New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-03-16

they are cOLtettei y re1hh. .:1.
Iproce-d 70 ro;ic. sons Q! yoaT fAiss i,sE nPto''
You iepfese1. ths; good mn, tie peopis OF
God '':te family u the Res Der Are dYa7i 90
t. poin q s. ,yeTy, and tae. zlahJ Of t1s q Ias0'
You reprssen. n =: TIE questions vnsther MAJ slA
own ~ ovr toiy srd LGbs De .if- the direction ssn
receive TIE lr5Et ,fbs 0rn labor, eoj5y the s1cirJ
e biz ard rec; tie education u hls ciijfsni ao
minor topic. that the sTs CART 81 tasn j. aty P,I'
all led oy The oc-sion 4 the ieIta pm o. the taee'
"naCie"- tie tub.tili1n Of 'Ina!i IN spISA,
"A"-ihe leaving Il VOID r m NJ Page APO
hat the preaching Of TIE iund-nshtai Latus Va
CToss may Be conpis's wisoi. sny reo-Ae oi tue
oppres-,r OF any Plea for the cppre sseii
trpor al :tss. pe.u.s Ike iss-e WITH y01 aihfn
tts; iustoe and num.Iity, in,t>sd OF beiSg minor
touics are matters essential ia tie rght esNDis1-
mtr q church end Of q State that tne deliberate
feer a ils'ics ard innups1ity prscilced ~ our
churches Sta;ss in their sbo'ssce Of slavery, m
stead Of s'sLting among minor TOPICS. : wee o.
the u0st suociOls character SOD that your expires
sious above quoted gre.- kbes rPon Ch'isusai'y
upon God, VITO funded t-uPJn jesus, wac
preached it-ard thOs pso BE, the conformity OF
Whole hesrs and lives te II critic them 20 De called
the people % GOi and the family q the Redeen.r
Itis tiguf ssbt fac thst tle pioas foreign lsy
man, Col. 1rot chin upon whom You o)l''eT your.
,elfi the Qualification q Liberty AMI Slavery anoog
" n nor i0pics'-sl-o SdyI-e. aDd Tia, you Prass
Tim f,r advising 70: t. ellOE eny minsDg WI 81.
d" ever C 20 tiles and the Gospel y Inc higotidl
6eprsvsiioL CT tics 10 tins coanty az the direct
result Of the neglect o clergy 20 tescn the bearings
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anti-C hIisi i'm cOapsel.
Ipassne1, 20 some specimens Of your uldsrststs
u eut or nv alton OF rnth.
You spoke II tie American Tract SOcie'y as car
wing hgb, ard life into dark AMI betightsd regions
and You quote a Pre-savery Bspts; minister, the
Rev. Baron Sow Of Boston, az ssyi0g -" over all
4" lard, this Socie has poared by tae press, millions
" Of stfesu Of light sDd love.
Iishy Gomcsns strange that Baron Sow should
throw his Influence 20 s1stsn the allies Of Slavery,
since only whe that sin is tolerated IL toe churches 10
general. he hope to retain the Infamous provision
sbch lie piiuteI in the pswdseis OF hs church in
Boston, ihst they sLsl not be solt, except 10
respectable white person need take no palns 70
Coz tOvet tle statement Of one who, pretending 10 be
ClTs siJisteT, publicly takes the poslt IN thAihe
wiz c, noue but Jsotsb,e White sinners to repent
auce. TIE marx OF the beast Y set TOO p.slLIy IL
his forehead.
To return 10 your own sts.ement, which affirm TO
be partial aid imperfect one ptive by s reser-
walton 81 important truth my answer 70 u u his:
Grentng ihst ucon su2jec's, and to some
pieces The Tract Society has carried light and truth
I firm that to msuy places, upon this monentous
ret Of Slavery l. bas c,rea delu-io1, error aAd
pOi-or. II hes tore this in a three'JId manner.
/. BY The stuffed and Uniform silence which i has
preserved in regard coudems'ion Of Slavery IN re
trscts end books though processes 70 labor IN the
"ioterest Of Vita goodness and sound morality, and
though il operates il Tegi0us where slsveholdng If
ore Of the most pIomireat popular and corr lptlng
size. This sileIce, cay Ia designed and eihoient
general completely With THE sis.
g By particular con plcity ~i.h this sin, by TIE
removal Of passages cnudemnng II from books and
tracts which condeued other sins Of the class;
whereb wss made 10 that the writers Of those
bcols ara tracts did not regard slayehodi1 SIM
Ii lie true that the mutisOn OF more pubic atoms IN
this way is now forbidden, but the books previously
mu,ilat,d still il circulation, constantly received
from the old stereotype plates for sale at the
tOries and disr butsd By the cOlporteurs
3. by the Incidental merton Of Slavery as q per-
fectly Innocent and proper relation, and such speak
ing of other duties OF masters ard o. masters
in hat xrr n q a
ton Is not duty and that raysholdpg 10 not sin.
As speciuen Of these, quote the following, from
page Is of tract No Ia sntl,lsd Ine Institution
a. tue depofitories both OF the National Society at
New.YoIk ard its su1i.iary n Boston;
ias solthern spd south "e.tsn state, there are thou
and wicked Tue careful % te.ch them how %
te .ome ear TO in.,I9st them IN ID. will aad service Of God
They part of hs househodi they stand within b,
3 ,h. rston % hem an mpen5u. AID swfay r-spoO,Ss
sriy eyoys him from Witch be eanoot sIoner.e bin
while he holes TEEN Do not s,y zita Cain An ny
b-ethsrs k-rerF BY misfortune cBoce become 80
sisy ana goa are 20 700 m, f IN their SIN md
isnorsn e. ,l,I blood all be required e. Jour hands"
Another instance in Jour speech OF deceptive reser-
walton Of truth is the following. You speak Of the
protesting minority being "aggeyed that the Society
took DO active part in the cause of Freedom:
Certainly this was one OF t1e grounds Of complaint.
But another, Of at least equal magnitude was the fact
that, the t1Iee ways above mentioned the So1iety
took passiye position which yet very efficient
position on the wrong sde-e,t.ng the dead weigh. of
lie pOL6erous respect ability is " eminent gravity,
rect in opposition 10 all the movements Of reform upon
that track ard that siter the annual neetlog OF 1885,
by OF numerous Teulars, bulletins handbls,
letters and newspaper ARTICLES tue government Of tie
SC cety also TOOK active position the wrong side
Informally publ shing all immense number of pretended
why they shoul1 not formally pubsh IN regard
10 Slavery
Agsn couceaing al nportant portion Of the truth,
you say that some of the executive officers, in hopes
F." Of peace consented 10 the appointment OF Con.
nittee to nve tigae the affairs of the Society and
report This seems 70 imply that the appointment
ar the selection Of this Committee entirely the
work of the rsmonstran's. Ia the snnusl report how
ever for 1856 find THIS materially different account
Of the & aLsaction referred 10.
On motion Of the Rev. DIR. William Adams Of New |
York, member Of the Executive COMMITTEES, cup
ported by SIR. o. l.. Wood, also member of that
Committee, II was
themy, Special Comutes Of Fifteen appointed % 10
quue and the preceding, Of the Executive Com
,psc meeting be called By said Committee g. their
discretion"
The ne1t paragraph gives Ms the Names Of fifteen
gentlemen who |were appointed by the President %
p" oo1tii,ute the Committee This President the
Hon. Thomas $. Williams, the very person VINO in the
speech before us thoroughly defends the Pro-Savery
altitude AMI policy of the Tract Society. H,d the re-
monstrants nominated this Committee, would large
doity OF them have been persons svorng the whole
patt policy Of the s. ciety Would they have inserted
In III report those csuses upon which the Executive
Committee have since stood, as jusfying con-
tnuarce OF their Old policy And would they when
the whole country was ANXIOUS 10 hear and act upon
their report have used their discretion 10 postpone
il 10 the annual mseting instead of calLng special
session.
The lsst instance which shall mention Of your
dsrs'atement alton If truth, the answer
which you represent 10 be given by those Who pro-
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