet obstr1c
tors 10 the convention Of the worc. Allog me to
refresh your mil ard tie mil ia Of the cjrpofa.e snt
hor ors,y members Of tie Bcsrd wit facts on tins in
foit,ut subject
l. thss been known thot, fJr upward OF 50 years
Slavery has existed among the Cnooaw and Cnsrokse
Irdisns and that the missicns Of the A. Is. e. +. H.
have been in different way connected with it.
H. 10 1910 the Bosrd was considered as declaring
that slsveholdDg not robbery ard not ncor sistsn
with ar approved Christian character and stardiog.
I'LL Iu 1912 the attention Of the Board was called to
Ii question whether any, and if any, how nsny OF its
m sor ares were slsvehodes. 1t then sppssred that
the Pludentisl ComCli.tee officers OF the II ara,
bad for six years had letter in their hands, wnten
by of ts missionaries, sstius the fact OF MS hol'
ing slaves.
~. In 1874 the Board refused by a formal vote to
entTeat all the missionaries sbd egerts unde- It's pa.
tfousge 10 bear decided testimony sgant the sin OF
oppressor-t DE- clare that American Slavery sln
against d. and grossly at vsance with all the holy
doctrines and precepts of the Christian rehson-'o
take measurs ASCERTAIN to what extsnt Slavery eI
its 10 the churches under lis patronage and especsy
amofp the Choctsw end other Indian tribes aud tske
such action shall speedily remove the ev, or ex-
onerste them and their missionaries from all RESPONSE
bility ard guilt OF its continuance or toer.t'os
v In ls45 there were something more thsn LOO
lsyes and o. many 35 savehoders, connected With
the mission Churches OF the Board -
VI In 1913 il appeared thAt il the Cherokee Mi'.
sion the whole number Of slsveho dug ms nbsr' OF
IL cturctes wss "a; in the Choctaw Mission, 5S-
together 62; ttat in the Cherokee chuEchss toeTe
we're % slaves, and in the Chocta" churches ioi-
Vii The Bosyd has refused to adopt rols tha' the
funds should not be experoed in aid OF ssvsholding
mit sonsries or churches, aud toat IN toe mster o.
n ,tructiop sdmonton and discipline it would expect
its missionaries TO treat savenolding 10 TIE sane
mapner as they should and would trest druakenne's,
gaming, fssshood, &C.
VII. Afer Nj. Secretary Trsats report, although
TIE Bos,d cha sc.enz ID the system Ot SsV5ry az sb
hl ard wicked it Indicated its position aad thas ei
ts m,se;cpsries on pit cpe5 Sbicn It tholght Soud
iusf, tie sdu.tsion Of slayeholteIs to the msalon
cbui6bes 1t did not dscsTe t9e , t,s q ,sla.
tou o. /. 10 tie lldisn churches was but temporary
but in The language Of The Boston Rec0risr at tae
tme pr rested ",sveholtipg thai, for scget 80 cin
"ste il may be prpetua'cd in tie chu'cne' unle.
"bnksd." The Sy nod Of Cincinnati also thus held the
coires of the Board.
)X UisurdeIetooa ths. come OF the most Influential
members The Nstuna Coue ell, 10 the Iudan rstioos
are n Ell bers of the mission churches. Inese Couacus
have unssed diabocsl enactnents ag snst slaves fee
reops cf color ard tte fnecds, OF them oslng a5
follows at shall not bs law ful 70, any pers'n or per-
icons whatever 10 teach any free negro, or negroes
"pot Of Cherokee blood or any slave belonging oauy
"ctizep or citizens of tue nston, to real or wrts
under penalty CT 800 to 500, at the disefeu'n OF
| the Court. -
X. Mr. Trest in his report Of lsjS said: 81"
lreferrrg to TIE policy Of the Mssion does not seem
'to have be en the sm of the brethren to exert any
direct influence either by tier public or prva.e
| "tesci ipgs, upon the system OF Slavery.
XI. Mr. Treat said that in admitting to the
ehurches "they, the missionaries did not consider
| a fact of
"tolder bsr ilr to his admission TO the Lords ia
"be;" and in giviog distinctions church memoers-
tie relation of the Christian is.er to his Slaves
either az to its lawfuness or its cOrtlnusuoe they
"hsvs rot disturbed; ard little has been ssid to him
calling in question the undsmsntsl fnncp's OF the
systeIn" This, too while acting under tue aoo NJ
| liable acs made for its support,
| XII. The missopsies OF the Is ard among the To-
dsps have made known that they cannot " make ii a
"tst of piey condition of admission 70 the priv
"ieges Of the church, that candidate should e1sres,
detern ination not to live and die stakeholder"
They also regard il impossible " to make it gen.
"ers rule that the separation OF parents and children,
"by sale or purchase, shall be regarded as dis
"cpliuable otf:rse. NeiteT do they say nat
| should be in any cGte.
Mi. The Rev. j. c. Strong formerly missionary
| OF the Board in tie Choctsx Nation. OF whom NJ.
| Kir gsbury the Oldest missionary there, has said
"tteIe is missilnsry 10 the nsoE who hSs great
sr irfuerce with the Indisus has published to tas
world Il at be absDoobtd bis field of labor because he
cav the "sys.em OF Slavery gaining strepgth and
consolidating itsef in proportion to the advance
"meLt Of tte pe3p, 10 Chris,i,rized LIFE and no in
"huerce whatever e1eIted by the Mssi1n 10 retsrd
. the accelerated increase OF Il.
Itisnox ten years since the P.udentisl Committee
acdres,ed their tier Of Instructions to the Cboc.sw
ard Cherokee Missions. They said " Tn,s insti.1
",ion Slsveiyl has its moral rels.ions. Go where
"you msy, ard do what you vii, in your own sppio-
"pIis,e work il lies directly across your psth. II Is
"sn srtiC Christian system, and hence you nave argit
40 deal with ii accordingly. True 1t is regu'..ed
"by lsw but it does not, for this reason lose rs