The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-05-10


character. II 10 expressed In pathetic ballad
concerning the identical little niger himself
The Tribune very properly calls II immensely
Significant" II Il from tract entitled "The
African Servant" where . verse In the original
rune
200 helpless ssvro bog,
rhzi wandered ca the shosei
ni~vss ssos ne fre~ my paresk' arms,
Nbe never 80 me more
Az reissaed from the pro-slsvery print Of the
Tract society. II reads
iv~ ssipls~ negro 10y,
Ana vsse~red me sbeve;
Moo ia~a M from my parrots arms
nesw sac ulsm more /"
Hon Nassa Greeley further goes on 10 state
that the managers have, by their EXAMINATIONS
against the race course, the theatre and the
circus; agsins, drinking vine, and selling rum;
agsins, gambling and Sunday travelling. and,
most vehemen,ly Of all, against tobacco. exert.
ed far wider and more direct influence In be-
half Of slavery than could possibly have been
done bad they openly commended slavery In
series Of tracts eomnenting on every phase
o. the system, and eulogiEing each separate
feature
The article proceed. 10 abuse the slave
holders Of the South In the approved Garriso
nian style, and states that In Africa the devil
10 again unclaimed. doing HE damned work.
fraaeht with tears and agony amid the frantic
Applause Of thousands sf the South. whom the
Tract Society greet as evangelical ChristiAns'
The managers then get . final brosdside for
their insoience" In refusing 10 obey "a anti.
slavery resolution adopted In 1851, and the key
10 the whole affair h given In the announce
ment hat their mercantile supporters 10 this
city sustain them In their disot edience."
Finally We are told that until the lie mem
b~rs In the country are enabled 10 VOTE ny
proxy, the Tract Society WIN probably con-
tinue, as nj present. the guardian Of slavery
and the slave trade" Encouraged by this gun
from Spruce street. the Rev. Mr.. wolcosi. Of
Chicago. appeared yesterday morning with the
helpless negro boy" tied up In nice white
paper, and accompanied with all the usual
string OF wheresses and resolves. Aftm
reading his resolutions. he INDUCED In Q
very bitter abolition harAngue, and Il looked
like IN isterminsble debate, when Judge Bron-
son moved that the meeting be adjourned
without day; and adjourned Il was. forthwith
And that IL the last Of the little niger In the
Tract Society for this year.
That be will come mp again, and one Of thcse
days dissolve the society, there can be little or
no doubt He has already divided the Church.
and will one day split up al the religious soci-
cites except the Bible Society. Even that orga-
nization may suffer. The sbolitionists may
demand that the Gospels shall be altered 20 ~
10 make out our Saviour Gsnisonian, and
Saint Paul, although be counselled the rendi
ton Of 0nesimus, Q sympathizer with Mrs
Beecber Stowe. Only one thing prevents the
societies from splitting on the Almighty Mig
ger, and that il the Almighty Dollar. The
commercial classes butios up their pockets
when the little Niger IL mixed up In evaneeli
cal questions. The receipts Of the Trac, sccie-
ty have been somewhat diminished already,
and In case the society should break on the
slavery question, the business would be en-
tirely smashed. The evangelical individuals
who control the society's business are ~ well
aware upon which side their bread IL buttercd
a. are the worlds people, and they have no In.
tention Of losing their fat salaries for the sake
Of an abstraction. So far they have outeene-
rallied the radicals In every encounter But the
end il not yet The Almighty Niger has
smashed mp all the political parties, introduced
dissensions into the churches. fostered all man
ner Of malice, envy, hatred and uncharitable.
ness between brethren Of the same evangelical
school, and nov be interferes with the spiritual
pabulum which h dealt out by the Trsc, socie.
~ at the rate Of Ave hundred millions Of sheets
per annum. There IL such . thing ~ having
too much Of the Almighty Niger, o. some peo-
pie will find out before great while. There
was sound philosophy. though apparent sbsur
dity, In the wish uttered by Connecticut poll
sician, that be really wished the speaker. on
bis (black republican, side would lee the sls-
very question alone weopine thsi The Tract
Society managers hold that view Of the subject
II is BY far the best way Of getting over the
ground easily, and hauling good 10, Of dons-
tons, the main thing which they are sf'er
Nor WORM HALF rHK MoxKrs-we perceive
by the financial statement Of the Americas
Antislavery Society that its ofncial organ,
the Anti-Slar~y Standard, cost . large part
eleven thousand and odd dollars during
the past year. This IL paying very de~rly
for an exceedingly small whistle. The Sasd-
ard IL good for nothing and Ia only circu.
lated among the faithful. whose minds are quite
fixed upon the subject Of slavery. II the Anfi-
Slavery Standard could be circulated In the
South, II might be The means Of carrying out me
humane and civilixiBg doctrines Of the Carl
sonians BY stirring up servile insurrections,
with the accompaniment, murder, rape and
FIRE, and 10 the philanthropisb would get some
thing for their money; but now hey might -
well throw Il Into The ssrest However, II