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

= -, oh;er,ions wee N ,ie q, as 70, o. a'eSnF
Ktai tL,y si4 but o. sec0Gat 81 Shse '"e' -'1 ~
,h.oI,,.,v ard directly fsise is the i.sc.ssd per
.,p 81 the .b We sA.ereIt tbs 0Ie OF we efi n
srd mott itrc ngy urged complaints ss aihs5 We
was to muiissou 81 religious Doc, - a., , - -
.lpunsiIg a1d tuPp s'sirg py ts r.oIs.lIs 5,.,sn
uif,.. II what p.gus msE ard women had wen
,oti,s, slavery Even s3pDosng 2 oos-o,e tha' y.
had rot s.tn The pubb-hsd i.tsr OF Jadge Jy "a no.
yery G uniit.e u fIf.-er vaien you s-i-c,sd a-N
spJtIisc-s5d the puo,iioed onsIi 49, ut.
trance Of the Fourit cJDgrsgstonsl C'arca, II NJ
"trc Con-. sgaiuft tue policy OF the y netlcNu
Trae. Society The subject Of Slavery you
eeesssrly krsr thAt tue y SOrt at the Com %
FiN..p rnau in )usy adopted by the S1cleiy 10 49,
contained resolution expressly prohibiting 'as'ne'
ItoStsr positive ,hirg done by the Tract Society,
ara feeu. n:ly ecmplaibet f. s1ne occ ions tne'l7h
isl nerou Of Slavery IN ther irae5 IS an Il.
ting TINS imply i. proprety and ipuocerc- rnne
,Isv xere actively c0IdeDrit5 prSclces YeLiAI u
couusrsop Instances II TINS found IN the tracI
sambo and ToDey, and IN the tract on the oaooA'A
from which have maize rotation above
Another charge Of positive evil-dong ag'ns' tne
Trae, Society has alleged and proved deliberate snd
o.t-reE estsd sLsehood on toe part OF t9e EHecoIe
Con ut.e in their official docamen Ms, IN REGARD 70
the cor stitUtlonsl basis Of the lety operations
That contributors basis sSys, IN is nrSt Artee,
that the tracts circols,sd By the Soiety must Dc
" calculated To receive the ap2roesnos OF cal E's1'
seiicsl Chrsiisns.'
the obvCus uu,rutl that this clause imposes the yet
further restriction the trscts issled tlat they De
such only as Evsreshcsl CHRISTIANS throughou, our
cour try do 10 feet uuitAaD approving. lhs state
mel, nav be found on page 1873 u the Auoas Report
for 1850. In the same document page 49, Is the ioi'
Loving r. petition OF the same ides:
To ;hi. Hns q aretiOn tie Psbl'ains Commit, may
TO- bat 10 further I, fr them % decide what Evsot
col Chrtsn, ought TO ste IN On oontrovered points ea'
WIS, ;key sr,rc IN =.
To th,se directly false statements affixed, psye
900 the signatures Of the whole Goyernmt OF 81 tie
Society, tueIty-one persons, from Thomas ). VIII
hams President, dowo 4 X ;. Cook. Corresponding
Secretary and you Individually repsst tue same M
truth in Inc very speech | am now reviewing, saying
If the Society, is issues must be such as viii NEE,
"the appreciation Of al Evangelical Christians
Moreover, in the document immedistey following
this 2t2 Of the Annual Report, are the foofog
quetion ana acswer. signed by John Knox, then ote
OF the PubhsbiIg Committee, and VIM. A Halock,
one If the Corresponding Secretsr.es;
BIT RAJ the sl,iey published, on n'eH p,rance an
" It h.s not; 80 Tar ss Ne know
Tie sudacty OF this fasehood, considering tia. the
Societys racts have poin,edy condemned the use OF
wire ana tobacco the practice OF dancing even IN the
domestic circle the reading OF Doyes ana tue usog OF
say part Of Sunday for walk Of recreal n, or Tor
reading OF writing subjects not technically religious
III regard 10 the propnety q every ore OF Wllch
evangelical Christians uId ubtedly differ, both II
theory and practics-is nothing l-ss .dsH amazing.
pro, eed to quote other OF your mis'ststemerts
or reveIsss Of truth il the speech row under son.id
er-on. You ssy, nesr its cl1se, The real question
Involved wa. shali now recall our col oorteurs,
" ard cease to distribute tracts AZ tfe South y
You know perfectly vel, Judge Williams, thst this
not the real quest on Involved. You know per-
fsoily wen hst nobody had asked the Trse. Society,
ard that no Necessity would have been si upon them
had they published the suppressed tract, and
"the rejected tract also 20 recall single copOreur
from any part Of their heid or 70 cease TO distribute
their IaCts. The only question was WI ether many
of the tracts would have been accepted aud read as
previously. My mdivcusl opinion is that many more
ihsn before would have been called for, snd tuat the
curiosity which felt all over the country TO see
what the Tract Society would do in regard b Slavery
would have caused unprecedented demand for their
tissues upon this eubject. But, suppOsng some had
refused TO receive them, what then People at the
North have refused the Societys tracts every week
since its existence. Why shOuld fes hundreds or
thousands of refuaas at the Souh alarm the Society
Above ell, why should fsse issue be raised, and
prstense manufactured that any recall of coporteuIs
8 involved
The last quotation shall make is one in which you
have attempted TO mislead your hearers csri,stars
the Abotonsts and evade the true issue by of
gross and transparent sopbistry;
bat Slavery odous in the North, those who were
dgr .ted Asoons set sssnst the Society be-
they bad not made slavery u. subject
they had Published agu the Immaculate eoHep
tiou."
quote this passage rather TO show the unscrupu-
loussss Of the attack than because anything needs 10
be said in deferse. Those who know that the Tract
Society has published more than dozen tracts against
PopeTy, Of them attacking the system whole,
and Others treating Of irdivitual vicious Characters
tics Of II every one Of them more important than the
entity manufactured dogma Of the immaculate CON-
cep'ion = and al this in country where Popery s
subordrst and despised, and Anti-Popsry popular
ard pIedominant-Hi see email resemoance rather,
will see not the slightest beginning CT redundancy
between tie two parts OF your parallel; between tue
hayug CHARGED not yet to select for particular sni
d sdversion one minute fractional part Of system
which they had always held up 10 condemna.ion both
in lie totally and IN all It's more essential parts-and
tie uttr eusa in spite of long and urgent petition
and remembrance 10 say one word agsns, either the
root the brarches of the upss Of country; the
great popular, powerful, increasing, soul andbody
destroying SIN which has infected our Church, our
State our education our literature, our commerce.
ufactures snd social life, and made the
tcOrn aud the byword of that European civiZ alton
which might else have led, now into the prom
leo land of evil aud religious liberty.
/ come finally, 10 your assumption that the Tract
S society has, at most, erred only in omission.
You ssk With al aspect Of confidence 10 the integ-
rity of your Client such as Mr.. Choate might di,plsy
in the defense of o rich or popular mslefsctor:
Who positive preaching Of doctrine I. false What
cha mace Of vicious practices or visions principles"
These are fsir and reasonable questions. 1t is quite
time they should be answered. IL is quite time the
public should know that the reservation Ct truth, eva
ZION, misre presentation sopisry aud falsehood so
IRE ey used by the furctiOnares OF the Tract Society
in regard 10 Slavery are not nec features of their
policy; but that they have been long practicet and
It lard to various sui jects therefore answer your
questions az follows:
charge tbs Tract Society with positive preaching
Of fslse doctrine, and support of tna. doctrine by
u isquotson and usinteTpIetatiOn Of the Bible aad
also by misrepresentation, sophst.y aud fslsehoot.
This may be proved against toe Society in regard 20
several ubjec,s But, not wishing to leave this nit
ter in the vseueuess Of merely general accusation,
proceed 20 specify.
charge the Tr.c. Society with teaching false
docite In regard to the Observance Of Sunday, the