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 (fob tbe ooLoifijr.) 
 
 WoaleFan niotlioaut Church iu cannda 
 
 and i^luvery— UthorChiircbca 
 
 and Socetlea. 
 
 [Ifoig— Owing to the unjust re usal of tho 
 Christian Guardian nf Toronto, to nsert the 
 Letter which follows in reply to accusations 
 and mis-statements by it in its issue of Deo. 
 12th, ih letter U now published wit'a sume 
 nocisiary prelatory remarks.] 
 
 BEMAREtJ, 
 
 There was no human bi-ing had a more 
 honest hiitied of " American Slavery," than 
 tho Father of Methodism, the justly revcro I 
 JoHM Wkslbv— and -e had persouiUy witnes- 
 sed It. His celebrated ileoiarutiou, so often 
 quotjd, thit it i^ tha " som op all villa mkb," 
 shews in a brevity of words, his iiitefiao hatred 
 of it. But the Methodist Churches in the U. S. 
 have not carried v^iih them, as churches, the 
 same " witness" of a Godlike h.itred of the 
 inirjuity. There is an exception to this accu- 
 sation ill that church in the U. S., by the 
 secession of a portion of the Ministers who have 
 formed " The VVesle,. an Church." They pro- 
 claim agaiuit the eril— and will not have any 
 fellowship with slaveholders, or slave- traders or 
 slave-sellers. They are pure in that respect. 
 Would to God, for the sake of hummity, that 
 all the Methodist Churches Ministers and 
 Preachers were equally so. The Methodist 
 T^hurch iu tli^ 3tttteb"is kuot^ by name as Ittr- ■^ 
 *■ ^ Metl;odiBt Episoofwl Chur4h,"^nd not, as in 
 Canada, bearing ihe name of " Wesleyan Meth- 
 odist." The above sece-sion in the U. S. is an 
 
 any free and happy peoplo as we Canadians 
 ate) and the Wesleyan Mttliodist Church ii 
 Caiada, has the intercourse as stated and- a 
 connection, besides the stronger' vidence whicli 
 follows, nil which dare mt, with truth, be 
 denie I. From the sL.ve 8tate of Texas, South, 
 to the Hudson Bay Teirritory, North, the com- 
 plexion of Methodism, with the ministers and 
 preacherf, in their churches, &c., on the evil 
 
 ment, on several occasions, by the Rev. W , F. 
 Claik'\ In the " Canadian Independent,"f of 
 London, C.W. Bat mark, that paper is not 
 *''«"'*'''« Congregational Church of Canada, of 
 which It 13 the organ. Some of the minif lers 
 ot that church have been implicated in this 
 matter- for instance, the Rev. J. T. Byrn. 
 Whiiby, once a Vice-President of the 
 Slavery Society of Canada, at Toronto. 
 
 of 
 4iti- 
 i.at 
 
 From the warm bowiekni/e and Colt's revolver 
 defence ot slavery in the .South, to thp elimi- 
 nated sUeiiCi) and 'lullaby whish" in Canada 
 and farther North. But I do not refer to the 
 Methodist men)ber8 and p o[ile of Canada 
 especially. T/ieij have hearts — they h;ive wives 
 and cliildien. They would n t wish to see 
 wife torn from hnsband and sold, nor the hus- 
 band Irom the wife, nor the child from the 
 parent, nor would they tolerate the babe in the 
 womb bein;; sold, nor the three-fourths or a half, 
 or a part, of a body and soul being sold! Nor, 
 above all, wonlJ they wish to see one cf thtir 
 preacha's sold, or advertised as '• A Minister 
 for Sale" ! But these things are done, aod 
 countenanced by Meihodism, as well as by other 
 churchec in the United States. The ireachers 
 are to ba blamed and deservedly condemned. 
 The people, the memheis of Methodist churches, 
 wishing to remonstrate, are ni.t; at least 
 some excuse can bp allegid for them. Their 
 bondage to their system gag<i their mouths 
 and their pen ! To whom would they complain 
 and b,. listened to ■? 
 
 But to show fan her the cmnnilion between 
 the Wesleyan Methodist Church in Canada, 
 and the Methodist Episcopal Church (North), 
 1 will quote the following from the Dajly Cc-to. 
 ♦u's'^'f JU^D^ceci'ier, premising tha 
 blishment'w here the Canada Sunc 
 
 lion 
 jre- 
 une 
 
 Uaily ( 
 
 Eit^he ( 
 
 esta- 
 
 chool 
 
 at the 
 
 exception. 
 
 The Methodist E. Church in the U. S., divid- 
 ed some years ago [in the year 1844 I believe] 
 into two bodies, called " The Methodist Epis- 
 copal Church [Souti)]," and " The Methodist 
 Episcopal Chuich," the latter ge;ting for dis- 
 tinction's sake the word " dorth" added to the 
 name. Ti,e character of the W. E. Church 
 [south], as regards the slave question and slav- 
 ery, is so notorious, that the mera mention of 
 the circumstance is sufficient — for, " tf it, God 
 knoivs, it is gone, gone, body and soul, to tho 
 slave power of the United Statts." And it is 
 generally believed, not only in the eastern and 
 Western sta'es, [oriiortbernand western as they 
 are also callud] but also in O^mada, that the M. 
 E. Church [north] is entirely frio from any 
 connexion with tie slave question. It is not 
 so. In the advertisement by me of "A iMinis- 
 ter tor Sale I" the biief extracts refer; ed to of 
 a recent date, ure sufficient t j sh: w that it is 
 not Si>. A volume could be very ( asily compil- 
 ed, with facts, which would make the very ears 
 of the Methodists iu Canada ' tingle," and 
 their blood run cold, at the atrocui ;s committed 
 as to slavery, of which the .vl. E. Church 
 [north,] as a church, has been, ai.dso/ar is, a 
 party. 1 wait not to refer to this now— I may 
 again. 
 
 I do not think that the members — tho 
 people— o( the Wesleyan Metliodis', church in 
 Canadn, are aware of the standing ot the 
 Methodist churches [north and south] in the 
 states, as to the slave question, They have 
 been kept in ignorance by their weekly organ 
 the Christian Guardian of Toronto, i,ow iu its 
 twenty-i-.eventh volume [hjwever ably conduc- 
 ted in other lespecls], of the dangerous and 
 lalse posiiion of these churches as to s'avery. 
 In what number of that paper, and how long 
 ago, will any informaiion be found t But the 
 
 menbers — the iieniilfi—ni the SVesle^a:: rh!ir:-!- 
 in Canada, win hnd in the Guardian by adver- 
 tisements, and iu articles quoted or extracted 
 from the books and periodicals of the Methodist 
 Episcopal church [north], that their church 
 the, Wesleyan Methodist church in Oaiiada, has' 
 a direct friendly and broUierly inlerjours'e in 
 llK^ e w.iy.^ ilian 1 wait, tft 
 
 Aiivoci.te refciied to is sent forib, is 
 said 200 Mulberry-street, New Yoik :- 
 
 " Wo have received seveial numbeis of the 
 Canada Sunday School Jdvpcatc, which purports 
 to be published at the Methodist Book Room, 
 King-street, Toronto, but in reality it is printed 
 and published in New York, and is only an 
 edition of the New York Sunday School Adto-^ 
 cate, with thn headini? end dati s changed to 
 Toronto. But this is not done in all cases. 
 By mistaUe, we piesutne, ' New York' is left 
 undi-r the editorial head ii^ne number, while 
 in the same manner, 'Toronto' appears befure 
 the editorial matter in another number. These 
 changes are noi made with sufficient euro to 
 cairy ojt the ' innocent' decsftiou." 
 
 Under the date of 1 oronti, Nov. 24, wo ob- 
 serve the following ediloriul paragraph : 
 
 V The general anniversary ot our Sunday 
 School Union, for th>' curri «t year, took place 
 in the cities ol \i:w Yorkaid Brooklyu,on the 
 2l3t, 22daiid 23d of October, under circum- 
 stances the m 'St gr.itif'yhig and eneonrogiog." 
 • • * 'Thiskiid of duplicity is m>6t 
 reprehe: sible, i.nd above all, it is inexcusable 
 in wh.it professes to be u leligi us publication 
 for the m iral instruction of the youth of the 
 couutry. Consistoncy is a jewel !' 
 
 Farther siiil, on the ab ve head of connec- 
 tion, the Ckrvtian (luardidn in its paper of 
 26ili Dec, state ', in an ariiclo rxj laming t'.e 
 refusal to piblish my letter of 14th Decemb r, 
 (whicii follows), bi.'ing a m- le letter of exphi- 
 nation in reply to an article in the Guardian of 
 tha 12th D.-cemher, referring lo my advertiji- 
 luent of "A Miniver for Sale," — the Guardian 
 as said, stales: " Mr. Linton says, as a proof 
 of his char,ve against ilie Wesleyan Ohurch in 
 Canada, ihit it ' dimits ministers to tho cire of 
 the Methodist Church noith.'" But how do»s 
 itdimit ministers to that body'? Why in thit 
 V)iy only, tiat when a mini-Jter of the \\% sley- 
 an Church determimsto rtmovo from the coun- 
 tiy he is eiititUdtoa certificae of his christian 
 and minist -rial standing, and then be is left 
 pafectly freo to determino for himself respect- 
 ing his future ecclpsinsiical associations."— 
 r^'ow, liie following is an extiuct from liie min- 
 utes of thu Conference of thn Wesleyan Meth- 
 odist Church of Canada, hel I at London, C. 
 W., June, 1855. "Qutsiion 9.— What Preach- 
 ers havo withdrawn from tho Church this yeai? 
 Answer. — None — J. O. Willed, at his own re- 
 
 of slavery, varie,. Rean t, mark the variety. ' church is in parts, that is, .ach organizitic i or 
 
 Vr.r. .I,« ^arnn l.n a, ,«. b ,., (» »n,I flnl.'a ro,„l„„- COngrcgatioU, Stand-, by itSClf,-bUt ihclr « 
 
 (voluntary or temporary only, called " Co 
 gational Union") by its declaration iu 
 1850, at Kingston, resolved very ixpli illy 
 ^gainst the American Tract Society and 
 Slavery, the very o/jpos'fc however of what was 
 declared, as to that Society, at the Union 
 meeting at Montreal in June, 1854, though, on 
 slavery proper, its denunciations then aga i.st it 
 were plain, and an example toother bo'lies. 
 But the practice of encouraging jio-Slavery 
 Religious Societies, is as plainly wrong, f 
 
 The erection of a " Maclay College " in 
 Toronto for the regnlar Baptist Ohurc^ of 
 Canada, will not save if, if there is a sire, k of 
 blood in it ; nor the avo'ved declarations mirely 
 01 the "Christian Guardian," of Teronto, 
 (drawn out by a mere accident and Inteniijnal 
 misrepresentations of the objects of my jpro- 
 ceedings against tho Americin Socieiieij and 
 Churches, as to their operations in Canada^ and 
 as to my srid letter of 14th December,) t-uch 
 will not, as yet, save the Wesleyan Methc list ; 
 nor will the humane and philanthropic Bi xton 
 Mission, C. W., of the Free Presbyterian ClLitch 
 of Cauiula save that Ohurcb from just acgisa 
 » tions either, if its organ the " Recori 
 Toronto, is not more lively on tha snbji 
 pro-Slavery Necietie', fthoujh it is u ' 
 able in its piety, tiuthfulness, loy 
 sirceii'y, and a credit to ils Edito:< 
 Reid,) or if the students of K 
 College, Tort>nto, and some ministers If its 
 churcli, are not kept from introducing and 
 favoring the American Sunday School I nion 
 with its mute literature, or save that cl arch 
 itself by ils propping up the publicatiors o ' the 
 " Prestiyterian Pubioiiion Board" of ti e (>. 
 S.Presbyterians at (Philadelphia, (ihough they 
 publish pure copies, but alsn a " mute and 
 silent)" literature,) which Boaid wih its cl urch 
 are pro-slavery <o the core; all these things 
 will not pasH unnoticed, hue be marliedland 
 their lineaments well-define.l, un'ess tbereiis a 
 change for a relVrm in our Cunadiau Chti ches 
 and Re IgiousSocieiies ; and British institutions 
 in religious and secular lierature more earnest- 
 ly encouraged by them. 
 
 And in passing, tie rem .rk may be iiade, 
 that the "American Bible Union," oFsSO 
 Broomj Street, New York, under charge mjinly 
 of !he Bap.ists of tha U.S., with its ntw t.ans- 
 Ifition of the Bible, now being made, and 
 which is also circulated in Canada br- its 
 " Bible Union Reporter " (i i ublication, iow- 
 ever, typographically and nea ly got* up,) 
 such will need a ligid critical ohseivance; — for 
 the tntmory of Dr. Spenier H. Cone, ^.ow- 
 evcr learned, with slavery rBCoHection*, o the 
 prrs _nt presidency of an able leader Dr. 
 Archibald Miclay, or llio pra'scsof sucha pro- 
 slavery paper f.s tho New York Chronicle be. 
 fore referred to, will nut do away with the 
 pro-slavery a Ijuncts of ihi'tbody .f piople 
 (exceuding the Secession) or itsc.nnectoa with 
 pro-slavery men .South and Nortli. . he fJap- 
 tists of Canada are implicate i in this mati'!r,as 
 they cannot well deny their conneclioa With 
 this Bible Uiiio I, or tho Baptist churches which 
 father it. British socieies and men of jiiety 
 and learning in Brit»in, have been correspobded 
 with from New York, but luey should acquaint 
 
 Churc) 
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 Ch. o) 
 Record 
 Pretby 
 — Wes 
 Wilnes 
 9. Cam 
 Uamilt 
 gatioiiE 
 Baptis* 
 list I 
 general 
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 BlBL 
 
 gretted 
 Oanads 
 fluence 
 approvi 
 Aslor I 
 D., Sec 
 pro-sLv 
 circulat 
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 moetinj 
 thj age: 
 Lachlar 
 manage 
 open I 
 truthful 
 dishonei 
 Cross.— 
 
 themselves with the proclivities of the Baptist „. ?'^°^'^,°' 
 chuichesofthe United States, as to sM«tv. .^.'^liop sho 
 
 sToVe!^ Methodist Kpiscopiil 
 The head quarters of the latte 
 berry-st., New York, [.Vlethodist Book Concern], 
 and that numbjr '■ 2iJ0 JMullierry street," will 
 if ' . - - 
 
 ■a, as to slavery, 
 and have the rigid critical supervision of that 
 Bible Union, as above suggested. Ofcoirse, 
 this BiriiL- hi;;t-ii.o-a:d aha r.o takon by ciiU.oiied 
 
 end leprne.i bodies and societies in Canaf a. 
 
 Thi3 remuk is made without any expree''n of 
 feeling against a new and auth(rised trti 
 tion ol the Bitde. 
 
 The religious organizations in tha Ul 
 States are so notorious for every thing f 
 
 TOTH 
 
 four div 
 
 ly : the ' 
 
 Episcopi 
 
 the for. 
 
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 view, bu 
 
 to preser 
 
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 ing Rep 
 
 ment am 
 
 by the c 
 
 nature re 
 
 There is 
 
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 by any 
 
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 ly rewai 
 
 life, in the 
 
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 lively, t'j 
 
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 tion of 111 
 
 earnestly 
 
 pretendin 
 
 SecMtary 
 
 at 'foronti 
 
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 ing corrot 
 
 cals, of th 
 
 stronger. 
 
 refe'enoe 
 
 columns ; 
 
 with the s 
 
 evangelic; 
 
 that articli 
 
 statement, 
 
 forced exp 
 
 the Wesle 
 
 on that su 
 
 supported 
 
 division in 
 
 objections. 
 
 It aro3B ot 
 
 kisla- 
 
 .i,.!!.! W quest, was peimittedio retire, and recommend. , — - - 
 
 im-ruL-^ J -f . !.."i!V ' ^ : '!.' " P | f- ..-iia^YAr i r rw , ,.. n l, p ln.;,,^. r.hnnt h^n a dozen, exMi)__ 
 
 1,L ■ ; .W ., ,J' S I" Wnat more is Wofltdthan thirTn proof e'e'. mcTudmg the ttiree fe>ce8si6nrpi 
 
 auer IS at ^OJ Mul. of my .-atenienU L<ut nnfurtimaiely it pfores 
 
 I my : 
 
 )nnre, uan what I alleged 
 the minister, jMr. Witied 
 
 ■ly it piores 
 — for it proves that 
 had not uilhdrawn 
 
 iding t 
 referred lo,) that they should be e chewed! and 
 shunned in Canada, aa bearii g a siliful, 
 dubious, pro-s'aveiy and unevangelical Jiste. 
 
 The s-'cess 
 copal Chui 
 the « Wes! 
 that divisio 
 ments by j 
 out an i sup 
 and societii 
 the world i 
 "Slaveiy ai 
 by me, to b 
 Xown jfeeliof 
 in that bool 
 gious man, 
 perfect hatr 
 aiTiy to bg 
 
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 "> ers nave vmharawn rrom 
 
 uuicn tins ye^uY 
 
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 ccasions, by the Rev. W , F. 
 IJanadian Independent," 
 ut mark, that paper is (not 
 itional Church of Canada, of 
 gan. Son3e of the minif lers 
 ive been implicated in this 
 ce, thn Rev. J. T. Byrn. , of 
 ice-Preaident of the Ji ati- 
 Canada, at Toronto. ' .'Lat 
 that is, each organizatic 3 or 
 f by itself,— but (heir « \ioH 
 orary only, called " Co.-: jre- 
 by Us declaiation iu • une 
 , resolved very (xplijitly 
 irican Tract Society and 
 pposite however of what was 
 irtt Society, at the U^iion 
 il in June, 1854, though^ on 
 lenuricialions then aga i.st ii 
 1 example to other bo'lies. 
 f eucoiiragi'ig jio-Slavery 
 is as plainly wroi.g. f 
 a " iSlaolay College " in 
 egular Baptist Ohurc^ of 
 ve it, if there is a stre. k of 
 avo'ved declaration) mirely 
 Guardian," of Tsronto, 
 ue accident and inleniijnal 
 nf Ike objects of my jpro- 
 10 Americin Socieiiei) and 
 ' operations tn Canada^ and 
 ■of 14th December,) If uch 
 e the Wesleyan Methchist ; 
 ) and philanthropic BijxtoD 
 le Free Presbyterian CBjich 
 Ohurcb from iost accjiisa 
 organ the " Rccor 
 « lively on tha subj 
 ', f thou.'h it is 
 tiuthfulness, loy 
 dit to ila Kdito: 
 > students of K 
 inil some ministers If its 
 pt from introducing acrd 
 can Sunday School I nlon 
 lure, or save that cl urth 
 U|) Ihe publicatiors o ' tiia 
 ioiiion Board" of ti e O. 
 Philadelphia, (though they 
 I iiut alsii a " mute and 
 hich Boaid wih i!s cl urch 
 ;he core j all these tl lingg 
 iced, but be marked', and 
 l-define.l, un'eB3 thereiis a 
 in our Canadian Chti ches 
 3s ; and British institutioijs 
 ai lierature more ear lest- 
 m. 
 
 e rem .rk mav bii 1 lade, 
 n Bible Union," oP 350 
 iforlf, uiuler charge mjinly 
 U. S.. with its ntw t.ans- 
 
 now being made, and 
 lated in Canada br- its 
 ;r " (-» I ublication, low- 
 f and nealy got' up,) 
 critical obseivance; — (or 
 Speiuer H. Cone, ^.aw- 
 ,very racoHection*, o the 
 of an able leader Dr. 
 ;iio pra'stsof sucha pro- 
 Cfew York ChronicU be. 
 
 not do away with the 
 of ihnt body . f piople 
 on) or itsc'.niifiot.ou with 
 1 and North. > he fJap- 
 plicated in this mati'!r,aa 
 I their conneolioa With 
 Baptist churches uhich 
 ie ies and meu of i»iety 
 , have been corresponded 
 but tirey should acquaint 
 roclivities of the Baptist 
 d Stati'3, as to sta^sty, 
 ical supetviaion of ' 
 ■1 suggested. Of co 
 ha to taken by ciiu. 
 d societies in Oanat 
 'ithout any expree' 
 
 and auth(rised trj-i 
 
 Church, C. of Eog :— Hamilton, 2 j the jEcAo, 
 do. Toronto, 3. The Churchman's Frknd 
 do. Sandwich, jus*; begun. 4. PretbyttHan, 
 Ch. of Scotland,— Montreal ; 5 Jicclesiastical 
 Record, Free Prcsbytarkii, Toionlo; 6 UnUed 
 PretbyUrian, ToTonlo; 7. Christian Guardian 
 — Wesbsyan Meth :— Toronto ; 8 Evangelical 
 Witness— Uilh. New Connection, Toronto. 
 9. Oana 'a Christian Adoocatj — Meth. KjjIs. — 
 Hamilton; 10 Cxnadian Indipevdent—Cuvgre- 
 galioiialist, London— II. Chtistian Mesaetiger , 
 Baptis', Bianlford— 12 Gospel Tribune, Bap- 
 tist Ui.ioD, Torontc:— 13 M ntreal Witness, 
 general, Montrjal.— 14 Lo Semevr Oanadien 
 (Protea'.ant,) '^Sutreal. 
 
 BiBLK Socttrv — Hamillon.— It is to he re- 
 gretted that this brand auxiliary to the Upper 
 Canada Bibio Society ulniuld by clerical in- 
 fluence be induced to form an alliance by 
 approval of tlie "American Bi do Society" of 
 Astor Place, N.Y.(Revd. J. C. Brigtiam, D. 
 D., Secretary,) jvhieh Las been noted for its 
 pro-akvry toudtnci- s, and coi.fiiicment of its 
 circulation to the exclusion of the hlavos and 
 their brethren. The auxiliary bad its arnual 
 meeting on the 2d January, I8.SG, and where 
 thj agent of tho U. 0. Bib!e Society, Revd. 
 Lachlan Taylor, was present. Whtn will the 
 managers of reh'gi')U8 societies in Canada 
 open iheir pyes, to the difTorence between 
 truthfulnes- in religion and I ypocrisy and 
 dishonesty in propagating the doctrines of the 
 Cross.— January, 1956. 
 
 gregationalChurchby amajuritj) have I eon TT m «... -" « . ,.' 
 
 declared by American writerr" the Bulwark ^ JUiniBter for Sale. 
 
 of American slavery,"— vHiich is the present 
 co mpjexiono f niaxiy all these Ohurchfs,--and 
 nf m^ljhiwfce whole of tlie Religious Societits 
 in the United States,— which latter sustain the 
 fystem of slavery, under one or both of the<i«o 
 hr-it object ioual heads which 1 have produced 
 againsfthb «ocieti<« ftftried to— for,aBd please 
 notice this, no publicahons agninst the "sum of 
 all vii:auie8," ihi curse and evil of slavery, 
 havi been publhhed, circuluted and colported, iu 
 the same way as with tlio other publicalioii8,or 
 in any way by tha societies rofornd to. 
 
 4. I regret to have obt-erved, that with 
 thurchea in Canada having periodicals pub. 
 Iished under their sanction, .'.uoh as ihe Guard- 
 ian, that with the power of a public press, cx- 
 posiliuus as to the said tocieties and also as to 
 slavery have not been mcde. The secular 
 press on many occasions, has holncd to guide 
 tlie public in it.is respect,— thouyb, I should 
 think, it is the cspociul province of a religious 
 papir to guard all the known interests of 
 
 that 
 irse, 
 uiieti 
 a. — 
 n of 
 sla- 
 
 izations in xhn Ufted 
 IS for every thing f^iro- 
 Jozeu, exceiiJLio 
 'e S)pcessi6n3 previwirsiy 
 ihould be e chewedjand 
 a» bearii g u siliful, 
 nd unevangi'lical #iste. 
 
 Jauuart 12. 
 To TUB Mkthodisth of Canada ;— There are 
 four divisions of your Church in Canada, nami - 
 ly: the Wesleyan, New CoBnection, Methoditt 
 Episcopal, and PrimiMve. Permit me, while 
 the foregoing remarks havo been sent to 
 the press before this date, tJanuary 12,) to add 
 these few words. 1 l;ere is no object 1 have in 
 view, but for the sake of humanity and to help 
 to preserve Canadians from be" g ami^'gamated 
 into feeling with the pro-Slaviats in thejneighbour- 
 ing Republic, by being indoctrinated in senti- 
 ment and manntr8,as well &a\n fahe principles, 
 by the circulation of tracts, b.jbks, &c., of the 
 nature referred to by me in the above remarks. 
 There is no other object I have, for I am tot 
 connected wiih ai>y organization, or influenced 
 by any party ia Canada ; and what I have 
 done, has been prompted solely and alone 
 by myself for the above re:,sons. Sarth- 
 ly rewards I covet not, and my sphere of 
 life.in the backwoods of Canada,for nigh twenty- 
 three years, an enrly settler from Scotland, on the 
 Huron Tract, has no object of desire, prospec- 
 tively, tLan a permission voluntary to effect 
 some good. To you, members of a church orig- 
 inated by a GodJy ar.d pious man for a ref :rma- 
 tion of liio and manners in roligion, I would 
 earnestly beg your attention to a mild and un- 
 pretending letter of Mr. Thomas Henning, 
 SecMtary of the A nti-Slavery Society of Cai.ad.i, 
 at Toronto, in the " Chrislidn Gu..rdian" of the 
 9th January instant, containing the most sink- 
 ing corroborative f icis from Method'st perioili- 
 cals, of the allegations made by me, and much 
 stronger. The Editor of that paper has, in " 
 refcence to it, written an article of three 
 columns ; but I leave it to any one acquainted 
 with the slave question, or slavery, and with 
 evangelical piety and humanity, to say elde of 
 that article thaa that besides errors in historical 
 statement, it is a wordy, cold, unfriendly and 
 forced e.xplanation of his poition, and that of 
 tlie Wesleyau i\Iothodist Church in Canada, 
 on that subject. The evils connp!ained ot were 
 supported by the M. i:. church (north), and the 
 division into south and north aro-.e by some 
 objections, singular enough, from the soutli. 
 It aro3B on the Episcopal status, how far a 
 Bishop should be allowed t ) be a slaveholder. 
 The secession of tho e of the Methodist Epis- 
 copal Cimrch against slavery, and who formed 
 
 tho " Woolovnn m.i,-«h « f-nl- -.1. \..t 
 
 that division. All the allegations and state- 
 ments by Mr. Henmng, are more than borne 
 out and supported in the history of the churches 
 and societies in tne United States, as put before 
 the world ip that valuable book by Mr. Goodell, 
 " Slavety and Anti-Slavery," before referred to 
 by me, to be read. No one with a ajiark of hu- 
 pjaniaeliosr. cin nan from ap«rus«l|of the facts 
 m that book, without almost,— even if ,1 reli- 
 gious man, and especially if a pious poison,— a 
 perfect hatred of the clerical profession. Wo aro 
 BiTiy 10 bg iieossiliite ' 
 
 Christianity, and to act as a public watchman, 
 wherever errors, hypocrisy, deception or ini- 
 quity appeared. 
 
 5. I am aware thai at one limt— perhaps 
 iirgl- twenty years ago— iho Guardian -xprcssed 
 Itself firmly against American slavery, ard 
 also I am aware ihat the Wesleyan Church of 
 Canada has puhlightd what I believe a pure 
 edition of the ceitb.'atcd book "Mammon," by 
 the Rev. John Harris, wherein slavery is allu- 
 ded to, and I am aware (and this may be tha 
 firf' e publicly noted) tha the American 
 Traa oociely Aas 7io< ,n ;'- 'ition published a 
 pure copy of the same boc tut has meddled 
 With rnd expurgated some u. the expressions 
 as to slwery ; but the Wesleyan Church on.it. 
 tad at its last conference, in June, lg65,to take 
 any action as to the slave question, though the 
 New Connexion Churcn did ; and the tenor of 
 the article "A novel accusation," which cause* 
 this letter to be written, does not conceal from 
 me, but reveals, that there is not in it a heart- 
 felt hatred of filaveiy,ora just and Christian 
 condemnation ofthose—Ohuiches and Societies 
 —who support directly and otherwise the vile 
 system of Slavery. The lukowatmneas dis- 
 played by the writer of the article will, to an 
 ob-erva;it mind, slow that the indi,;nant feel- 
 ing against the pro slavery jirocliviiies of a 
 portion, at least, of the Moth. E. Church 
 (north) is a wanting. If tho writer of that ai- 
 licle on Its repurusal, cm open his hcar^ to his 
 M.iker, 1 God of righteomness and jus',ic?,and 
 ask His blessing on his endeavors so to slsr or 
 slide by the question at issue, all I sav is, "may 
 God forgive him." Tho other Churches in Ca- 
 nada besides the Wedoyan Chuich, have to 
 answer for their standing as to this qm^^stiou, 
 and wi re I ^ ermitte I at this time to extend luy 
 remarks, tho blush of shame mig'a well bn 
 mantled and show i.solf, and therefore be 
 |di'u=ed to ujte that I diil not blamu yuw 
 Church alone. There are other Siluamites." 
 
 6. tlavinj giv,-n tue above genera! allusions 
 171 UmiaeJ now come to tiie res gestn, otherwiaa 
 tha marroioof the questi'm, wl icii tho advorfise- 
 mnnt by me titUd " A Mmia'cr for sale " 
 rvolvod, 11 imely, thit tho Uatho list Boisoopal 
 Ohuic'i (north) of tha Unite i Stu'eaJ as a 
 C.iurch, his not yet puit(od itself from the via 
 sin, the "sum of all viljanies," of slavery, 
 though their people and the public gouer.jlly) 
 had boon made 10 believe or underst iiid that it 
 biid, and which the writer of saidarUcla" a 
 novel accusation" would endeivor, however 
 wrongfully, to irapiess Canadiiiia also, 
 thai tho said Church had. And in 
 coiineclion with that question, I liad slated, in 
 said advertisement, ihat "the Wesleyan 
 Methodist Oliurch of Canada,— (of which the 
 Guardian is oao of its periodioiilBi Rnd a vale-, 
 able one 1 admit,) "fraternises with and re- 
 cognises the M. E. Church north,— sells and 
 circulatts its periodic;ils, end (limits min'S'ers 
 to its care,"— all which nppears to bo admitted, 
 and not denied, by the wrtierof snid article. 
 The above is thg accusal ion I made against the 
 Wesleyan Church of Canada, n.nd not as having 
 refereuoe io"^.the publicaUons of the A. Tract 
 S"»i"*.r r •• A Vs. S. Unoa. Tho tiia -.vrUcKhas 
 changed the vsnue as it wi're, — has put a new 
 nccuvutioii, /or me, in piace < f the one I made 
 insdi 1 adveriiaemeni.aiid I h ne t,h-r 
 
 r|MltHI:.iian Adverllu'iniMi in a Kentucky paper 
 X "I one li,r«(ilu. lie wan a Oinve to I iiinn n/eeolly 
 (leceme.i. li liii; tcil la ilieaUveriUnue lliat be boliii 
 a l^lconse 10 I're.-icli. C'liurclics in waul of a Paiior 
 will lake notice— Ann- iiuvury Kui;orier— Loiidoo. 
 .*'^~'",'„'*"''"°'' •"■"■ " '• '0 "le lupiiuied ihai ,ucli 
 " cliailei" as iliu above, will airotil •• a good »pec," In 
 KBiituiky aad oilier plnctH In Uio Sl.ivetliiln.-oiid !• 
 publibliid in C'.-i aiia.-iioiiBlatt, liowever Blar ng, put- 
 lul and de(jr«dlng. 'I'lio nuiliorliy in indi. mutable, for 
 llie Kepviler l-i published •'uinlrr ibe tancilon of the 
 Biillsli and Foreign Ami. Slavery aociciy." Loudon, 
 Lnnlanil,— jur •• free and lia|r()y land " i>o publlca- 
 Uoii 01 ibe A. ■! tacl i^ocieiy or 01 lie \. 8. H. Omon, 
 giving inlormiilun loeMlnn ilieinatiir oflhuiilave 
 qiictlioii,.rioawal<cii icellngnas to Ihe f"l(Jeci of sla- 
 very, is |,ul)liblied l.y eulieri iiinl thai in ilieir own lind 
 whtre Aiiieikan Slavery perpeiraics such a sole ! Tbat 
 sucli a (acl aa ihii tale li u •-. counieiparl, la lutnistied 
 In the Kepu'ter ol l8i Seitcinbei , 1.-55,— lor inert is un- 
 ilou ted proof, by liie llev I) !•' deiigewicK, a frcald- 
 Ing Kldtr in Weaiem Virgiuln, wlio siaua (and be aayi 
 ICO. in • iialicH,' " I apiiaK ot ibai wlucb 1 do know, 
 deny awlioe ■■ !' ) "ilial tlaviry iiaa luryeaia and 
 duia at iliis ii< 111 ciist in me Miuiairy of tUe MeUio- 
 dist E. Oliui A presiding elilor, during tbe laie 
 session of the \\e.«irii Virginia Con .'ereiice, told lue 
 lliAe were ihrce q1 iia uieniliera (Dllnia era; who were 
 tiaveliouiers ! ' The Kev. I). R. iMcAnualy also ataiei 
 (as in Ko) ortcr) •• aiavery la not a bar to ci niin<,ni(in in 
 the .M. L,. Church .Norih, nay iiioie ihan in ihe Cburch 
 Houili Here in MlsaLiuri. Arltaiiaa-, Ktniucliy and 
 Virginia, a aiaveholder is auinmej into ihe Church 
 Norm aa freciy as any one eUe"— au.l luilner on.li ij 
 stated cm tlieauihofliy of the Hev. J. H. u I'euijchh, 
 'a highly esietniidnitnibcr (ininitterj oftlieNurh In- 
 dia.ia Coiifennce," whoaays, alluding to thoie who le- 
 lievu that aince lue divialon 01 ihe M. K. Church into 
 Boulli aiiduoith, liiey are uuw umlrcly free from all con 
 uectlcii wiih alivery and slaveiii,lil ra. ■'! will iniro 
 du e tbeiu to a peraon who ia in got d aian =^ing io ou 
 ciiuicli, who, a lew luunilia aiiice, ajld a aiave to a 
 Bouiheinslavt-iroiler— ihemjatdesuicaUle charactci on 
 earili— and viheii this alavo wna delivered to his new 
 luaeier, ihey had 10 l:j hini hand and lot aa 1 throw 
 him on a dray, and send bim iu ihia way tu tho sieam- 
 boat that was to CO I vcy biui south lu the Aew (Jrleana 
 riave nmrkel. An I in ihe aaine city wlicre ilie ab.iVO 
 Inaiance occuireu, there was lor many dayaln that slave 
 pun ocprison, a siavc lefi tlitre lor aale to ihe blgheat 
 buli;cr, whoever he uiigiit he.eiilier a(:t.i4(wror X^e- 
 gr<.e, ail liieaauu; alier a lew day., IhU ala.c waa pur- 
 chased jy one of ins old i,<.i,jlihuur«, who was nut will- 
 ing 10 set him so d to ihe aouihern slave-uriver; and tbia 
 aiave that waa iliuj ■sod « as not ouiy tlie pioj.eriy of , 
 a Mjilioulai, but alau ol a Aleihuditt I'reucner ! 1 itood ' 
 by on one occ ;siou, and saw a membir 01 our Church, 
 and a class-leader ai iliai, purchase a slave gi.l, the last 
 and only child thai, a slave inoilicr had leu. 1 stood 
 and looked U|ion thai pour in'j'.her, as slie Kneeled be- 
 loie t:ii9 maiij 1 htard her say, aa she sonbeJ biiieriy, 
 '■O. masai, please S|,nje my chi..i! U pliase spare my 
 Insi earthly tcmlorisl' and in Miis way she coniinued 
 to pray. It st:emud 10 luu almost enough tu mjve a 
 lie.'iri ol stone; mil he i:Ojii turned scuriifilly .iway, 
 saying ne had not bought her tu sell again, and thus lore 
 her ihiitl away, wliere, in all human proliahility, mey 
 would nevtr iiieei again in tliia world. And 1 migui 
 coMiiiiue and enuineiate many n'or>: siiiiilar casts ihat I 
 coula vou ;h lor iheir uuili, but ibe OLOve is !iutH.:ieni." 
 .'ViiU 10 do away wall quibbling and cavilling, which 
 abouri.l.- so mucii w.iholijectora in Canada, ph to ihe 
 A. Tract docility and A. S. ci. Uiiioii, an.i U. Canada 
 'I'raci -ociely, &.C., these sia ciuenis will be lound also 
 in ilj« Au;iuru Unr.stiaa .Advocate, New York, wiih 
 remarks &,c, the Wesleyan .Meihuiiisi Clmrcli of Ca- 
 nada traiuriiises with and iKjgjiizes the M. E. Church 
 uoiiu,— sills and Circuiateri.s puhlicaiioii.s and diiiiila 
 Miuisiera 10 ila care. Iiut other Caiiadi in churclies are 
 also culpable. TIk VVe.sley.iu body ..re in-t Uie only til- 
 loaniiiei ! Again, ine laci is, (whoever dispuie- it let 
 them ex iniiuo ilie corn spondence of ihe lndi'(reiideni, 
 01 New Vor.i, ami ol;.ei papers) di.il a colj.orieur ot 
 ageni of the American I'raci oocieiv, or ol ilie .Ameri- 
 can d. 13. UniJii, can navel saleiy uiiuiuit.-ied ihrough 
 the olavu tiiaies ol Virginia, KtinucKy, and .Missouri, 
 and disiriiiuie his hooka. Scr.., as au.li are .uknowledged 
 aa of pro-Hiavcry origin, h.il ibu iic.;iiced and icgnlar.y 
 ord lined Aliiiisieroi iiiu Crossof Christ, if he irave a, 
 must tiumuieand silent, as 10 tiie ' peculiar niaiiiu- 
 tiou" o. saver), ic, and if ii.i is noi alto^eiher ao, 
 onddVCii iiowe.er cautious, also liis very urisi will ei- 
 rite thai which will make a Irue man ;isliami'd of his 
 kind ^0 much lur tne ''aiim uf all vilamiea" (VVea- 
 le.,)— and " maa'a iiihumaiiny 10 m in,"— UurnaJ — 
 *'Nul;iing ufirai^edy cau be wriutii, can besp.ykdn, can 
 he conceived, mat equals liie iiijih lul reaiiiy uf ccines 
 daily an.i hourly uciiiig in the Uniied tfuiies. bcneaih 
 the shadow of Aiiiuric.in Law and the slianow of the 
 Cross ol Clirial"- (U. U. fSiowe.) 
 
 JUHN J. E. LINTON. 
 i3tTailurd,C. \V., Nov. ^7, iO.it. I'JUS 
 
 ^ 
 
 SLAVERY QUESTION. 
 
 ui'u:;'!' ofliicNew Voili Ueueral Ass^ciaiion 33 
 August laii, oiiiliu ruiaiioii ol the .imeiican iract 
 boc Cly, Aincri.:an >-4. ■'S. Union, and oilier ;jociuiit.s to 
 biavirj,— Willi a prcficc by J. J. L. Linton — p p, ai.^ 
 An edition uf id,hiiU copies of Uiis KG,iori la notv I'riu- 
 teJ — aud will he circui.iiei graiiiuii^uaiy ("tee ihe 
 Uioi e ol L4aiid la NoveniUL-r, Ijr a utoa. able review uf 
 this i\epoci and ol the wliuic question.; Also p lepar- 
 liig fjr pa. licai;OU -I'apcrs i.n finvery," which wul 
 eiiiUracua reiennce to Uie complicity 01 certain i.eii- 
 gtuus docitiiea uf (he U. ciiuie;> wiUi cilavery, &c. ii<x- 
 yvc'*"! <'.i be about auo pageA 
 
 riirailord. C. W , Nov. VUih, 16j5. 
 
 Noi t. As so much li la neeii "here and ibeic" 
 
 ten and leiurrid 10, le^afiaiig die ci,iiiiiv,ihCu an. 
 
 wrii- 
 com- 
 
 the world in that viiluablo book bv Mi. Goodell. 
 
 liiui atlicle, liiui e 01 IJand lu rsovemiiir, tor a moa. able leview o' 
 
the Wealeyan Metbixlistcliurcli in DaiiaJa, has 
 a tlireot friendly and broiUcrly interiourse iii 
 lU3,.WiJ'r^Uian I v"iiit to ilel^il. _w: hj'.hf u. 
 
 
 "ilavery SieihoUist iiipiHcuimrOhiiroiif [north]. 
 The bead quartora ol tbo ktler ia at Mj Mill* 
 betrjr-8t., New Vork, [Methodist Book ioiicorii], 
 and thai number '• 200 Mulberry slr'^et," will 
 be found iar and widely spread in .nada, m 
 the liooki, &c., of the tiunduy Scboul libraries, 
 Sunday Sciiuol Advocate, and in other buoks, 
 tracts, and papers. Their weekly organ, pub- 
 lijhed at Mulberry str.et. New York, is called 
 tke " Christian Advot.ie and Journal." It is 
 in its lliirtieth volume, and apiiarerlly ably 
 miinaiied. " The Methodist Hook concern," 
 (however odd) is the title {-l-.'j of the estab- 
 lishment. 
 
 'i'he name " Americsn Sunday School Uni- 
 on," of Ohesnut street, Philadelphia, will ba 
 notici'd in the title pages also of bo.iks, &c,, 
 and thii is a notorious pros avery aocieiy, — 
 amongst whoso various books, tracts, peiiodi- 
 cals, .Sunday School libraries, spelling bunUs, 
 question boukj, anu hymn books, not one sen- 
 tence ar loorrf, against the "sum ofall viiUmes" 
 [slavery], will be found, — but I have found the 
 " foiirtU of July" hyma in lh()m, and viiriuus 
 republican ecngs,— also th^ undoubted evidence 
 of a republican basis in that Society, (as «e 
 should expect and noi wonder at •either,) m iheir 
 Bpellii:K book, in 'heir " Sunday a: h»ol Jour- 
 nal," and '' Youth's Penny G.izette." These 
 publicatio: s ^.Iso widely circulated in Cannda, 
 are ull mute and silent oirthe " sum of all villa- 
 nies." And the " Sunday School Advocate," 
 and the books, &3., of the Methodist Episcnpal 
 church (north) circiilued ulso amongst the 
 JVlelho.lials of Cana la— commended, pr ised, 
 and laulateil, quoted from and referred to, by 
 the Chrutian (luarduin at Toroii'o, the organ 
 of the VVesleynu Metnodist <:hu:ch in Canada, 
 they are also mute and silent,on the " sum of all 
 villanies," the curse and eye sore evil oi the 
 United States, beai les being also foreign and 
 lepublican in iheir basi". 
 
 The iMini^tfra and Preachers [two distinct 
 appellatio 3, and two distinct cl.isf-e<] of the 
 Wesleyan Methodist church in Ciinada, may 
 know of the ab.ve — but 1 do not think that the 
 members — the peojde - of the Weslevan 
 church in Canada, know of thosj things. — 
 How can hey? 
 
 More than ihis, — yea mon?,— the Method'st 
 Ep Bcopal Church (Nort s) of 20U iMulbcrry- 
 Btreet, N.y., cominua'sand fratinizes with 
 •the Methodist Kpisco al Church (South)— ex- 
 trac'a iind quotes 'neir pnpcr^<,&c.. ami .loes not 
 hold up the detestation — which tiiey ought as a 
 professedly God-loving i-nd 4>eighb.iui-i.iViiig 
 peopb; — against thj sin a.iil evil, the S'cial 
 curse, I slavery. No. In all the variety of 
 Sundny School hooks, other religious b oks 
 an i periodica's of the Methodist Episcupal 
 I hurcb (North) sold and circ iLitid in Canada, 
 contaiid the republican ba-is, of course, and 
 recommeri 'ed by the Weslevan Methodist 
 Church in Canaila, and i^old a!, the " VVesleyau 
 Bo9k Room" in To:onto, — no coiileuination is 
 made, no exphinat on or history is given,— no 
 reference for information for old or y'Ung, 
 general or biie', — of slavery or '' AmiTicar. 
 Slavery, "—the silence of t'le grave is (bserved 
 thrcughoiti on that subjfct. 
 
 Anil 80 it is also, in the same way, with the 
 American Tract Society of New Y^irk, whose 
 
 Child's Paper," ''American Meeseng-r" 
 (these are monthly periodicals,) or other books, 
 tracts, hymn • r song tn oks, &c., having in 
 their system also a republican basis, — ihee all 
 are equilly silent as the grave on that sinful 
 q .esuon • f slavery, and are largi ly circulatf d 
 in Canada. ( Phe oulra'^eous rep ii. dean basis 
 of [h\!* Society can be ejsily seen in " Home 
 Evangelization," pp. 171, by the American 
 Tract Society.) 
 
 Tius. thtii, we have t'le character of the 
 Methodist Epsc'pal Chu ch (South), — ihe 
 MethoiliBtEpisi'Dpal Church (Noith), and the 
 Wesley m Metboilist Church in Canaila, as to 
 their publications,— so sol I and cir. ulati d, re- 
 publ can basis and all, as ref.ired to, — briefly 
 befiie us. The Meth. (list Episcopal Church 
 (Sou'h) is clear ! s the sun at noo:i day, in favor 
 of slavery, — the Methodist Episcopil Church 
 (North) does what ; as been lepiesenled, and 
 apparently leco/nise^* the circumsinnces as 
 further staled in the adveitiaement " A Minis- 
 ter for Sale,"— (enough to warm the blood of 
 
 era have wUhdrtwn from t'l"' UUuicti lliis yen 
 Al swer. — None — J. (*. Witled, at his own re. 
 qti"st, was permilteilit/>retire, and rt command. 
 
 ' I lliHiiliMi^' ■'iltef r'' ''' ^JM^'l " 
 SI" What more is Wolltd than thifl^in proof 
 
 of my siatementi uut unfortunately it piovia 
 mor\ than what I alleged, — for it proves that 
 the minister, Mr. Willed, had not mlhilrawn 
 from the Canada Methodiai Ci.urrh when he 
 was dimited tojAn the M. E Chu ch (north) at 
 Iowa. It thus, unf jrtuna;eiy fur the Uunrdi- 
 an'i siattments, shows moat distinctly, that tho 
 Wi.sUynn Mr-thodist Church of Canada reckons 
 itstlf as beinc: '/'<! ""me as the iN>. K. Church 
 (north.) Now as iny former atateii ent was 
 falsely denied by the Guardian, though its 
 truth is now m iro than provid, 1 will add 
 here, hr:i fly, some instances nioie, of the stroig 
 connection, or desiieof roninction, of our Can- 
 ada Me hodiat Church with the pr.i^slaviry M. 
 E. Chu, ch (north)— (said minutes.) "Uesolv- 
 ed, That thi Preside t of Conlerenci'and iho 
 Ri;v. R. Jones bo delega'ia Iroin this Confer^% 
 ence to tho nexGeneraiConfireucoof iheMelh- 
 odist Episcopal Ohiircb in the Unlttd St.ites," 
 — and in the Pastoral Address to the members 
 it IB sai 1, (said minutes) — " I'lui pre-eaoe — of 
 several minist'i-s from our Church in the Uni- 
 teil Siaiei has given ;bis<ionfettnce a m.ire ihan 
 ordinary inter, st, and we httVAi n vcr felt mme 
 than now lo ngoice in the 0(^^rs•;, \iiality, and 
 glory ofo'ir beloved Meiho^i-QIv-signed by or- 
 der, '&c, Eioch Wood, Pr^s dent.'*' The proof 
 theri lore of connection, ii direct, ftpt inn ren- 
 tial,as the Guardian woCild wiah to be bi liev- 
 td. Bit a releniice ttvihe history of ;hw Wes- 
 leyan Chuich in Can/da, will shew that the 
 couu ctioii with tbof Al. E. Church of the U. 
 S., Degan at an early periol, and i.outinuea so 
 far, as a'rove stnt' d. it is undeniaide. 
 
 The Guo)rfJc/n peih.ipg, was under the im- 
 pression that by lire noii-iiiserlion of my letter 
 of I4th Decemhet-, and by the publishing of the 
 two ei'as:ve, and un nithtul aiticlea, in that pa- 
 per of the 12 h and 2()lh iHceiiibcr, u gloss, a 
 silencer would he put on tho matter, and that 
 the Wisleyan Methodist C.'.urch in Canada 
 would bu freed from the imputations madu ; es- 
 picabytoo, as such affected thi ir I'reaciieis 
 and thur establishmenl as at [ir. sent cnndnct- 
 ed, and thereby boiid-wink and blind the people 
 — the n.embers — of 'tteir several c'lurchea. — 
 liu'. that I aper has 1 een mistaken. These 
 times lire imi those wherein an inelligent and 
 generally educat d people, are to be led f nm 
 farming a correct and ho es opinion on all re. 
 ligious oijaniziitioiis and then proceedlni<s and 
 conii'^cti ns. For the Wesliyiiii ,Vlelh,ydiat 
 Church in Canada is not ihe only thurcli, — no, 
 they are not the only Siloami. a. > 
 
 St eped as strongly in thi question, jtands 
 the Baptist Church in the United Sta es— with 
 its proininenl pro^slavery \eikly periodical, 
 called "The New York Chronicle," which 
 styles it sell as the ''largest ami best p;inled 
 Baptist paper in Airierica"— puhlL^iifd at 
 Brome Sir. el, New Yoik- and the Bap ist 
 Clinicii has a similar scC' ss ou also a.s in the 
 Meihodist ; and ih re is ine Presbyterian 
 Church, Old Sch lol a d New Sen 'ol. Ti.ere is 
 no need to eiaice 1 tnu lad, for the I'le-byliTiar,' 
 Ohnrch t.ild Seho 1, who* i he.idquarters are it 
 265 Che-' n* -ireet, I'h ladelphia, (i.nd 23 
 New Yovl;,) is equally gu.'ty. 
 to be no'.ei a ceiession ni^o, 
 forth Fee Pre-byletiiin t ody ..t It y United 
 Stat..s have no share in Ihe iniquity ) Bui the 
 gieat numbers in ihe B.ip'iat .,nd Me.i.oilist 
 Churches in the -nite-J Mates, and ihe easy 
 access thiiiio by the people, whj value a 
 religi. us title or i aine, although hluodstiiined 
 by the c/(U/tA, (I'.e name of rehi'iou- inlluence 
 and ol h iiig a Chriaihin (!)— so easi y obuiined 
 am: blazoned 10' ih to Ihe worl.!,) all has its 
 influence Ly stiength of nvnibers i.nd name 
 (leaving piii ciple asi le) to rivet he chidns of 
 slaveiy; and having .s well a monied power, 
 to s ml hirth i. to Cfliala — jnti moii rchical 
 but Ir- e und loya Cam. da— the spurious, inutil , 
 a'e I, expu gated, .ind )Hw/c religious liter lUne, 
 which h-is inuuda'ed many p rt* of il, without 
 aiiy p -litest by anil of the reli^i, us ptrio/iau, in 
 Caiitila,ijf its nature or comp ;>,iLion. Let hi-, 
 liist^entence he p mle id u|ioir,wi htfe excep- 
 last h I sine September, 1854, a uw noli i s by 
 some of these pel iodic Is have been given. It 
 is the secular press wo are indehteil lo chiefly 
 not to the cUri'A. in 'his matter. [, howevpr 
 sxcept the just and nia,.ly derdarationsof senti- 
 
 Centre Sir- et 
 (And here is 
 
 The religious organizations in thn Uf.led 
 ' States aru <\o notorious for every thing f-ro- 
 .Ifilaveryi/d iQ ut ha ll a d.ozeu, ei ceij, ' 
 ^ver, incruiling'tne"t'irrVe Secessions piefiwusly 
 referred lo,) that they should be eschewed and 
 shunned in Canada, aa bearing a si iful, 
 dubious, pro-slavery and unevangelical ^ iste. 
 The Willi rs, with their proofs, in the U lited 
 Stale?, declare it so,— and we, Canadlians, 
 should not fost^ra wish {rather to the thought 
 with some) for a connection, when our own 
 people in Uriiain and Ireland, churches, Bocie- 
 ties, and publications, in religious matier», are 
 ready to give a more sure token of a irue Chris, 
 tian boriesty, us to all things sinful and evil, 
 than a| par* ntly can be obtained n. the reli- 
 gious org.inizations of the neighbouring lepub- 
 lie. Thrre, in the latter. It is decf.red, and 
 cannot ttuthluUy he contradicted, that " the 
 American churches are the bulwark of Hlave- 
 ry," ami also, that slavery would not be tole. 
 ratid one hour, if it was not upheld by the 
 churches! [Uaines.] 
 
 Far, far, are our thuugh's from any wish but 
 for good, towaids the Wesleyan .Metho.iist 
 Ch irch in Canada, whose pr"-slaviry conncc- 
 tions have caused the e nece-sary remarks. — 
 We have, objectioi s in another way, as we 
 belong to another r- ligioua holy. Bui we 
 admire the zealoua elfoits of the Methodiat 
 Church, to piiinei r the lonely parts of our I an. 
 ada, and to cairy the tidings if a Gospel of 
 peace and good will lo mi.n. to placrs where 
 other preacherB may not be the fist to pro- 
 claim such. That my feelings are not un. 
 friendly, I can refer to ray said le'ler, lo the 
 references there. But why do the miuiaiers 
 arid pu 'li';ationa of tho Wesleyan Mett.od st 
 Chuich nutproc'aiin all the truth, an I denounce 
 on fitting times, su'-h gr^ ss Miomdtiesas they 
 ore compla'ned against of omitting, and appa- 
 .-.jtly e a'ling 1 
 
 Sti 1 I pio est, an a Biitlsh suhject, against 
 the encouragemeat amongst us, of ihe det-iio to 
 circulate aU'i sell r. ligious hooks, *ic., of the 
 Societies r ilerred to, with their re|ublican 
 tenilenci a If c riaiii of the religious bodies of 
 Cmada continue to encoura^'e a foreign reli- 
 gious an I Sunday school literaluie, tinged and , 
 silent as sli ed, — there i-i much need lor such 
 statements being made, by way ol remonstrance, 
 as I have ioiie — anil to insist on a change in 
 policy in Canada, wi h certain re igious lodies, 
 who seem to reVel ami de ight in digseiiiiiiatiiig 
 Aimrican re'i^ius Iterutuie, and ,\meiicaii 
 Sunday srhool educ I ion 1 ook", with ali Ui ir 
 ■I ndeii is3, although a very A-id • li -Id f , foi'- 
 chaai) ia • peu tbrou>.|;ii \tii> Kelign us 'if act 
 Society ol London (bng.aiid) whost, larg«<^-t- 
 logiie of eight pages (iisphivs variety er'OJgli, 
 and can be seen at the Upp -r Cun.ida Tiuct 
 Society's store, ■ Toronto,— and failing ih 
 London Society, there are other source.s from 
 Brit lin an I I eland. 
 
 Let th- ie questions in conclusion bo thought 
 of— 
 
 Ist owing lo the position of the M. B. 
 Chun h(.Noith) with ita p o-slavery fendenc es 
 and acions in its md-l, ai d the desire lo pre- 
 bervo th it o-chcs-^ liiid sanientsa of character 
 with it, IS evinced by t: e Ca' ada Wesle)an 
 Alilhoilist Church (as be <ire quot d ) Is 
 there a pioh.ibility tha' the Canada MelhjJist 
 Church, hy its .niiiiat 'is and preachers is iied 
 liowii to o. serve a ceilain coinse of p'o edure 
 in ijefeience to its piO slaVf ly .^ale cbui'cti of 
 Soil Mu berry ilreei New York? 
 
 •i. Have iiic m ■nb.rs .m ptopL; t. the 
 We.'-lty.iii Co .oh il Ca ada, uny way of 
 being lieard or a etoro .r cuai.ue when Je- 
 sired, 1 1 i,' feci fio n a', corneciioii. • r (la- 
 teriiisa'ioii with any pro-slavery church or 
 society t 
 
 J. E. L. 
 
 Siratf r I, C ^^ ., Decern er, 1155 
 
 -EADEll. — Consult llese b e ks— '• SldVciy 
 
 find An i-SI ncry pp. (306, 3d > ditioi. In William 
 G Mi.iell, N. Y'.— 'The An.epicaii Slave mlo 
 PI . 431. 3 I'llitmn by a. me au hrr,— w.d 
 'inside viev of Slavery" b> D. PusmB 
 pp. ,'iH ( fyou can read ilv laiifr loriis facts 
 of hi.r.ol)— See ; Iso Isl ol pu IcahonS puh- 
 llJ^heJ hy me. — Al Jeweti mul Co., B nion, ai d 
 at the A li-Shivery Uep,i§i ory, 48 B'lkinini 
 street, Nt)W York. < very vaiiii\ o' Inthful 
 works •■11 3'av 'ly can liehati, wit'n caia'cguis. 
 .Rex-iqiods Pkbiodicals I.N Canada. — 1. The 
 
izittioua in thn Cf.led 
 IS for evety thing JFto- 
 d.ozeu, ei Qeij. ' 
 e bi'ce8><ioD3~filBfMUsly 
 ihould bo e/cheW8(J and 
 
 aa bearii g u si iful, 
 .nd unevaogelical ^ igte. 
 ir proofs, in the U littd 
 ,— aiul we, Canadlians, 
 1 (father to the thought 
 lectioQ, when our own 
 eland, chinches, socie- 
 in religious matier«, are 
 rt! tolien of a irue Chris- 
 
 things sinful and evil, 
 a obtiini'd n. the reli- 
 ihe neighbouring lepub- 
 icr. It 18 'lecl.red, and 
 lontradicted, that " the 
 the bulwark of Hlare- 
 ery would not be tole- 
 vua not upbelJ by the 
 
 igh's from any wish but 
 
 Wesleyan Metho.iiat 
 aoae pr"-slaviry connec- 
 i hece-aary rcinarlis. — 
 
 1 another way, us we 
 li;;iou3 holy. Bui we 
 Jits of the Methodist 
 lonely pans of our t an- 
 
 tidiiigs (fa Gospel of 
 I mi.n. to placfs wliero 
 not he the fist to pro- 
 y feelings are riOt un- 
 ray haul le'ler, lo the 
 why do the miuiaiers 
 m Wealeyan Mett.od at 
 the truth, aul denounce 
 If' as ' noiniitieMBs they 
 of omitting, and app;i- 
 
 I3iitiih siit'ject, agalnat 
 iigst us, of ihe detire to 
 ioua huol<8, &c., of the 
 with thfir rei'ublican 
 jf the religious budiea of 
 3nura,'e a foreign reli- 
 bI littTrtluie, liugeii and . 
 id much need lor euch 
 ly Wity ol reinonatr.iiKe, 
 insist on a r:hai.ge in 
 certain re i^ious 1 odies, 
 le ii^ht ill diaseiiiiiwitiiig 
 '.nduie, and Ami-ricaii 
 a 1 ook-, with ali th ir 
 rury Aid •■ li Id f , «v)r- 
 1 :h« Keligh us 'Piict 
 ;iand) whost, largf^t- 
 ap'avs variety ia'j»!;li, 
 e Upp-r C^inada riucl 
 •onto,— and failing iti 
 are uthi r sources Irom 
 
 1 coneluaion bo thought 
 
 position of the M. B. 
 
 p o-slavery tendenc e» 
 ^ ai d the desirf" to pre- 
 i siinifni-aa of iharactcr 
 
 t; e (Ja' ada Wesle)an 
 s be ore quiit d ) Is 
 ' the iJaiiad.i MelluJiat 
 s and pnacheia 'a lied 
 lin 0011(30 oi it'o edure 
 slitvf ly ^ ale churcliof 
 
 w Yoik? 
 
 * ui p;.op^; c. the 
 
 Ca ailH, uiiy way of 
 1 >.r ciiai.uB whi'ii Jc- 
 
 all coiseciion, • r (la- 
 
 pro-slavery church or 
 
 J. E. L. 
 
 lem' er, 1155 
 
 Ut-f b M ks— '• Slnvciy 
 S,3d.ditioi, In William 
 Au.ciiciii Slavf mio 
 y a. mo aulur,— ar.d 
 r>" b> D. ?,.?(.• a 
 I ih' laiier lor iir farU 
 t ol pu Icationa puh- 
 ■ti iitiil Co., B Mtiiii, ai d 
 pii§i ory, 48 B'l kinmi 
 y vaiiii\ o' tniliful 
 V had, « ith caiaogu: s. 
 ,8 IS Canada. — 1. The 
 
 the wor;d in that valuable book by Mi. Goodell, 
 "Slaveiy and Anti-Slavery," before referred to 
 by me, to be read. No one with a nt)ark of hu- 
 -roatLfcellnpr, cin.risft from a perus'»ljof th« facta 
 In that hook, without almost,— even if n reli- 
 gious man, and eapeciully if a pious pjisoii, — a 
 perfect hatred of the clerical prolession. Wo aro 
 aorry lo ho necessitated to write thuy. Mr. 
 Goodcll Hsys, p:932, 3 J e lition, 1855, "If 
 christian institutions, if 'he bible, if anything 
 pertaining to Irue religion fiil s into teoipor ry 
 disrepute, a fearful woi!i;Ii' of lesixmaibiliiy 
 rests on the clerical boilith ho have tio reck- 
 Iffsly and needlessy furnished iho orcasiou ;" 
 —and also — '' Had thj pastors niunfully dis- 
 charged their duty in reproviig the giant ein 
 of the country, irstoad <f wailir.g lor t he stones 
 to cry out, they might have magnified their 
 high colling, promoted the cause of ndigiun, 
 delivered their county from ihraldi>m, and 
 their o ' n memorita from merited disgrace." 
 
 Toe New Connexion Methodist Church in 
 Oani.da, h la at ita Uimference in June, 1855,'at 
 London, Canada West, (meL there ai aame time 
 also as the Wesleyan Coolerence) passe 1 seve- 
 ral roso'uiiongagttiiiat slavery, and the Ameri- 
 can I'lact Society, and American Salibath 
 School Union,J(MiiiiBlera p. 16)— and the-e are 
 worthy of the con-ideratioa of the Guardian 
 and his Church, which latter allowed its Con- 
 fer nee lo pass by. Without a reconled word 
 aga'nst, or referable to, the 'sum oi all v,llan- 
 iea." They were mute. They however did aa 
 pr vioualy stited by me. The plea of ig-n jn/nce 
 cannot he brought forwaid, as 1 even cnusid to 
 be liid aremongtrance aa to the Socie.iis, ac- 
 companied will prl^iti'l papers, before that 
 holy, aa well aa before the other Reli^'ioua 
 bodies in Canada, at thei- annusl meetings. 
 
 1 add no more. — Theaubj' ct, to an inquiring 
 mi id, ad in a search too after tiu;h — mu-t 
 r. CO d a diaaiust, aa WiU as pity, at tiie treach- 
 e y to the cauae of ('hrisfj by 60 many of Hia 
 vowed servanta and preacheia. 
 
 J. J. E.L. 
 
 RsuGioua SooiBTiEa — Slavery. 
 
 Totlio t'dler ortlii! Cli i.-ilan Guaidian-JTo'Oiilo. 
 SrsATFOKD, Dc c. 14, 1855. 
 
 Sin, — Permit ino in answer !o the remarks 
 in your paper of the 12 D.cember, t; led 
 "A novel Accuaation," and injustice to the 
 advocacy ''f an .'ppoaiti. n to American Sla- 
 ver, aniinjuatice lo oiysi-lf, — to make the 
 folloving statements : 
 
 I. You omit all iio;ici» of ilie ciuse ot my 
 publicly uppoaring as ilie accusir of varims 
 chor.his ai.n rtliyi.'us socieiies and publishers 
 ot religious books, — which at the first, was 
 agaii.st the A'ueiicaD Tract S 'Ciety, and 
 Americans. S Uni ni for — 1. Silence in their 
 pulilicatioes against slavery and its system. 
 
 2. ExpirgKtiiius tiy the A. Trajt Siciety in 
 liarticular, and al.-O by the A. S. S Union, of 
 tenteiice-' it,',, referable to Sluverv in i,ooks 
 puidishtd by ttie'n, — ai:d, as in D'jVuhlgne's 
 History of ilie R firmaiion, in malti rs relalinij 
 1. 01 to slavery — nnllifying these bonks as 
 works of relerejce — and 3 :i Republican basi^, 
 — the ii.t-inlioiis t^y iho ( u' licaiinns, b< ing to 
 AmericaxTze and lepoblicaidz : all thoee 
 amoiijat ivhom ihey wee circulated and col- 
 ported in the plan of c Iport.ige adopted, 
 which extHiidi d to Cjnails, wherein in V'lrioiia 
 • daceu ,1 e 0( eiaions of thes socle it a were 
 carried on. 
 
 2 Too churchei in Canada, with all their 
 leligious |» no tici's, laihd in adiity to a Ca- 
 nadi II puh ic. In van iug the leople of Ca- 
 nada of tli |.icts kIjovc Inferred to — mn only 
 so, hot thi'y hdptd <> a certai . criei t ihi' sale 
 and coll oip.KB, III a Biidsh ( liny, of the 
 b ■ ks, racis, periodicals, sUi i.i school li- 
 hraiit", Inmn books (:oi<t ining tue fourth of 
 J ily liyniii als ') &■'., ol ihe AuiericS" Su- 
 cicti 'S — an ! t'lat mtli. exclusion 8i f.ir, of the 
 tracts, ti ) ks, sr.nd.\y school ;i irar ea &c. of 
 Ori^at Bri nil, — !!,»• la er s . e isily oluan d, 
 and H''/ultyam\ p.c.ihly -e' forlb in tie list ol 
 ■'Pnblic, ,.i...,n..| f . Itel'gous Tr.ict S 'ci ly" 
 (d London, Eo-lun 1 — >aid list being 8 iiiiges 
 f>di'isi2e — ( 1 d obainable in T iron •,) , m- 
 biaciiig sill h a van -'v and xtei r aa, wiib onu 
 society, no oihi r > i-e to be four d in tiie known 
 wiolil. Noac u-.:iOi can le made ajiii.ist 
 thstsorie'y, I "Xi>'ct, — of silence, intentional 
 expo g.itini ..r e,)(ihiic -nism. 
 
 3. Tlie Ameiican c urrbest^l ex. mpt the Cud' 
 
 7rto'i ui 3 111! ai iicl 
 The abive is th i accnsiion 1 made agalnat tho 
 Wefleyan Church of Canada, and not as having 
 reference lo'^Jbe publloations of the A. Tract 
 S..ciiX; .»r A^S. S. Unon. The (aid •.Tr'.tcithas 
 changed the vtnue as it were, — hag put a new 
 accusation, /ur me, in place of the one I made 
 iaaai i adveriiaement,aud 1 hope there is some- 
 thing deeper than superficial discernment in the 
 miuiaters and membera of your church and 
 readers of the Guardian, to aee the ainfulneas 
 of the lad of said writer, as well as hia defiance 
 of truth. But now, permit me lo aak ihise 
 questions: (premising thii the Guardian haa 
 lieen over twenty-tix years in cxiaience, and 
 many pubiicaiions isaued by the Wusliyan 
 Church iu Canada, ou religioua and moral aub- 
 jects.) 
 
 1. What publioitlona, tract, book, hymn, or 
 hymn b lok have the Mcthodiat E. Chiircli 
 [north] isaued against the crying siin of slavery 
 —giving the name aud designaton — and if 
 circulated 7 
 
 2. The earn i question in refeience to the 
 Wtsloyan Church in Canada? 
 
 In conclusion, to prr ent mistakes, allow me 
 to add ihat I a'u not the rabid abolitionist or 
 over-zealoiia person the writer has described 
 me. I conaidoi that I am, as a layman, taking 
 propar means to Inform my fellow Canadians ot 
 crtiiin facts and circumstanctia as to slavery 
 whi.:h have not be.n— as they ought to have 
 been — revealed by the minis'ers and cimrohes 
 li Canada, I have n- vor been the party yet, of 
 wh im it can be said, aa alluded to by aaid 
 writer, in that I have joined iu " almost every- 
 thing ( lae that ia bad has been said nf that 
 chuich [Methodist] again and again, — hut I 
 have, V nere ' re^ de, un many occa-iona shown 
 no ordinary friendliness and aoppoit to the 
 Wealeyan b.dy, ol which there is living proof — 
 for I can refer tc the Kev. W. Dignum, Joseph 
 Shipley, and Geurge Case— and there are others 
 whose naraea I now don't remember, [yea. Rev. 
 L. Warner] and one miniater lor a lengihened 
 period bjarded wiih my family, in Stratford. If 
 this letter meets [aa I think it wil ] me eyes of 
 the rev. gentlemen i;ained, 1 call >.n Ihem to 
 come tor.vaed to substantiate my refen nee — 
 espeo ally Mr. Dignurn. Bui if a " ca, stone of 
 calumu)" [as the writer titles it] ia tlie ques- 
 tion of slavery, has to be pu' on you'- church 
 de-ervedly, or in any church in Canad.i deserv- 
 edly, I am not thi^ peis m to flinch from under- 
 taking the burden, h iwever weigh y ; — but let 
 the earning he in time, — for 1 promt e, 1). V., 
 I will n it desist, till I see t'oU a proper le- 
 form and change takes place in tbis questi in of 
 slavery, in the Oanaclian chu'ches, b' such 
 Presbyteiian, Kpisoiip-.lian or Meth <li-t. And 
 if [ am not spared, I am fully p rsua .ed that 
 there are majy— ma .y — in Ca lada, [is now 
 are] who will see that the chur^jhes assume 
 some other attitude than eith:r that of delend- 
 iiig slavery or hnmolo:^ iting by approval, the 
 expnigat've publicaMo s ot the A. i rac! Socie- 
 ty or till' A. S S. Union or any other Religious 
 body who are mu e on the slave que-tion. 
 
 1 hive no connection with any society or 
 peiaons, or influenced by any, — my only desire 
 being to promote trnh, and to point oui de. 
 ception and to favour hn i ani y. I would be 
 son y too, if any lang lage I miy have used, 
 has not b en within the boui ds ol toat which 
 every piofessing Clnia'ian, a. d loyal an 1 hu- 
 mane man should o'lserve. 
 
 Respectfully, I am, Sir, 
 
 Your obedient servant, 
 JOHN J . K. LINTON". 
 
 Ill Bayard Taylor's new work, " The 
 Liiiids iif the Saracen," is aoliapler on the 
 <'City of Christ, — Jerii.salem,"iii which otj- 
 ciira the follovviiio sentence — embiulyiiis, 
 we think, as much practical irntli as can 
 be o|(.aiieit f'om any hundred sermons: 
 ' It would be Vvell for Chnsliari secl.s did 
 they keep more coiisiaiiily befure their 
 eyes the sublime humanity ol Christ. How 
 much billet iiiloleraiice and per-er^utioii 
 mil) 111 be spared Ihe world, if, nislea I of 
 adoniig him aa a Di\iiie iVIi'dialor, they 
 would strive 10 walk the ways he trod on 
 eaith. Bat Christiiiiiity is still undeveloped 
 and there i.s yet no sect which repreaeiitg 
 its fuil and perfect spirit." 
 
 MU' u UI I,: and la .NovciniKr, Ijf a uiua. aaiu ilviuW o> 
 lliw i\epuri and ul lliu wliulo queailuli.j /\liu |i i 1|>h 
 lug I'ur |ia licaL,ou "rupera uii flnveiy," wlncii v 
 euiUiaLun reltnncu lu nie culhplicit) oi ccilitiii I't..- 
 gluua ducitiiea of ilis U. tiiaiui wall blavery, Itc. f^- 
 
 fc".'0'»"l lO l»e RlHJUl 'iUU ^Utttlt ._, mmm^-^mmmm^ 
 
 iSirailorJ, U. W , Nov. wO.li, 16}£. 
 Muin.— An ao mucli li.ii iieen '■lieie and tlieio" w'it- 
 leiiauu lelurrnl lo, lei^aruing ilio cuniov.uieu au,l cum- 
 |iiii:iiy 01 Beli^iuua ^ucltUmaiiU urgau^ud.1.19 wli,i Uia 
 eouiiierii I'owcr ul llie u. el.uta, ,<a lu elaver>, ilic ful- 
 lowinij |jUUIi,.aouiia Mu. U, V, B, u, lu a i> il ni,iy be ru- 
 Itinea ij (oUsiuus iiiu ubuve iie,uri, aa giving uvtry 
 ui'C'illul ana liuililul nilutiuaiiun,— aiiU on iliu ijui aiiuu 
 gciiiraliy. Hut. i lu o, as wuli ua iliuoniera i i. Leutis 
 un slavery— auilreaaei lu iliu (.ru-sluvuiy iiieu ol Aiiiir- 
 ica, 4ic, Uy u. a. Fitomuu — |>|i, ,iir, Iju^iuu, i.ela 
 Alareli. lnjo. 'I'litd 111 iiivaluabie ua cuui-.nilag a cuo- 
 (leudid viuwuf mu Ul a naiu,— Ji liumnuiiy,— aiiU ul' 
 blavtiy aaell. bveiy uuc, widie ur biacH, iiutitaad lu 
 ilia uwii dale fui iii'cUuiii, tliuul i iiavu t.it»e Leiura — 
 -Man tva< luaUi: m lurti luckiy, ' >u jiiHiy aajs tin. au- 
 (liui p U. ■. "NoiUisiiiu view ul .-<iavi;iy," Ibe Hb- 
 t'agee ur Uie .N.'iiaii^eui t'ugitike :davtja m i aiiaiKi, re- 
 latd by lUeiuBtlvta, dec— Uy Ueij iii.ln Urew, iii. ao7, 
 tiosiuii Je\teu & I'U,, L".j6. i,Ju3L laibiisliL-u.j a. lu- 
 Biiie view 01 .^lavuiy \ ur a luur itinuiiu iliO l laiuera — 
 by C. U.l'arnuiia. M. I>; niili uuie uy .Mra. .-iiwe, llua- 
 tnii, Juwcii & Lu , Ibu.j. (Jua^ I'ulilialiuU— v„lu,ijiu 
 tiuoK ul lacia Ul I orrui . (1. Ki-y lu l^nciu luinsiJuij- 
 lii, |i|i. 2iii, tluBiun, Jewtl. & I u , lej i— ^te taiil -4, 
 ciiair I, '., i ,oia a. Hit; waoie Key sbuii.U bu i.uu.!Uit- 
 cd. A bculi every cinisdaa aaii pnilaiiil<iu|iui aiiuulil 
 have licuiiiaiua lai.ls. ■> ,k briui iiuuce ul .tii.tri- 
 con flavery,— Uy J. i>. . alini, b'. 1,. £J. ei li, C. .-. — ao- 
 
 cjaU bilil.uii pi I, IahiiIjii ^LiiglaiiU; I'Wiu.la, iil, 
 
 HranJ. ^Aii ixcelei.i t|iiiinu, int reveied uutliur 
 divil June Imj — pui ll lied Uj luc Leea,', Ami riavcry 
 Aaaucl»iiLii, t^iigiund, vviiu bave prinluO iii.in,.ii3 ul pa- 
 ged ul'aiiti-aiavi r, papers', acil irum \v, uiu uiie puuiiU 
 Wi'isni Ul ua u led Aioi-ilaiery , raila c.tii bi; gui lur 
 twu aliilliiigH a>i I :iix pence 'i<;tiiii|:, apply lu VV. Ar,ii- 
 Bual, E 1).. Lted-*, 1:^, glai .1^. a. i^ei.eia iea,i, cling a 
 liujK 'i,ruppua lioiii lilt.' OuUlugui;" ui lliu Aii,i:iiv..u 
 baiiilay .~cli,ul Uaiuii i. cuaipliaiice Wini Ilie diciuoun 
 O! die aloivi' power, pp. ID — M. » ., 1-1 . 7. "Uii.nl- 
 iiiues KelllOll^lrallcl.''' ol luuiln t OngregaliLUui uliurcb, 
 haril'oicl i.'uiin ; — ua lu pjli :> cf Auii.iicaii 1 laci „-Uvi- 
 (ty ua eI ver>, p|i..il, iiariloid, ls,>u. Ibii laaauper- 
 lur evangelical vv.iiiii^-aiiaouglii lo be ri ad. B. L,ei- 
 teia rea|,ecii.ig Ainurican U. U. f. ,vii.-aiuiis and .Ainurl- 
 can I raci Suci. ly, ny ilun. VV. J ,y, p,i. lU, .N V, irot. 
 9. Aiiiuiican tlavery la conbLC ,0.. will) Anicrlcan- 
 t^linaiianity— eiaiiraciiigllr. Pinairs vaaiable rtniiiouj 
 — Ml. J.ay'aielers— and no.oa.iuA. ». iS. I u.,, „,, 
 61I.N. Y.i 11. o.Ni.hi, lol. lb. n,„ pablicaiiu'.,," 
 llojhaaail iraclui tie Aiiiuiicnn ilei rm Ir.ci •o' 
 ciey, UiiiiMiiaaili, Uliio. ■ bu iiuck ,,re iruiii No T to 
 lii. aim varijuB oilier valuaiile UuOis au 1 I'ublicu'oaa 
 Apply lu Ilie Sicrufiry oi -iie -. c|ji>, Dr. Ue,,,,,,. J 
 VVuei. I ricia ul iraciHOiie dull.if lor lonb p:i..e. or 
 l-Juii iiages senl puii p nd ay ai.ill. ihia .-ncitiy'i^'an 
 eiiai iig 1 1( I agaaini die pru .lavcry, A i rO' l .-ucni, & 
 A. .-. s, Uiiiuii,— and ai-Oiisi all i.ctigi,..« suci eliea 
 and Relii-ipa-i Hook ai.jrea uiil conconis, wlii-n -eeiii' 
 laciliicd Ij silui.ceaiid Kcx-p lauio llie .sl.ive (iuu.1,011 - 
 Li;l lai-tuuclia.oiii.Mpiunua b. , 'win buuka du v'cu 
 pu ll^ll, ,lr,ui,itor -ell, by name "aid aiar , a..aie-t 
 Ainencan .-lavery f" l.ei iiial qu. ,iioii be aa.ed 01 ilio 
 U|ipui ',;anaila I'r icusocieiy,— ai Junn llou^al .s R n. 
 liioiis lluiliriiuru, Mo.iiien — and ai 1 .e oiliur Camian 
 Religi .us .-ucieiiea and lio^k «iore>, ,iud a UjI- 
 i.jr,e.us , nd liOjK I'ed ara and con ' nuniau i^nhi .onl 
 inni'i ,iiiiini.anii> 10 nun; wna w |. bj lae ,.ii8 vur 
 niihi.14 aiUvviiice 10: breu e.icep io:is 'I tl ."Vmi-.s! 1 
 Very ;e|iOfr, l.oiil.a ( liiiij -,>le / .!r .ad nr el ' 
 and llet Anil- aiivery Advuc He. hjn Ion, ICmb ) 
 rweedieslraiiil iibuujb pnii ed and pi jlislii.d ai Die, 
 ita, i.yR. II. Wen.,, uica p.,,iii,i,od iiioiiial.,_iii9 
 Aii,l-.,iavery I'aiilicadoa-- »: liiu Leeda t!ociBi a ove 
 iiQ.u-ed,-dielul.'pi.nle..t, N. Y. weeklv.-i ,e Lib ra- 
 
 01 101 n,— he \ni. Slavery sundard ,1 N V 
 t!ie New VornTiihaae,-iiieNaiiunul i-.rn oi VViiaal'n^- 
 lnii,-;' re erick i;u.igla>3' P pui rtochcfte, N Y .die 
 five lalte papers well Known 111 Uu: inii-sl„veri ciuae 
 Ilie Kudicai Abjiiti nmi,New y, rk - 1 lie Co ureaa- 
 tioaaliai uf llo-luii,-U lorlin i;va. go is ,-au 1 ii,,i ,, 
 oilan inpcra advuca e aim lav ir tue iru.djm otiii i , i. 
 lliesave. Acata.O;neol > iLi-slavery paiili lulons by 
 UiB"Aiiieri.-aii Alioiiiioa .So ieu,' lleekiniu sir 1 1 N 
 Y„ <illsouii b. p.n.li-iiel. U li tj be icreie [.at 
 priviieie- earn alo le ha« liiiaerii li.i I u' -jIk o.if 
 wnal IS nab isliM.I un lh:i que-tion, — anli^ugli 
 " Iiodini.: of irigedy can ee writ ■ n, en he spoke 1 can 
 hecunceivel, tint 1 qnala dii.' Irisliifai re.illt, ol see nH 
 
 i'tttcfe tienejtii 
 siiaiow uf die 
 
 daily an.l iiourh arting in die inued 
 llie .'badow ul .Vniiirican i.aw, mi 1 ibi 
 Crussoi Uiiilsi." II. U .-sic-ve. 
 
 JOHN J E. LINI'ON, 
 lliii 
 
 Slrallurd. C. \V.,Noir. I83S. 
 
 SAUGEEN 
 
 1. and Agency and Conveyancing 
 Office. 
 SOUTHAJVIPTON, 
 
 SAUUtil-N, 
 
 "P O luy Irlends and ilie pulilic I would state tlini 1 
 ■*■ have ipened an oilic.e In ihe lown 01' Sontli iniiiiuii 
 in die couiily of Urue.e, for ihc »ale iiid piirrhiLse ot 
 Farm and I'uwn tots, trai>K,actiiig all biisnieK^ with uia 
 Oowii Land Aaencies, inspeciuai of lands la the coun- 
 ty ot Itriice, and tlie inwiiships of the Indian Lands 
 soon ''Oitimg Into aiarkel. 
 
 \ registry of lann land and town tola for sale will 
 lie kepi, /Veil ufeiii'itst. Panles navlng landa ur lots 
 lor sileor .leairing to unrchase. will please send I'ul 
 pariinilnra. 
 
 JOH:* EASTWOOD, 
 Land A^ent, 
 
 Saugeen. 
 Sangeen* March ^H, ttsSa, 137