, 1861-02-04


a.azs.'uazla s'zlau.azsl.zzzII lauu.azsl.zl'll
-------------'- ---------------------
AE1E4sR 81 -! E93a1 AzG14EReaxmAF'
AnnIoeiea or fectxs.fo,n, In Church and
= State. II
roo,,s,nopd,n;,, of tbs Chicago T1,bune.] :.
* nv Yo1x. 1anuary ao,h, 1861.
y! # vns by many pronounced IN extrayagant
idea when sixteen years ago some thoughtful
person predicted that the division ofthe Metho:
dist Episropal Church On the slavery question
would ultimately lead to the dissolution Of the
American Union. Probably none wou1d haye
.,A4s q. ~, - s..a.
then n1ea On Inc Pesloo 10 nea ~ na1o'
while few, If my, acquainted with the fncts In
the case. will now doubt that the spirit Of the
,,fo71,.,7o1 1,;5 ~fn,a,jed-- Much-
is said in some quarters about. the ties Of in =.
terest and the bonds with. which commerce
h,,da +ho o.+,e,,ea of tbe conntrv topetber.
StH4S - sntS:!4s =. ~ t;a: III
INT the truth u That Wnen Inc noln neo l1et
bind nation together 'are7 sundercd, there is
little cohsaton II what :remains.. uuleas 1t he.
- -. :..rr. I:;,,,, p-,to.+,,,t
Church has the conneetlonat principle ever
been mort operative: OF fnr-1eaching thnn 1t
.,ss s,,s :, s;,~a,, Afethoda5, ~
49,! "s7 - :.'.s~.l...t -. -
system OF tttne1ancy tcnaea NOT only 70 'lnt1''
mately ffaterntze but practically to assimllate
~ - -: ,,..,.,...;.,.,,ad ho.,, ~ a.,h
ple among WHO'LL ~ p1esa.ea W oo'a t|o'eu ano
/ eariv" 1,ioneefs of the Methodist Chnrch. a.
-, - @ tn,ssame =: r,s.r,,nt .sas tn.t,tnted an5
1-S,...,-a. a.. go
nt14nTAfnHn Gp4T
holding system of ut least large sections of:
the esouth. Under the pre.sure OF ths :ann],..
- 1ff1
anfea Nu1cu tnat 5ste1n huo~s 10 "e1i no" 10
use, the restralnt referred to began TO re1a1
and at length dwindled into compliance The.
quence, and since that eyent the whole moral
sentiment of the South has been SO complete
~ reVolntioniEed as that what Wns before tol-'
Grated as IN eFtl has since been commended "a;
hlessing:;,I:: M, .;... :.->,:, =:
Other churches have since heen divided up
,on.the same same Issue; and the moral chasm
eetween t1e .wo seg5ons ms ~ neen en- Widening e;
from year to year.s Here Il: the real basis Of
our present tronbles- me toleraace OF slavery
9as reg 70 its propasandlsm, and 1ts pTopagan.
alstn 20 cianois 1ol .ne openme o. tae slaFe
traae, NM Iae cnf1s1fanltyo o. Inc South acqua~
esces N eaen successive step. NAY more, tne
.poaiucal movers IN the secession scheme,
-t&+ 49, = -.
age to ennst y Y 1avor q eaeh successive
movement tney make. Hence We have re"
.cenl!y seen 1esoiutio1s ol [euelous Aasemnitest
pleceai1g an9 Pfepat1nE me way among tnc
peopie io5 osalnanGes % O. secession: linus II y
nhs as e. M.n o.
! IN history, Il plnngms INTO the vortex Oh OLE
u11on !:..s.t.; ~.
tol lne 1ntselles anu oespiAtion Gt, uaS Aauas
eusue tIe cielEy OF tns soutn in15t pe Ae!4 !1
a!Eelys responSaole ano @ Waas snaM oe sala
q tnG No1tn Fho Openly G ano ,eoVetuy oe1ena
| fqrK are 1als Fefy Eeek annonnclhg IN tnelr
| coinmns o. alsptayeo aaVer1lsemends aneW
qook NJ UocIos ot DiVlnlsy, ,eh1it!ea SLAVERY
JUSTIFIED 19e pelloa Is eettaln4y Fely op-
1 perfume 1or snch WoIk as wen as rs autnor
TO encounter mefltea contempt. fof, not
orought to: Dear ~ iaVor Of cotton upon inc
ballot 1o2es ot this gteat commercial empo-
RUIN, the heart OF the Intelligent American
citlzens-the reading public OF New ork-is
right On this subject. Disunlon is tho theme
OF every circle, and it is nov beginning to
meet Will reeuke where lts 6hndoW not long
since YVES courted ana welcomed. What Wcs
supposed to bej very convenient bugbear u
row dreaded rs very ruinous reality. ,..-
The analog1es Of secession as already rcal'
lied IN the church might be traced out IN nu'
merons particulars ns indications Of what We
|
fact that q border slayeholding section for 9
time adhered to the Northern church, is moi
unlikely to be initiated by at least temporary
| md conditional adhesion to the Union Of the
border slave States. The fact also that tht
s1aveholding territory primarily afi]iaiipgw will
freedom has been by degrees taking of and ad
| herring southwark, shows what the tendency
will be in the State. at present, however, tht
startling and extrayagant movements Of tht
political seccssfonists seem to be acting fayora
bly, upon secession in the church.
r. It Ii pretty generally known that the ver1
mild but slightly progressive action Of the latf
General Conference at BuiInlo was seized upol
Ms the pretext for another secession from th,
Methodist Episcopal Church, and that owint
to the intimate relations long subsistinr be
tween coutiruous sections Of Virginia. tn,
District Of Columbia, MARYLAND and PcnusYl
yanfa, there was on one hand rreat hope. ant
}. on Tie other NO little apurchension. that d con
! ! siderable portion Of frce territory might b,
taken OF under the illusorY idea Of establish
iug central Methodist Church. While sucl
an establishm ent would not fail ultimately t
| be merged in thc: Church South. one Of it
for7n,nr n Ta1lyinn noint far snactnus stri