New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-11-15

o.,.;.;,veYv agitation in that church than could
have been found IN any graveyard. IL was "i,tl-
spu's trntupel-cail that aroused her attention. Ut.
Wh.,lon shall be my witness, for he SAYS :
"Whcn Garrison started his Hberdior III b1stoh'
and proclaimed his prnclpes Mcth9isli any re- re-
snnuded" Very true, but DIR. w h"don ana not re-
.rnnI SAVE with abnsc of the noble champion or
.icedom The response of MethOdisul, though COM
.rafiyely early, was not early as ne says u WAS
liz .claros hat d" the delegates to our General Con-
ference of 1892 from New Eng land were to man
'Garrsonan Abolitionlsts indolsng ana am l"t-
there Is n natural utilization between Methodism
and Garisonian abOhtionsin. Ana as to the lest
sort OF Mcthodsm, he IS right Tor Scott ana Sul-
deroud and SturIs and Horton. and In Tact n large
majority of the New-Englaud preachers, became
Ab0htionsts nj an early day, mourning thereby the
most shameful persecution at The hands of the pro-
slavery party in the church, of which the bishops
were the head But as to those delegates TO the
General Conference Of 1882, they certainly were
not " to n man. Garrsonans for surelyif the Rev.
DR.. Wilbur Fisk WAS Garrisonian tnen oeorge
McDulie ANA John {. Calhoun were of the same
faith, and DR. Whedon viii find it necessary to re-
construct other history besides mine. No historical
fact Is capable of clearer demonstration than that
the agitation of the slavery question IN the Aetho-
dist Church. which began IN the New-Engand Con-
ference IN 1880. sprang directly nom Tue move
mont of Mr.. Garrison, and that 10 was ever after
ward stimulated by that movement Us cher
AGENTS were for wears men who "lndOised ana
affiliated with the societies connected with that
movement If the central powers Of MothOdlsm
could have put GarrisOnian abolltiOnHln down, tey
would have found IL an easy task 10 suppress, Agla-
sired To accomplish, aud that tor which they piac-
tised The most shameful arts.
DIR. Whedon emphasizes the fact that Northern
MethOdists are generally kcpubi. cans. i certainly
rejoice that sucH Is The fact. and would give them
the credit due on Thar acc un but TINS disproves
nothing hal nave sa.d a. 10 the iorncr attliuHc
of the Methodist Church CA tine slavery question.
I'm hIstir letter. Dr. Acon Roasted tat MS own
ant-siayeTyi-m was OF Il very early datc II voted,
he says, with the germinal Liberty party some.
where about 1884 Tor Goycrnor OF Counecilcdt.'
Now | am petty well acquainted win TIE Liberty
party formed m 1910, but never lciDre heard
of the "gerIninal Liberty party" Ii the Doctor
voted with that party al tue date mentioned am
at a loss 10 understand how ~ happened that IN
March, 1888. article from bis pen appeared IN
Zor's HerGld i'm which he almost raved against the
ADohionsls on the alleged ground thai they IN
tended to make their agitation pOlti'nL The
SYSTEM" said the Doctor, WlfI hands upli'ed ana
hair on end, intends uiilnaiciy 10 become, ~ IL
only wants strength now To- be. system OF of0an-
ized political action" The Doctor evidently thought
THIS ittie better than uc!pirnt treason. aud ;uok
pains 10 trace II directly L. tna terrible man Car
Iison, quoting from hln passage wherein hc had
said thai the elective franchise was 10 Ice used
toward breaking up the linplOrs -ystem al siay-
eryD This was treason ia Mr. Gursun III 1880,
bur Dr. W hcdon himself, # We may believe his id!er
les, iniony, from e somewhere about 1854 and on
ward. was increasingly guilty of the sam" thing.
venture the suspicion that there is some mistake
here and that the DoctO's political anti-siavcTyism
did not reach the seunnal' point at 80 early a
Dr. Whcdon's abuse Of Mr.. Garrison can harm
nobody but himself, except that n may, perhaps,
cause some Of his descendants 10 biush. ne cNi-
deatly enjoys II, ANA VIII NOT conllhn. IL bt-ah
IL so inns agO that has bccOmca liked habit, from
which he cannot escape. But bis qucruous croak
INK will not disturb the grand chorus OF voices
of the great and good, in all parts of the
world that attcsts the mobility and worth OF
the American LiOerator. For Oh, information, how
ever, of OF your readers rs do not happen To be
familiar with MI. Garrisons "rlngs, ie' me say
mat MS views of the Sabbath were those OF Iaul,
Lnther Archbishop Wnateiy and the society of
Friends that he was an earnest believer ~ u III
vnelv ordained Ministry of ruth ana that ne WAS
ANTI to no government that coniormcd ITSELF 10
the law of God and the rights of man. AS TO his
views of the church. viii let him speak ior himself
Ia sonnet which d.. " hed0n can scaIcI at leisure
with his heIcsy- hun.ing eye:
THE TRUE CHURCH.
by WILLIAM LLOYD GARRISON.