Slavery As It Is, Vs. The Bible

The New Orieans Picoyune of Aug. 12, 1841, gtves ua ibe followingia subslanco. The N . O. Bible Society, according to the testimony of Meases. Maybin, Lowmls, Stevens, Goodericb, and Rev. Mr. Wheaton, (!) sent, a few months aince, to New York, tor $1000 tvofth of Biblea, to circuíate u hal city, in various lacguages. They Bppo:otedone Cbauncey D. Black, distributmg ogent. He gave somo Bibles to. slavea, nnd wag cceplaincd of beforo theRecorder, Batéwin, by oue Wm. H. Avery, for "tompering ith slavee'and pureuing acourse "calcuiated to lead to insubordination among theml The gentleman named teBtified oc the trial, ths.1 "ihey réceived tbe Bibles in June, and appointed agenta ftom among their tnembera to have lhm placed in proper bul it ne?er for a moment entered into the minds of the society to present a Bingle Bible to a slave." It was emirely the la uit of a ub-agent. "Mr. Lownds impressed it stronglyoa the noind of the court, thal before any Bi blea were distributed to the parties whoss nauiss roigbt be teken by the accused, the l8t was to be first subnattted to him; and as it was opposed to bis own foeling9, and coulrary to iba intention of tbe eociety, h.9 wouid eer lainiy furoisb no alave vviib a Bible." It was further teBtfied,"ihat he ected from a nuaconceptioa of bis instruciiona ■ frora Mr. Lownds, and an ignorance of bis duty 03 a sub-ageni of ihe Bible Society." IÍÍ8 counsel, Mr. Micon, plead the absence of evii intentions! That he believed it waa the "frue policy cf every ono friendly to aoutkern inslitutiona to get up no unnecessary excitetnent, nor créate nny unnecessary alurm bnt puuish promplly zaá Beverely" cvery case of guiiL (i. e., giving Bibles to sluves.) Tlie Recorder, ia bis Uecieion, "npprored of (he laudable work of distributing ihe Bible, in which" the prisouer "was engeged; bot whilo executing thal duty he must be cautious that be did not infringe on other rights, whicb are aa sacred to ihis communiiy as religión itself. Believing ihat he was actuated by no evil intention in epeaking to the slaves, he would discharge him, bidding hira God speed in lus religious carecr, and cautioning bira against ever bringing himself in contact wjth our institution." Thcre it s, os largo as life. What will, ottr pro-e!avery friends say about the Bible ainong slaves, now thnt it is judicially estabüshed ïhat to give a Bible to a alave is an offencc against the law, pnd that the plaveholder regards tbc right to keep the Bible from his slavcs, "as sacred as religión itself." That ia the "Bible institu tionn for which freenaen vote, and wbicli too many ministers and ehurches hola ift