New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-10-08

mans night 10 them ss properly, ou' ""y 20 P''c''
them IRON beng held A. slaves, then ne - not slave
holder L. IN such case he u cOmp led, IN ordsr -
s.ep he power Of protecting them, 70 see" 10 De
STAKEHOLDER then, IN order 10 sVoii Tue W
evil ard preserve the Church from seeming u s'ac
ZION the crime Of slsvebc ding he ought 70 be kept on.
Of the Church, in order that s!ayehohns De not
brough. IN and sanctioned.
The pretense Of Injustice toward good Hlsn, 10
keeping nm out of the Church because OF hs entsn
glen ent in tbs sin, must not be made sned 10. .as
continuance OF the injustice Of Slavery. IL might lust
r. veil be argued that murder Is not SIN pr Sc, Do
cause murder ia smP ly the killing OF man; put Tue
sheriff also kills man when be hangs the murderer,
and therefore, murder cspnot be indicted as sin Pe'
S. since the sheriff has 10 do murder a. virtue lne
Church NAV not seem 70 DO evil, and thus emoodeh
others 70 practice the evil end maintain 1t as righ,.
Rather han euboden the world 10 practice slavery
BY letting them CINE, from the admission oil slave
holding 70 the Church that ssveholdng is not essen-
tialy sinful but may consist With piety and the WIZ
Of God let every stakeholder IL appearance De
kept ont Of the Church, thst the slayenoders
in reality may rot Get 10. Ten Thousand eVh
examples ont Of the Church are not 40 bad as one
within. Hence the indignation, sarcasm, contempt,
agsiIst selling cescons Hence the very popular
storm Of rebuke against the American Tract Society
for s courte in protecting the iniquty OF Slavery III
is singular contradiction when those who accuse the
Tract Society for covering up this sin refuse 10 can
upon the American Board not TO sanction IT, or even
oepCuIce as Abolition sgtators, those VINO ssk the
Board 10 keep this sin out Of the C0Dches. The
bidding the missionaries to hire slaves even though at
the with of the slsves and for the purchase OF their
freedom, because this could not be done without In-
curing the repustion Of saveholing. SO careful
were the Board at that time Of their Christian reputation
that they said "As il has appeared TO the Committee
that in consequence Of these transactions the Board
" or its missionaries, have been regarded oy some as
"horrg slaves therefore resolved, that the MISSIONS,
ries o. ny the South western Indians be instructed
"to enter into more such contracts, anu 10 rem.
"qush ali such contr acts. This is certainly the ngnt
D,k g 70 h.l d
slaves how much more 10 the holding OF them oy
Cburch'members; how much more 10 tne exclusion ot
such shareholders from the Church and II the lmpua-
ton upon missionaries themselves OF oelng eiaVenoi-
ers was so injurious and anXiously to be avoided,
xhy not sso in the Of Church members liz 1t
more cir full for missionary to bold slaves than tor any
Church member Or can the Beard any more easily
afford 10 Wink at Slavery IN the Missionary Cnurches
thar iu the Missionary households In either case it
il such an enormty that the Board ought not to be
wiling for moment TO incur the lmputation OF II.
The Board ought TO have placed themselves 10 a0so
lutte and total opposition TO this wckedness in any
shane As q Board OF Commissioners for the salvs-
ton Of the African race, they might annually have re-
newed their testimony sgainst Slavery, and their de-
mand for its abolition IN various appropriate and pow
eIfu modes. AT any rate they should carefully nave
avoided sarctioniDg IT, ever IN appearance. Ihey nave
had for As years directly in their way, directly be-
Meath their power directly calling for action against it.
Under the system Of nacon and indifference, 1t has 80
maintained its ground that at length not only the
makes them the reproach of Chrstendom stand ready
TO receive and nonrs the sGveholdng Churches, but
the politicians and the whole slavehoding policy and
power of the United States, are waiting 10 re-
ceive q Slave State, a new Slave State into the
Union from under the favorable tuition and moldng
of the eiigon of the Board for nearly fifty years
Experience shows that the only attack with the word
of licd against FIN which cannot be evaded, Is that
which desepates the sinner, and not merely the sys
tenn. If any door of industrial apology or exception
be opened, the whole system rides through 1t. The
General Assembly of 1850 resolved that the holding
a" Ct our fellow in the condition of Slavery except
Gin those cases where is unavoidable by the Laws of
"the State the obligations OF guardianship or tue 10
"msnds of humanity Oifense 10 the proper import
"of that term as used in the Book OF Discipline.
Though that exception all the Shareholders IN the
land Immediately passed in procession a. by an enlarge
ment in the eye of the needle all the cames IN the
world with all their accumulation OF luggage, may be
seen marching into the kingdom of heaven. In the
Assembly of 1855, the Presbytery of Winchester, IN
Virginia mo flied the Assembly and all the Churches
that the exceptions stated in the resolutions OF the As
sembly were considered to the vast majority OF
cases if not every Of slayeholdng in the land;
and in an address to their constituents pubshed after
the adjournment Of the Assembly, united IN by the body
of atves from the Southern States the same
thing was svowed in terms more unquahhed, anu az
greater length. Since that time, the kingdom of sal
walton by slsvehoding suereth violence, aud all are
pressing into it, and the violent take it by force. 1t Is
now asserted that the obligations of guardianship, the
demands Of humanity, and the dictates OF the highest
q
require the perpeuty of the system and constitute,
for every case of savehodiDg case OF good non,
ustfcatOry motives and circumstances ana OF reD1ous
e1pediepcy and necessity The state Of the conflict IN
our country the aggressOns Of the Slave Power the
impious doctrines advanced and svowed in behalf OF
Slavery as righteous system, the most unfortunate
and disastrous completely of the Board hitherto with It,
as well as the claims Of the millions crushed by 1t,
forbid that tbs Beard should any longer refuse an open
attitude against it, should neglect any of the precious
opportunities offered in the providence OF God efectu-
ally to oppose it, should reinqush their power over
il and their hold upon 1t, until they nave administered
all those means of grace to il which God has given In
his word all hose agencies Of reproof correction and
instruction in righteousness, and all that authority OF
discipline committed to the Churches against such
sin for its removal. IL the Board deliver up this gu.
thoty and power which is greater than the Strength
of Samson against Dagon they viii play the Delilah
to the Phlistnes, without even the eleven hundred
pieces Of silver; nay, their treasury will be emper
than ever and their moral dignity VIII be degraded IL
reparably by such transaction. On the other hand,
if they let this iniquity off; if, instead OF
opening the prison door and letting the Oppressed
90 free they let the iDiquity and those who
practice go free fthey lot this moral monster IN the
Church of Christ escape ont Of their hands, whom God
has denounced worthy of death, and whom God has
laid bound before them in the very act and character
Of bis wckedness for their authoritative application OF
the sentence Of Gods Word, then they viii be more
guilty than the besoted Ahab, King Of Israel. when
out Of pretended humanity peace, and worldly wlsdom
he released unscathed the enemy Of his country and
his God. "Thus saith the Lord, Because thou hast
" let 90 out of thy hand q man whom appointed to
utter DISTINCTION therefore thy life shall 60 tor bis
" life and thy people for his people," The Board
have no right to let Slavery escape 10 refuse 10 ex
ecute Gods con mission against it, and least OF all, on
the ground Of the difficulty Of confronting i and deal
ing with it, when in his good providence he has lad
this giant sin on his altar before them, and gwen
them the Sword of the Spirit TO plunge into its heart:
Let them stand and exercise this royal priesthood
against sin. A grsnder occasion, more solemn and
lustrous opportunity of striking such blow could
not be ssked BY them 1t is a. Mount Carmel 10 sne