The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-05-13


was h'eh ,mc another Society did cone !oto tue hsd,
at The Mouth Aul,Tdsn Tract Society should take rs
pace 10 The dcid against the South American Tract So
oc,y And ibis bad tbs priority, too II the Ame
can Tract Society senior, the other American rsact
Society nnicr IL bad dooe as some old gentlemen who
OF ted business have d,peleave their 10 take
care of the firm, ersly keeping a general eye up,n
them. And some Of these old gentlemen, fading shat
their not conducting the ousine us sh, say
10 them "H.Te, We will take hold ourselves once
moe this Society steps IN and says 10 the young sn
assembled at the Opera House, ST Is time foe US 10
time not day to soon. The speaker then read
ON the r'bune sketch Of Mr. Lords speech OF Tedaes
day before the American Tract sooe,y, 10 the effect taat
the Tract Society was charitable institution S property
result Of gifts Of certain donors who had right to
say what should be done with it how it snooi 90 al
mipisered but IL must be administered UPON tho plan
upon which The gift vas Foicted:-
Iet-e object Of the s.es.y be the crcnlo- ir 'h,rs
saveSY or di'las is.o e,aus.s i i6ess aan
jsct o. the societyi to circulate It'll dt 20 s about c
.uaDg upon slave trade in slave countries whea Ne
masd Such things only circulated buts ob
@ the S b Of a .S'
tongue that no one could read it, That practically the
when attempt to circulate tracts among those who
will not receive them.
That L. as you nnd that men do not want the
truth spoken TO then must not teach them the ruth
You not take tracts TO Mercer rect and the Five
Points against adultery and stealing and murder because
they do not To hear the truth you di So accord
pg 10 the the doctrine of the Rev Mr. Lord the Soety
would be uanscendpg It's chartered privileges. You
not circulate anything that the people not want
to hear Now how did the Rev Daniel Lord find out that
SOUTH will agree 10 ind, south of Virginia, in
the southernmost tier OF slave States hundred men,
non saveholdipg and slsveboldng, who will read well
written tracts on the subject of slavery to that you
find in the present administration OF the rrac. Society
the South there great many thousands
more ~ho do not hold slaves than wao do, aud
among them there huudr eds Of tousandssha say
millions Y-who really want light upon this subject /
will agree to circulate 10 the slave States, the Rev
Inn tnrd wi min thapS ma
after publication, twenty millions Of pages OF well written
tracts on the subject Of slavery Rev Daniel Lord also
There two classes Of functions perfor the
ment Of the sose,y Tbs function q The me nOe Is I, esc.
officers any than The people have right Instruct tas
after sy ire elected Then ss aS s the Gs
net think any man could delegate he posesseso
provides tina, nothing shall be puSsnsd 70 whS ny
shall object You the dacreloa that COMMITTEES have
look des issrues co@@iss Now, y,l ia ths
no ssy 70 Ii. peops you es 10 they ss act rhs
idea OF Instruction takes away the VITO not on OF any single
member OF the committee, but takes the veto from them ALL
Now he is right far this: cannot say that you
shall publish such and such tract; but do say they
are bound TO receive advice to hear good aud sucent
TO take into consideration the supposed wishes Of
those who their constituents when they properly
expressed. ''No says Nc. Lord, "they must
tall lie declared on that floor til It discussion
in recpect 10 this matter out Of order there
danger in promscuous assemblies that the truth
would scarcely be likely to come out Where, then,
fether discuss the matter in the quetness their
coses they would then exIoiae wisdom but in an as.
sembly of thousand old grayheaded men it would not
be right TO 40 So not safe 10 trust they would
not eliminate thing beneficial for the of
The Tract Society. never knew a body OF men that
undertook to usurp 20 that willing take
the step and shut mems mouths rst uslrpaton
then gaggiDg. Both have taken place in midst Toe
management of the Tract Society have usurped power
meant for them-as much usurpation any Of
Louis Napoleon; aud having done that they have done
what be next did-muzzed free speech and free discus
Christian assembly. Il had been done in political
caba in some congressional body ut Washington il woud
not have been surprising for surprise is emotion that
has died out in Washington. But that should done
In New York, in a body containing large number of
clergy men from all parts OF the country by who
fairy reeked with devotion, it is surprising. 1t is
true l was urged very much yesterday TO 60
up and speak l was told that I might. But when
any body catches me playing frog such theatre
that jumping up the and then the platform to
be snubhed and down again, where to speak, by
the sulerance Of these very reverend lawyer managing
trcks.ers or what notjust let me know it, that is all
(Applause) believe In free speech. If there is any
thing in this world sacred religion ITSELF is the
right to speak religion and those principles that Involve
the welfare of the human There Is public sent
ment that drown tract societies. which, If it
10 slow is 60 because carries With it SO solemn over
and moves 60 certainly in its deliberations that need
not put Oh even the appearance OF haste. There is
being so certain as GOD, and none so SLOW Since the
days Of Moses and the PROPHETS there has been
have no. said, elbow long, Oh, Lord, how long" He
seems to delay but &c fails 10 come at last The
END VIII certainly De accomplished But II there Is
thing certain above all believe God will yet mark with
most conden punishment and condemnation the who
have In the name Of religion and for the sake of screening
themselves from their responsibility to the poor and 0p
pressed, violated our rights ana our privileges. Zap
pause) do not say these men are not Christians.
Peter, suppose vas Christian when he denied hs
Lord I hope these men are Christians; but If that Is
Christianity, then they have another New Testament
mine For the last thirty years, cer.any-perhaps for
the last City yeasGot has been developing of the
most .onithing results in this world do Iaink
that this side Of Calvary itself oere has been question
involving tba does this one. What shall the
ong do with the wcakS 1t is the question of Asia under
British dominaton Of Europe under multiplied IS -inuies
of South America, of Norm America IN TO day the
question Of the world and the ans yer Of the world is
Let the weak belong to the strong The Bible has another
auswerYe thai are strong bear with the weak Instruct
them take care them" But what save Engaid wher
the question put TO herQueen OF The isles the
duty of the strong 10 the weakf The is To get
opium out Of them, and indigo, and much cotton
possible ASK the Catholic monarch ct France, aud he
Gays, To take them rO the coast OF Africa voluntary
slaves ard import hem 10 tie West Io5ies to raise sugar
aud Indigo there Aud what says the voice of nation
the duty OF the strong the weak? Gve With
The cato nneais." Now III question must be discussed
and answered by Chrft,ns by churches by
For more than thirty years past the dapsson OF this
try has beeuno the Sigh of the breeze through the OAK,
nor toe Of the winds in forests. The
deep thunder toned dayason rolling through our land has
been the ing and groaDng and signing Of the slave
During all this time the church has heard IL without
knowing what it was. But God has been rolling it on
more and more and il is beginning to be I'm isrsood
ana Known OF men. The PUBIC sentiment q; the whole
cODtr eDt has been changed churches that refuses
cues IL nave been ovetru1 by this SUBJECT Pfesbyte
riaOs, that would not ei resolution IN regard TO The
ect Of slavery be read Will hardly any other
Yet one Of the Oldest aud most reverend societies @ac
have the American Tract eocety, which organized to
speak the truth Of Coz to man. stood by All the
whoe conflict and never opened lis lips nor uttered ono
single word Churches that unfaithiu States that
were recreant have been brought into ue whole neigh
borboods and communities that were false 70 the truth
bayo been converted to the truth scarcely know
her Institution that has been able 10 etand out lnt this
provdentsl work OF Cod and maintain BAD consistency
from beginning to end, except this American Tract 50.
ciety II in the day Of judgment shall be accounted
sin TO have spoken word for the poor the nsedy and the
oppressed, that condemnation will not be hid upon the
American Tract Society. the Gospel carries WITH IL
three fold formbe IDEAL or intellectual form, the 3ep
mental or emotional iofm and the practical or ccliac
form. There is no true religion without all
these forms. If you have the intellectual aud the
emotional form, and leave out tae Conduct thea your
Ggiou is false and in0del. If you called upon say
what man would do most 10 promote ind eliiy, you might
expect me to gay Theodore Parker perhaps No, lie
Is most harmless man. he Is opsu--you know What be
49, Then must be Garrsoa Phillips rirl Of ne .rou
tongue and golden lily. (Appausn) NJ no, them thero
ever were two men who,e fault lay this thathey have
no reveTsrg Lever in their engines but mIr. 40 ahead
and never back these two the men Ia IL not Bln