New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-02-23

man soc,> ty that met with its entire ara most hear'
felt spprovsl, it was the condition Of that class O
peoDle ut ,be So1th who do all the work aud gel
nome Of the fruits of Il. We have supposed TINS
ARRANGEMENT 80 commended itself to the Juog'
mept. the morality, and the piety OF TIE ID
st,y,y that ts otherwise main. ally sweet disposition
had become somewhat soured o. being shut OUT D.
The Dnjudces Of The comwnDifyA "n0a -, ;" -
from participation in the blcssiDgsn 'na' u''."'
ordained society 1t has been our hfA '' aa
so sincere ard earnest was this conyicsA -.
neiehtor that it would, at any time, have e II :
places with either party-with those who got :,
the poy and did none of the labor, or those wd6 o.
oil The labor and got zone of the pay. Undoubtsf>
". il might have IFS pIeftrences-tbe merely carTai
man, perhaps gearing rather for the former COLI
ditop; but, considering the cause OF religion, Of
GOOD morals ard good order, the spiritual man,
we have never doubted, YVES longing for the other
place, that thereby he might set an example
practical humility and entire submission to the
Providence of God Can it be that we
have been mistaken Is it possible thatwe have SO
misun6 The spirit of toe teachings OF that emil
nent apostle of orthodoxy for this score of years
Are We wrong in presuming it to be utterly incon-
sstent with all its past inculcatons in hestat'ng
now for single instant to give its most unquali'
fed appreciation of the whole system OF chatEel
Slavery, with all its Decessary distractions antecs
DENTS Accomplishments, consequences, cOncomi-
taptS. circpnftances concrstiOns, and c0ncatena-
til ps accordingly Can we believe our own eye'f
Are we to trust our own earsl We might add
we Iause for reply; only We know that pause
would be q waste 81 time, for We should get no
answer
To hesitate is 10 be lost and TIE Obsercer hesi-
tates. There is evidently change in the weather
There are meeiin ghOuses that have two weather
cocks, one on the steeple, the other beneath II.
Goth are useful to tell which way the wind blows
TIE use fu index in the house sometimes gets INTO
the editorial rooms of religious newspapers. Butwe
had expected better things of The Odsercsr We
had supported it might be relied on to the bitter
end. We had presumed if to be the one thing I'M
chspgeable in these changing times. We had
trusted with an answering faith in the ineXhaust-
bic bitterness and the unfathomable depth OF It's
rancOr against any new-faDgled application oil the
doctrines Of the rights of man. We had expected
it to stand by its eolor TO stand by the Old Tesla
ment to stand by the curse upon Ham; to stand
by the Epstle of Philemon; to stand By the bred
Scott decision; to stand BY the stars and stripes
especially the stripes; to never say die; TO never
give up the ship; to never "caye in;" to never
cease to expect that every man would do ms duty;
ard now it is on the point of giving it all up. IL
must 60 to the Black List. Oh, Ichabod Icba-
bod On, IrenTus Irepaus!
The Eraagelist and Ihs OJserrer are in contro'
versy upon tberghfulness dwrOngiulness Of Slave
ry. The Erangelist presses for aclear andpOsltVe
opinion" which Tie O5Serrcr always promises but
never gives. "Tbe clear and positive opinion, with
which aforetime it was ever ready, can not now be
got ont of it, It shifts, aud it shuflles; it evsdes
and il equivocates: it bubbles and it qurks it pre-
varcates and it propounds; but it never answers
fairly and squarely. SO now The Independent sails
in and makes triangular 6ght oft; it rakeS It's en-
envy with broadsde, and ttese are the shots which
il delivers II asks Tile 0bSerrer eight questions,
which that paper hesitates to touch as it would to
pick up a lighted bombsbell. They are these:
I. Is it wrong TO sell human beings guiltless Of
crime
> Is il wrong TO hold human beings as property,
infect TO be bought ana sold
=. IL it wroDg to separate by force or law husbands
ara wives, parents ard children, when neither crime
vice, insanity in either Of the parties calls for
sUch separation
(. Have slaves eQual right with other persona 10
marry according TO their own choice and should such
maIrage, when contracted, be held sacred and In
vOlabe
). Has Save woman absolute right to her
chastity and is the master who violates that chastity
guilty of a crime
D.. Have slaves 2 right to read the Bible and is Il
crime 70 forbid them TO be taught to read
:. Is the system Of Slavery il exists in the Southern
States a blessing TO the country, which should be
cherished and peIpetu9ted by national legislation
3 ls the system of slavery, by law established ia
the Southern Sates, morally right
These TIE indePendent calls premium q1es
TONS" aud it offers to pay over to the American
Board twenty five dollars each for a simple Yes or
No TO ary or all of them. We fear for The Ole
serrcr. We fear it is brought up in this cOntrO-
yersy from the way in which it has conducted it
thus far, with what the sailors call round turn.
We fear the American Board viii never touch this
two hundred dollars. Time was when The o.
Serter would have put in its Yeas aud Nays straight
from the shoulder, ard taken the stakes but at last
we fear, It will not come TO time.
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We regret t0 learn that there is serious trouble