Church Action

The Jackson State Journal, (Whig,) seems to bave been niuch disturbed of lato because the subject of slavery is warmly discuesed in mnny Christian churches. He 6nys that il beffins to beseen tliat"millionsof ihe liuman lamily ore bound down in servitude under its triple bolts of steel" - that "the just vengeonce of Henven will most nssuredly rest upon ihe man" who holde Uk fellow men io bondage for Iiis personal einolumcnt - "that tnon was ncver formed to be the slavo of his fellow man, ond that God will not hold hiin guiltless that dores to run counter to his reveoled Iaw"- and that "ihe blood ofthesUve will rise up in judgment against the tnaster that uantonly, and wilh the light of Revelalion beaming upon biru, pereists in a cour.-e so fraught wilh nestruction to both body and soul, to every antidote; that can reiider life desi rabie." We were glad to find such a full confession of amislavery fhith in a Whig pnper; but, ob is usual with them, it is followed by o multitudc of "6?fcr.:' Christinn churches are ihen urged to beware of "hot hended zral," lest hey pull down their own hoyses on their heads, nüenaie the nfll?ctioiisof brcthren, sow the fcede of losting discord ml bitternes.-", nnd in a word, unite Church and State! '- Biu eonie passages of this tirade are so rich we must preeent them in tne writer'a own words: "At tho present day, eithcr Politics have risen nbovethe Standard of Iieligon,or religión i sunk beneath tliat cf Politics, (unless a second Gonstantine woul.l unile Church &t State;) for we find that in many of uur Christian Churchen, a man cannot bocome a member without first subscribing to a certain political creed. Is t come to this, that Christian Chinches have become politica) bodies- that they take up polirical ijiieslions for discussion, and in a church capacity decide upon their me.its, simpty becauso a few political demngogues, who poi-sess a zeal without knowledge, urge it upon their ennsideration, and final'y, compel those who mny conscienliously nnd honestly differ from them in opinión, to subscribe to resolutions that withdraw the hand of Ibllowship from tho?e who througlj ignormice, they sec are viohting ihe commands of God. As well might they disenss the Bink, TarilF, or Texna qnestione, for they all, by a parity of reasonjng, muy he converled into moral and religious questions.líut would the cJergymen think ittheirdu ty to descend from Ihcir lofiy stations on the walls of Zion, and enter Ihe politica] areno in 'discussion of these? If not, why discuss others of the 6ame bearing. Make tliis an ab eorbmg point in churcli discipline, and conipel members to withdraw fellow6lip from those who in the lenst wink or connive at slavery, however ignorant they mny be of its heinnue nature, and what would be the resull? If a política! principie mode the grand door of initiition into the Church, and everr other principie dropped for this one, a man certainly, if consistent, can cast his vote for no other per6on than a politica! &t Religious Aboli;ionist, nnd the result is Cliurch and State, and nolhing short." We prrsnme that "clergymen" will hereafter mcnd thoir waya and nnt incur the dis pleasure of the Whig organ of JacksonCounty. But, seriously, cnnnot the edi'or perceive, íhut if SJnvery be a great moral evil onecalling down on its perpeirator "the jst vengeanco of Heave"aa he himseJf contendí- it comes properly beforo the several churches for their action upon it in thal capacily Ae a great poltlual evii, as he also aftirms t to be, it needs a political retnedy. To steal a neighbors horse is an evil to society, and therefure it is legislated upon polilkally: it is also a violationofgood moráis, and therefore horse thieves are excluded from the chvrches. The tome is true of rr.urder, adultery, fraud. nnd all the crimes on the Statute bouk. They nre poÜtical evU, and eins alao. W hoever heard the propriefy of excluding the perpetrators of these crimes from chtirch fellowship questioned, because the law had already taken cognizance of the offênces as violation? oí civil Btatutfs? No one erer heard such a complaint. But when the thing stolen is not a horse or a shecp, bnt a MAN, and the offender is a MANSTEALER, and a proposition is mado to exelude htm from a Christian cburcfa for such a theft- a great outcry of 'Chtirch and State" is raised by this VVhig oper! The whole article is so ridiculous thnt tve presume the Editor before this time aleady regrets that it ever e&w the light, and herefore we will dismiss it to oblivion.tt?" All tlie politica!' papera n the Stnte are discjssing the banks. The Ann Arbor Argus don'i brheve in banks unless charierod on the the individual liability plan, and the State Prison safrgunrd. The Adrián Waichtowernnd Marshall Expounder are against all banks. Wo notice that some of the papers nre strong ngninst a Cnnk Pres dent for the next Governor. This, no doub s a proper objection againut a candidate n he eye8 of on anti bank man: but wesuppose hat the present exciteinent ngsinst banks is encouraged by eome papers for the purpose of driving from the field two of the anticipated andidales for Governor- Dr. Hotighton and A. E. Wing, both of whom presido over banks. (t? VVe do not know ns we have mentioned, that the Cincinnati Weekly Herald and Philanthropist has been increased to mammoth size, presenting 32 columns weekly. It is the largest of the Liberty papers. The price has been raised from a dollar n. y car to two dollars, ft is the oldest antislavery paper in the ivesl, and h.is the largest circulation.OTheEastern N. Y. Anti-Slavery Society held lts Anniversary in New York city on the 7th of May. Alvan Stewart and James G. Birney, were present, and participated in the proceedings. Mr. Biruey epokc on the Annexation of Texae. Mr. Slewnrt argucd the antislavery chnrocter of the U.S. Conetitution, and expressed his deiermination to defend it evtry where and at all hazards.