‘That portion of the Church with which I am connected, seem to have no sympathy with the indignation against the abolitionists, which prevails so extensively North and South; but, on the other hand, consider the _South_ as _infatuated_ to the highest degree. There is more credit for philanthropy given those who manumit their slaves, without _expatriation_, than formerly. The thirst for information is increasing, while the ‘_non liquetism_’ [voting on neither side] of brethren in church courts is becoming less and less satisfactory; and such of them as advocate the perpetuity of the system, are looked upon with surprise and regret. Those who view with horror the traffic in slaves by ministers of the gospel, express more freely their pain at its indulgence, _than I have ever known_. I am acquainted with several such cases. In no instances have they left the brother’s standing where it was, before it took place. Of such cases--even those, too, where the usual allowances might be called for--I have heard professors of religion remark, ‘Mr. A. could not get an audience to hear him preach’--‘Mr. B. has more assurance than I could have, to preach, after selling my slaves as he has done’--‘He can never make me believe he has any religion’--‘This is the first time you have done so, but repeat it, and I think I shall never hear you preach again.’ These remarks were made by slaveholding professors of religion themselves, and under circumstances neither calculated nor intended to deceive. The following letter was written by an intelligent gentleman in the interior of Alabama, to Arthur Tappan, of New York, who had sent him some Anti-Slavery publications. The date is March 21, 1834. ‘Dear Sir--Your letter of Dec. last, I read with much interest. The numbers of the Anti-Slavery Reporter, also, which you were so kind as to send me, I carefully examined, and put them in circulation. Your operations have produced considerable excitement in some sections of this country, but humanity has lost nothing. The more the subject of slavery is agitated, the better. A distinguished gentleman remarked to me a day or two since, that ‘there was a great change going on in public sentiment.’ Few would acknowledge that it was to be ascribed to the influence of your Society. There can be no doubt, however, that this is directly and indirectly the principal cause.’ During the same year, the Editor of the New York Evangelist received a letter from a christian friend in North Carolina, from which I give thee an extract. _To the Editor of the Evangelist_-- ‘The subject of slavery, recently brought up and discussed in your paper, is the one which elicits the following remarks.