New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-04-17
A FRENCH Address ON TIE AMER.
ICAN WAR.


lowing letter. which the Protestant clergy Of
France have recently addressed to England:
! "PARIs, March u, 1863.
! "HoxoRED AND BELOVED BRErHsEs LORD; Il
Is the glory Of England have given to the world the example
Of abosing frat the Slave Trade and then Slavery hes
glory to have continued for the last sx'y y.s the work Of
suppre,ng uuye,sy the Slave Trade and Slavery the
cost It asserted. Of fifty millions OF pOuoa' sterling sndk
(. under God chiefly her religious her Catson bee
Wnbeorees hsr Buttons TO her missionary societies. tia.
England owes this glory.
"W not the sons and OF these great Chrss
complete their by urging their country TO declare if
openly for the holy OF the liberation OF the slaves 10 ne
terrible struggle which pressn. cOnyusiDg the United
State, Of Amencal
mo revolving spectacle has ever been oso'' the
civilized world than Confederscy consisting msiny II
Proesn forming itself snd demanding independence In
the nineteenth century Of the Christian era with pcesssd
design Of maintaining and propsssting Slavery Confsa
erscy which lays down the cornerstone OF Its Constitutes
the system Of slavery exists at present 10 the southsra
ss,eia ,y.ie which may be defined briefly as tbs rsnss
treat msn Ike cattle and TO commit aduliery and murder
with IMMUNITY. Setting aside eli political considerations
can any Christian heart fail to be stirred to mitigation
hearing the chief Of that Confedsrsey answering decree
emancipation BY implied threat Of eEterminationf
THE triumph Of such woad pa. back the pross
OF .tisn civil zation end Of humanity whole century.
IL would ansss weep in heaven aud demons rejoice In
hell II would enable the fhsnds Il the SayeTate sod Of
Slavery In al lands hold up their beads ready they
are 70 reappear al the first sign Ia Asia 10 Africa snde'sn
10 the ss, ellie. o, Europe 1t would sve fatal biowS
The work Evangelical Missions and what fdshal reaP'a'
sibty would rest on the Church which should fsman mo
81! ent spectator OF such triumph!
II there Is peaceabe OF fastening the end OF The
and Of rendering Its issue such is desired by all tue
friends Of humanity oSShf not fs< sfHeeys Chrtian@ E
rope 70 &c % Q Edrspanona go.eyfu t't"'ny
Aios ooud lears those rhO GghJor ths gst oyPra''s
M, are, no dopsof seeing those Chrsh' gre The" ne
hand Of teIor.lipi
Ministers and pastor. Of all tie evangelical dsuomirsons
Of England scotland and Irssnd IL 10 here We nsed your
assistance Take lead and le, call forth great and
powerful manifestation st'ynPNhI f9r The ooi5rea rec
long oppressed aud asoa,so ~ ~ boIib si.ysrx
tho time di.posiuy them to teu to our 'ugses'on
Il 10 free England that such msre,aiioa, can Oe s,.
the voice Of al the ministers OF the cuched saHo anu 10
France our yGc. sGhos theirs Rsy and plead s1. i %.a
that 4. not free and equal With the whites -
May God grant Il, and may I'll. blessing rest .lke 90
Great Britain and the United States Ia Chusl, the tus
sisnsd up to hi. day BY hundred and Anias p1a,'
in France as st,sstsd ~ GrsgdEere oy "'n ana ff0
eric Monoi and others in Paris"
The letter is both mild and decided. There
was n time when a majority Of the American
clergy, both North ard South, stood on the
same platform. But one by one the churches
of tue South ignomnousy repudated it, and
gradually drifted toward an adoption of tho
abominsble doctrine that Slavery is divine
institution, and intended to DO the normal con.
dtion of the black race. Even large num-
Der of the Northern churches ceased their
testimony against Slavery, and sunk deeper
and deeper into submissiyeness to the Slave
Power, and no one can tell how deep they
would have sunk, if tho outbreak of the Re-
bellion had not opened the eyes Of many and
naugurated that reaction toward sound Anti
Slavery principles which, we are glad TO see,
81 still going on in nearly oil our Northern
churches.
In some respects, this demonstration OF the
Protestant clergy of France in behalf Of our
cause is the most important and significant ono
that has yet been made upon the continent OF
Europe. 1t emanates from body which is
more free from subseryency to despotic and
aristocratic interests than the clergy of any
other country of Europe, and which at all times
has been foremost among the European sd.
mirers Of our National institutions. Some OF
the very best works that have been written ia
Europe on American affairs, and on our War
in particular have been published by prowi.
nent French Protestant,. We only need refer
to the names of Gasparin, Fisch and Monod. IL
is pleasing and gratifying circumstance that
the address is the unanimous expression OF the
sentiments of all Protestant sects and parties.
When it was sent of 10 England, it had re-
ceiSed the signatures Of ssren-tenths of all the
Protestant ministers Of France, and signatures
were still coming in by every mail. Not one
single dissenting voice has yet been heard.
We hope this noble appeal will not remain
without effect. The clergy in England have
great influence on public opinion. They have
always protested to hate Slavery; and although
at the beginning Of our war considerable
portion of them We'd with the aristocracy in 70
Wiling M, we must say, to their credit that, slnce
the Emancipation Proclamation OF President
Lincoln they have ceased to except American
Slavery from their denunciations, and have done
their part in bringing about the great reaction
in EDgland. Still, by combined efforts they can
do more; they have it in their power 70 ren'
der to the cause of Freedom service WHOM
will be of immortal fame in the RECORDS
history. May the opportunity not escape sas@
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