New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-06-07
THE AMERICAN CHURCHES AND
NEGRO SUFFRAGE.

The friends Of universal suffrage will be glad
to learn that the example OF the Baptists, who
at the recent meeting Of Their Home Missionary
Society declared in favor Of negro suffrage,
has already beer followed BY two other nu-
merous and influential churches. the New
school PresbyteranS and the United Brethren
in Christ.
The former represent membership of q out
I3a, 600. They have churches in Missouri,
MARYLAND end Delaware, and at their recent
Genera! Assembly recognized the Synod OF
Tennessee, OF the four Pre.byteries OF which
three have already resumed their connection
with the church, abandoned by them in 1857.
The General Assembly resolved to make specia!
efforts to extend its territory IN the Slave States,
and i; has before it bright prospects OF success
OF Che intense loyalty and equally intense anti
Slavery utteranceS Of the Genera Assembly
which was recently in session at Brooklyn, we
have already had occasion to speak. Or the
action Of the same body IA behalf Of negro SUI
irage, the Rev. DIR. Cuylcr gives the following
account in last week. IHdepe,.d,nt
The elimination of enthusiasm ~os reached wien
Dr. Spear presented h.s trcnohant report III fsor Oh
NF1Lo SUI RLGI. member from The shores oi Like
Chanpain expressed some h, est doubts rs 10 tho eI
pcdiency Of an i.BodiIs cstiture OF the Sonthern
freedmen with the rights Of c''izonship ms Drought
on. half dozen tiOiudcTs. hot. quck ana telng NV
| rollev of canister Thompson. the colored Commis
sioncr claimed for BIZ race III organic equAhty WIN
the whites. We arc PTerfieahy IN. rior, eaiu he'
because We hive never been put into practice bnt
natural. frurda,oual inferioriy We will nersr admit
Herrick johnson OF Pittsburgh IN few vehement
sentences protested that every oppr,~s,ng re, ,s
had charged the victims of Their wrongs IN
sener,c 'nferiorliy. J. Ford Sutton CAV, d
! brief touching plotogrnph of the io!m
blacks TT tie cRtd,oIs Of our soldiers. weeping over
Union defeats OF iusan' oSer our victories ne osn
that tie lingering treason o. The South could only De
suotlercd undc .rO ballots. You arc all settling
IN one direction. 'aid the moderator; why h"t taAo
the voter Tie vote aas taken: one loud. majestic
az sounded through the pacous church. not solitary
nav vas whispered and then the whole Aissmhy rose
10 their fee and sang Ny country. rs OF lhce ms
ma lc the record Of the Assomb, complete lhey nave
voted lroHinoasy 10 sustain thcGo,' nment N puhsn'
! ~, trehson-to exclude every Rel. minister IRON
ohurch.f lo'ysh.p until be repent AMI iorswcar ci,
l,rnlt,-to establish hJmc missions among the freed
men aud To connerd The fullest nights OF ciiizehship
10 thr black I,alist OF the South Need nny member
OF his Assembly hllsh to meet his constituents
! The quadrennial General Conference of 1.-THE
United Brethren in Christ" denomination
which counts about 1000 members, especially
! in ia: Northwestern States. has likewise
adopted resolution i'll favor of negro suffrage by
the following decisive vote: For the resolution
20. including all TIE four Bishops o. he church;
against it mono: ahstained from voting, ,. This
church has che conference in West Virginia, and
another in (Old) Virginia and Maylrnd, and
one of a.. Bishops. Gossbrcnncr, has resided
,hrodchc1. the war at Augusta, in the Shcran-
doah Nalicy. This Bishop, Uho for four years
has been cut oil from all communication with
the churches in the loyal States gave al &C count
uf the dangers which the congregations in Viz
ginia were exposed to during tie war. 4 few
members became wagering in their loyalty to
the Union and to the anti-Slavery principles of
their church; but the vast majority RENAME |
firm.
! The unaiimty with which these three large
Protestant denominations have opened the new
ant-S!avery movement among the churches is
particularly pleasing. II is certain that, in ma
jorty OF I'll the Protestant denominations, pub
lie opinion is in favor OF this movement and
that many of them viii seize the first o'portu-
nifty TO put themselves officially on rccoii.
Among the Koran Catholics, public opinion
seems to be he reverse. Not only the papers
which have always acted i'll concert with the
ultra Peace Democracy but even those which
have supported the war against the Robels, are
decidedly opposed TO the reimbursement Of
our colorcd people. One of the latter class,
The Unirrse of Philadelphia, has in its last
number the following significant article:
| "The negro Is clearly curse 10 America.
alt H. evident that, fundamentally speaking il would
be violation OF things to make citizen OF the negro
The Of this truth is found in the difference b,
tween the negro and the white The prejudice OF color
may be shamefuiy intensified by odons causes. but
THE rendce in the white for the nck has been planted
by nature itsclf and il IN ubdOnbcd that in The ma
iority OF instances the nesrophilsts have gone 10
unfortunate extremes la eHtrpatiag IL. Abolitionism
has led to many unfortunate excuses. The negro raco
il cvdeay under the bun Of nature * there any obj
CATION ON the white ace TO try 10 undo this bauto the
degree OF Iking perfect political equality between tho
two races DO the interests Of the white reouirc snch
an act Do TIE honor. greatness and power and per.
psnty Of the country demand IL The proper ans we3
10 these questions arc decided negatives The duty of
tho white % the negro to pay bm for bis labor; the
white can secure no true advantage in making the
negro his Political cqud; and TIE country has no need
whatever Of negro suffrage.
"Tbe Irish others will De called upon 70 erereise their
grcai ntasnco on this matter. They will exercise n
patriotic NY Treason and Aboiitionsm were tho
causes oi tIe ihte WAT "nch tes poth ptro full. the
war bors for.h. Bat Abolitionism would have been
full much sooner than II was ouly for the barrier the
Irish vote placed before H. A similar thing will tsko
place now. Against negro suffrage will stand The Irlsh
suffrage Guided by she Constitution; ana tho ouro,i
ton will save, perhaps. forever. the country rom
nnoIhor cv,i war. Gccoun, of negro cirzenship 8
thing which 10 at once violence upon nature and an
insult end an njury to tbc Republic
We doubt whether the more sagacious among
the opponents Of negro suffrage will thank The
Unirers for the publication Of articles like