, 1860-01-25

%IOu o. tue s!aseS- 9Qc0 WAS Inc teSGnony OF q
man then devoted to the anti-slavery cause, and
now devoting bis time to the fugi,iFes. he had
the opportunity to be correctly informed, for
he had labosed in the South several years.
Let me lav before you this testimony of the
Rev. DR.. Humphreys, so long President Of
Amherst College. f4ther Of the respected pastor
Of one Of the churches in this city.
"Maoy masters and mattresses spend much
Of the Sabbath in giring them {thc slaves)
moral aud religious instruction, which is greatly
blessed to Them Again: - but a few in the
free States, believe, are aware to what an ex~
tent the owners Of large plantations At the
South are cooperating with religious societies
in bringing t. cir slaves under the sound Of the
gospel, nor Of its sariug effects upon tens Of
thousands who hear 1t. In the cities, copgre-
cations and churches Of colored people, mostly
atayes. hare been gathered By themselves and
under pastors OF their own kindred Elsewhere,
slaves and their masters worship and sit togeth-
er at the Lords table. The spirit Of the Lord
is poured out upon the bond as well u. the free,
if not more copious!r. l had no idea my self,
till lately, how mnch il doingin the slave States
for the blacks, nor OF the success Of missionary
iabors among them."
lie gives ia the Same connection statement
Of the number Of colored members in different
churches. US well Us Of missionaries employee
amongst them.
do not stand on the defrnnve here. ven
ture to say, to the honor Of my church, that no
other church has gone 10 far, or done 50 much,
to promote emancipation. I can demonstrate
that the Presbyterian church has emancip.ied
more slaves than all tie Aholnicnisis ID this
l'"'i AM -"ady to compare notes on this sub-
ject 1t any TING.
we haze made 20 much noise perhaps !;
nor hare tue eaaoeipsted Slaves gone to Cana.
dR- They lare either been emanclpassd in the
STATES, before the laws forbade it, 1- hare gone
to Liberia We have not stood AZ 3 distance
aud passed hard Resolutions, or published bard
sayings. We hare bsood on the ground aad
Gnatiu our intGence felt atuo-tgst shareholders
We hare advocated emancipation where there
seemed prospect Of promo:inC it.
l stated last Sabbath tia: R3areF- existed
many years 10 New Enr;ant, aud .ha. it was
neytr, TO AST E1rESr, taace MAKER Of d:4ei-
pl1ue bs the church, uu1ii abolished tE tic GIRL
law observe III one of tie ci,r papers that
somebody signing himself New Ea;la1d," )"
denies The correctness OF ns statement. Allow
me to say that never make *.a,r.a-n.s upcn
such subjects without k:o,si1:; tteu 20 l.. c5r-
rect. lie refers 70 the Per- Dr. Hopkins, who
attacked the slave trade in Newport. sid
states tha: in l..i he made .lavehu,.cr mat
ter OF discipline, and in 1.S:, eever1i other
churches hau freed themselves from tbs thn.
This fact stated in my" Ten Letters 10 the
Delegates Of The Congregational ASSOCIATIONS Of
New England some five years aSo, and asked
them to say whether it WAS true, and j. MAS not
denied. Four years ago stated the same fact
before the Constellation of Rhode Island, while
the successor # Dr. Hopkins was present, md
it was not denied.
1t Was uo.A.urc ,han ten years ago that Dr.
Bacon introduced 4 resolution into the -t,socla-
ton OF Connecticut, recommending the churches
to commence discipline with tllpsc members iu1-
plcated iu starehold,ng. Ten years ago there
were known to be shareholders in saod s,and.
iny in the churches in Connecticut. Still
1tsr4I 4I.a4s - q nt,1r 41x
Tyler, the venerable Professor in East Windsor
Theological Seminary, used this faueuage:
They (the Abo!ltionsts) denounced us US pro-
slavery, and because NC sFiil not shut our pull
pits against Southern minister's But the bible
will not justify them in the ground they take.
The great Head of the Church comn.uned witt,
such men as many Of tie Southern Christians
arc, and viii not stfu<e to do it," The veneer
able Professor was neither removed nor cen
sured. The same ground is taken by Others
SO, you sec, New England is not yet converted
to the new doctrines.
When then the matter was before the Conso-
citation Of Rhode Island, the measure Of cuttn.
oa correspondence with US passed bs bare
majority. Ono Of the Oldest ministers OF thAt
body said that the Presbyterian Church was
doing more than alt the Abo|itiouists together
for the benefit Of the Slaves. The Rev Dr.
Thaycr said, ctoqnently, that il the Gov
ernment we're broken into fragments, be
would still stretch his arm across and
shake hands with his brethren. Aud cven after
lid discussed This subject in New England. |
receised 4 letter from a distinguished cnugre,
gatIonat minister, iuqnirin.. whether I would
encourage the Board OF Directors of one Of their
Theological Sen.inaries to elect me- to Profess
sorship, New England is mot yet converted, or
no one there would hare desired us to teach
theology for them.
1t il not lcpg since Dr. Lord, the venerable
had
pamphlets more pro-slsvers than anything |
ever published, aud he is there still in good tei-
tows1lip. Rry. DR.. Stiles. also once u Stare
holder, and who has recently published = book
against Abolitionism, was for several years pas
to' Of Congregational Church in New Haven.
It is known, moreover. that rery large nl'nori-
ty of the Consolation OF Rhode ls'anl were
unwilling TO break of corresponding with OUR
Assembly. Even the Associate Reformed
Brethren have not been able to carry out the
Abolitionists' doctrines in the South. Even The
Methodist Church, North, Las not doueit. They
are still aRi.ated, aud likely 10 divide again. II
it is SO hard to conyets men In the Sor1b. il it
strange that Southern Christians are not con-
verteu to Abolisiouism: The old adage is ap-
picAbfe here First cast out the bean, out Of
thine own eye, aud then shalt thou see clearly
to cast out the mote out Of thy brothers eye
But the question returns: What ought our
brethren Of the South to dot and what ought
Letters to the Congregational delegates, said
in substance, q We have examined this nlstter
arefuliy, and We think we are right; if YOU
hare any light, We would he glad h receirs it.
What ought we to Jo:' One of then, iutimat-
ed to rae they would probably answer III. Let
ters if they did not like them, after having e.
an,ined them; but they hare never done 80.
Again. four years ago, presented the same
question to the Constellation Of Rhode Island.
said substantially Is brethren, ~e want light.
II We are guilty, our sin Is one Of omission or
which IS it. VIA. is your charge:
Cun you tell Us what We ought to an:
Not man on that floor attempted to say
took my leave Of them, after tue passage Of
the resolution cutting of the correspondence
with US, said 10 then, in substance: II sh4i be
obliged to report to the General Assembly that
not man Of ydu veutuTed to say what is the
sin which has led you discourleously to te1mi-
nate u correspondence sought by yourselves"
The Moderator stated that he had Intended to
had heard, he must cast his vote the other way.
The Boston Recr3>r, which believe to be
The most ably edued religious paper in New
England, took up this matter, after these three
discussions were published, and roticed my
challenge in the '.Ten Letters" and befvre the
We are fairly bound 10 meet If they
Ire doiug in all respects what the great law Of !
beneiceucc aud right requires, our complaints |
'all harmless at their feet. We would that soma |
of those acute minds that have made slavery |
he subject Of much study, would turn their re. |
aeclions mainly upon this point. We would
Ehat the subject should be viewed rather in the |
concrete than in the abstract; that We should /
lsket efacts as shry are, and IN q full and can
Id Tiew Of them decide TINT Christians now in \
he position Of slAveholdeEs at the South, may |
,e fairly required to do. Until that is done,