Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1859-05-27
American Tract Society.

Sp'-lW We imOng tne prlnS'IN N'"' Wv
expense are over $4,000 for books.
Among the items OF receipt are over $4,000
IN donations, membership, &c; over sea-
600 in lcrncie.. and over $4,000 from the
Messenger. and Child's Paper
The total assets Of the Society are S3i.-
I6j 81. and il has no debts. The year has
been one Of prosperity there having been an
increase Of receipts over those Of the previ'
Gus year Of over $4,000.
The rcpor, Of the Executive Committee.
volumnous and gh y interesting record
Of the doings OF tie society Tor the year.
There has been an unanticip,ted demand
f,r the publications Of the Society from all
parts " tie country. Within the last few
months more than $1,000 pages have been
sent to individuals soliciting them in the
Southern States.
The business CHANNELS which the Society has
and proposes to avail itself Of, are tho book
trade. colportagc, foreign missions. nuNil.
larry societies in the Middle aud Western
States, agencies, &c.
The Society, with bu, one dissenting vote
passed the following preamble and rcsolu.
ton. sevcring tho connection which has eS-
listed between IL and the y. Y. Society.
;Vhred,. The American Tract Society in
BOSTON was orig nally incorporated NJ ma
iional Society and afterwards by its osn
vote became branch NJ the American
Tract Society IN New York, AMI whereas
the society at IT, last annual meeting voted
int" greater energies aud efficiency would
b. impaired t. the tract system by u return
90 is original status - and whereas the *.
pcticncc at the year now closing has only
tended Ia confirm the rropriciy Of this de-
c.ion, therefore.
Rc'o'r,d. That 'he vote Of this society in
1895. that it &" become branch Of the New
York Society be. and the same j. hereby
rrscindoi. aud that this society now resume
it, original position rs au independent ma
tioual institution.
IL !. TO b. hoped that should tho relation
which has existed Tor - long time, and
from which, m past years, - great an
amount Of good has resulted, be thus ter.
minated. the two societies may hencclnrth
operate in their different spheres with har.
mony and greatly increased usefulness IN
promoting the glory Of our common Lord,
and the salvation OF souls.
Ia view oi the attempted rcviying Of the
Slave trade the Society adopted resolution
recommending the publication Of tract,
a. ..I...t.,..l o, ,........ Z, - ..,,..,tr,,. al,
religious sentiment. Of all Christian men
against the ,la,c trade and TO set forth it,
great wickednc.s before the nation"
The following article va. intended Tor
La, weeks paper but having been received
but ,hor, time before going to press, was
necessarily deferred.
For III, Democrat
An article signed " Golden Rule" ap
pearcd in tho last Democrat, that i 20 calcu.
lated to mi.lead aud give false impression
in relation to the facts Of which IL treats,
and manii,,ts such dissipation to get be.
iurc the public a one.sided view Of the mat
t,r. that Justice to the Uni,er,alis,s accus-
ed, requires a brici reply. Tho ostensiblc
Object OF the article was "a contradict sto-
~ u the eject that the memhcrs Of the
PAri, Hill Church and society q, would
have been quite a. modes, To say the Bap-
t.t Church and Society, as a majority Of
the people Of Paris HILL are not Of them or
symw,hisc with thcm.) offered hundred
dollars 10 fourteen Univcr-alist pew hold
crs provided the latter would sclI out their
right m the meeting house. The UniSersa-
lists never heard Of the story till It appear.
Ell in the Democrat, and deny that they
ever originated or circulated IL. The whole
thing appears very much as though Golden
Rule and hi, friend. in the frverlsh anxiety
tor mariydom which they have all along
manifested had started the story, and then
come out With great flourish Of ,rumpcts
To contradict IL. But, the writer says that
a" gratuity or gift OF one hundred dollars
was offered To the owners Of the Universe
list pews provided they would locate their
contemplated New Meeting House on some
other 10, atty aside from the common and
rclinquish their right to control the presen,
house their portion Of the time"
The Statement is not true. in letter or in
Spirit; and it is very surprising that the
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ping to raise the question whether the hun
drcd dollar. was offered in q way to render
any person responsible, does not Golden
Rule know, that the consideration dcman.
ded was OF much more worth than the sum
offered and that in terming the offer
grainiiy or ci6 he was guilty Of a gross mis-.
representation? Does he not know that
those pewholders value their right Of con-
troll in the meeting house at much more
than one hundred dollars. as the very thing
that gives value to their pews in enablin:
them to hear their own doctrine a portion
of the time or for purposes Of salo2 u he
does not. he is ignorant Of what every one
at all conversant with the relations Of cir
cumstanccs Of the proprietors Of the meet
ing house Is fully aware. The Universe
let pew holders referred to. owning as they
do nearly one fourth of the entire number
of pews. would under no circumstances part
with their RICH, Of control in the house for
so paltry a sum as one hundred dollars.
The only object Of this article was to cor
rect the mssta,cmcu,s Of Golden Rule. A
counter statement might he presented which
would show that the Universalists have
been .nueh more fair and liberal In their