Union County star and Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1859-1864, 1859-06-03
American Tract Society.

American Tract Society.
The American Tract Society comnene.
cd its Thirty Fourth annual meeting in
New York, May IL. The room was
crowded by life members mostly from tho
city. The officers of the present year wero
reelected All attempts to get an expires.
sion Of the Society against the African
Slave trade, were booted, hissed, and voted
down. 1t was alleged that trac,s on this
subject could not be circulated at the
South; that discussions of these abstract
questions could result in no good to the
Society; that, if the Society expressed its
opinion on the African Slave trade this
year, next year it might be called on to
express an opinion on the question of Sla-
very in the Territories, &c. On the other
hand, i. vas said that the Society treated
the question Of Slavery very differently
from others that i, had refused to pub
lish tracts against Slavery, OF the vices re-
sulting from Slavery, and it now refused
to publish any against the African Slave
trade, great wiekeduess which the gov
ernmeut of the United States has for fifty
years branded as piracy; while it issued
tracts against Intsmperanes, Dancing, and
the use Of Tobacco.
From the remarks Of Rev. DR.. Bacon,
We extract the following:
ave should use little moral sense, .
little common sense, aud walk right thro'
the cobweb meshes Of such speeches as
these. You doubtless remem Der the words
Of Him who said, 'Ys who bind heavy bur
dens, gkievous to be borne, and lay them
upon other mems shoulders, yet will not
touch them with one Of your fingers Sir,
is there any member Of the Executive
Committee Of this Tract Society, just re-
elected, on whose table spsrkles the red
wine! l knor there is' [Chesrs, cries
Of sc ood' aud Kisses Is there any mem-
Der Of thst Executive Committee whose
parlors echo to the feet Of the merry dan
csrs1 Ikaov there as More cries of
Good, cheers, and Kisses. Is there any
who uses tobacco? Sir, l have Just seen
1T passing among them on this platform.
[Cheers Yet here We are binding these
burdens about dancing, tobacco: and rine-
drinking, and laying them on mems shoul-
ders, when our shoulders do not bear the
least part Of that burden. Is it not time
to have done with such tOm-foolery as
that, and address ourselves to the weight
! isr matters of the Law, such asrighteousness
[great eheeriDg,l mercy, CreneWed cheer
ing and truth? Sir, l have heard to-
day, as heard year ago, what consider
ISLANDERS upon the South and though
rsfutation of them has been given here
to-day, still, l must speak Of what know.
A few ysars ago had friend at the
South son in fact, one Of the little
Baeons'-who spent some time IN New
Orleans. 1t WAS at the time when that
celebrated work, South Side View Of
Slavery was issued by this Publishing
Committee. He went on pilgrimage to
the book stores Of New Orleans to see if
it could be found 1t was not there; but
wherever be went, be found sUncls Toms
CABIN" [Immcnse applause
Mr.. Bacon then charged upon the Soci-
ety and Executive Committee that they
had been faithlsss in regard to the South,
aud that the statements in relation TO the
lack Of Anti.Slavery feeling at the South
were in fact ISLANDERS upon the best por-
tons Of the Southern States. During this
portion Of his remarks, Mr.. Bacon was in
terrupted and almost silsncsd by continual
Kisses, cries Of "Ques,ioD, " "Order," with
shouts of "Go oD," "Go On."
After, ON motion Of Rev. Dr.. Spring
fearing they had gone step too far, the
Cotton party that was present passed
resolution, diselaiming any Friendship for
the slave trade, although refusing to say
anything against that little psccadillO,
which they regard As unworthy the notice
ola "srea. national society Of evangelical
Christians. Such gigantic sins as To
baeco, Dancing, and Wine, are worthy of
their batteries, but not Slavery and the
catalogue of crime, it includes !
Slavery destroyed the Wing party,
the American party, ard bids fair to de-
s.roy the Democratic party. 1t has sepa-
rated nearly every Christian denomination,
and many national benevolent operations,
and will probably reud asuuder the IT,
s Tract Society also. Everything and
every man must bend to Slavery, or be
mum while it pursues ito own secret or
open plans
AHEAD Opposition are ahead OF