T PA 111 0M 0 g: 1-43f,9c44;
IS PIMMIIII) •
A.. 3, - riaer.itlttiii'ci
MICE Ox_rusraommys. e._
Ttiasa DOOFC3 ABOVR SUARLE'S HOTEL
.Thens.-41.50. per anwinn' in ADT*Nt.E.;
otherwise it 2 win be charged—and Otte cents ter annum
added to arrearagea;arthe option - of (hi Mita er, to pay
expense of TUectlon, etc. Anraxca payment prefea.
•
ADVERTISEMENTS . Will , :110 inserted at th 6
rate °tilt per opiate. of ten lines tit leek foithe fret three.
weelot, and $5 cents fot each adtl;thval week-pap
Merchants and o Ors; o advertise liy
the yrar,,will be awirgel at pilfoppwlng rates, via,;
ca rowan, or IoK ono plar, - wia chcmges, . sqh
gat* additional efoare , of tAt fate pf • 13
No credit given exarA to those of ktiowit respowilbility
-BUSINESS.CARDS:
U. COOP • • MOM(
• wm. tr.,:cociro ai CO.,
B .
ANKERS.-Nrcm trot e, Pi. Slik-esiorsto Poet, Cooper
&Co: Office.•_Lathroprrisoltullditg,•Tarnpikelit... •
J. E. si`cauxit
• • McCOLLUM , 4L- SEARLE, -
A
TToRWE] sand Co ansOlonit 1.4W,-316ntrotte:,1% .
jia . offic e in Laqunis' new balding, orer•the Bank. '!
• •HENRY B. MoKFAN
TTORNEY 'antl.Coanaellor at Lair.—TcrwAxna,
k
Office ittpte Union , , • • je3 ati if
DR. R. F. WILMOT, •
RADVATE of the Allopathic and flomeecipatlile Col-
VA . Leger of Medicine.—Great Bend.. Pa. Office, corner
s( Main at ilitlisabeth-sts, nearly opposite the Methodist
Church,. . , ' aps6 tf
L. W. BINGHAM & D. C. ANEY, • .
naIYSICIAI4M, SURGEONS AND..DM -PISTS . Nirar
X - Milford Dorm& P.
. .
I.lt. G. Z..Dl3loca, ' • ".
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10111TYSICIANAND SutIGEON,--2dontrout,, Pa, _Office
over WlLtops' Store; Lodgings at Searlecnotel..
W: WHEATON, .
ECLECTIC ~ PiriSICIAN 4 817116E0N Minn
• , 17747 DR. • ..MYRON WiIEATON,
Medias/0a and Shrgical TientisLeccenily of Binghtunioti,
N. Y. tender theirprofessiorial •Fereicee th all who appre
ciate the •• Reformed Practice of Physic:" . carelYl and
skillful operations on Teeth: with the most scientific and
approced styk-A of plate Work. Teeth extracted without
pain andell work warrantecL
Jackson, June 14th, • Ij*•
- - DR. 11. Sm rill it- .50N,
J4 wg ilt
i.;. 1 URGEON DENTlS'fil.—liontroee, Pa. 4;7
00Mo in Lathrops' new :'Wilding, over •
the Tank. All Dental operatlima will be ' , ..t.
performed in good style and warranted., .
J. C. OLMSTEAD .7 L. READ.
I READ,
N 01.,TN.Ci; to the Public
r that they 'X'tVe I , , tered into a partnerwhip for the
and are prepared to -attend to aft can in the line of their
profession. Otlice--t be one formerly occupied by Dr. J. C.
Oimafead, In DI;NDAVF. • TnYri
DIL N
PAsakicas aturSurINOWN Pa. Ojeice oppperte
• the Jhrl.:c• 07. a.
DLEErrires particela: t,, ti , l.trratment
of diseases of the Etat and Etc; . :taid is c titiat nt that
his knowledge t‘f. and experience ir..that branch of prac
tice will ertabld him to effect a cure In the toostditlicult
cues. For treating diseat.e.i of there organs no fee will
he charged unless the patient is benelltted he the -treat ,
meat. . • [Angus* :14..th, lgAt
ournwownt
VrANUFACTURFSIS AND DEALERS in Italianand
American Marble for Monutnenti, Headstones,
Tomb-Tables, Mantles. Sinks and Cent re• Table.. ., Also
dealers zed Slate for Mantles. Centra-Tablei, &c.
•
Shop a few doors m nat of Sule's otel on Turnpike
street, Montrose. Pa, • oe; 1y
_W3I. 4. SNOW,
TUSTICE OF THE 'TEACK—Great Braid. Pa. Office
*on Mato ign.Ner. opposite the Wet . l,lllll.llie oryt.
0 I-I N SAUTTEIi'
WIASIIIONABLE TAlLOlL—Montrose, Pa. Shop-* •
L' over I. Is:, Bultard's Grocery, on Itlain-street.
Thankful for past favors. he sollats a continuance
—pledging himself - to doall work satisfactorily. Cut
tingdorie on short notice, and warranted to tit.
Montrose, Pa,. July 12th,
' .P. LINES, j•
JASHlON_haiLliTAlLOß.—ldimitrose, Pa. Shop
in Phctonix Block. over store of stead. Watrons
d Foster. All work warranted. as to
Cutting done on short Idict% in best style. jant'6o
JOHN Gllol,'E§,
. . •
IE , LASIIIONATILE TAlLOlt,g—Montrore, Pa..
Shop
1: near the BaptiFt. Meeting Muse. on Turnpike
street. All orders tilled promptly. in tirst.rate style.
Caning done on short notice, and warranted to IR.
...
.2
L. BAS,BELL, _
eltel":lstcb""a4l4Ait thn
noiceaon rea sutfti4et All
work warranted... Shop in Chandler and Jessup's
store, Moirrnosk. Pa. oc 5 U ••
WIL W. SMITII k r CQ.,
CiADINET ND CHAIR 31.4.NrIAMIL.S,—
iz Pocit
of Mn stre AND siontose, OUII
• ant
- C. O. FORDI{AM,
of 110078 .5170E8. 3lontroat,
Pa. Shop over Tyler's afore. All kin& of work
road/ No order., and npairing done neatly,. jedlyl
• ABEL TL RRELL
DEALER in Drugs, Medicines. Chemicals, Dye
Sings, Glass Ware. Paints, Oils, Varnish, Win
dow Glass, Groceries, Fancy Goods, Jewry Perth
met? de.—Agent for all the most popular PATENT
MEDICINES —Montrose, Pa. • ; anal if
. PROF. CHARLES NORRIS,-
BARTIEIt red Hair Dresorr. 3Tontrose, ft- Shop In
basement of Sane Motel. - ' • .
W. WILLIAMS
-1 - 3A.Ttniat HAIR DitESSER, offers'; his services to
JUI the nubile, with .the guaranty that his work shall be
done In the most skillful and-artistic VIIY - Shop
In the north front of the FRANKLIN lIOUSE, Mont
rose. Pa. 'Open on Sundays from 6a. m. until 2p. in.
July 26, Id62.—tf. ;
.
PORTRAITS, PORTRAITS:!
NEW ARRAN.:GENIENTS IN TETA
BRICK. L 0C
midersigned haring taken the Roma formerly'
A. occupied bye{'. B. DEANS. is now prepared to furnish
all who may desire with a good and truthful Portrait.
Being well posted in the production of the various kinds
of Pictures of the day.l flatter myself that my work is nbt
excelled. y any in this Section of the country. t -
Among the various kindi taken, at my Ro . oms are the .
AM11.1?07 Y E, PI/ OPOG'S AP H. • •
MEL. 4 I:V('TYPE, .V . HU 1,0 GRA PH.
•
Locket Pictures dOwn to the smallest sized' miniature
Ring. Transferred Ambrotypcs—the tineat thing - mit. for
„ eanding by Post to any part of the World, withont extra'
postage. 31v Pictxtre. are bold. vigorons...and expressive
• —not those faint. lifeless .Im - dos, °Rai soid'abont the
• toantry. Pictures taken in nil kinds, of u , ,uther. m 01417
- well. except those ofyduie children. No picture:need be
taken unless perfect satisfaction is gfven.,
In dressing. for a picture. avoid light etilorsh as
bane, purple, scarlet, pink. etc. !lust others take well; as
green. tikck, red. snuff, brown, orange. yellow. eV.
Or Remember that the place tq get your "picture" is
in the Brick Duck; over Read. Walrons it Poster's store.
J. lI...IBLAZLIBTON.
Montrose, Pa, Nov. 26th, 1860. • • •
•
LAMES' ONE *BICE -.: •
. 1 1mAsircilr artrit; isomecomk*:
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TOXIJ FAILEIIII.I4 :"io. :18 ARCO t. betweehlth
.01 and Bth eta. Philadelphia. (late of 818 Market at.) lin
porter, Eatintssattererol'alad Realer in all kinds of •
Waaa.c , s: -
cawing temoved •
any New . Story
_solidi at. Phtladelpi
being now engaged
in the Manutaetniti
of FanetPtos, whi
=donee with the •4.
Ldele." I have
mi P oweat posalbl,
eonandent with a real
profit.l would Rolle'
from those in want
for either Ladies'
rent wear, Lan is
of my selections
' goods, satisfied. as
my ability to please .
'desired essential. ,
•VirPerions dittalibe: Wboir - and ;IL- incenses-
Ind to call personally; need only name the artiele,they
-with, together with the rice. and instructions for send.-
ing , and forward the order to my' addresa--mdoey acoom
paneing—to losers ausatisfactoly compliance with their ,
wishes. ' fAug: SO. 1880.
NEW STOWSI NEW SIMS!
- -.IIER • 1: 1- 17 s r lir
rrAS just reaelrwi largo stook of: Heir Stoves, for
Xi Cooking. Parlor, °Skated Shop phrpOtsithibf ood
or .Coal with Stove Pipe, lir:. fiat. ; • ,
His assortment is select she desirable,' and will 'be: sold
Oh the wait Wearable: tams for :Gatett,•er frweipa
g orges Buyers. ' ' • -
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New midont Oct: eah• /B°°'
Mill Property.-
wept
11111 i undersigned often for isie his!. MB Property
New Milford. two mils cut from the borough. It
consists of a (Ain MILL and SAW , I4II.Ii, With a new
Stomp= nearly completed-r9O feet 'thick. at bottom,
373 ( feet wide at toPrand 19 feet - high. , :Ths is *Nell da•
sizable location. both as to bustimam c aprzerior
farther information inquire it *P4a,
Nvv Milton!, Nos 15t19,11.-8111.
, • ,
A: Sermon PreaMed in :the first -Presbyte
rian Chrtrche#rooklyn, on ?SabbatVEve
-1800, &fore an immense
..Andienee; . • - • " • -*
CEEM:I2
. i
Before delivering the' following sermon,
iii.hiS:opining,• 'the. reverend .gentlemen
prayed God to blesi our Southern breth
ren, dna restrain the passion of the evil
among their, that the master might.be
made Christ's seryant, and the servant •
Christ's freemationd so . both sit together
united. in Christian love in thatlebitich
'founded .byCliristf,and his Aposttes in
which. there; is neither Greek nor. Jew',
male Litor. female; bond nix freei but' all
;are 'obein Christ - Jesus. Ile also prayed
that God would bless the-people the
Northern States, restrain the violence of
fatiatical : menj, provide for those who, by
the agitaticin of. the times,'. have been,
throWn' , 'out of employment, keep the
speaker himself frOm teaching anything
'which was - not in accordance with the
Divitio will, and disabuSe the minds, of
his hearers of all prejudice and passion, so
that they might be willing to be convinced
of the truth: •
IliS teit was chosen from Paul's First
Epistle to Timothy, sixth chapter, front the
first - to the fifth verse, inclusive:
1,
'1 4 4 4 as many servants as are under the coke count
their own utasters worth" , offal honor, that the name of
God and his doctrine be not hlasphemed.
i. • And they that have believing rtiasters let, themmid
despise;, them, because hey arerethren ; hut rather ito
them s'b
service because they are faithful and beloved pir,
takers Of the benefit. These things teach and.c.thort..
.3. If, any man teach othe7lse and consent, not to
wboletnnie words even the words of our Lord Jesus
Christ, ;and to the doctrine which Is according to gody
uen,
4.. to is proud. knowing nothing, but doting about
quemiT . and attire:4 of words whereof counneth envy,
strife, Mugu, evtl tiv.
mrtut,i,
5. 1-!(crverfo disputings of men of corrupt mind's. and
destitute or the MA, suppcming quit grin is godliner*:
from ankh withdraw thyself.
- I propose, he 'said, to diicuss the char
acter and influence of abolitionism. With
this view I have selected a • text from the
Bible; and-purpose to adhere to the' letter
and spirit of its teaching,. :We acknowl
edge ;in this place but - one standard of
but One authoritative and infalli
ble ride of faith mid practice. For ivC s Al:e.
Christians, here; not Papists to bow down'
s
to the dictation of nutman or church ;
not heathen philosOphers, to:, grope our
way by the feeble.:glimmerings tot' the
light of nature ; not modern nidels, to
_appeal from the ) . vritteii law of God to
the corrupt and tickle tribunal of reason .
'and humanity ; buti Christians, on who.st.•
'banner is inscribed this sublime challenge—
' "tq the law and . to the - testimon-----iCiliey
speak not according, to .this word it is be
cause there is no light in, them." -
L
~
et me direct •our special ,attention "to
the language of bur text. There is no
dispute airiZnig 'commentators, there is no
1 r,
room for dispute, as to the meaning of the
,
expression. "servants under the yoke."—
;' Even Mr. Barnes, who is hiniself a . distin-.
1 gnishedabolitieitist, and has done more
l perh:q)s than any other man in this coun
kry to propogate abolition doetrineS, :W-
I mits that "the additibn of the phrase 'im-'
1 der this yoke,"
,':shows undoubtedly that
it (i c. the original word doutoiy,is to be
I understood here as shivery: Let Me quote
lanother testimony on this point front an
eminent Scotch Zlivine,l mean Dr. Me
-1 Knight, whose expositions of the epistle
is a standard work in Great Britain and in
this , country 'and whose associations must
'exempt him front all suspicion -of prei-sla
„very prejudices. , 13c 'introduces his expo
' salon of thislchapter with the follotviii e , , ”
explanation "Because the law of Moses
allowed tie Israelite to be made a slave
for life without his own consent, the Jit
daizing teachers,
- to allure slaves to' iheir
party, taught that under the gospel like
wise involuntary slaveryis - unlaWful. This
doctrine the, apostle epmleinried here, as.
in his other epistles; IN enjoining.. Christ -:
ian slaves to honor and obey theirmasters,
Whether they were believers' or nnbeliev
eri,.and . by assuring Timothy that if any
person 'taught otherwise he opposed the
wholesome precepts--of Jesus Christ and
the.doctrine-of OM gospel, which in all
points is conformable, to godliness or ,
sound morality, and was puffe.d uP,withl
pride without poSsessing any true knowl- 1
edge - either of the ,Jewish or Christian i
revelation." Our learned Scotch. friend !
then goes onto expound the passage in
the foll Owing paraphrase, which l weeorti
mend 'to, the prayerful - attention of all I
whoni it may.eoncerlii :7 , 1
..
"Let whatever Christian slaves are un- I ;
der the yoke of unbelievers pay their•Owni
masters all
.respect and' •obedienee, - thi4,
the character of God whom we .worshi
may not becalumniated, and the doctrine !
ofthegospel may nOt be evil spoken 'of as 1
tending Co destroy the political, rights: of i
mankink. All those. Christian slaves 'who•l
have believing.rnasters,let. them not des- 1
vise them, faneYing that they ate their,-
equals because they are . their.breihren in i
Christ;. for, ,though ' all Christians aro ;
equal to religibus privileges,. slaves are I
inferior to their masters- in:, station.— 1
Whetefore, let them serve their Masters
more, diligently, because they who enjoy I
the benefit of their service are believers
and beloved cif? God. "These things
teach, and exhort - the, brethren_ , . to prac
flee them." ;If anybne teach differently
by affirming that under the gospel, slaves
are riot bound to serlitheir masters; but
might tii.be made fi* and does not con
sent to.themimlesome corrinmmlinents of
i our Lord Jesus Christ's, and to the doe:
I ; tritie Of the gospel whlch -in all . ;points is
conformable to true Moraliiy, he is peffed
1 up with pritte:andknoweth nothing of the
Jewish or the ChriStian' revelations, tho'
he pretends' to have great knowledge .of
;both;, but is distempered in MS mind
I,about idle questions . and debate of words.
which , afford no' foundation to such a_
doctrine, but are the source of, -enVy, con
tention, -evil' speaking, : unjust Suspicion
that the truth Is. not snicerelyruaintained,.
!Teen diSputingi Carried 'Oa •.contrary to
'conscience hy, ..,nfen. wholly' Corrupted in,
their Minde . .: and destitute of the true doc
trine,Orthe goi pel; . who reek - Mr:ls' . hateier
, r prodnces inost money lithe best religion ;
fp:in:Call such impious teachers' withdraw
. thyself, 'and' do not dispute withthem.7
: The.':rteit, L 'as' think
~ exponnde. 4 by as
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VOL; 18:
,
ors of Aboiiiioaism.,
liY REV: VA:S. DYKE
1.
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~.._..,; . NONTROSE,r'PA:.., - TI . ITIOSiikT,I:I7EI3ItITAOr.:: . f
7, : 1;861, ',,.1
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(whose teStiniony,need-net be confirthed ute framed by legal-skill was ever . more:
by quotations from al . ,* other:cciannen: -e. licit and ;incaptiblel . of: perversion,
I:tators,) iS. a
. provicy liyritteit ;for :thetie ' Menthe abOlitieniSt!. tells e that;tilaV •••
I days, and I Wonderfully applicable •tO Mir . holding ! "Th
is sin i lit th 6 'shut:dicky ;of. my
' , present circumstances. It ,gives, us a life faith in the Holy Scriptures, I point him
like pipture of abolitionism in ite, Prinei- I . to.this soared record,,and tell bun in - all
pies,-its spirit and' its practice, and fur- eAndor;•as my text does that-his preaching
-nishes us.plain instruction in• regard 'to blasphemes the name of God and His!doc
*duty in thepremises. Before entering trine. rim) . he begins to quote - about
upon the discussion of the doctrinejet us the Declaration of Indepeudence, and as
define the; terms employ . ed. • By . abolition- setting that the idea of property in men
ism we mean the'principles and measures t ts an - enormity and a crime,l still hold
of abolitionists. And what is an ',Abell.; j him: to the record, - Saying,'"Ye_shall take
..tionist? He is one .who. believes that him aii - mi inheritance fer your children
slaveholding is a sin, and ought theicfore after you to.inherit them fora possession'
-;to be abolished. c This is the fundamentaL• When lie Wakes want'--as he always does
the characteristic, the essential principle if his Opponent - quotes Scripture (which is
of abolitionism—that slaveholdint , is a sin, I, the great test to try 'the spirits whether
7 -that holding meu, in inveluntArty 'servi: i they be of God-the very spear of- Ithuriel
tude is tut lafringetheut upon Ithit rights 1 to revel their trite' charaeter)—when he
of Man, mid a heinous Crime in the sight I gets angry, and beginsto pour out his evil
of Pod:. A man'may believe on. political' surinisings and abuse ,upon slaveliolders
or commercial grounds that slavery is an I—l obey the - precept which says," front
undesirable system, and that slate 'hibor I-such withdraw thyself," emnfOrting, my
,: is not tie' ost profitable • he may have I self with this thought ; that the . wisdom
Nat:ious views as to the_right of slavehold- , or God is wiser than men, and the kindness
era under the ; Constitution of the court= lof God is kinder: than men, Philosophers
i . try; he may think this or that law upon I may reason and reformers may rave.till
the Statute books of Southern States is ; doomsday, they never can convince . me
wrong; liat.this does not constitute hint s ! that God, in the Levjtieal law, of in any
an abolitionist, 'unless he believes that' otherlaw, sanctioned sin ; and as I know
I slaveholding is morally wrong. The al- i from the plain passage I have quoted, and.
leged sinfulness of Slavelieldmg, as it is many niore like it., flint he,: did Sanction
• - • -
1 the .charaCteristic doctrine, so it is the I slaveholding 'among hob ancient . people,
strength of abolitionism in all,its ramified 1 know. also, by the - logic of that faith
and various forms. It is by this doctrine i which believes the Bible to be Ills Word,
that itlays hold upon-the .hearts..
and con- I that slaveholding is not sin. There are
'sciences of men, that ;twines as a disturb,' men even among professing Christians,
ling force into our ecclesiastical and civil I and not a few are ministers ofthe Gospel,
institutions, and by - exciting. religions an- I win) , answer this areannent from the _Old
imosity (Which all` history )roves to be 1 Testament Scrlptures by a simple denial of
Ithe stronetst of human passions;) imparts I their authority. They do not tell us how
a peculiar intensity - to every Contest into-I (led could ever and everywhere tonnten
i r 1' • •
, w tic iit .epters. Acid you will perceive i mice that which is morally wrong, but
it •,,s just here that abolitionism presents a I they contenithemselves with saying - that
proper subject for discussion in thepulpit— I the Lev itical law in no rule of action - for
1 for it is one great purpose of the Bible, I us and they appeal from -its . decision to
land :therefore one great duty of God's I what they consider the 'highest tribunal
1 ministers in its exposition,' to show what lof the Gospel. Let us, therefore, join is
is Sin ated-,What is not: • Those whet hold sue with them before - the 'bar of the New
! the doctrine that slaveholding is sin, and I Testiment Scripture. If is a historic truth
i
ought therefore to be. abolished, differ ve- [acknowledged on all hands, that at the
1 rv - mch in the extent to which they -te- ; advent of Jesus Christ slavery existed all
,
_ ,
' duce their, theory to practice. In some ' over the civilized world, and was intimatC- .
, this faith is almost without Works: They I ly interwoven,with its socialand civil in-'
! content themselves with only voting in - stitutions. In Judea, in Asia -Minor, in
- , ..
such. a way as in their juttment will best I Greece, in airtime countries where the Sal
promote the ultimate triumph of their I viour or his Apostles preached - the Gospel
views. -I Others stand off at what they sup- slaveholding was just as common as it is ,
!'Bose a raft distance, 'as Shimei did when Lto-day in South Carolina. It is not alleged
he - stoOd- on au opposite hill to•eurse kin.. ; by any. one; or at least by any one having
... David, rehuke the sin timrdenounee- di- 'Any Pretenti,,ns to schollarship or candor,
vine judgthent upon the sinner. Others' that the-Roman laws regulating 'slavery
I
more practical, it not more prudent,. go I were even as mild as the very worst stat
' into the very midst of the alleged wicked- I utes which havebeeapassed upon the sub
; mess and teach "servants under the yoke" I jest in, modern times: It will not he acid
! that. they Ought not‘to . count their own ' ed-by any honest -and well-informed Mau
I Masters vi•br' - thy of all honor—that liberty 1 that modern civilization-mid the re,strain
lis their inalienable right—which - . they( ing influences of the Gospel have shed ante
, should - maintain, if necessary, en:int by the I bursting inflhences-apon the relation, be-
sheddiM"-Of blood. -Now, it is not forme I tweet' Master and slave,-which was tut-
to decide who of these are truest to their I known at the advent of Christianity. And
I owbspriuciples.:• It, is not for me to de.' how did Jesus and his Apostles. treat this
I
chic whether the nem Who preaches this subject ? Master:old : slaves met at every
I doctrine in brave _Words, amid applauding- i step in tech missionary work,. and were
1 multitudes; in the city . ot -Brooklyn,:or the I even
_present ,. ln every audience to which
one who iii the stillness of
,night and ' they preached. The Roman Law which
lin• the face of the
_law's terrors :goes to gave the fnppoWer -of life and, deathh-into
practice the preaching at Harper's Ferry, the master's hands, was familiar. to them,
is the most c ) onsistkni abolitionist and the I and all the etas:connected - with the system
most heroie man. .Isis not:for me to de.., surroun6d them every day as obviously
:ride which is the. Most important part of I as thelight of heaven, and yet. it is are
a tree; and if ;the tree, be poisonous, which i markable Net, which the' abolitionist does
is the most. injurious, ' the root, or the 1 net becaaSe lie cannot dent, that the _New
branches., Or the fruit ? But Ism here to Testament is utterly silent in regard to
night, in - God'slianie, and by his help, to I the alleged sinfulness of slaveholding. In
show that this r tree of . abolitionism is evil I all the instructions of 'the Saviour—in_ alb.
and only etil, root and branch; flower,
leaf and fruit; that it' springs from and
is nourislital bylin utter rejection of .the
Scriptures; that:it produces no real bene
fit to the enslaved,and is the fruitful :source
of division and strife and infidelity to both
- church and'State., I have four distinct
propositions on the subject to maintain—
four of these to nail up and defend
• I. Abolitionism has no-foundation in the
Scriptures. ... • , •
IL Tts principles have been - - proniulga
ted chiefly by misrepresentation and abuse.
111. It lead 4, in-multitudes of cases,
and by logical.procks, to utter infidelity.
. IV. It is the chief cause .of the strife
that agitates, and the danger that threat
ens our cenntry.
4—ABOLITIONISM Il AS. NO Vo ITN - DATION
. .
• • : IN THE SOIZIPTVIZES ' • •
, Passing by the records of the pattiarch.
al age, and Waving. the question as to
those servinit's in Abraham's family, who
in the simple but expressive. language of
the Scripture, "were bought with his,
mouel;".let ns come at once to the tri
bunal of that law which Godlpiomulgated '
amid the solemnities of Sinai.. What said
the law and the testimony to that peCul
iar people9Yer whom God ruled and for
whose institutions Ile . has assumed the
responsibity,? - The answeris in the 25th
chapter of Leviticus, in these wOrdS:-,-,
"And if thy brother that Awelletli by
thee be waxen poor and be:sold unto thee;
thou shalt not compel hitii to serve as a
bond „selTant ;. but as Ii hired servant - and
a sojourner he shall be with thee and shall
serve thee unto the year of jubilee; and
then shall he depart from. thee, both lie
and his children with him."
SO far, you will observe, the law refers I
to the citildreeollsreekiyho,. by reasons I
of poterty, - wereredueed to servitude: It
was their. right .to be free et the jubilee; I
unless,they chose to remain in perpetual
bondage; for which case provision is made I
in . other - and distinct: enactments. ' But
notso with slaves of foreign birth,. There
was no year ofjlibilettyrovided forthern.
'For what says the law ? Read the 44-46.
Weries,of the same chapter. •
'" Both. thy..bondrifen' and _thy _ bond;
maids thou..shalt have shall be
. of - the
heathen that are around about. Of
them.shall, ye AMY 'bondiniti and botid-
Maids: - 31oreirter; of 'the children of
strangers that do Siivourn among
them . shill ye littY'and.'oftheir . iliMtlies.that
I . are . . With • Yoe,' Which• they 'beget: - in;::your
Fland, atulthey'Shall be your possession. : — .
I Arid:ye shall takelluita as inheritance
`for your : child Fen -, ii4er. you, .19, inherit
'them as . a ppifeeSsion't thershall, Ire. your
bondrneii ' •-•!-; '
-
There it hi, raitilY; (written - in the divine
lalv.:':Nelegtslativerattmente; no'fstat-
-the
_reported serrOons• of the
,inspi'red
Apostle—in all the -epistles - they were
moved by the Holy Spirit to write for the
instruction of coming glinerations•--there
is not one.
,distinet and explicit dprnincia
thin of slavehording, nor ;one precept • re: I
(paring the master to emancipate, his.
slaves. Every acknowledged sin is open-I
ly and repeatedly condemned and in un-.
measured terinti. Drunkenness and adults ,
ry, theft. and .murder—all the ; most
wrongs which ever have been known. to
atflict%ociet,y, are forbidden-by 'name. and
yet, according to the teachings of- aboli
tionism, thegreatest of all sins—this sum
rofaltvillainies—is never spoken of except in
respectful terms. llow can this be ac
counted
for?
•
Let Dr. Waylad, :whose work on moral
science is taught in many schools,. answer
this question; and let parcuts-whose
firm - are studying that book diligently 1 .
considertis answer: -.I quote from -Way
land's Morffl Science, 213 :
"The gospel. was designed not for one
;race'or for onetime but-all races and for
all times. It looked not to the abolition
of slaVery:for that ago alone, but 'for its ,
universal abolition. Hen& the important I
object Of its author was to gain for it ,a
lbdginent in every. parti' of the known I
World, so that by its' universal ditrosion I
among all classes of society it Might quiet
ly
and peacefully, modify 'and subdue
the evil : passions ofpfen.. In this mai - inert
alone could' it's object—a .universal mor
al revolution—have been• accomplished.—
For if it had forbiden the ;evil, instead of
subvertin 0 * the. principle ; :if- it had' pro-
Claimed the unlawfulness of slavery and
taught slates to resist the oppressiori:of
their-mhsters, it would instantly have ar
rayed the two parties in deadly hostility
throughout tits 'civilized- world ;.its an
'nohneement would have been the signal
for servile war, and life very name of the
Christian' religion would haxe been forgot
ten amidst the agitation ofhniversal bloOd
shed."
• We pause not now to- comment upon
the admitted fact that Jesus Christ and
His Apostles Pursued- .a course entirely
different front that adapted b s y• the-aboli
tiOniSts including the learned author hint
self, nor to inqiure whether the teachings
of alto r litionism is nut as-likely to produce
strife and bloodshed in these days
the first ages: of the What' we
now call attention to and . prOte - st . against .
Os the imputation hero. cast upon Christ
j 'mil , you,believe the
Saviour sought: to,insinuate hip. icligion
into the, earth, by conaealing its 441 detng4'
• aall•preserying a profound_ silence re:
gard to one oftbe*Otlit..oo'- t 6
destroyt::-_ls6.lok.bettevetbaC when he;
I healed-the centurion's - seryttut, , (*horkev- -
ry .henest, etiCatnetita*: ndnitta to hive
I. beets stave,) arid pronounced that .pre
cious eulogy. tipOn the • master, "I have
not seen so great:faith you!
believe thstlestis•suffered -that - man .to
live on in sin becattiehe,'depreciated . the
conseliuenceeof•preaching•abolitionism?—
When: .Paul stood, upon ~Mara' sur
rounded by ten thousand times as many
shareholders ,M 3 -..there„ were- idols . in;
the city, ilo.yint Believe he kept back any
part, of the requirements:Of the.gospel, be- .
cause,he Ards afraid .. - of a :tittriult aiming
the people? We ask, these
philosophers' Whether, as a matter offset,
idolairx and vice , ,connecteil With it were
hot...even inure intimatelyinterWoven with
the social and civil.life of the Amman
pire than speaking against,: idolatry
Nay, Who does not know that by iknoune-
Mg this they . brought .down upon
themselveS the whole power - iof the Ro
man empire? • Nero covered tlie, bodies
of the Christian martyrs and
lighted up the city with the, burning bod
ies, just because ; they would- net Wit 411 oltl
or compromise the truth in regard to the
worship of idols. • In the light of that
fierce persecution it is .a profane I:titling
for Dr. Wayland s or any other'; man to tell
us that Jesus or Paul held back their hon
est opinions ofslavcry for fear; .of "a ser
' rile War, in which tlin very name of the
Christian religion, would. have' been for
t gotten.". The. name of the Christian -re
ligion is not so easily forgotten4por God's
great purposes of redemption capable of
being defeated by an 'honest deelaration of
MIS truth everywhere and at sill tunes.-,
i And yet this philoSophy, .so dishonoring
•
to Christ and his Apostles,' is moulding
the character ()four young men and wont
em It conies into our schools, and mingles
with the verydife-blood-of future genera
tions the sentiment that Christ 'and his
Apostles held back the truth, and suffered ,
sin to go unrebuked for fear - of the wrath
of man. And all this 'to maintain, at all
haiards Mid in the face oftheSaviour's ei
ample to the • contrary,
the unscriptu
rah dogma that •slaveholiling - • is . a - sin.=
But it ming, be observed - in thiS Connection
that the - Apostles Went much further than
to abstain thin preaching agamst slave
holding.. • They admitted slaVeholders to
the communion - of the church. -
In our text, masters Pre acknoWledged
as "brethren, faithful 'and Veloved, par
takers of the benefit." If the NeW•Tes
tament is to be receiveg as a faithful his
tory, no man was ever rejeCted: by the •
apostolic church upon Alio, ground that
he 6wiled,slavei, It' he abused. his,power
as a master, if lie. availed. himself of the
authority coliferettliy,the 11,oMa" law to
t:outtuit adultery, or inurder,or' . crutaty,
he. was rejected for these just as
he would be rejected now !for similar
crimes front - any Christian chnrchin our
Southern "States. • If parental abused or
neglected their' children they were cell:
sired, not for,,
,having children, but far
/ not treating theni properly. And' so .
f-with the 'Shareholder. 3t waS not .the
owning of slaves, but the manner in which
he ailed the 'duties of his station that
linade him a 'subject for phitrcii
; discipline.
• The mere fact that he-was a 'Shareholder,
no., more subjected him - to censure Huain
I the 'mere- thet that he - was it father or
bitsloand. is iron the!recerrnized
lawfulness of the relation that All
eepts regulating the reeiprotad duties
-that relation are based. • -
These precePts Are scattered through
the inspired epistles. There is not one
command or eXhortatiOn to emancipate
the slave.. The. Apostle well
_linear that
for the 'Present, eniancipatiom-WOuld 'be
no real blessing to burn. . Buttbe master
is exhofted to be kirid 'and considerate,
and the slave to lie obedient, that so they
might preserve the unity of that church
in which there:is no distinction between
Greek twiJeir, Male or female,. bond or
free. Oh; if ministers of the gospel -in
this land or age had but followed Patti
as - he followed Christ, and; instead .of
hurling anathemas :and exciting wrath
against' slavehnlders, -had sought- only to
bring-both master and slave tO, the fount
ain ofEmannePs blood . ; if thengencies of •
the Messed !gospel had Only been suffered
to work their way quietly, • ash the light I
and dew of the morning, into the structure
of society, both North and South, how J
different would havebeen 'the 'position 'of'
ourcourrtry this day before God. now
difit.rent would have beexi - the privileges
enjoyed by the poor 'black man's.soul,.
which, in this -bitter contest, haalieen too
much neglected and deipiSed. Then there .
would have been no need to have -Con
verted our churches into Military barracks
for collecting fire arms to carry on xear
upon a distant frontier. No need for a
sovereign State to execute the fearful pen-i
•alty of the law upon the ini.aderfor doing
no more than honestly to carry out the
teaching of 'abolition preachers, livhe bind
heavy but:demi,' and grievous to be borne,,l
and lay them on, men's: . shoulders,. while 1
they touch them not with one qtheir fine
gers. No need for the wide! , and 'the
'orphan to weep in angnish'of heart over
those cold graves, for whose dishonor 'and
deselation . God will hold the• real • authors
responsible. 'No' occasion of Pretext' fort
Slavelioldingtitatei to pass such stringent
laws fOr the punnishmeut at' the secret in
cendiary and, the preventimoteivil war,
I shall not attempt to show :What will
be the condition of the African race in this
country iihen ,tIM gospel And! have bro't
all Classes - .under ItS complete. dorninion.
What, civil and social relations' men Will
'sustain in
. the tittles ofinillenialglory I do
not know. '1 OoOialjy embrace,,Alto cur
rent _opinion 'of our eknrch that ala Very is.
permitted and • itgulnted •by the
fawned& both the:Tea:Wand ' Christian I
dispensations, not as the final destiny' of
the enslaved; but as an important - and ire"
cessarf process. : ' in 'their. tratiiipartation
- , frarklietithentsni. toCliristinnity,=,4 wheel
" in the . grcit - mneltinely OfTrovidende, by
which. thefiand redemption is 1616 tic-
ioniplistiedf ~} lorevor•ltbit: May. kre,' one
thing !lino*, arid , every abolitionist might
knew it if he ntitild,7that thereat - 6' 7 Chni- -
ititi'familiodat"the'Stinth in --hloli- patri .
' orchid. - fidelity and - affeotiOn subsist.
'Ow* the tamd and 'OW free;'aiia' Where'
eldV6i*telOtefired tind'elotbeg . 'and
etieepfl,'and:Ji*e - t-'l?Offer
4, for salvation' than; the inajOriWof Mating .
peol>la iii the city of New Yorie.-; ., - the
tongue of '•abolitienism httd "tiOi kept:si-
I NO. 6.
lenee these twenty years past, the nuinher
of such fiunifies - would. he tenfold as gye4.
Fanaticism „North is one chief
atemblitig.bloelcin the way of the Gospel
at the South: This, in . a: measure, explains.
Why such Men as Dr. Thornwell, of South
Carolina, and Dr. rahrier,. of NeW
leins,-- 7 men Whose genius. andslearning
and. piety Would adorn 'any. state or sta
tion—are willing. to. secede from the;
ion. - r . They feel that the influence of t:lie
'Christian ministry is hindered,,. and ,their
poWer to . do • good to m'iiSter , and
slave crippled, by'the constant agitation
of -abolitionism in our national :councils,
and the incessant turmoil excited by the
miscripturill clognia, that slaveholditm. is
ash): .
AI.—"I'IIEIIBiNCIPMS OF Atol..lVONlSStii,tvE
'_BEEN PBOPAGATE'D ,CUIEFLY. 'BY StifiltEr-
B:F.SENYATIONCAND ABUSE'. .
-
• Ilaving, no foundation in Seripture,' it
does not . carry on. its 'warfare by.scripture .
weapons'. Its prevailing spirit-'is. fierce
and proud, and its language is fill .of
wrath and bitterness. I quote Dr, Chan-
Ding, of -Roston; whose name
.• is a tower
of strength to the, abolition same;!. Mid
whose memory is their' continual boaiit.-
In a Work published in the year Itt3G, I
find the following words : . .
• - "The abolitionists have . done wrong, - I
believe; nor is their wrong to be Wink=
ed at because - done fanatically or with
good in cations; fOr • how much 11113.
chief . may be wrought With - good de- :
sign? --They have fallen into tlte.conimon
error of entlinshists„'that of exaggerating'
their object; of feeling its if no evil existed I
but that which they opposed, and- as if no -
guilt cOuld . -be compared with that of
:countenancing and . upholding it. The tone
ot theirWewspapers ' so far as I hare 'seen
then, has often been fierce, bitter and
abusive 'They 'hare sent forth their ora
tors, some of the'm transported with firery
zeal, to' sound -the alarm against slavery
throughout the land, to gather together
young and ola, pupils from schools, females,
hardly arrived at Years of discreOon, ; the
ignorant, the• excitable, the impetuous,
and to -organize these into associations for
the. oppression, • Very unhappily they.
preached their ; doctrine to the colored
, people and collected them into societies.
To this . mixed and excitable* multitude,
minute heart-rending descriptions of Oa
tvery Icere given in piercing tones of pas
sion ; and shareholders' • were held HIS .his
Monsters •of Cruelty and Crime. The abo;
ationists, indeed pioposed to cOnvert•
shareholders; and for this end he approach=
ed them with vituperation and exhausted
On them the vocabulary of abuse. And .
he reaped as he sowed.". • -
.- • .
I Such is -the testimony of - 31r: damning`, 1
given in the year •1830. "What would- be I
have thougldand said if he had lived until i
the year and seen thialittle stream,
over whose infant violence'he. lamented,
'Swelling into a torrent and flooding-the I
land ? • Abblitionisin :is abusive -in "itsl
persistent Misrepresentations of the legal 1
principles involved in the relation between
master and 'slave. They . ' reiterate in -a
' thousand- exciting forms the assertion that
the idea of property in map blots Out his
manhood and degrades him to the level of
a brute -.or stone. 'Domestic Slavery,"
says. Afr-Wayland, in his work on "Moral
Scienle,"••• "-suppose . , at - best. that -the
relation between master and Slave - is not
that which exists between - MA and man,
but is a tnodificatien at least Of that withal
exists between man and the brutes.",., Do i
not' these abolitionist philosophers now-,
that according to the:laws • of every- civil- I
ized country: lin ;the earth a manilas pro
perty in-his children 40 a woman ,has
property in - her husband.? The statntes
of the State of New York and - of every',
other Northern State recognizes and pro-I
teas this property, and our courts ofjus-1
title have repeatedly asserted its value. If
a man is killed on a railroad his wife may
bring a_ SuiCand recover damages for the
pecuniary loss she has sufli:red- If, one
man entices away the daughter of another,
and marry her,while she is still undeiage,
the father may bring a eivil,suit for dania
•ges - for the loss of that child's . Km-Vices,
and the peciiniary ,compensation is-Alie
only, redress the law -provides. Thus the
common' law of :Christendom - and time
Statutes of our ciwn..State recognize pro
perty. In man.- Li what does 'that . property
constit,_ • Simply ; in such services as a
man or child May - . properly, be required ,
to - render., This is all . the Levitical law
means'when it says,:"Our bondmen shall.
be our possession, or property,'and an
inheritance for your children." , The pro.
perty consists : not in the • rig It to-treat
the slave like a brute, but'snp y in a le
gal Claim_ forsuch services as a man iiiiNi - C
position-may proPerly be required-to ren
der. And yet the abolitionists, in the face
Of the divine lili - ,.,persiSta in denouncing
theme very relation beilveen Master • and
slave,. " as
,a modification, at least; of that
which exists between man and the brutes."
This, however, ii not the worst •Or itioSt
r prevalent: form which their abusive spirit
1 assumes. Their :•mode -of arguing time
question,. of slavehelding,sby -n pretended
appeal to tlt*ots,-is - a-tissue Of misrepre
... .
i !mutation from beginning to end. - Let inc
illustrate my meaning by -a parallel case.
SuPpose.! undertake to prove the wicked
ness of marriage as it exists in the city of
New "York - In this -discussion, suppose
the . Bible•is'ex • Chided, or -at-least it Is not
recOgniied" as having.,•exclasiVe jurisdic
tion, in the of the questien.' My
first "appeal Is to the statute laii of the
- .
.
State: . .
• • •II silo*. there ,epactments. which nullify
the lawof God and make - divorce n mar
ketable and cheap commeditY. - I oollect
the advertisements of your dailypaper,
inwhich lawyera-Offer 'to procure the le-
gal SeParationA)finan and wife for a stipu
lated price, to Say nothing in this sacred.
place of other. advertisententi . Which dc- . '
c&icy.fovbida‘ me to quote'. -- Then I tarn ,
to the; record Of our criminal *its; and
find thi4 . eVeiy,:44' some :ertterhisband
NOS *Wife, or' smite; unnatural parent
.itterdeis :Ida ;Child,. iii, some ';'dileinitented
Wifo,or husband, ' ' seeks :tho, dissolution of
t4titirriagelnied, , In-the . neict -place; II
i' t ii i geh t t 1 4 1 7 t. b h i e V irthe lli tui li' s in e;l;t i t Iv b6. re7h ita s l Oi .
dentist:lc - t.tidnj; iii Wives deserted it q l,
;children tgattrted bk'dinfiliert Parente:. In
..,,
` ,-3011 , 1 / a NnIgGotiLL - TiNDO)
• Dozu'AT Tuz OFFICit or Taw'
-1,311.1 iii CP CUE:ULM
Itgotert.T.Ammsolirrtr,
AND xr inrx-A;qp Lisr #W 1 mum.
•
• 'Vint office of . the Montrose .Desnooritt
Jugs rectal/ bin ountioa with...DM and chains Waist)
i r of , etc., we are now preporon t print pasphiato
eto.. the Wet style, oa abort nottor..
Hsi dtnils Posterr Prograinmes,:and
c4ber kinds of 'NO& la Wattle, kat atiadhag tq advt.
Businesa; Wedding, and Ball Canna
matte; etc., printed with nertneee end demean.
• Justices' and Consiable2 Blinka,liotea
De"ill, ind all other Maks.' co ot plated go ardor
Pr Job aork and Shake. to Do paid for on dalltrary.
, • .... .
!
the last place, I go .
.through our streets
and into the; tenant houses; and count the
„
' thousands of ragged children who, `amid. ,
i ignorance and filth, are training - for. the .-
1, prison and gallOws:' Summing all' thee.
I facts - together, I . put . them for th as the. -
Ifreits• of marriage in the city of New York,'
''and irin-o o f that the relation itself is sia- -
ful. If I were a novelist, and had:written' ;
la book to illustrate ; this same doctrine, ,4 -
would - Call this array of %cts a "li'4." - •
In thisiter 1 say nothing about the sweet
charities ' and afrefctions that flourish
lin ;ten; thousand homes, not a Word
about the 'niultittido of loving • kind- -•
nesses that' characterize the daily life of'
holiest people, about the instruction and •
discipline that are - training ehildren at ten
thonsandfiresides fOr usefulness here and
glory hereafter; all this I ignore, end
quote only the statute book, , the news
papers; the records Of criminal courts. and
the miseries of the abode of poverty?
Now, -what have I done? - I have not
misstated or exaggerated a single fact.
And vet am I not . a falsifier and slanderer
of the,deepest..die? Is there a virtuous ,
woman or hone man in . thisTsity - Whoe6 .
cheek would not burn with indignation
at my onesided and injurious statements?
Now,
.this is just what : abolitionism has •
-chine in regaid to illustrate its cardinal
doctrine . in works of fiction, and then, to•
sustain ' its fancy, has attempted .to gr. - •
tlerpin it -with an 'riecninuration of facts. •
- iTliese facts are collected in precisely the.
; same way I have described. The statute -
hooks of shiveho ?
ldinur States are searched,
c ,
i and _every ' wrong enactment : collected,
newspaper reports-of cruelty and crime •
1 oh the part of wicked inaitqui are trees
-I.ired and classified, all the outrages that
.ha've been perpetrated "..by lewd fellowS -
of the :baser sort," of whom there are'
1
plenty, both North and South, are eagerly;
i seized . anti' recorded, and 'this mass of
1 vilene ss and filth collected from the ken
rnels and sewers of society is pti,t, forth 'as
iii , faithful exhibition - of •slaVeholding.
!Senators in the forum,. and ministers In
the pulpit, distil this raw material into
the more refined slant er " that Southern.
society is essential! • ?barons, and that
slave holding had its origin i 6 hell." "Leg
s islative bodies-enact and • re;pact,statute:
l'which declare that slaveholding is such an
! enormous- crime that if a South'ern man,
1 underthe broad shield of the Constitution,_
and with the cleci.ifion of the Supreme '
_Court of- the- 'country in lily hand, shall
come within tie jurisdiction, and set up a
claim to a fugitive slave, he shall he pun
ished` with a fine of $2,900 and • fifteen
years - linori'sOnnient.: This'inethod of ar
gument has continued until multitudes of •
honest Christian peclnle in this and other .
landS believe that slaveholding is the sin
of - sins, the suns of all Yin-lilies.. Let us,
illusti•ate thiS by-an incident in'ray own',
e'sperielice: A few, ye;irs since f took •
front the center.-table of a Christian family
in Scotland,
,by iu,liOnt -I had "been most
kindly entertained, it book entitled; "Life
, and mannersin - lkineriea." On the blank
1 jeaf"Was . •m inscription, stating,that the
haul been bestowed upon one of thes
children of the family as a reward of dilli
genet) in an institution of learning. -The
frontispie - ec was the picture of a man of
fierce countenance' beating a naked wo
limn; the contents of the book were com
piled 'from • the testlineny of Americans
upon the , subject of,slavery. . I dart pot .
quote in this-place i, the extracts which I
made in, my Memorandum'. It will be .
iliifficient to - say. that the. book asserts as
!In I - uhted- facts' than the banki3..ol the
' Missis-spoi art studded with iron. gallows
for the punishment, of slaves—that in' the
, city of Charleston the bloody block - 13n
1 ii - 4mastersc ut off_ the hands of diso.
I % it. I
..-
ihedient servants may be seen in the pub. -
Re squares, and that sins against chastity
lase common and unreiniked in professedly
i Christian families. • •
• Now, irr my heart, I did:not feel angry
at the author of . That book, nor at the
school -teacher who bestowed it Upon his
scholar, for' in Christian . Charity I gave •
them credit for honesty in the case, but
standing there a stranger the mar- •
'tyr• menfories -of that glorious .-lannd to
whiCh my. heart had- so often made its
pilgriinage,.l did feel that you'und I, and
every man in AMerica was wronged by
the revilers of their native land, who teach -
ftpreigners that hanging and cattily , ° off
hands, and beating - - w omen, .are the char
•
aptensties of our life and manners. '
But we need not_ go. to foreign lands .
for proof that abolitionism has carried on
its warfare by' the language of abuse.
-The annual meeting of the'Ametican anti- .
Slavery Society brings the evidence to
-our doors. We d.
..have .been .. accustomed
.-to,laugh at these venal exhibitions of fit
nalieisni, not thinking perhaps that whet
was fun for us was - working death to our
i brethren - whose pfoperty and reputations '
twe are bound to protect. The fact is, we -
' 'laie suffered a fire to be built in our midst,
whose sparkg' have been scattered far and
wide; and now when • theC.smoke of the
conflagration comes back to blind our'eyes,
and the heat of it beginslo scorch our-in.
1 dustritkand commercial interest,' it will
.not Z. 43 for us to say that the utterances
of that Society are the ravings of a fanati-.
cal and insignificant -few; for the_men
who compose it are honored with title
audoffiees. ..- , -,,
Its 'President is a Chief-Justice of th 3
State of New Jersey. Thnministers who
have thrown over . it'S doings the sanction
of out-holy'religion are quoted. - and mag-.
nified all over the' land as the-represen
.tative—mea,of the •age ; And the man who
stood up 'in its delibevationTin the year
1852,": and, exhausted the vockbulaxy Tof
_abuse upon the. compromise ,measnres, -
, and the. great statesmen who ..framed
them, is now Judge in
.our courts and
F the git rdian of_ (m, lives fund our pro- .
„ .
1 perty.: .
.. . .
-t It will doubtless be .saitl that misrepre•
1 sentation and . abuse. have not , been con-.
E fined, in the pregtess. of this unhappy cn
i
test to the abelitionists,of the North ; that
demagogties7and self-seeking men at the
i South have,•been violent' and abusive, and
: that newlipt4Rep pynfosedly- in the tate.:
• (rests oftbe bontit, with a spirit whieb'ean
• be char*terized as little lessi than cilia
UAW e
, bavekuulated' every Scandal ,in
,the most aggravated and irritating fem.
But suppose all thin to be granted•*•• What.
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