New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-03-18
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The people, our late brethren III The uesh, OF
Charleston, s. C., C.. s., however rash they may
be- deemed in the CONDUCT Of things temporal,
show degree Of worldly wisdom in their spl!.
tna affairs which ia the strongest evidence OF
their prudence ard fOr,tsought. They Will hold
With the North no relations, pVHlcal, moral, cOm
mprcial, social or literary, unless limited BY we'll
defined pruysio5s, but hold themselves indie
ueudeut aud sel-sustainlng iu oil human nstltu-
tons from Constitutions TO spelling books. But
they mark boundary Nben they come to Bibles.
The Bible, we arr happy 10 b. assured, notslth-
standng its Acknowledged character as volume
l,o inceut.ary &c be put into the bands Of slaves,
is still 10 b. welcomed at least FOR time,
among tho white people OF South Carolina. And
not only is It to be- WELCOMED, but they VIII con-
descend 10 accept il from that portion ut tie country
with which they choose ~ sever all other cornec-
tim. L they dissUl,e the UmOn in every tJing
else they Will bold to il ia this-.ba, Nga.Y0rk
mud tue American ] lie sociey may stll have
the privilege Of sending them BDrs Tor nothing.
Perhaps NECESSITY may have something to 10 with
this drci,!on, inl,mucn as the Bble House Is 10
Neg-YVIk, aud lot in Charleston, and there
fore cannot b. stolen. Such, Lo~eyer is the fact
that, IN the general rupture OF all other tee, the
tbs spiritual, so Tar as thu acceptance of gcatui
tous Bile, ia concerned, remains uubroken.
The Charleston Bible Society held .s fftietb
anniversary Oh Sunday evening Of last week,
when the usual report and speeches were made
for the edifcatI,n OF large audience. In the
report iE was announced that the usual arrange
ment with the American Society would contlnue
notwthstsnd ng +" the change in the civil rclatious
of the North and the South" notwithstanding
money without limitation for toe coercion of
" the South" and notwIth,tand ug tho Society,
from ito locati in Nee-Yo,k ana its concen-
'trat on OF large means, fosters The industry and
prosperity" Of the NJftLcrn people. Tie
Secretary does not say, though no could not inil
to cons der, that book-bnderes, printing ofhces,
nnd papcr.manuiactories cost money, winch
South Caeuliua may nerd to buy columblads,
rifles and guupowder, and She might rot, there /
fore have the viii to eDter upon the publication
of Bibles. Nor could be fan to consider that
boob bindcrles, printing otiices aud paper-manu-
factories are hot the growth Of minute; SO
that even If tue will OF Southern Christ ans to
disseminate tho word OF God be ever so good,
they have not the way. IL becomes the conve-
uience, then, Us well the pride of South Care
lima 10 grnbt permission to the American Society
to suppl, her With Bibles This little touch Of
worldly wisdom, this evidence that in Charleston
though they talk Of " highest AID puEest earthly
- aa rppaT
that =" loan 10 the Lord winch he maketh who
gyeth to tho poor as they are Of mere world
ly loans, are gratifying proofs that they are no;
yet lott 10 those pecuninry Considerations which
are supposed to belong to the people Of colder
climate more sordid and baser mould.
But let Us not be unjust There is another
reason, which doubtless had due weight against
seyrring the connection with the national society,"
They remember in Charleston with Satisfaction
"tbat, in ths progress of the Slavery agitation,
"the American Bible Society and It's board OF
" managers have resisted every sttrmpt to inph-
"caio its management in the t'ficuIties inc''eD'
"to tho controversy" This pretty eheumIo-
cuton only means that the Babe Society nus
chosen TO forget. when they assumed 10
.preach tho Gospel to every creature" mat
there were several millions OF creatures 10
IN, lie own country who IRE forbidden oy Ia"
Ia read the Word of God; baye forgotten
when one of their own colportcurs was arrested
tor giving a Bible 20 save, TO demonstrate
against this daring infringement Of the Divine
Command; have carefully abs'aped when iupd
Of $50, coo was offered to be put at their service
for the distribution Of the Bible among The oi'e&
bestcen OF the South, for even the handling OF
I'd lorxe a sum was not temptation to item
10 undertake q work which they hold as oipd !.
ms fof tho heather Of "iarthest Ind, lest bys