"Unity Of The Church."

This topic was much talked nbout during be sefsion of the General AssemIy and se essions were threatened boti) by Soutliern nnd Turlhern mcmbers. Bu.t as usual, the Slaveneeders carne off victorious, and tlio Reverend Doctors of ihat Assembly were left to rob iieir fellow men a vvhile longer without re)iike. The Pennsylvnnia Freeman, whose editor vas probably present at the scssion of t lic Assembly, savs:VVhtntlie fin:l vote vas tnken, n northerri nomlier was henrd tu osk Mr. Gideon. oí Washington, 'will ym now go off?' '01), !;' paid lie, 'wc will Mny, nftil brinar nll the slrcnjrth we can.' And it is the f;ot, that there were sever.-il delerraten from Kentncky and Missouri - Dr. Alltm was one of thern - who tod wniteri a week with tlieir creo'eniials in lieir pnckets, wiitin? to see the course the Afsembly would pursue, nnd as soon ns they eind thut no action was to be taken igainst p'avfiry, c;ime forwnrd and tnbled tlieir names is membors'of tlip As-rmblv. 'Vrrify, thru have theirreward.' Mr. West nnd the others mny rcjuice ngiin over 'whnt (ïod has done br ilie churcii.' lic may iudul"re the liope, now iliat they me on the right track, of soon pqnnlliniT in ))iimhers nt flie Soulh their rivai jrethren oftheOld School General Assenibly: i hope tuit without its inpiration to men of is stamp. The Mr. West liere alluded to is pnsior of i Presbyterian Church in Monroe, in Ihis Slate. Our friends who were present at the Anr.iversary last. winter, cannot have forgoten tlie t Jiri] and eloquent appeals in beiiujf )f tbo elave to a crowdfd audience in the Jourt House at Ann Arbor. They wül regret o find thac he wl)o could pledd so eJoquently br the oppressed, and we doubt not so sincerely too, sliould ueutralize his happiest efforis by olmost overv kind of action gainst Slavery. We have not seen the report of his late speeches, but we gather the ollowing tliings respectint; his position from 'arious totirces. 1. According to the N. Y. Evangelist, he rged, 'in a warm and decided manner,' the iloption of a resolution leaving the whole latter where it was in 13S9. 2. He took ground against any oction of nï cburch judicatory against the sin ofmanleaüng, fron) the churcli fg&iian to t!e General Assembly, provided there was (langer of dividing '.hechurih. Seeonr correspondent'; letter from Detroit lasl week. This, of course would moke slavery perpetual in ihe Church. 3. In giving a narrativo of ihe state of Religión in Monroe Presbytery, Mr. West said, "the cause of the oppreseed is dear to our hearts, though ihe rampant spirit of ultra abolilion has declinrd." Wlmt kind of Abolition that is, may be gathered from the fact that ho opposes nll action in the church, as above stated, and that he was understood to express himselHast winter against all politica] orgonization for its overthrow in the State,It is but just lo say, howevor, that he ap proved of nsing politicnl influence ogainst it otlierwise tlian by an cwgunizlion, and declared he nevcr liad voled for a slavc-holclcr, and !ie nevci would, We wUh cvery Presbytèribn in t lic Froe Stales conid say as mucli. In Monroo city nnd counly we supposed but !i;tl(? "abolition"' properly speuki.ig of any kind could be found. What other counties consiitute tliat Presbytery we know not. But ifMr. W. means "tlie rampant spirit" of the Liberty principies (;are on the decline,'' we should like to lmow it. Our impressions were of a very different nature. 4. The Pennsylvania Freeman commences an artielo tlius:ACTION VS. PROFKSSION. Mr. West, a porlly and jolly lookinjj mrtnber the General Aspembly, was qui e pathetic in the debutes on slaverv, about the (langer of a división of the churcli; nud he enmelo the conclusión, that if it should tnke place, in engrquence of ie?olutions njpiinst slnvery, he ahould certably 'die pf grief.' We do not ngree with liim ns to ihe probaliility of such .in occurrence. He has pns:-ed throur!i one división nud retnined hij flesli, wli ch, notwulistnuding the authority of Falsinff, we cannot consider a sirn of excessive grief. We have been informed thut Mr. West ropresented an anti-slavery Presbytory. íf so, the Presbytery ought to be aslinmrd of iheir delégate; lor he tras one of Ihe most dclermind opponents of anti slnvery aclion of any man n Ihe Jlsst mhly. 'Va be sure, he profrssefl to bi; nn anti-íl.ivery man; bul if it had nol been lor liis profeísion", no one would have ever suspected iiim of entertafning uny snch views. He listeiied to tiie avowals of men, that thpy were slaveholders, and their nrguincnts to pruve frqin the Uiblelhat álaveholdíhg wis no sin, without raising his volee ih testimóny aainst the:n. His great object seemed to be ó propitiate the pro-slavery poition of the Assembly, and preserve the bonds of their un101).These remnrks on the covirse of Mr. West may eeem to soine invidious, nnd to Iiim they may appcar ns evidence that "the rampant spirit of uit ra abolilion' is stil! raging al Ann Albor. But. he can have no just cause of complaint. He profosses to ïDhor slaveholding, and we cnnriot doubt that he doee; and ye;, if we liave appreliendeil liis posiliun rightly, he oppotes nearly all efficiënt actlon i Chiucli or Siate. Shall we cease to speak wnilè he warmly enters ïhe lisls against us? Shali we be dumb forevrr lest lis idolizsd oiganization should be endangered? But let us consider for a moment whal is mplied in ihat '-Uniiy of the Churcli" for wliich he pleads.A cliurch, in its comtnon senso, desiguales a bi-dy of Christians, unitecí under one government for purposes of worsliip and spiritual mprovcment. It is obvious tliat f all tlie uembers exhibit the l'ulness of the Chrislian gruce - i( every one iá Kind, loving, forbeuring, long-sufíbring, merciful, devout, &cc, they will live togelher in perfect lüirmony, so fur as alienations of feeling ore concerned. No quarrels could ariae in such a community. - Now suppose this church to receive an acces tion of asmany more members - proud, exlortionate, unjust, envíous, covelous, deceiiful. violent - or, if ñames make a diíference wilh yon, Jet thetn be rich, fasliionable slave-traders and breeders, geníeel horse jockies, and wholesale distillers and liqnor mcrchants, who can ride to cliurch in thcir carriages, whi'e their dealings reac!i to tiie other side of the sl'jbe. The momen: these enter i he church,ihere wil) be a marked división of feeling. - Tlie Iiumble, Christ-like portion of the cliurc'i will love to nssociate togetljer, because thoy are of a kindred spirit. Thoy will instinct ively disapprove of the actions of their new comrades. These, in their turn, will hate that purity and moral excellence wh:ch they behold inlheolder members, and wlüch daily convict tliem of sin. Here, then, isafundamenta dffirence of feeling belwefn the two parte of the church, wluch cannot be obliterated without a change of moral character on one side orthe other. In such a church there cannot be a unity of feeling. This radical diñbrence will show itself in a discordnnce of opinión and nction in a vast varieïy of wnys. One porlion will oppose t-kve breediiifr, gambüng. rumsellinnr, Sec. ns condemned by the Bible, whtle the other, from tlie 6ame Bible will underiake to show that ihey are in accordance wiih the divine will. Thus there will be a perpetual controversy respecting the sins which the church members Ilove, white on tbs other points all may be perfectly agreed. Even the Pharisees, who devoured widowj' house?, were remnrkublc for making lon praj'ers, ttiey honoied the íáabbath, gave alms, fasted often, and were zeulous for the la w.Now, the only way that the unity of such a cliurch can bc preserved, is by opunly tolkrATING TUK SINS OF ITS MBMBKRS. We (ltïlv Mr. West and the whole General Assembly to devise nny other way of maintaining peace in its borders. This plan tliey have adopted. Wlio does not sne tliat Satan himself' can nfford to be n chuich meniber, prny, declaim agninst Dancing and Subbath-breaking, go to meeting nnd ev;n fast, if he con have a pur tion of bis brothers and sisters put under his absolute control, from whom hc may extrt the ijratification of'every want, every lust, and pvery whim. How generous he could be lo iiis nnnisier - how beneficent to the foreign heatJien - how mai:y Biiiles hf could eend 10 Ibreign Pngane, wheu it could be done by an easy robbery of those for wbom Christdied! We take ground, tlieu, against Mr. West and bis co-adjntors, not becnuse they advocate the unity of the Presbyterian church, but because fluir nnity s founded in n. toleration nnd Eupporl of a sin of the blackkst dve. - j Mr. West fears lest these acknowledged manstealers should voltintarily withdraw from the Assembly in case that body should stigmatizetheir abominations as sin; and eliould such a result take place throtigh t!ie ossent of Mr. Wi-st, hc vcrily believes lie should die with grief! Cui! h bc that bucIi a sentiment catne from llie mout!) of a delégate from Michigan? Tor shne, Sír, for shaine! If yon liad no telf-respect, could you not withhold the expressior of sucli dcspicnble servility for the honor ofyo'ur conslituonts?