, 1859-09-27


VI l., it.,. ",snr sakc+ :>4ra.,rr Sovereignty
,.,,w ID H. ;u'd "ass, III ,'ss Wilt sln"ry "t"a
,,e .i!ri.:.u elayr trade viii, 4leir insels.rac
murder, 1lrf, adultery a1n hardness IF heart,
It is none *G OUT business. The latriarrl!s and
kings Of the Garth Lad slaves some Of them
trlled in human beings and got gain thereby
10 10 sure they: did r But. the nisstate-
meuts Of the Times, which commence with lis
opening paragraph, vi cannot allow to 80 ut'-
challenged. They .lrc as fellows:
"Our readers will Of course remember that
the grcat American Tract Society ut New lotk
hnx been q mammoth cnnceFn-Doe Of wealth,
and il its operations extending to every part oi
tue Uaion. Well in the course Of human events,
tEat society Was requested to publish tracts de-
claring it to bc inconsistent with the principles
Of Christianity to own slaves; and the society
refused to publish or distribute suc!l tracts-a
large port;un Of its revenue coming from kfave-
hoIding St.tcs. Af,er eome years Of trouble,
kc., a large portion Of Nov England Withdrew
eociation. Other societies have been orgn,izcd
ia other parts Of the country, and hare gone
into the business Of publishing tracts, in which
sIayery mud Shareholders catcl, it most unmerci-
fully. Some persons in the West have under.
taken Tie project Of starting such m association
here"
Il is not true that the rupture in the Amcri-
can TractSocicty was occasioned oy the demand
Of anybody whomsoeycr TINT the Society
should "dcclarc il to be inconsistent with the
"principlcs Of Christianity to hold slaves" 1t
was occasioned first By the refusal Of the So
c;ctv to publish tracts On tho duties growing
"out Of the relation Of u,aster and seryant"
after having previously resolved to do 80; and
second, by tho refusal Of the societyto condemn
the proposed rcopeaing ofthe trade in negroes
between the kingdom Of Dal1omcy and the
United States Of America. 1t is not true that
the New England members Of the Society
set up an independent association. The Aucri-
can Tract Society Of Boston is the parent tract
institution Of the. country. It is not true that
"somc persons in the West have undertaken
"thc project Of starting such al institution
| "here.n Such may be the result Of the
Convention w1,ic}, is called herewith, but If
wc read the circular correctly that project il
not stated as one Of the designs Of the meet
ing. There ia !. Tract Society in Cincinnati,
anti.slavery and rciormatory in tone and spirit,
which will doubtless present its claims to the
proposed Convention, and receive respectful
consideration in the c,nvassing Of plans for n
| more effective dissemination Of the gospel
truthin the Vest The sha,ncfnlly false and
! abusive TRADE in the Times, concerning the
| action of the c3ergymen Of Chicago on the
| Sunday question, needs no answer among those
/ who know that they hare done everything in
their power as teachers Of religion to enforce
their views Of the proper observance Of the
lirst day Of the week. They have stopped
short Of inquisito1ia' practice and of the en-
actmeut Of new laws for Sabbath, observance.
| G,r obyisus reasons-among which may he
mentioned the monopoly held by the Catholic
/ Church (which the Chicago Times so faithfully
rcprcscnts) for those syslems Of coercing men
and women to q particular belief
The Graham Tragedy In New Orleans.
We copy from the New Orleans l4icayane Of
tho Goth, the following particulars of the recent
tragedy in New Orleans. We find no intimasion
in the New Or]eaps papers that Dr. Robert
| ". Graham who Is the victim in this tragedy. is
the same who murdered Col. Luring i'll New
York. about five yenrs since, and consequently
arc left in the dark as to the fact:
Last evening, soon after o'clock, Dr.. Robert
". Grahatn aud Mr. Ernest Tolcduno casually
met ut tic Kuby, coffee house, on Common st.,
| and few moments after the latter entered, the
former having been there some time previously,
Tofedano drew revolver and discharged five
~lluls Al Graham, fur of which took fata, effect.
Tie Doctor staggered into the street, and fell,
dead.
Ne learn from the statements Of those who
witnessed the occurrence, that, upon the en-
.rancc Of Taledano with some friends, Dr.
Graham, upon seein. him, put lis hand into his
side coat pocket, Us if to draw weapon. Tue
mark of a shut wns pointed out 10 us, on the
wall, us havinr been fired by Dr. Grahatn ut
Toledauo. A Derringcr pistol was found upon
the floor Of the coffee house, and another like it
was taken from Dr.. Grabapa's person, after his
aecease.
The corpse was taken to the nflicc Of the
CLief Of Police, and in tue course Of the even.
ing was delivered up to the rrlutiyes Of the de.
ceased. An inquest will he held in the course
u the day. ,,
aninOsity had existed, on the part Of DR.. Gra
liam, towurds Ms. Tolcdano, for some time past
| arixlnE out Of TN impression on the DOCTOR.
part,, that it wa. 10 Toledauo's influence thu
Dr. Hurts appointment as city physician in.
] stead Of himself MAS attributable. Ne hear ol
frequent threats Of hostile character as llains
been publicly nude by the deceased against
Toicdano, within n few days. and Of well
grounded apprehensions, entertained l,y the lat
| Ter that lis life was in dunser. As sot,n rs the
doctor fell, To!edano surrendered himself to
the custody Of the police, uvowing that be bad
| committed The act, and that he had done it in
self defence.