New-York daily tribune., 1861-09-05
BHsrIOPs HN P0EETIgg.


clamor against the iiterUeddling Of clergymel
in politics ia silenced. 1t was always dishones
clamor, impeed BY fear that whatever is in
! heTently evil in our current politics sbOull bt
| tested and judged by the law of Eternal Right
, To-day, clergmen preach aud write Oh the erca
| political topics which distract our country, and
| no one murmurs decent or Gi.appIobatiOn. And
this is as it should be. Tor the clergyman ID
also freeman, citizen, and though be may
be the Right Reverend, Very Reverend, or Most
Reverend this or that in the pulpit or at the
altar, he is in the State ond before the las
plain John Hughes, or Francis w. Hawks, or
Henry Ward Beechcr. Az such he votes, aud
his vote counts just one at sbe polls, az does that
of JcLn Smith or Bill jenkins. As good ciii.
zen, every clergyman ought to form opinions and
freely express them on whatever affects the pub
lie welfare, and 1t is not bis fault If Others re-
ceye bis We've as Inspired aud iniallible when
lie makes no prtten.e that they are entitled t.
more weight than those of any other honest, in-
telligent lover Of his country.
bishop Lynch Of CharlestOu, s. c., has
been writing letter on the civil War to Arch
bishop Hughes Of Now-York, wherein We are
Crat'fed to find much less than all average ex.
hibitiou of Pro Slavery ignorance, insolence, and
offensive assumption. Archbishop Hughes re-
spends ia patriotic Union letter, which is in
the main model Of suayity, courtesy, and
cogent reasoning We reprint these letters az
part of the history of tbe times, desiring to ask
the Archbishop to reconsider carefully aud can
dldly the material statements embodied in the
following paragraph Of bis letter:
in All The Northern Sates Erth,I his Sr los from whit
Gppeaf Of humanity, or from motives o: do
ts rocai u;ir IL wi be- for sou a. for Piiy"e
night dele une. esch according 20 us own oplon bur
ssvs' so,'al rreut recognized in oil h sate At the
pen d Of he hcvouii 30 far the cbsifrs lst sufcr
vurt reisrncs TO 5s'sy have been 81 10 tho SO m uni
the outh to-day is uitet Ia stats i.i s
o. lt period o. the De ou oi hJcptLa.hcs lac No-
he oi teir scknOW rf'd risi rrpudi
In her equal elsrcs Il .h'irs have done jon; rrre.
1hs Nsh. u.rPen ing Of y ls OF H. L. exhibited
hsbi sf talk n csau y'r, DOT only Of hs suci but q
{ 1,By oihefs shout ratonsl sn shie ao'o dig 20
ing b. bouId ct tb- bisget IN day kugFn
10 ~ koGs hs OcoUrs b. 81 imnesiis nrifubor
loo Sta'e but the id3uiy Spu'h, Whish.
to @sos.s 1t. own aHsig Ia Il op1 sy ~,
Ia b. found .ib = ih harmony With or Ia yolalon
o. tue Coast. .htiou of tbr, Uuod st-ie'
Let us consider this tbOugbtfuly:
The North aud South were alike slay-ho!ding
e;ghty years ngo. Ve-y good The North grad
uaIy and Thoroughly c,ared ber own skirts of
Sllyery. So be it. The South held on 10
Slavery. True. Tho North, unrepentiDg OF
many sins Of its own, Las exhibited CREST re.
I" morse for the Gins OF its nerhbors." Why,
Archbishop the North bod repeuted Of this sin,
according to your own statement, for it had put
it away. II one Of your flock. ceases to do svil,
forsakes CHERISHED sin, aud deyotes himself TO
is 1t your custom 10 question ana
canvass Bis mot yes for so deing Suppose
drurkard to abufe sud abandon utterly bis cups,
would you ask whether lie did il from sense
Of duty to his God and bis fell0w-beings or 20
save himself the cost of liquor
But you mistake, Rev. Sir! in your statement
of tie vital difference between Lbe Southern eli,
garc,y and those whom His Reverence Of Charl.s-
ton terms "Black Republicans" We hare rot
50 exhibited great remOrse for the sins Of chr
a. eighbors." What we have contended for 10
our o,e. right to stand alOof from the wholesale
iniquities in which they have from time TO time
sought to involve us. How often mus. we et-
plain TO you that, while tho continuance Of
slavery in South Carolina is her own affair, the
difUeioR OF that. same Slavery over Texas and
the Federal Ter rctOries, under tho aurpces Of the
bic, is not aers only, but ReW-York's, yogr
our busness ag well Is not tbs distinction be-
tween allowing, each State to cherish or reject
Slavery within her own lmite, and permitting the
Slave Power 20 use the Gag. the arms, the
power, the prestige Of the Federal Union in A'd
Of her effort. to plant it where it was hitherto
unknown, as plain as the difference Of land from
wAteri If it is, why do you ignore it How
c ~ YOU if you mean to deal fairly with grave
putsic questlon Understand, once for oil. that,
whlle tho Republicans Of Now-York hold them
selves nowise responsible for the exi't9Gce Of
Slavery in South Carolsa. ard Of course Zee! no
renareo" on account Of it, they do hold il
their right and their duty to resist, To- the eH-
tent Of their ability, every attempt to Siden the
area Of Slavery under the fag and b. he power
Of the American Union.
Il il not their clear rigai to DO this2 Does not
tho public sentiment of CAristendOm Eequiro them
10 do i'll IL not their attitude IN the premises
eminentiy defensive and conservative Would
YOU rather they should say. "Slayory in South
:. Carolina is none Of our business; therefore let
{" Slavery be. planted and legnlized in Kan'as,
Z" "Nebraska. New. Mexico. Colorado, Utah, Ne
"vada, if aay one chooses to have it y" Did
they teach such flpshOd logic "a that in the semi
nary at which you were educated ! We cannot
believe it. At all events, Il the distinction we
have pointed ont be nothing to you, it ia very
much to US; and we viii thank you nos 10 diare-
gard it.