Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1858-12-04

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church and general agencies lin name
3 and structure specially directed. Now,
through this last class of Christian oper-
atIons, we rejoice that immense surns are
I annually devoted to repair the wastes Of
. the West; but we regret that S" little ia
j, done to supply the destitu'Ion Of the
South. We rejoice that annually there
are hundreds of thousands of dollars
employed to save perjshing sinners at
the West, but we regret that annually,
to the best OF our knowledge, but n very
small addition to The small sum raised by
our Society is sent down to save perish
ing sinners at the South. We rejoice
tina, hundreds upon hundreds of mission
aries are Annually appointed to carry tue
gospel to The Weste3u man but we re-
greet that, to the best Of our knowledge,
but - very few missionaries III addition
to the few employed by our Committee
are annually commissioned by the North
to preach the gospel to the Southern
man.
The report then deprecates "tte deser-
ton of the South ;" wants to know
whether "it is rightir the sight'f God;;'
intimates that because we are slave-Ilold-
ers just SO much greater should be the
effort made TO save us from perishirg,
and winds up with a perora;ion son'e~
what after the style of Cbadband over
ragged Joe-thus:
Oh the miscl'iefs-the manifold un~
speakabIe mischiefs-of our sectional
alienation But avert these, and you
save the commonwealth both Of Cl.urcI,
and State. For, mark vel! this truth
you cannot heal this alienation, menta!
and practical, without greatly healing all
our woes. In curing this broad. radical
evil, o fnecessity the North a. t; Soutl,
come to a state ofheart toward EACH 9TH
or, and q consequent state of mind touch
ing points in dispute, which will tend il
the most rapid and satisfactory manner
to work out all restoration aud prospect
ty, and even greatly relieve ,l:e disqui~~
tudes Of carr est philanthropy concerning
the man of color.
We would not hatter ourselves we
would not depreciate the work of other
bxetberen ; in selfish blindness we would
not d'spropoulon any one movement Or
interest Of our common kingdon-but
IN honesty aud earnestness we must lr
permitted to say, that, i'll ourjudgement,
one of the most pertinent, one OF the
very best prescriptions, both for the
Christianity and the social welfare of our
beloved country, is this-instau,ly and
heartily let the North and the SoutI,
stand by the enterprise we advocate
Oh, let the No. tn but open her heart and
her hand in missionary dispensalion to
her suffering ~fs|low-men at the South,
somewhat as she does to those at the
West--be her Thoughts Of slavery what
they may, instantly a ~tllousar 4 deluLine
emb'ttered agencies must be arrested
Instantly ten thousand pusging, healing,
cheering currents shall flow through, the
body, soul and spirit Of the nation!
Such is the aninaus of this 80 called
Southern Aid Society" 1t would merit
nothing bat contempt but for the eHor'
of its shining lights to send the opinion
abroad that its objects and pursuits were
IN high favor among the Southern pro-
pie. Therefore when the author Of the
report from which, we have gu ted AS
serts that 1.-THE South gives Astounding
evidence Of her high estimate OF tn.
value Of our S"ciely =; our correspond
ence clearly shows that the Sout', eyes
the hand OF God in the organization Of
our Society. approves the principles Of
the Society, ad'nires the spirit of the
Sdciety, depends upon the aid OF the
Society. publicly endorses the Society,
and on every hand Pours for1, toward
Society the overflow cf a grateful
and happy teart'--he asserts what every
Of common sense in t e Souti,
knows TO BE- untrue. The concern is but
species Of that impertinent Of
Which has characterized the
of the Northern pulpit towards
The South for several years past, and
has subsequently, been adopted BY
ignorant fanatics who have imbibad
heir feelings and ad op'ed their rr~ju~
d'ces while giving ear to what they call
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