New-York tribune., 1879-11-08

came into the Chnich under their law. Our
chuichcs undcr ncn-saveholding preachers thr"ush
tie Whole tnc wee. and hcid themselves to De,
ant--inNerv societies. Aud Down 70 le4l, WnV" %
Snut bern MethOOism. excited by the ls'ng 1'h
risomi,m IN the North. demanded slaNrhI"iiiils ~ ~ Z
! Bishop. tiat "pleGrc in The pocket hau hl'
enourn to spht tbe Church and df'Vc orr on"
| whole South into secession. kepciter' as hc III
WAS. of that General Conference, Mr. johnson
4 does not deny my statement thar the n'-
mand for the condemnation oi a siNehhon,l'ms n,as
minister came from Bllt;mort and that the dcnale,
resnltng IN the rcqnirne me b,n1 90 or, "1 Meth
Odi>m exclusively: and ihat there was 10 aiIuSioIi
/ To GafnsoHiSiu which was not coldemhat9lN.
/ beg leave therefore to geailirm that our Chu1ch;
/ from the rme of hel founding down to the time OF
| her splitting thence down Ia the an.sluent 81
! slavery, was not "bulwark oi slavery hu' " o'i-
| wark of anti slavery freedom.
| WISDOM OF InE CHURCHES IN NOr ACCEPTING
GARRIsoNIsM.
MI johnson SAYS. IN defence o. Garrisonsm. \
bold and united front at the North against slavery
from 1880 and onwaldS III all probability would
have resulted IN peaceful emancipation 1t takes
a very bold front indeed, To utter an abslrdl'y
rendered 80 transparent in the light OF our subse-
quent experiences of a SOLID SOUTH No one III III
ever dld so much to make a Solid South from
that time 10 this as William Ilovd Garrison. Before
he entered Boston, with a Southern price On ms
head. The South WAS Solid against him ana
nralust Il, has followers. Every advancing year ne
made peace more and more impossible, and insured
the war Wendell Phillips says that, " Garrison
mad, Lincoln possible No. lnc true piopo,lli"
Is: Ggrflsousm made GRANT necessary III" Nl""'
made Lincoln possible. - ,,-.u
Nhoni 1894 | put the question to Dr. Wilbur
Fisk. who had resided IN tie South; suppose te tile
Cntre ministry ANA churches an" peVp.c "i 'n.
North had at once become Ga1isonian with peTitcss
uuanimlty. what would nave been Inc tesulI'
lie promptly replied IN substance ne re'uil
would lie that the -Olth would be equally uhanl-
nous on tie other side war would esue ana an III,
dependent slave cmpilc would be est"olislleu. i
lH. I'LL. At ittf ifs ID
past experience my every reader Will respond thal
Dr. Fi,k iurrtoid the "SOiIa South" Had the
whole North IN 1891 become GarIlsonian, South
ern slave nation would now be cur nelghboH al the
South. For at that time the South was lar nearer
equality IN fighting power with the NORTH, ana
could easily. at any rate have defended herself
and maintained her own territory. The refusal,
therefore ot tlc churches 90 Hear Ny. Garrison IN
truth prevented tie pcrpeiuty 81 slavery IN us
worst form. and 80 postponed the conflict that
slavery WAS finally DESTROYED. Nay. l can put n
stronger case. Whatever the churches may nave
done, the Democratic party, true 10 its histouGa,
instincts, would nave s0ndly united Win lne soma
South. Ii has been often SAID hy our Abolition
friends that if the ministers would only come
rrht All would come right" Ii Is a most idIOtic
proposition. The Democratic party has ever gloned
IN not beng pncst-gOyerned; and ltS antagonism
against a solid anti-saVciy clergy would have been
as violent rs solid. Ia the consequent war there
then would have been Solid south against d.
vided North. In the contest of arms the south
would have conquered. The limitations OF slavery
would have been abolished, ana Boston would have
been as completely under the slave power as
Charleston.
IITNEss OF GARRISON AS A LEADER.
Mr. Johnsons pathos about attacks upon Gar
rson even after he is in his grave, arouses the
question " How do the Garisonian eulogles over
that grave deal with the memories Of the
sainted dead ~ They have made his demise pre-
text for renewing that flood of obloQuy which they
have been pouring upon the churches and ministry
who declined Mr. GarIison's leadership for the last
forty years. They might have piled their hyper
bolcs of eulogy sky-hgh without arousing my pen,
but for the piles of calumny they heap upon what
Mr.. johnson calls "the leaders of the popular
Christianity of that day." some of whom are per
sorally dear to my own memory: If Mr.. john
course after lie f0rsoOk the church and the guides o
his youth, he will 1 think, declare that he sunk
into a rabid leader Of rabble OF fanatics; himself
the greatest fanatic. He became, II mistake not,
anti-Sabbath." anti-Minislry," ant:-Church."
"anti-Governmentn He, or his followers. de-
devil" and the American Constitution IN particular
was pronounced "a covenant with death and
league with hell" He opposed voting under its
authority and resisted the formation OF tho
only great effective organic DESTROYER of slavery by
statutory enactments the Republican organization
sounder section of his friends. including Mr. john
son, ] believe deserted his lead, and left him to
sink his LtbeTdt0r In the grave OF It's own fanatcis
Aud IL for most wisely preserving their own self
respect and rejecting the lead OF this unbalanced
and eccentric man, that the churches of that day
notice that the accuracy OF his history lies under
permanent Impeachment. II. u. MHEDON.
Atu-lOrk, Oct. 20. 1879.
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