New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-09-29

Tho olcusou liable thst Tbs trs5s a. he prssF1t
.Dt i've 81 productive OF proi' IA 80
sassd IN than former period aud I5a ts manage nen' "
reshtfst ia onT oTD city" - ..o
Tie ~ Y DAILY WOLF OF July 81, 1860, remark :,
the fact that DesrIy hundred siavers oa7e been ~
ted cut IT this port n he last eighteen month";
oughI 10 arr 81 public AT eJton.
81 the s. nae o tho Uu;ted SsAtes Mr.. Seward 10 a
debate on be rcn slave Trad, de ciared that TIE
trade wa aD American trade, aST'i7i 90 rom p'fs
% The UDi ed S,a'es, acquiring slaves III AtHct al
selling then tiih.r ID he lult+d ated or Iloa liz
raid inrihsr the rot ~ rho evil - IN great cooner
sial cjer, and frankly ad rit an the CITY OF Neo
York And he ADDED: d say AFRO, tlat tha o,l-c
lion foutd 10 ib IL bil "a bill bs had introduced for
The ore eff u-l suppression Of u traffic tne DoI 50
much fr the Slave states from ne commercial IT.
ttr.st Of Ner Yo,k "
Nr pr. sdeDt | will not pursue this pi5t; do not
supr ose here il a race uIAn in this house wb) can
foubt uron The evidence have addlcvd, that NJ 81
York ~ 90 The London Times dsdd'as, inc gr 'Aess
slave uadlDg nsTt IN the world and thty Da'e TOE
dstin assDTauce # dis ia gusbed S1natr tns she
chief oppctiloo ls9is 7n for lie soppr.ss'oa cane
not fr NJ the Sou b. bat from tie comm-rc4l Interests
Of this city lis .eat OF he Ep scopote OF New YORK.
| repeat lis remsIk, for /, dispo'es az oice u tne
objection tbst iy acting az lost The savs-arids We
would be eddlDg with the iostita ions Of other D
cess az shows that The African s4vs.'r ,de has be-
come adi,eesal institution De'ali4dy orr 20.
light multiply SIMILAR proofs might refer you
to he air CO daily in papers OF the sAvers
thai cave Dr Jois-Of thu charges of Uph y n4ds
sgst the Marshal snd bis aiosof the straw Da ac-
ctpi,d by Feotral Com Dissoner--0f constant gait
taICes Of 81 trsders prooouocsd by Judicial ofcsro
j thin k IL unnecessary, ana pass u the qu5sil n
What is the duty of the Cauroh touoniDg he New.
York lave trader
Son discussion bas beer had by Cb1rsh men since
tie ss Convention in The colnmus of the puohc press,
tie IrOlrieiy of ts ion ID reuiCg e. refer e
petition against the ,lav. trade. And those VINO ao-
proved Of hat refusal rsed their app OhaSol of IL on
the & onud first, that the EDiscop Chu Oh in this
country had al @ay on prnciD avoid all ioterf
nit 4 ba ON, afin NJ Sl.CE N I.
tfat al, resolution passed ty the Convention sguns
the trade would be a mere paper proc4ma Ina 6rtt.
turn tulnen-with no practical influence " sever.
Tcese ieotio 5 are frankly stated. Fley shal be
as frankly answered.
The y, serton that the American Church has ulfr
ly avoided medd with the Slavery ques ion has been
30 often ind coDfdeD ~ repeated that AN ilcInsd
10 ihuk maDy intelligent bones people &C nal y BE-
U ted ,Tu by peTsJIs who might have been Jp %
To know something of Chorch II story. Many
memoirs Of the Convention will remember mat la 1886
the msi oI'y of the Special Committee to whom Is
Itferd the petition of ST. Philip for admission, col.
sistng OF M-%rs John G. Spenser, REUBEN II Sher-
wood, srd William Harrieon, opp sed the ad mission
on ground Of the relation the question bore 70 the
vtxeo and ritatiDg question Of Slavery and thy
remarked:
By the and udsnt couusels Of the Fathers Of
ChuIcb dDomius loo has be hi heo happily fee from
the agitation these and kudrd res Ions and the
isve been peace and let am ng ourselves snd the
How far our der ominatoD," as those gentlemen
tyle the Protestant Episcopal ca ,Tch In toe li'ed
Sstes has 1tfraiJtd ON NEEDING with " the veEed
and irritating question of Slavery vii presently ap
pear.
Even were the proposition "a true sh al sho il
10 be uDirue il would prove hing in regard d the
du OF his Convention touching b- slave trade IL tnis
Diocese The que ton 10 ooc daty touching
Slavery as retogUized by Jaw in other States is QUE
tbmghat touchiI the sl4ve traffic Illegally revived
in boz ders qni smother; aud d. not pro-
pose 10 allow he plain qneslioO pow pressGt 70 thls
House TO be mudded aud Ierplexed by confo1ofog It
with eDfel, dis iuc IN the elements OF eg4l
lOcsli'y, al juT s1 ton.
But The a, eCn that the Episcopal Church 10 the
United Sfatss bas al gags p eserv-d actaio1s ns1-
tTalny BE- general question Of Slavery, is boldly
mace, al the aTgumt attempted TO be drawn from
that assertion may ~ some on super cisl vie ",
to de justify the acquiescence of tn's BODY Ia
the Ttue@s 81 of he slave,iTgde 10 NewYOTs, thDk 1t
TTO u rid the subject and forever Of thai sser
lion md t'ss Arguments, by showing that the asssr
ton is erroneous, aud The argument without basis II
fact
propose n show tn At not only have many ind eidu-
al hs ops and clergy openly and without rebuke,
M ec 81 very az sal coLrd hy ScrptOrs and by the
Church-vlnnicsi IT by heir voice aod recommend
ing by their eXampe hat not only have chu Oh p--
III dcs's eXp'e sed smilaT views OF Slavery, appf)v-
jig Of t5 cooperation toto the very Dstn one Of the
church. tla the bu might gro rich uDpD the nn-
maid labor Of slsoes but that thu G.. neral Convention
rave D. &C cay approved OF the course OF these Pro-
Slavery tishops aud eeTgsOeD, 400 that our c1ureh
bar q Us b, the svowed champion aud recognized
buiwalk of Amen an Slavery the ally (sometm es ac-
tive md again pas vs of the politics party that has
sought 70 strengthen, perpeUate, aud extend slavery
SI tie promoter 81 the S0nth OF IN Ise vie VS.
Ielard % the right Of AWsrlG4nsto ensllve Arlcins
that have uted in the revival OF the -livsrd' IA
this at of your Episopae undr the protection OF
coma eTcisl Interest IN this city.
Ills position, startling az it doubtless appears to
n any gs0l len no lsten 10 ne, or coed n pro'e
YOu are doubtless that N the Save STATES Of
Al. -, R,sLnYs nd al N an aran nlsrA0
The sl4veLO d-Is, tn slayebIeederB aud the slave
acers and that both the house Of Bisho, 9 and the
hol sc of clerical AID Law delights have acq 1esc IN
thtir 70 acting refusing, as believe 70 recon-
mend clergy men for conservation Us bishop Tor the
= ason thai he WAS stakeholder or 81 advocat7 OF
slsve,y and never exercising in any way dsip-
proval of their conduct IN this particular.
Touching the bOusehO a,ranseDepts OF the Is shops
of tie Sou h, wa Of The Moth ia uraly kno Y but
liz le Occasionally we learn something. 10 S-ptau-
her 1858 letter from Of the editors OF TIE Nc-
IO,k EzgresS, which wss rtprln 90 10 Ihe Ch'ts"dH
Ugtaess gave an account Of wat 10 Bshop Polk, on
his NAL tilop in Louisiana, and the facts he gave ne
a.. med 10 have lesIn, from the Bishop himself. The
wrIrer said, spes ki' z of the Bishops pantatoo:
"The,e are $40 raves, 90 Of whom are children I'M
der ten years of age, snd l7O wOrSipg lands rly'
teen chi oren had been born the planatlpa In less
,hsu ear and q child twenty -four hodrs d is worth
800. ,,,...
Wordsworth, in that magnificent ode " ln.mations
of Inuoftaly from collections OF childhood, says
"Hesyen lie, about 10 our infancy"
And represents the infant boy as
- trsilrg clouds Of glory es be comes
From God who 10 on bom."
We know from Scripture that ofaueh are the KING
dom of heaven >" aud are apt from this OF other
rsfssges, look with alm's st TeVeren al wopdeI upon
the sunless beauty Of a new. born chid-to Tead Witn
rev meaning the touching Injunction feed my
j,p Js," AID 10 Jefle Srh a.e upon the priceless
yslue Of On INN oral soul, Il the Doces' Of Louis
iona, on the Episcopal pant.ton, they haze ctcGs go
The aua of an infant one day old befO he shades OF
81 ,Tis,n NJ have teQu 10 close aroupd him. and
iavr redaceo il to ismes-it is exa,tlS slOJ.
II seems small doe it not Sir for you'g inmo'-
ISL made in Gods likeness aud iresh iro NE oosor.
;,t, 70 pnnld afford precPdens tO- a get