New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-05-20
SECESSION CANT.

i De Htf. Dr. uutf, OF BALTIMORE, Who mad6
himself conspicuous, three or four weeks ago, as
member of that Committee of Young Chrs.
tians who waited upon Mr. Lincoln TO re.
quest that the Government Of the United
States would reconsider Its conduit and cou.
sent to quiet submission to thu Sovereign
State Of Maryland. has transferred his libors
to another quarter where, if not moe efficient.
they will he better appreciated. He turns Up at
Savannah, in the Southern Baptist ConFention,
as Oh undisgulsed solder Of Secession and chair.
man of tae Committee 90 the State of the Country.
In this capacity be has presented report to that
body, when met with universal appreciation, every
member rising 70 bis feet to sigulfy ho~ hearty
that appreciation wac. Should we say that
sit is with astonIshment and grief we hnd
.'cburches and pastors Of the South brca biDg
"out slaughter aud camcriSg for sangmnaV
A" hostillties with tierceness which We would
shave supposed impossible among the disciples
g Of the Prince of Peace" it would be OOly -e1.
cept that we substitute the word South fol-
North--to quote precisely the t rms in which the
Rev. Dr. and his fellow BaptIsts choose to eK.
press their feelings of sorrow and surprise. But
were we Doctor Of DIVINITY, whore Christian
principles were thus outraged by the uncbr stan
conduct Of our fellow men, should MT, there.
FORE Justify ourselves In "breathing out slaught-
ser" and " clamOriDg with ferceDe-s." At
least in our present uuregeuerate and la! state
of mind We do not see how 60 uncbrstIan con.
dlton Of lungs aud trmper excuses any special
{" Disciples of the Prince OF Peace" from follow
ing so bad an example But therein we ore NOT
In unity with the Rev. d. Fuller ard the South
ern Baptlsts. If your brotber Offend 81 to
him seven aud seventy times is the divine com.
Dand. If your brother bfeatbes slaughter aud
cIamors fercely, clamor more hercely on your
side ard breathe slaughter sso, 10 the COMMAND
of those disciples of the South. And our rev.
erend doctor does it with a will.
Something must be allowed to human Diirlni.
ty. Aud we allow it, But We have very ltis
patience with relig ious cant. Southern clerg,men
probably, are not MUCH unlike other men, pos.
srssed of something like the same passions and
the same iniirmlties, not more pure nor lees pre-
JUDGED. We might fnd 1t III our hearts II uot
to pardon, at least not TO be prised tLat t6ey
were as weak, as unthiuking aud as wrong-Lead.
ed a. their neighbors, 20 drunk with passion, %
blinded with prejudice, that the absolutely r,hs
is hid from their eyes aud the present wrong
pleasant in their sight. Bat all this does not, ~
our minds pnlliate the conduct Of men who use
the Influence of their sacred office and the power
Of religious organization to build up the houses
of unrlghteousDess and the chambers of wrong.
10 .f ma nf
the divine blessing upon al attempt to overthrow
just aud benefcent government aud TO establish
upon IFS ruos despotism whose central princi.
pie il the bondage OF a race. strikes US as Iilde
better taan the most shocking blssphemy. Se,e@
sion and treason are not one wnlt more lovely
when clothed in the garb of ? Gus bypocrsy
TIE Southern Baptsts hold the truth TO 10
" seli-evdent that the security, prosper ~, and
happiness of people are the true ends Of gov.
ernments. From this they deduce the right, rot
Of the poor whites and the poorer blacks III the
South, but of the ouly people the South
recoguizrs-tbe three hundred thousand slave
boders-yiolentiy To coangs the Government
The new Government, formed in acccrdircs
with this principle, and because, as these false
- disciples" assert, I" the fanatical spirit oi
"the North" has sought to deprive n IN Of
rights and franchises" " seeks to cultivate
" relations of aa,iy and q cd viii With It's Ia"
" conledcrares;" but these late confedera'es,
after nsult,ngy repellmg the reasonable prop
"ostions to that end, "now Insist upon
" devastating our laod with fire and sword, upon
..lettiug loo.e hordes of armed soldiers to pill
slage and desolate the entire SOUTH aud there
fore It is, aud because the churches of the N"'ts
have not lnterpo,sd and protested against thh
:. appeal to the sword, this invoking OF civil wa"
90 this delugng the country in fratrclda oloodi
but. on the contrary are breathing ou'
" slaughter aud ciamoriDg for sangui-a'y nos
"tlllties. Yith a fierceness which we woui' aaS'
supposed impossible among the discipie' o' '''
Prince of Peace;" that these other aud m'rs
consistent disciples can keep silence DO longer
but feel themselves bound to utter ln'le VOICE
I" distinctly, decidedly. emphaicay.' aud pass
series OF resolutions. Had they resolved oi'n'c'!'
decidedly, and emphatlcally to shoulder tue" mus
kets, We could have fot some little respect '"'
them. But utterances" are more 70 tneir tas'e.
and we doubt if, since the frst Ecciesiasuc"
Convention was held history can produce aoo'hes
and they have not been iew--so bold 10 isi'~
hood and so bad 10 spirit a. this.
II starts with . uonstroas lie" thai imp.r
" tial history cannot charge upon the Sou1' -