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COVINGTON INSTITUTE ONCE MORE, i
This institution is getting its due, as will be seen by j
the following articles, from the editors of the Western,
Jiaptist Review and the Banner and Pioneer—periodi-j
cals published in its vicinity. We tiansfer them to
our pages, principally on account of the articles that;
have appeared in one of our southern exchanges,
apologising for Dr. Patterson and reflecting on us, for
the position we assumed in reference to this institution.
The article in the Review was elicited by the follow
ing note:
“Zion’s Watciitowek, August, 1817.
To the Senior EH tor of the Western Baptist Review:
Deaii Sir : 1 have seen in one of the Covington
secular papers what purports to be an extract from a
sermon by Rev. James M. Prost, on the Devil, in which
he ascribes to Satanic influence the charge that tliej
Covington School is tinctured with abolitionism. Is
this a thrust at you and other Southern Baptist editors,
on account of wli. t you have said in relation to the
Covington professors ? Mr. Frost evidently endorses
those professors and their institution; while you and
the entire corps of Baptist editors south, and indeed
all the leading hi > of the same region, think that!
on account of tlv sors, the south should not pat
ronize the institt. -e you all instigated by Sa
tanic influence? to .<i-it does Mr. Frost mean?
Light is wanted.
Yours in haste, TIMOTHY LOOKOUT.”
We invite particular attention to the distinction the
editor makes between abolitionists and anti-slavery
men. We have nothing to fear from the former;
their violence baffles their own schemes. Those who,
while they denounce abolitionists and abolitionism,
teach that to hold slaves is sinful, are the men to be
feared. Their denunciation of abolitionism is a mere
feint i o divert attention from the mischief they are
brewing for us. We are always suspicious of the !
man who is loud in denouncing abolitionists, hut is;
particularly careful to refrain from saying a word;
against anti-slavery men. Prom the volcano belching
forth its flames, all will stand aloof; but many sleep
and sweetly dream of a long life of enjoyment on the
latent volcano, till it bursts upon them in its fury and
buries them beneath its burning lava. These latent
volcanoes are in our midst, and we are building (our
confidence) upon them to the peril of ourselves, our
wives, our children, ourcountry. Let it henceforth be
remembered, that the denunciation of abolitionists byi
your editor, your pastor, your teacher, your salesman!
or anyone else, is no evidence that he is not a thorough- <
going anti-slavery man.
The editor introduces his remarks as follows :
“It is with extreme reluctance that we make any;
further comments upon the Covington Theological;
School. For some time we have resolved to be si
lent, and let that institution work its own overthrow, inj
its own way, which we felt confident would take place;
at no distant period, unless its administration should be|
changed. At present it is a concern altogether too!
small to receive the attention which it has lately en-l
joyed in the way of censure. Nor would we depart
from our silence now, but to prevent improper inter
pretation of the language of brother Frost, and to cor
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rect certain, wrong impressions under which he seems
to labor.”
The following is the extract on which the editor
further comments:
“As abolitionism is now ihe Devil’s general mode
of attack, the * -Western Baptist Theological Institute,’
located in this city, has not escaped. Now, I have on
ly to say of this institution tjtat lam a member of the
Board of Trustees, and that jhere are other slavehold
ers members of that BodVif 1 who would not uphold an
übolitionjnstitution a single hour. I have been inti- j
mately acquainted with the operations of this institu
tion for the last twelve or eighteen mouths. I have
been at every meeting of tlve Board of Trustees. 1
have been intimate with every member of the Faculty,
and have been frequently in the recitation room ; and
I have never seen anything winch favors abolitionism.”
Some of the italics, and the hands (DC/ 3 ) in the fol
lowing arc introduced by us, to direct particular at
tention to the sentiments expressed :
“We premise, without further delay, that our ac
quaintance with the politics of Satan is not sufficient
rto justify us in the unqualified indorsement of the po
sition above. it is a matter upon which we have not
bestowed overmuch study. The assumption may he
all correct for aught we knowjto the contrary. This, j
however, depends very much upon the meaning to he j
attached to the term ‘abolitionism.’ If we mean by
it the mad schemes of Garrisqn and kindred spirits, to,
charge it upon the Covington School would he most!
false and slanderous. And imthis sense, no doubt, bro.j
F. made his denial; and every-one at all acquainted!
j with these facts, will sustain lus denial fully. But then
this does not touch the root, on the matter. These are!
not the grounds of distrust towards the Covington
j Faculty existing in the minds if brethren south. The
time was when the Baptists pjiith and the Baptists
:north co-operated in bonevdftftlt effort. Tfiat co
operation has ceased. The tie of fraternal concord lias
been sundered. And not by abolitionism, as brother
F. perhaps would define the term; but by men who ;
scorn all connexion with it—who loathe, it as a moral
leprosy. The Baptist Board of Foreign Missions in
Boston was never an nbolition concern ; the abolition-,
lists have disclaimed all fellowship for iti No, it was
! the ‘ anti-slavery’ men who sundered Ike fraternal \
hands of northern and southern Baptists; men who
look upon slavery as sin per se —as a moral putrefac
tion which no Christian can touch without imbibing
impurity. Hence, the northern Baptists have declared
that they will no longer maintain any connexion with
the south—that southern ministers should not preach,
;and that southern churches should not labor with them
in the diffusion of the gospel. Such was the famous
decision of the Boston Board on the Alabama resolu
tions. 0C7 3 Dr. Paltison, the president of the Coving
j ton Institute, was then an active member of that Board.
He has been asked to define his position in reference
to those rnatlers. He lias refused, in dignified and
suilen silence, to do so. Dr. Sharpe, in resigning the
presidency of that Board, stated that every member
approved of the principles of its reply to the Alabama
resolutions. Dr. Paltison may have distrusted the
policy, hut it is proved that he admitted the principle j
which rent in twain our missionary institutioiis._TT|
“ This, then, is one ground of distrust. The Baptists
south esteem this principle to be us odious as aboli
tionism. They refused utterly to recognize it when
emanating from Boston; and we wholly mistake their
character if it will appear any more lovely in their
’ eyes when exhibited from Covington.
Besides, the Board of Trustees, several years ago,
undertook to define Dr. Pattison’s position for him.
i They published to the world that he was an * anti
slavery’ man in all his feelings* Now, this is pro- •
‘cisely the sort of men that composed the Boston Board.l
They assumed to be such, and no more, in their ex-i
; scinding resolutions. This is the position that Dr.
Wayland maintains in hi- celebrated controversy with
| Dr. Fuller. An ‘anti-slavery’,man, in the parlance
j of the times, especially on the other side of the Ohio,;
! means an individual who believes that slavery is a sin
! which no circumstances can excuse —a sin abhorrent
: to God and utterly subversive of the spirit of our holy
I religion. Because, therefore, Dr. Pattison is an ‘anti
* Was not that about the time he was so well known to the
senior editor of the Mississippi Baptist ?— Ed. Index.
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slavery’ man, and proclaimed to be such by the Board
of Trustees, the south, to say the least, are suspicious
of him, and are unwilling that he should mould the
minds of her ministry on the subject of slavery.
Again: a few months ago the Baptist Missionary
Union assembled in Cincinnati. This body has de
clared non-fellowship tor the south. It claims to in
hale a moral atmosphere far more pure and salubrious
than ours. Many ol the most eminent Kentucky min
isters were present at its late convocation. Brother
j Prost himself was there; brother Buck was there ;
1 1 j and Drs. Malcom and Dillard, and other brethren,
j whose praises are in all the churches, were there ; hut
unto, the Missionary Union they were as heathen men
and publicans. They were not even invited to seats,
jas visiting brethren. Not so, however, with ihe Cov
ington faculty. They vvehe members. They were
received as fit members of a body purged of the last
remains of friendship for slaveholders. How must the
south esteem this ? Must they not, look upon theCov
jirigton professors as identified with a body that scorns
and contemns our best, ministers aid refuses all fellow
ship for our churches? Now, liie -father of lies’ may
have prompted someone to call th.s abolitionism, anil
thus made it necessary for brother F. to rebuke him
for it: he that as it may, a decent self-respect forbids
southern churches to semi filter young ministers to a
school where its instructors, by most elm/ueut conduct,
j declare the whole Baptist denomination south as too im
pure for the association of Baptists north.
“Thus much wo have felt, it necessary to say, that
iiall parties may he fully understood in th s unpleasant
I business. It is a matter of regret that an institution so
j j full of promise for good as that of Covington was,
■ | should he strangled in its infancy by persons who have
! assumed to nurse and nurture it. An incubus is upon
|jit. A mill-stone is about its neck, sinking it into de
struction ; and yet that weight must remain! The
wishes of the yea!/rieuds of the mutilation cun not re
ceive tile. slightest respect. But en<lug!t. ‘Expres
sive silence’ may tell the rest.”
[l'rom the Banner A Pioneer.]
I S TII E CII A RG E TRU E !
A correspondent of the Mississippi Baptist, writing
! from Covington, and who states that he is a student of
the Institution, is remonstrating with the editor on ac
count of an article which appeared in the editorial col
umns of that paper (June ayth) concerning the Coving
ton Institution ; and, in defending the Institution against
the complaints of the editor, tiie ‘student’ makes the
following unqualified assertions about the Baptist ‘ de
nomination’ and ‘ the principal men’ in Kentucky.
“ You intimate that Dr. Pattison lias manifested an
‘indisposition to co-operate with the denomination in
Kentucky, while on its soil.’ Now, ihe truth is, Dr.
P., on the contrary, when he came to Kentucky, did
manifest a disposition to co-operate with the denomi
nation, by attending their ‘ general association,’ hut
the denomination manifested an ‘indisposition to co
operate’ with him. He was treated so coolly by the
principal men. that he has not felt at liberty to intrude
on them again, until he can he assured ol a cordtal re
ception.”
The first inquiry which suggested itself to our mind,
jjupon reading tfie above paragraph, was—How carnt
this student in possession of all these particulars ‘
VVas fie with Dr. P. when he first came to Kentucky',
and was fto present when the Doctor made his over
tures for co-operation with the denomination in this
State, and was thus coolly treated by the principal
men ? or did someone tell him all this ? and if he was
told these things, who told him ?
The next enquiry is—Who authorized him to sav
that, in consequence of this cool treatment by the
“principal men,” that Dr. P. “has not felt at liberty to
ijintrude himself upon them again, until lie can he assu
red of a cordial reception ?” Does Dr. P. endorse this
language, with reference to the Baptists in Kentucky,
land authorize its circulation through the columns of the
public journals ? If not, how dare his student to her
ald these statements to the world ? These are grave
questions, and concern,alike, the Institutional Coving
ton, its President and the Baptists of Kentucky-.
Is it a fact that Dr. P. attended the General Associa
. tion of Kentucky, with a view to co-operate with the
denomination in this State ? If so, we are at the firs!
■of it. Is it also a fact that at that General Association
“ he was treated so .coolly by the principal men,” a*