New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-06-14

Some OF our readers nave hearu al least vi wv
troubles of the American Trac. Society, and the
sorrows of the Reverend Seth Bliss. 10 this as IN
30 many cases of social rupture, Slavery Is the
supdering wedge, the apple OF discord, the busy
devil that Will not down at the bidding Of the pous
Or profane The great question Is, Do shareholders
need particular and special spiritual pabulum
There are tracts for dfunkards, blasphemers, the
lewd, the misery, and the knavlsh for loud
mOuihed i'll manrered infides who tsunt their dis
belief in the face Of the world; for the frivolous,
the thouChtless and the gddy; for theater -goers
and dancers; for men and women and children; for
those who are well, for those who are SICK and for
those who are conyalescent; for merchants, and
mechanics and farmers; but tlere should be no
tracts for Shareholders. Is there something about
this institution of Slavery so thoroughly and ihhe-
rently divine that all who participate in its blessings
are sanctifed, and need no human helper Not
for them, are We to believe, are the little four
PACED messengers of salvation the maternal care
of societies the watchfuness of pastors Living
and sanct fed monuments of the mercy aud good
ness of God, why for them should presses TEEN,
and rich men aud poor widows contribute millions
or mitesl This view of the case is favored by
sundry gentlemen not heretofore ranked as apostles,
and among them by that shining light of the
church, the Honorable Rufus ChOate, who is
Low training for the next gubernatoral race
IN Massachusetts, but who nevertheless has
found time to write Christian and
consolatoYy letter to the Rev. Seth Bliss. Mr..
Choates interest in tracts and religious works IN
general lie Of the most ardent nature; and he pours
oil into the gaping wounds Of Bliss with kndll-
ness truly Samaritan. Without fee, We venture
to say, be declares that it would be damnaoe' het-
erodoxica wicked and unconstitutional, for the
American Tract Society to NEEDLE with Slavery.
The Hon. Robert C.. Winthrop is of ike mind,
but not having the gift of tongues like the Honor
able Rufus, the ex.Speaker manages to say 10 nine
lines all that Mr.. Choste said in fifty. His opinion,
long cherished" as he informs US, is that the
Tract Society should not print antiSlavery articles.
But Mr. Bliss has other comforters. Chief Justice
Shepley of Maine is very indignant that there should
be any discOrd during the present revival season.
President Lord of Dartmouth College is of like
mind. lie praises the Judgment, cindOr, good
taste and Christian independence aud fidelity of
the Reverend Seth Bliss; and considering that Dr.
Lord is upon the record as an advocate of the di-
vine origin of Slavery, we DO not how he could
well write less. DR.. Richards of Hanover, n. H.,
piously thanks God that the Reverend Seth Bliss
has been enabled to write book in his own de-
Tense. X. S. Haines of Elizabeth N. j., is equally
pleased intimates that he should like to pay part of
the printers bill incurred by the Reverend Seth
Bliss, which is more, We suspect, than the Honor
able Rufus Choate offered to do So the Reverend
Seth Bliss is not without rods and stats of the most
distinguished kind, even in bis sore estate. If all
his admirers will follow the example of the New
Jersey devotee, and send the Reverend Seth Bliss
some money, be may be enabled to start Tract
Society of his own, conducted upon the most ap
proved principles, and warranted not to hurt the
feelings, by its publications. of single mau-stealer
or woman-fogger in the Union.
The complacency with which the Rev. Mr.. Bliss
receives these of distinguished consider
alton from the high and mighty of the earth must be
slightly disturbed by the reflection that all contests
of this character end in the same way. When this
Anti Slavery wedge is once driven in there has
consistent to close the assure in any ecclesiastical
structure. Sooner or LATER in every division of the
Church. will the contest arise. 1t does not happen
to be one which can be abated by soft speeches or
by casuStry, by bullying or by whining. We do
not pretend to estimate the motives of ProSayery
men in the Northern Church. We have never
thought it necessary to call them by hard Names
II is more than possible that majority Of them are
merely blind and mistaken. But if they be sincere,
what grief what modification, what despair Is in
store for them Take this very matter of the Tract
Society. There are those doubtless, who attach to
its operations tie highest degree OF importance;
who believe it TO be most important instru-
ment of human salvation, and who are ner-
vously tmid lest any departure from its me-
chanical routine should impair its usefulness. These
men are firmly persuaded that great many tracts
should be printed, aud that great msDy people
should read them; that great deal Of money
should be spent, and therefore great deal contrib
uted; that this money should come from all qusr-
ters-from the South as well as from the North.
People like the Rev. Seth Bliss no doubt honestly
think the thoughts of ndels and halfway haters.
The machine, carefully constructed and delicate and
complicated, must be kept in motion at all hazards.
The highest morality is in thus keeping it constantly
moving. To secure this laws which in morals are
akin 70 laws in physics are defed, and miracles are
earnestly prayed for. The result must be an igno-
minous breaking down Of the whole ponderous
structure. 1t mus. fall, and it must bury under its
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