The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1858-10-28


Boy w shrieked Jasper's mother, while the
blood.drops from her bit lip quenche d the flame
OF the ruby on her breast, !" Boy, command
youin t.tE - -
I He shcok his head. t......
1 With an impulse Of irresistible passion. she
stepped towards him, smote, him twice in the
face with her clenched hand, and left the room.
Jasper felt the hot blood Jingle seorchinply
in his cheek. Flinging himself into a chair.
he covered his face with his hands, and wept
like q woman. So % ~
A PREACHER In THE MARYLAND PEHI-
TERTIARY.
To tae Editor 9th NJ y Tribune.
Sra: This Anti Slavery controversy is bring.
ing many dark thingi TO light. 1 have iust
Eead psmphlst, put fprsh bYs Abe Rev. j. M.
CArtAys Of the Philadelphm C5hference, now
resident minister of the M. E. Church in Har-
Fisburg, Pa, in which he shows that colored
preacher Of his church is noe in the Mary
land PeBiteniary, for the crime of having in
hue possession q copy of Uncle Toms Cabin
The way by which this dark deed became
known was merely incidental, and is thus mar
rstsd by the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin,
and reprinted in the pamphlet: r..
"On Saturday afternoon Of the Conferences,
1.-The Philadelphia, held in Easton, Pa. last
April, tao scenes occurred which illustrate at
ieast the. difference of opinion that exist 10 re-
gard 70 she moral estimate put on the same
locahty. Altar the character of the Rev. John
Allen, nom the southern part the peninsula.
= sstern Shoreb Of Maryland, was passed, he
asked permission TO make . statement in re.
gard 10 his connection With Slavery. The Rev.
geutiemf,n said he had in his family manu-.
mitted slave, who vas to be free at the aee of
~ or % and that be did NOT consider himself
q slaveh6ldes., The gentleman then pronounced
high Lanseyric on The South generally, and
the lower part Of the peninsula particularly.
He cslled Il Paradise, the land of bsulsA. and
his feelings seemed to carry him Away into
state of delightful complscsncy, - veil in re.
gaid TO himself - the object of his idolatry.
He gsvEit great praise, and even spoke in RAP
tarss q jts Invitations. A few moments after.
when tho name OF Handy Long, oolored local
preachei Of Newton, Nd was called, the Rev.
). N. AsCarter arose, AFTER hearing of the case
- represented By the Rev. Mr.. Colclsser, and
remerkea that he felt some interest in the case,
tor tns reason that he had the same surname
- his frseu4 lpointing 10 the Rev J.. ID. Long y
he hopes and believed that be was a. deaerv;nwv
Of ell tho coed that had been said of him: that
he would cheerfully give him his vote-but be
vas sincerely desirous that he should be put on
his guard against his having q copy of Uncle
Toms Cabin in his possession.
Interrupted BY the Rev. p. Combe, who,
appealing to the Chair, wished to know if the
brother was in order, and what Uncle Toms
Cabin had to do with the case before MS?
M. McCarter continued-I was remarking
that sosae good friend should inform this local
preacher, about to be elected to orders, to be
sure not to have copy of Uncle Toms Cabin
IN his possession, as brother of his color, an
acceptable member and exhorter of the Metho.
dist Episcopal Church, named Samuel Greene.
was now in the Maryland Penitentisry, sen
ieneeNIi haaStng a. siSgrs NNnurffe Of Ntuxr. uneS
sve ard incendary publication in his house
The Dorchester County Court had last spring
passed sentence upon him for ten years, and
to day, while we are here, he is incarcersted
tor ten song years, for that which is no moral
ofence.p
Mr.. McCarter, the resident M. E. Minister in
Harrisburg, Pa, further adds in his recent
pamphlet:
1--WE had long conversation with the pas
torof Samuel Greene at the Conference, and
learned that his name was still continued on
the Quarterly Conference Record of the Circuit,
as a regularly licensed exhorter in the church,
csrated man is sttested everywhere in Dorches.
ter county, where he ia known, and among
whom he had lived. He was exceedingly use
fol also among the colored free people and
slaves, and often in their meeting houses preach.
ed to them the word of life."
William Pitt once said in the British Parlia.
ment that "One fact was worth q thousand
arguments" Well, here we have a fact, set.
ting forth base deed, contemplate as the
locality from which it emanated, and one, too.
that is 60 we'll authenticated. 1t is this: That
samuel Greece, technically an exhorter. but
eally, a. Mr.. McCarter terms him, a preacher
in the M. E. Church to the colored people. il
now in the Maryland State Prison, and has vet
more than nine dreary years to stay, for the in.
traction of Maryland law which is one of the
most infamous that was ever enacted on Gods
round eerth, in either ancient or modern times.
in civilized or in savage countries. (See 2
Dorsey, p. l.2l8) Has Papal Rome or inquis
torial Spain ever gone beyond this2
Whittier are we driving? Slavery is coming
mp North, and looking into our doors, and into
bur churches. Having invaded State rights. il
10 now scofing at Church rules, imprisoning her
'eachers, and dragging tens of thousands of her
members into distant and degrading bondage.
And whsre are our Bishops, Syuods, and Con.
Ferences whose hocks are Thus plund. red? In
,,her days, when q number of Christians had
been taken into captivity, Bishops wrote to St.
Cyprian, imploring his assistance for their re.
iemption. He shed tears on reading these let.
ers, and raised large sums from the clergy and
people Of Carthage for their release, and st.
mbrcss even melted down the sacred vessels |
Of MilsE for the same purpose
But, egain, what are our Bishops and Chief |
Ministers doing for the members Of their Hocks |
Who are in prison and in captivity The |
Great Shepherd requires them to regard "those |
Who are in bonds CO bound with them" and |
BE further says: "Inasmuch as ye did it not |
,nto one of the least of these ye did it not unto
me-" These ministers, at their ordination, |
promised God and the Church that they would |
take heed of the flock over whom the HOLY |
Ghost lad made them overseers" Are they |
loing iR Their vows are upon them, their in |
liffsren q will be criminality. Samuel Greene,
n the Maryland Psnitentiary, is only one among |
he hun 1reds of thousands of professed Chris |
ians vi are in captivity in this great South |
,rn prieon-house. And yet the Church is 81.
emit; bu; thank God for the political party which
8 conso hdating itself 10 resist the aggressio ns
# thist sourge of our land and corrupter of the
Jhurchs' Aud at the approaching ballotbox
ct everit one who calls himself Christian vote |
IS q c ,ristian should, and remember those
Who ara in bonds as bound with them
A METHODIST.
Alta STIC Tel EGRAPH.-Prof. Msury cIoses
u adm Fable paper on the contributions of the
aationss Observatory Office to the Atlantic Tele. |
,raph enterprise, in these words: