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VOL. XXXI. WHOLE NO 1G52.
CLEARFIELD, PA. WEDNESDAY, MAY I, IfiGl.
NEWSEIUES VOL. J. NO 41,
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j? elect )ottri!,
u,v waitim;."
"Only wailing till the hulow
Aro a little longer grown ;
Only waiting till tlie glimmur
U( tbe ilny's luitbeum is flown ;
Till the niglit of earth is fmtod
From tlio liwrt, onco full of day ;
Till tlio marii of ile'ivttn are brcuking
Through Ibo twilight soft and grny.
Only waiting till tbo roupors
have the lust beat' gstliurett liouio j
l or the summer time is failed
.And the autumn winds have come,
Quickly, reapers ! galher quickly
Tlio lust ripe hours of my heart,
l'orlhe bloom of lite is witbvrod,
Aud I hestca to depart.
Only waiting till tbo angels
Open wide the mystic gate,
At whoso fuet 1 long have lingered,
Weary, poor and 1cu1hU',
Uvtn now I hear their footsteps
And their voices far away ;
If they call mo, I am waiting,
Only waiting to obey.
Only waiting till the bbadows
Are a Utile longer grown ;
Only wuiliugtill (he glimmer
Of the day's last beam la flown ;
Then from out the gathering darkness
Holy, deathles slurs shall rise,
j;y wlioso light my sou, Kliall
Tread its pathway to tbo skies 1"
DO WHAT tJOOl) YOU CAN.
I would not pass from earth away,
And leave no triu-o beliiud,
1 wish to feel that I have been
Of service to mankind .
Tor wbat Is life without a hwart
To Sympathise with tlio.o
Whom stern inisfortuco has assniled,
Aud crushed with tittor woos ?
I envy not Ibo proudest King
That sits upon the throne,
Who hath not charity to niuk'i
His subjects' wants his own;
Nor would I for a moment,
That treasure of tbo soul
Which ever toacheth pcuce and love,
To gaiu tho earth's control.
How grateful should the earth nppca ,
Willi wealth at their command ;
That they can stretch towards the poor,
A linn nr.d helping hand ;
And if it change to be our lot
To gr.ico a low ly sphere,
Yi t noble acts wo may perform
Though trifling they appear.
A kindly word a gentle smile
A sympathizing tear,
Way raise tho sinking, fainting heart
And banish cluudd id fear ;
Ah ! we should sontteiupt to live,
Whi'e here on e irtli we stay,
That fearless may we be when death
Shall summon us away.
Miscellaneous,
7. (..'.,... ,.'0 , "n,T,vr viimi
,.,(;,., ,ii-,n iloinir more business than
I , 1, t l,n ve risenent he m 1
you are, louk !
tlm newsnatiers. ihe business man
-..- l.i i,. 11, n i.nlieis dons il '
!... - -
,,.! Lr thirnt than when fastened ,
ovir the store, and who would think of
..1.i.,i 4l,.i ? Tim advert ser. nfor ns 1
i, .,. rr.l,, nnd his
the nulho that ho wants trade, n. his ,
curtf m the newspaper is an , t on to ,
tiGiAntnra rn nniiit iiutl liiiv. i, tit.i c n it
liTnon reads a sign in mo neci, uvo
hundred read it in tho papers. No mat
ter ho well a business man is known, he
can always pick up a new customer, if he
will take tho pains to lot them know
whore he is and what he has to soil. No
one can all'ord not to advertise for by
neglecting this menus of securing tr.tdo
ho looses tho b 'St put t of hi profits.
Coolie lifo in Cuba doe not seem to be
desirable. Suicide is a very common thing
umons lha poor wretches ; rec?ntl tho
Imilina of cteven. who hmi taken their
lives, were found disposed in order ol in- South, that hi highest puroso ooneoru
terment, ou a hill sid near a sugar plan- ig tho American people is, that they
UAion. 'should perpetuate African slavery? lfilh.-
, , , , , .i,i or is it not utterly inconceivable, that ho,
" No one would lake you to lo nl.it , of them that his
you are," said an oh r-sh,oned gon.leu.an .cennng Al'r.coi. slavery, or
theothorday.loadantly whohatl mue lA rrioM It ril,.t., j nnv wy whatever
lin.r than brums " W by "' ''- COillllill lis , ic.f purposes concerning the
(Lately asketi. Ppcause they see wj,jtu ,.(ll.u 011 tLs continet 1 A more
your ears." lm;uneholy instance can scarcely be pro-
A prudent man advised his servant to ducotl in any history, of tho destructive
fut uy his money for a rainy day. In a extent to which religious opinion can bo
few weoks his master inquired how much made to take the prevailing hue of a
nflii. wiimw ho had saved. " Faith, none fiereo ciithusiasm. or an intolerant funati-
ll," said ho, "it rained yesterday, and it '.
all went."
"There nro somo members of commu
nity," said the sugacious and witty Thom
as lirad bury, thnt nre like a crumb in '.he
throat: iftbev no tho riant w.i;, they af
ford but little nourishment ; but if they
happen to go the wrong way, tiiey gne a u is ot in nny slu.l, sense of the misMon
grrut deal of trot blc." j 0,. our COUI1.ryt 0r our race, that ihe peo-
Forgeries lothe amountof $o0,000 have ' plo every where, have so lately come bo
beeu detected in Boston, the perpotrator of fore God, in a great service of natioua
them. H P. U. Lieelow, of the firm of , humiliation, coi leasing their slits, and
. ., .
Bijolow t Knight, shoo dealer, have Mi-
. i . .i
VUUSU.
. , .1
The New York Supreme Court has de- :
eided that poison resident in Sw,e
liable to be Uxod for personal property I
which ho owns or uses in another Stato.
Ion on Saturday evenini!. and will ad
- uuuiu, in .i:,. vuvn j .. f- ,
dren the Legislature beforo tho adjourn-
tnen I
. . .. i. ;..
according o e F0K,r. m ,
1,000,000 sterling 1
, "Mountain Maid," a racing mare, well ous dement and bavo manifested thorn, nout law. At the head or t ies? uttcran
known to horso fanciers and sporting men, ' B0yes hl lho l)(oru ot lue different Chris., ces wo any place that which tho human
lied at Lancaster, Pa., lest wewk. . j liun denominations, this wide spread im- reason discloses : next to that perhaps,
An hour of honest labor will ,ive any I pression probable been true! lut in t h. , conunon impi .Ises th. hu.n -1,
lnanatK.ti ...:. . .11 the roots
wiweeu here and Kgypt.
From the Danvillo Quarterly Review.
OUR COUNTRY: ITS PERIL: ITi
DELIVERANCE.
Ity llEV. KuDKHT J. DltKl'KKMtlllGK, D. I).,
llauvillo Kentucky,
CoxTlNfEli.
5. ISes'ules tlio special considerations
which we have developed, us particularly
revelunt to the condition ol our country,
ii i id the maimer in which her destiny
nay bo retrieved : there a-e m-iiy other
considerations of a more central kind,
and of tho highest force, ail pointing in
tlio sumo direction, which it behooves
every wan to ponder deeply, before he
despairs of his country, and before he
lays Ins haii'is rudely on our existing in
stitutions, in the vain hope ol something
better. Ol these, there are two so pre
eminent, that ivv ought !o direct special
attention to them. The first relates to
that view of llio subject which discloses
tho indestructible power ol life in suuh a
nation as this, and tho length and depth
und breadth of the agony w hich it can en
dure and yet live. They who kuow th
past of human ullairs, and tnov 'ho re-
llect on that eternal logic which is of the
essence ol tilings und events, know that u
a ion like Tins eaniint !:. il is Hardly
possible to conceive how it can even be
murdered; but die it connot. It would bo
as easy to conceive thai i ranoo could be
blotted from the map ol hurope as one ot
its createst nation", and restored to tlio
..,...,1.1 i , it. ...... in, i,ni',u. i.miMii. .ai '
bv Cie-ar, ns to conceive of the America!
I . . . I.
nation being annihilated, its .sublime ca
reer cut short, its boundless possessions
parcelled out, and nn ignomin his reiiuuo
of numberless aristocracies, democrat; e.s,
dukedoms, and piincipnlities, permanent
ly tilling it scat of empire and of glory.
After eighteen centuries of anguish, Italy,
hailed by tho acclamations of mankind,
is purging; herself in a baptism of blood
from the very condition which men are
preparing lor us ; und the consuming in-
btiuct ol her restored iiu is lor llK.l very
tuition tl unity winch "o are expec
ted to
saciilicc, und in default of n hich she has
sutlered every lorm of evil, iu every stage
of civilization, imdar every kind of gov
ernment. V hat have they to oiler us, in
exchange for our national unity, but sor
row without an object and degradation
williojt a limit accompanied with strug
gles and suffering for its recovery, renew -'d,
and suppressed in blood, and ruiowed
for evermore until in some distant age,
perhaps, it shall be losloicd anidst. the
rejo'u ings of tho people 1 This blind and
fieico spirit of unarchy which has fasten
ed upon tho extremities of the. nation,
ami is threatening lo eat into its heart,
has no aspect more startling, than
itj I
frightful antagonism to tho absolute ten
dency and the lotal civilization of the age
I iu which it has made itself manifest. The
second tf the to great considera
tion alluded to, relates to the dominion
iiutl purpose of Ood over nnd concerning
our -uuiitry
The revolting disregard
"hudi this whole movement to.va.ds tie-
struction exhibits towards Hod's dealing
. , ,,..,,,, .,,: , . ',
'ltll Olir COU 11 try SliOcUlllg CollCCI
11 proclaims ol o.ir mi.-siou as a peo
pie, compared with tho conception ol that
-- - i -
mission u.s iimit . y u oi.i.m ..,
'dmost the smltlest aspect-of the case,
rcma. kuble Teaturo of
. untMoi tho rn.
tire revolution, that vvhiit) in loth ex-
. -
ti'Hiniiies of tlm nation it fa.leiis upon the
F-aino idea- the shivery ol ihe African ruco
as the c-mirolli 'g itlea oftiotl in nil his
purposes conc.'inirg us, it sluull give
that itlea itf ulinost deslrueti .eness to us,
nnd ils utni'-sl oilensiveiiess lo (iod, by
making it woik in directions precisely
I opposite. !s it- conceivable that (iod
should teach his children at the North,
that his h'ghest purpose concerning tho
American people is, that thev should ex-
imgU.SU "I.. f.J,...v -
t. AT .! .. ..1 I m
same moment tcaou his children at
children at the
ciatn, which reigns uround it
. It is not
in this manner, on the one side or the
other, that tho tens of of thousands of
God's children, scattered over this great
empire liko salt whit h has no lost its sa
vor, ii. tet pi ol the to.iehir.gs of his word,
the indications o! his providcnco, or the
4..1... .1' l.ia il.lt.tit.l lllllfm. Ill V!l I'll .1 114
ium;ii3 Ul ,IIO ll.lllll.w ..v. w ...... j v..-
- praying for his gracious interposion
i.ia i..iu il iiix.il Who is nuthori.cd
..... . ..... y. . r, .
gnv. that God lias not nwr.t tne cry oi in
(J? who wi,j j.,, t0 giiyi ,jJlvl (j0j
L not nblo to save? In tha utmost ex-
,ouit flsroi ,j0j gajj ,0 tuetn by
M08eg Fear ve not, stand still, and see
v j j - . . . .
111. I- At present, uuu um.iig long
r :..';, ii Li. mnn ilm
ery general impression that negro slave-
Ur0 Ul nciic-iiiig jv... -, -'"-
.-u n. i lm illrreL if net the sinnli dill'li
ul-
, ' r" Vomn.otions of which
wa
t have teen speaking
As far as these
, I tominolions have had
a mornl ami reliir-
'iK;",
' other .esncc.ts the connect.oii o JNCgro
out, has been indirect ; and its moral uihI
religious aspect has hud littlosigiiilicanee,
except as the abolition movement has
been fiee thinkiny in religion, and ns polit
ical und sectional part cs have coerced re
ligious opinion in particular directions,
for pnly and sectional purposes. The
nullification movement many years ago,
in South Carolina, related to slavery only
in the most indirect way and in no con
nection with uny moral or religious ques
tion. It was a question ot revenue, taxa
tion, commerce, turills. wealth: a false
theory of political economy enraged by
tlio peculiar condition of labor. More
recently, the commotion about .slavery in
the Territories, has been a struggle for
political power, aggravated o.i '.ho side ol
the North ty the urgency of its numor-
ours emigrant population for cheap homes t every one has to himself ; And iust as
in fertile legions. Aud at. the present I clearly, that t he claim of property Ly the
moment tho .Slates which have seceded, j J.utv of Nature, on the pan ot cue person
aro of all the slave states the very ones mi another person, is lounded in the re
whieli would not have seceded, and the jeeliou of the very foundation ol ihe idea
slave States which are most anxious to . of properly, since my right lo have nn
preserve tho the Union are the very ones other ro.-ls on nn previous right to my
which would have promptly seceded, if self. On tho other hand, human reason
the current impression of tho case was . to iches us that -property in outsell' is as
true and complete. If at any time with- -capable of being forfeited, limited, or
in tho last thirty years, a revolution in alienated, as any other property, for
production, in trade, in commerce, in any example, tho right of existence is hi -her
. i. , i ..I. ..... ... I. ..i. ..
(.lung, iiuu wuujni a uiuioujiii tuiuiu n.
the general opinion ol the South, toucu-
ing not tho essential ni'turo but the in
cidental advantages of slavery in a politi
cal und financial point oi vu w,oi couiso no
one would ever have heard ot secession iu I
tho South or even seen the remoien up-
1. ll.n n L' ! . I I .1 .. ut'.t. ,.r illlilll.tl
liruai;il wtnc lAuinij; atrt.i-wi vj-....-j. i
. . t. . .1. 1.1 1' . , I
tho North. It is the idea ol powerpow
er to be diminished bv remaining in the
Union and to bo incalculably augmented
by leaving it; the idea of wealth, of con
quest, of advancement ill of them, wo
are thoroughly convinced, in the highest
degree illusive and fatal ; but it is these
ideas far more then any digugt that the
Xoitli condemns slavery a immoral or,
any i pprehensiou that slavery will be dis
turbed, or slaves stolen, or the South an
noyed iu the Union that pervades the
present dominant parly in tho cotton j
Mutes, and enauion ii io prenpiuue mem
into revolution, llow fur this aspect of
tho case aggravates or alleviates tho dilli
culty of dealing with it, in any hope of
such an issue as wo consider fortunate,
1 must depend on many considerations
which cannot bo diseased here. Iu any
event, it seems clear that they who would
heal n malady must understand its exact
nature. And if it is never healed, they
who eagerly desi.e that it should be, owe
' lo themselves and to po lenty a fair ami
complete) statement of the case, a.nl cl the
1 remedy they propose for it.
U. iiumuu servitude, considered in ils
i ..i ,, !,;,.!, I,.., ,i;,.,,
11HICSV OUtt.1t.-, U.l. .....v.. ..v.. v ui.i.i j
i very 'JS it exists m our siave puucs is wiu
' extreme form maybe discussed in the
ligh of Divmo Kevtlation or in the light
'ollho Law of Nature or in Hie light ol
i the political and municipal i nst it ul io r.s
! of the countries where it exists, ton sid
I ered iu this last aspect there ought lo
" .concern uS u, una tuei.
A'."' 111 "
cel.t Hi a single pouu oi view-uainciy
Us exislclico in tne iiuuo'iui icrruory
natio'ia!
. - -, ' i. . r
which we will speak of seperately. Tor,
undeniably, each State has tho complete
a io I exclusive light, lo determine con
cerijing it ns a strictly domestic institu-
j tion ; and, undeniable, neither any other
State, nor tlio government which is com
i moil to all tha States, has any power to
! interfere with it, or eoncriiiiig it, in any
! State. And this is not only u matter of
1 con-titutional obligation ou one side, and
! tin jontiollcd riht ou the other; but tuO
' plainest dictates of prudence, ami tho
clearest obligations ot morality, impo.-.o
upon tho Slate-., and tho general,
I g ,' etniilJiit, tho duty of u simple
sincere, und faithful observance of all
that is implied, ns well as all that is ex-
i i.-ai-vi, in 1 11.3 , v ........ ........
.uassachu-
,,... ... .-,. W i 1 1 . 1 ,,. ,il
Bl l ' 'e"k! ; , " :
slavery lnftouin aroiiiui, nor mis .-vnua
Carolun any right of any sort to encour
age tho introduction of slave. y into Mas.
sacliusetts : ami any attempt on tiio part
of tho denerul Govern men t, directly or
indirectly, to favor any such endeavor on
the part of cither of them, is a foolish nnd
wicked perversion of its own natu.o. Nor
is there any plea that can bo oilered ei
ther by llio Generul Government, or by
uny State, fo: departing from this clear
line of mutual duly, which is not humor
id in itself ami revolutionary iu its ten
dency. Moreover the prompt ami cor
dial performance by all parties, towards
each other, of all the mutual dulii.-s bind
ing upon tliein under tbo Federal Coiisti
tu.ion touching everv subject, an. I
amongst the rest tho subject of slavery, with the w 11 of the Giver of all good, thus
and atno::gt tho duties connected With made known to every person And tbi
shiverv thorentli ion of funilivo slaves, of.biil a! is true and iust. J Jut what is estab-
winch we will speak separately, oouaes
being every way binding before (iotl uud
Illinois tho sure, tho wise, und tho peace
ful any to promote nil the interests of all
the parties, and to eeeure the lasting glory
nnd prosperity of the country.
in' J. When wo undertake to determine
to this, or indeed nny question, under what
. ... ll ,, l.nw .if V ul o 1-1. IV r-lll-nillltf.,'
. - "; ;- -
tho most serious dilhculties at every step,
What we shall say, therefore, on this top-
, c, must be in subordination to what has
just been sani under the aspect of our
.. j ..... , i .1 .. . .. ii., . , ... .1...
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BtntoinoBt of tho Law of Nature recorddl
i . ii- . i ,. -i.l
: unu reiieraieu in ilo ioui tu uoo,
ol
whioh wo do not speak ut present, tlicre
1 are other perhaps numerous, but ccr
I tainly lndisunci, anu pornaps contrauic-
. . . . . . i i i-
lory utterances ol Hint great nnd porma-
d
v..,,
which m some respects ought to bo hold
most valid of all the common and appa
lently inevitable, if nut voluntary state of
our race in all age's ns tho best concrete
expression of iu reason, its impulses, and
its current belief, and therefore of the
Law of its naturo in its present state, If
wo will reflect carefully on each of these
utterances ol tha Lawof Nature touching
this vast topic ofiunian lervitude, we will
perceive how Harrow is tho foothold they
tillbrd to supjjort, us in disloyally toward
tho civil and political institutions of our
country, much less to sustain us in reject
ing tie revealed will of lied. (1.) The
human ruiwi teuehes with clearness, tli.it if
there ea:i be such a thing or such an idea,
as yny-r'v, the highest lorm of it nay,
tho tlio Very basis ot it is the right which
. 1 1- . .
mail our piopeny .u ourscii ; and 11 is as
ul)su:d to nay that 1 may not part ubso-
luieiy with the latter, m order to seenie
the loruior, us it is to sav 1 mny not limit
my property ir. myself, in t -rdcr to make
mv existence more endurable, or even
inure comfortable.
Ami the very
inch, that the
!
nature
l.berl.v,
yi liMiljili. at't it n is
.11 . t 1
is well us the hie ami inoneitv of nvei v
one, passes by ihe fact of tho existence of
society, from ils nin-olute personal form, I
into a modified form determinable only liy
thciiggregato will which will onjlt to be1
deteriniiit'tl i :y the will ol'tiod. lint as the !
human ruco is in rebellion against Hotl
humiiii leason lands the pioblcni very
nearly in a paradox. (12.) If we appeal
next for guidance to the eimuwvi i",;tyi.,.
i' the h'linail kkhI, in ordel to have this
great question of human servitude Inttr-
pietetl,
wo obtain a ro.-ponsc eiiunllv
vaguu.out, nir more veneiueni than iteloro.
Surely it is, and has over been, t . c desire
of every human being to be free fmm reus
train I the passionate desire of our race
to posse-s niiat o ich member of it, in his
particular condition, meant by liberty.
And the aggregale impulse of the race in
that direction, is more powerful and is
better ivguialed to day than it ever was
before, and the ln pe of true, nnd stable,
nnd universal freedom, as the final ir.her-
itancti oi Mi in iniiinu, may J more ra- j
tionally cherished, than at any former
period, lint the WHes-t men ami the :
I roost pc
pic Ur.o'.v Ihe best--thnt this
lesire of freedom from r -strain!
personal il
is no evi 1
ncowhatoverth.it restraint is!
wronjr
and that- this univer.-al impulse,
wh it. they mean by liberty, total-
! (ou-
)v fails
itself iu proving that, they
, ,,
lerish it would tlo iiuglit but mis- 1
chiel'.if ( iotl wi rj lo gratify all iheir dcsTcs.
It is one ol the most sorrowful aspects of
human nature this consuming impulse
towards liberty and equality this I i-ting
desire, of the good and tin; wise that it
might lie gratified this total impos-.ib lity
ol its gratification, except under speeia' '
conditions ot n Ivaiieement. r inched as
yet by cotnptuaiivcly small portions of our
race. (.) Ai.d novweturn to the euiniKim
iijHi'ivn und belief of lite h'tm in riee, as the
trutf expoM'.or ol that law ol Iheir naturo
nr. tier tne light of which tho institutions
of the most civilized Slates are to be abol
ish .'J and t ho in-pii od te.ichi ugs of (ictl
ara to be sileuc.- I ; we may take ine firai
step, and then all is chaos, which thickens
as we advance. Assuredly there is a sense
of go )d and into and therefore of right
anil just universal m our race ; and a
sense, moreover, that these things apply
to, and o.ight t- regulate, a'l the. condit
ions nnd relations of niiiu-seivitudti in
all its forms nnonst I ho rest. If there
was ever an opinion and I elief common to
our race, that serviiud.! m its .vntesi sense
was contrary lothe iialuie of man ; tiien
th race had before it always, in the act i
al condition ol the larger part of it, tin'
clearest pro)! licit the belief w.is ab-urd.
If there had ever been such a common bo
lie! strong enough lo form tins basis of
life; then half the t. ice would have imnie
iuiuiedialelv yeiished from ai:t or uni
versal rapine would have become its h ib
itilal condition. The belie! has, no doubt,
been common to our race in all time, that
every one ought to enjoy ul 1 the gifts of
God, ami amoiig-t the re-l the inestimable
one of personal freedom, so far as was
c impaliblo with the circuiiHtituccs in
which (iod's providence had placed each
neisan that is, so far as was compatible
lishe 1 bv it is. that according to tl e I. tw
of Nam e as explained by tho tqionlano
om belief of mankind, servitude in every
form may, though of itself intlilfcrent, b. -eouii!
right or wrong, good or bad, accor
ding lo the circumstances of each particu
lar case. And beyond this Unquestiona
ble truth li j who will inquire will get no
intell-'ibie response. (1.) Tho hist of the
our utterance of the Law of Nature
which wo have specified, is the netn tl rr.rn.
tion of the Luc, as that is exhibited to us in
tho common state of the human race, in
nil ages, nnd in every state of civilization.
Hero there is no possibility of mistake.
Tho testimony is ns unanim ms as it is
frightful and universal. Tho dill'ar
ent races, tho dillcront nations
tho difl'oront tribes. tho different
families, the dill'erent individuals all,
everywhote, have telt themselves to be
.mturally impellatl to reduce e-w'h other
into a comlition of subjection --and have
felt themselves to bo naturally permitted,
upon a change of fortune, to .uhuiil- to a
slate of subjection. Nor is it possible to
doubt that the naturl and universal con
'f kind, as clearly proves tlu
men are as thoroughly convinced they heathen aspect of it. such ns was present-,
ought to bo masters, us their conduct cd in everv nation of antiquity, Asiatic
could possibly prove they were con- African and Kuropean, don n to and after
yineod that they ought not to be slaves, the period of universal dominion by tho
I hose conditions of mankind which are Komaus; we have this immense subject
alleged to resemble most nearly tho con- exhibited to us, in nil its nossible bearing
dittoti claimed to be natural to man, ae by Go.l himself. Never." in ft single iu
the very conditions in which servitude, in statue, is ii represented to us ns a thins
some lorm or other, is the most spontane- goad in itself : always as a tiling actually
ous and complete; nnd it is in conditions existing nlwnyg to be expected, ullowed
of advanced civilization thai the extreme by Go. ", considered nnd treated in his law
for ns of setvitudo gradually expire, tin- regulated by his providence, wholly ir!
less some peculiar element in tho stato of different a, concerting his grace, to
society oppose an insuperable barrier to ' enter into our final account to him, both
it.'- exiinetion. It takes nothinir from this as we in ty bo masters and as we may I o
hoitr.dless testimony, to m sert that Ihe servants, in the light of our faithful' dis
di eary conclusion it establishes is contrary charge or our wicked neglect of our dit
to the reason, the impulses and beliefs of ties to each other in that rehtion. A
mankind: f Jr if the assertion were true, 'masters, our guilt, if wo neglect tho du
it only shows that-inakind cannot be, t e.s binding on in, or abuso the power wa
what mankind asserts, desires, and bo- possess : so that, the slavery which oxistd
heves it should be. And the more deso- iiin.mgst us, carries this responsibility to a
late the conviction this begotten may be height which, to all thoughtful christian
tho more nro we compelled to look -for ' persons, gives the ins-itutioit one of its
the mitigation or human servitude not j heaviest burdens. To consider' l ho rela
to revol itions based on our notions of the tun: on the side of the mailer, one mere
Law of Nature, but the wise and temper- I ly of profit to hiuisell, is to forfeit ul nnca
ale amelioration of existing institutions, evei v justilicalion for its continuance
untti r the inlluciice of the love of f iod. ivhile on I hi. rtl Ii.tf li:ttiil I., nil. il..
Ami tne more all otner rules of law ami
judgement fail us, thotnoro ought, wo t..'
fuel obliged to submit ourselves to
the guitlaneo of (Jod, inniat:ors which
cii.t:ei ii us so neai iy as inest? now U ).
j Wliat remains, therel'ji e, is to consider the
question of bumble servitude in tho light
j of divine revelation.
4. It is in the W ord of (iod that this
Kleat problem is coi.ii.letelv solved Ho.
man t-ervitimo. in a II its forms. 1 i.n.. ,.f
the badge,; ol the fallen condition of the
human race, nnd every incident
of it. that n; g ..vaio i nny pai ticiinr
form of it, or that nugin'-iits tiio Keveiitv
of all the form of it horn the verv liehtosi.
to tho very he tv iest, is a seiiiirate M-oof
iii.it urn ii.tiut in i:oiii:iioii is one oi sin
anil ini-c.-y. And whatever revol f there
may l o in human nature against any form
or servitude, is a kind of lestimory to the
original freedom in which man was crea
ted in tho imago of led. and to the re
maining susceptibility of the depraved na
ture to be restored ; while the utter ina
bility of tho race lo escape this part of if
deplorable condition, show hov deeply
the grounds and reasons of thnl condition
are laid in ils nature. A fallen race. Iv-
under the wrath of Ood anil the eon-;
tiemi.aiion oi ins noiy law nut- having
his promise of deliverance even in this
lift ami ol immortal blessedness iu a bet-
tor life to come is making i s way, in this
coiiumon oi prooai ion, tiirougu t lie ages
an I aero.-s the earth. Tho nccu onlaled
experience oi the cnlne rxi-lenot
ol the
ot the race, and the uniform
couiso of divine providence, ami the ex
plicit declarations of (iod's W'ord, show us
in tho clearest manner, that the career of
such a race, in such a state, and yet under
such a probation, must necessarily exhib
it much that is, so to speak, ntiavoidablv
titeidfitt to such a case, iu somf lespecls al
leviating, and in some respects aggravat
ing its ordinary, average condition. War
is inevitable ; sometimes in its result glo
rious and blessed, sometimes frightful iu
all its issues ; but war, so far from being
of itself, ami to all w ho engage in it either
I ust or .-mini, l- oitei: airooiou , and often
amongst the highest duties of mankind
SittUn 'ss is tho product ol dod s iust sou-
totico of denlh np jr. our sinful race, nod
is of itself a temporal evil covering the
whole earth : yet it is often made an un
speakable blessing, nnd u i one ventures
lo say is of itself sinhil. Sorrow and af
fliction are brought oi: in in numeiablo
forms, anil from every q mi ter and often
by means of our truest, ami noblest, and
tvise.-t impulse.! ; in eery instance they
are incidents U sin, direct or remote, but
perhaps not in ouu instance ot a million
of tho sin ol him w ho snU'eis. Poverty,
and its conseip-nt sull'cring, is of ilsell one
of the tl irest ami most universal calami
ties of mankind ; and yet it is tho parent
oi many o. our inne-,. viuiirs ami imam
monts nnd so lar from being siiful of 'operations, nnd is at present anchored
itself, is the subject of uuny of tho most ' near 'i.sthi I'inckney His constructed
tender an I urgent provisions both ol the of palmetto logs. sheathed with plate iron,
law of God and th Gospel of Christ. It ' nnd is supposed. to bo impregnable against
is to this great class of ineilntx of tha ac.- shot. Lis enibrrsured for and mounts
lual conditions o' our lace, that human four guns of heavy t.alibre. It requires
servitude in all ils forms belongs. Kis- sixty men to operate it. Tho first im
ting, lika nil we have named, an I niulti ! pression ou seeing this machino is thntof
ludes besides, b.-eausj our coiitliliou is immense solidity. The ou er or g in sill
j i t what it is a condition of sin mi l is covered with six plates iron-rlwo of
misery iu a state of probation; wroti.h thorn of the T railroad patteru, placed
inevitably, iu sumo form or other, iu the h'iri..iitnllv. nnd the other four bolted
b.jsom of such n condition ; modified in- Cneover the other, iu the strongest man
definitely, by every circumstance th.it af- "'r runnin,' vertically. The wall of
Icels any cousalerahle poi ttouol tlie race:
but 'itterly incapable of being permanent
I; and universally ub ilishou, iihile our
race continues in a state of sin and luis
cry, itlendeti with probation. It seems
to us as absurd to call the relation of mas-
ter an I se: rant (in nnv form of servitude)
sinful of i'.soif, or to e xpoct tho relation lo pounders- -while just bevoml theui is an
cea! ui earth ; u- it is to call llierolu- iuiniense pile of sand bags, which protect
tit):) between a sick man and a well one, an overhanging roof under which is to bo
an alllit'ted man nnd happy mm, a rich pboed the hospital. This also protects
man nnd a poor o.io, smlul of itself, or tho niagatinei (three in numicr,) mis
except cither of tho n to c mie to an end. der w Inch is the hold proper. T.iere nre
And this, it seni)3 to us, is thesimplo, tho 'x entrances to tho hold, which will con
rational, and the scriptural uecount of Iiu- '"in. if necessaty, over three hundret; men.
man servitude in all its possible aspects, W'hcii mooied it is kept in place by four
and in its essential nature in tho siuhtol heavy odgi's.driven down by a spt:ic of
God.
ft. If we acknowledge the sacred Scrip
ture to bo the divine rule of our faith and
our practice, thoro ought to bo an end to
all extreme opinions, nnd all violent pro
ceedings, cn this entile subject. Fiom
tho days ol Abraham, to tho tleith of tho
last inspired Aposde, there is o ae unii
for.-.i doctiino, ono uniform practice, one
unchanging aspect ot the wholo matter
presented
i, ; ., . i
by God for thaguidaiic
..?
ThroU'lioit lho tola revo ii
Ii..,. ul.ii.h (toil lo.snm.li. I .,'.., Hon'.
outtheiiumonsopetiods cut racing thn down tn a snung position, nuking th
dispensations of Abraham, of Moses, and I'0' (l'a 'ou w-
of Christ, human servitude, Abrahamic, When a lady makes you a pair of slip
Jewish, Christian, and heathen and the peri she wants you to put your foot it) it,
Inm wholly ol that aspect, can bo found
etl only on tho notion that all servitude
was sinful, or eUe on somn fannfio'il idea
of justice or charity, which if rcndorel
practical would put an end to society, by
pull ng mi end lo all motive for any one
to obtain any sort of service from another,
I'liat every form of sort itude otiht to bo
ameliorn etl continually, even if we nr
sure it can never be ab.ilisaod, is as clear
usthai po irony should be alleviated though
wo kno v il can never bo prevented, or
that sickness should be relieved, though
il is eo. tain it will recur forever. Clearas
nlay be thejustih'euti n of every form of
servitude so fur as tho mero question, of
sin is c income 1 ami perfect as may be
the right lo persist in the extreme form of
it, su far ns tho civil power is concerned
tht'io are a thousand considerations, per
son il ami public, moral and political,
which may su bear upon individuals nnd
communities, ts to make it their clear dus
ty, uinler given ciicuiiistaiicos, to put nn
end to the hereditary slavery which ex
ists amongst us, or under given circum
stances to make it improper to i.ttompt,
or impossible to accomplish it. It is ab
sunt, thereiore, it not, monstrous, to cons
lend that vast regions of our country
are
morally bound to the last extremity nnd
as uieir enter duty, to labor lor the more
secure establishment and the moro effec
tual perpetuation of negro slavery ; nnd
equally so to array public opinion, and to
direct political parlies, in oilier vast por
tiins of the eo in try, to the repression or
lh3 desiruct;on of it, on any pretext, tit
a I, much le-,s any connection wiih its
m iiiii i.ai.ire. Vo have already rIiowii
that a faithful observation of our constitu
tional obligations would pt.l nrj mil to all
such opinions and practices ; and that
there is no justilicai ion far nny of tho
principles upon which the) rest, or tho
procc.-diii(l.s to which they lead, to bo
found iu natural law. And now it seems
clear, thar the only infallible rule ol con
duct, (iod's blessed Wor 1, condemns in
the most positive manner, all tho pre
texts concerning negro slaveiy, whether
at Ihe North or at tho South, upon which
tho public mind has been la die j into
madness. Slavery isau institution, which
revolutions neither perp,tuat n r abolish
except tinih-r o nidiiions wholly accident
al. And il tho anarchial spirit, whoso se
ditious career wo have traje , finally tri.
jumphs and this nation is destroy 1 tho
real problem to be aftt rwavds worked out
will be, the ultimate domin.cn of the
White rate, or of a mixed raee essentially
African, oyer the cotton region of this
continent. Is the ioutigurating of that
piohloin worth the luin of this great na
tion ?
To be. eoncbided nc.rl ireel:
Tiik I Hon Fixating lS.iTrgav. This is a
n ivel waf machine designed for harbor
me gun sine n iuii iour leel linen, con-
Mnioled of that peculiar palm.stio wood
so full ol tibn us m itei'ial that- sixty four
jiounders cannot pierce. The main dock
i. w.de A roomy. Iu nineteen open cham
L r-, on the port siilo of tho dock, we
found a refusion of shot thirtv-four
ram which "id hold t fast, ami movent
any swaying nunund by tbe ti lo.
riT'A friend, while talking of his skill
in tho skating line, was boasting to an
o her that he could cut any loiter, large o;
snia I, with his skates upon ice.
'Haw do you manugo to dot you: V
asked tho other.
Oil 1 easily enough,' was lho renlv, 'i
or l;u". V'" " -" '"'
-.! till llln 'it I 1 1 ik h.t( A.il lltlf lnwklj flik.ii.
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