, 1874-06-15
oytnblo rrotoHts ard action OF tho Abollt1oniats

to oxchunge Tho policy Of EXCUSES and apologies
for blayollolding NJ tompornry stnto OF socIoty,
for tho ground Of ethtoal md lablicnl tofcnAos
q Il as = norma! and permanent institution, like
TINT Of tho fanily, tho inEtntory stop moro mt
urally dovolvcd on tho nlergy than OH tho politi.
olanl. AccortllnRly, THO Is,inceton Rerc'tory, q
thoo'ogical quarterly, In 1886 contained an arst-
Gle, wrtton by Prof. Hodge, auppyIng, tho inds-
ro'lHaI,lo desllo,at,l,n uofei,so of Slavery by
| tho l]blo. WhiIo tna uenernl Assembly Of thu
rrosbytorian Church vns IN session Mt pittslnrg.
rofrint of that a1u uolo. labolol "For giattitols
distribution" was distributed among tho tnoln-
bors. Many Clergyman aud politiclNn
Ina Haid TINT thls pampet iirst oponod llts eyes
to thu rightfulness and
DIVINE AUTHORITY
| Of tho Eiavo ByRtonli 1heucoforth It bocnn1o
ths prevailing doctrine Of til. South, ralivloue!y
tlclontlod by its Stouowall Jaoksons, aud st1l1
pcrslBted III.
4 division of thu Presbyterian Church oc-
eArrod not long af.es%nss ostena.uy on smeo-
quouco Of tho struggle boswcon Slavery aid
i3ut no:tlser tho Old nor tho New School Az.
sombly, 20 called. took any action ngalnst saYo-
| rY, '',rne ono Ind more alayeholcrB u11dor itR
Jurisdiction than tho other hut both tolerated
i;le nractico." As ]ato as 1861, lilo NoS Sclaoot
| General Assembly, sitting at Utica, n. 4, d.
c!!ncd to tako action against hlayary, to tho
! Or the nction OF lilo Connecticut nnd Massa-
chuBotts Clerical Associations agalnat Autl-
Slavery lecturers, mention las boon made in an-
othex couneetion. ...
at Cincinnati in 1876, representing Northern
md Southern MctlofstB, "dsclanod my right.
wials or intention to ntn2fore IN the cfl! and
political rotation of naster and slave, rs it OK
ias III tho sayeolng States Of this Union ),
ard s'disapproyod tile conduct of, two of itH
M pmbory reported to haye locturod III This city
in its favor" tAdopsca by vote oe 122 to III
1n n pastoral address TO communicates, it was
tho statos precluded Church action ngni1st
eitrery."
MotIoatst Episcopal Annual Conferences Mt
til o North, Presbyterian Synods md prcaby-
t. rios md local churches OF CongrcgationaHts
M ii DaptlHtB very generally held tue snnle aeni-
In,snts; and tlolr prosecutions or AboiItloltlHt
I'm iuistors md aynle'1, often on faso proscnaes
were outraFes.
anrEyous TO he 1oHHE.
I'll wel1-Nnown casca OF 1owiB Tappan, In Now
York, and Judge L, D. Culver, in Ryooklyn, (at-
ter wards Unitod States Minister to South Amer
ica), arc but specimens Of hundreds OF lcas
pr.5nliuont victims. Publicly stiy'natized az dc,
sewing cxcommlnicnsion they Wers eAafgoa
With sclisu, ii they aeceaed.
| 1t might easily be shown, and will not DO Do
MED, that the Baptist Churches, Northern apd
Southern Rnd Tue Protestant Episcopal Church:
| wore rs tolerant Of Slavery. as doeply involved
| III it and as hostile to Abolition as tho othor
! Hects heie mentioned though large portion ol
| leading aud active Abohtionists were originally
| members Of some Of those accts, aud ieyet
| changed or abandoned their religion.
Dlble, Educst!on, auu Kindred societ,cs. Theo.:
logical Semnaries aud Older colleges. It is sultl-
liant to say that they we're mostly in tho asards
! ct the patrons and warm supporters Of tho Col
ca:zs:ion Society, tho tool Of tho slaye-P over
I: MAS natural, not to say inevitable, that al.
! herring TO that Society, they should conflict with
! Ase!i;ionisn, and como into completely With
s.s7e.r and fraternity with IT, III some form.
l<~eSeratiug with Shareholders Ill these several
rss1:jlus cut arprsSn. and receiving funds from,
:as@- :hey would either as organizations Or NJ
;a.s::.::;aals boar testimony agninst slayory,
e7Aa il, from conscientious convictions, or from
benevolent 3, 'npathies, thoy we're dcsirous nt
doing 50 mut h u1ore when from inses1biltv tc
!, ae sin aud t he inhumanity OF Slarory, they
rara totally a, pathetic On tho subject. And no.
Il fer Of them were Themselves, shareholders.
It MAS not . be expected that Abolitionlstt
,xoull bo aen or inaotivo III relation to till
condition Of .is ngs. nMd they were not, tn the
| conventions and lectures, in ther Journals
i,racts, pamphlet :. sermons. and books, duo NJ
i;ention was paid TO this fcature Of tue contcst
! James G. Brine vs. pamphlet. Tho A'nericat
! fJhurcl,os tho B .lwar1s Of American Slavery,
There, and was fe lowed BY aiulsar testimonials
All the argume nts and appeals Of Abolition
lists, drawn from christianity nnd The Bible {a1re
these wera 1uccssant) were virtually 80 mat1
Churches. paslors, and ecclesiastical bodies il
[ tic ap,,asite direction. phclrs' Lectures, witt
Tie signaturos of III clergynlcn to the dcolara
tiop Of its sentiments iu 1884; Wald's Blbl
Against s'asssy snefands soo ana nros o
| Jay's various writipga,, including Alosalo sor
| yeritulo Not slavefy;" tlo Rev. C. Smith on tn
Name tho writings Of the Rev; J. Gordon
| Alattocks "Slavery and Afothodsn = " Fact
siathaws; Dr.. Cheevor's nnd william dooieIl'
| writiugs.-theBe are but specimens OF the e',clo
siastca struggle Oh tha part of the Abolitionista
Among -.......-
THE IMMEDIATE RESULTS
wero the following: The Organization Of
| Wesleyan Church {separato from the Methods
Epiacopal church, BY soott, Horton, Leo, Mat
iack. Priudle, u. Smith, mud othors 2 Ere
Presbyterian Church. by tho loy. John Rankin
nnptist Mission Society, by G. P. Grosvenor, N
Coiyer, ant. oiherH alro the American Mission
ary Association, IN 1saG, ,--oacL with odlcal
| deyotel to their enterprises: Northern F.eo
win naptiats separated from thoso OF tne South
aaa & larso aatol'A0anl and influential Christian
| Autislayory Convention was hold Ii
oincinuatl. Ohio, April, 1850, and M
these, aftor long and earnest discussions. rcau
| iutIona wcyo adopted in favor Of ,y!thlrawin
from tho churches, ecclesiastical podies mud ,nia
nionory organizations, connected Will aiaVohold
| ing.
October 6, 1854, most Of tho Rttadoa ats (an,on
them T. n. Woll) were impellcd to transfer thni
pIace Of study to Oberlln. giving impetus and iu
llueAce to that important scat at learning,
IN JUSTICE To TIE CONGREGATIONAL HoD1Es,
It sould he said that they took decidedly Anti
Slavery action earlior than soma utller demon,
nations. Huyiue no National General Associa
tion aud almost no churches in The South. it wu
easier for them to take right ground. Ihci
largcst hotlios we're tlon State Associations an
conferences, md nll OF these west of Row En-
gland wero formod after tho agitation com
lnauccd. and by tho younger, moro prorressiy
men OF tho denomination !: TINT OF Now York /
1885. that Of Michigan IN 1874, Of Iowa in lslt
of Wisconsin about 1919, aud tlleso wero al
"frco-bor,l." And tho Now Es1ylaln! bodies d
ranged themselves On tile right side bofora 1856
TEE LIBERTY PARTY--VIEWS o7
THE CONSTITUTION.
The great struggle asainUt Slavery, alfoad
deso:ibcd, was participated in, aliisc, by all th
, | or,,nnl AtnlitinniatA intn wlntnvor fivar3a nr