Ibr (fit Agitator. THOU ART GONE. Tot Bum aft rarely gtmei Kor nerer thy lore elMp IfceL Dm inrt den Him«i me,: aSd urDN U nJDOIOtQ nMTUJTf 13m n&fuUrtUiJUi,knoT». ItyrTl mfcrlkM la tiia hnohfc nH: r When tbtsoqi Ufl lo*lr >t*r! "' When Imujjlm eW*»h B*V",*-’ V ssss&&^~z eesaeitcttttft. ODB CODHTRY'S TROUBLES. Sermon PreaeMed h/ Rep. Dudley 'A. Tyng, in Philadelphia, June 4#, .1088, * M Whether one member tnffer, all 4he members .rrffcr «lth It: or one motaiber be honored, all the members »Uh <tr4 v - ■ ' r r, It is a mooted question how far the€hria> tito pulpit may and'ought to be eolistedin the Consideration of current -eventa; and the discussion of quest ions of public interest.— It is undoubtedly a great evil when the teach ers of religion forsake their appropriate themes to mingle in all the heated coptrorer toes of (he dajr. Nothing couW be more calculated to break down tbeinfluelice of the ministry, and to rear up'insuperable barriers of angry prejudice against the message of mercy which it is its business to declare.— But may there not also be an opposite e*- trerte t May there dot be sileticewhen great principles are at stake? Ma? not great wrongs go unchallenged of the pulpit till there be supposed nothing in them inconsistent with religion ? May not (he dread of offence be carried so far as to put the pulpit in bon dage 7 And may not the refusal to take sides in great questions of public opinion re. suit in the GospePs" being supposed to have nothing to do with tbe afiairS'of society, and in contempt on all hands for the ministry, for its fearof speaking out 7 Ministers have the same interest in society and its institu tions as other citifceas; perhaps more so; for their happiness is peculiarly bound up in the right influepce of religious and moral prin ciples upon the community, Society can suffer in no member without a true-hearted , Christian ministry'a suffering with it. Religion itself, moreover, is oAen vitally affected by events transpiring in social and political life. Evil principled may be at work in the social system, whose ultimatestendenoy is to destroy the practical influence of Chris tianity over (he conduct of men, and to un dermine the foundations of (heir faith. Is the pulpit to keep silence until the adversaries of the faith, having completely invested it with imrenchmenls in public custom end opinion, are boldly demanding its surrender 7 Human nature is a unit. Its many interests are but one body. And the sufferings of any one of its members are fell in the vital or gans. Questions of social and political economy, as well as of moral principle, may be the media of deadly wounds to the relig ious life, fn fact, Christianity enters into every interest of man. And as Christians and Christian ministers, we are interested in everything that concerns humanity. We cannot disconnect our religion from the de tails of our common life. It affects or is af fected by them all. “ They are many mem bers, yet hut one body. And the .eye cannot •ay unto the band, I have no need of thee; nor again, the head to the feel, I hare no Deed of you.” “ And whether one 'member suf fer, all the membbra suffer with it; or one member be honored, all the Utembets rejoice with it.” Owing to the close interchange-of sympathy and influence! the events of the day may assume a deep religions significance. The same events which in one aspect agitate commercial interests, and in another convulse the political circles; may in yet another be fraught with stirring interest for the religious community. And while they awaken great contention on the plane of social or political life, they may also from the higher stand point of the Christian patriot be seen to affect the dearest rights and interests of 'men, and to endanger great principles to the support of which the 'pulpit is bound. At such times the Christian ministry may be criminal if it does not speak out boldly io behalf of right, carefully avoiding, indeed, (he'arousing of those passions which belong to the lower as pect of eveUts, but fearlessly and dispassion ately directing public sentiments by the high er principles of divine revolution. It seems to me that we have now reached sooh a lime. Events are transpiring which bear most momentously on all our rights as men and duties as Christiana. All that is most deal and - valuable to us as citizens is pot in Jeopardy. The principles and influ* eace of Cfaristidnity, which first founded our institutions,, can alone preserve them (a us in their integrity in the present crisis. And 1 claim the right as a Christian minister to de. Clare what 1 believe to be important troth, and to do my part, small as it may be, to wards the settlement of the difficulties which encompass os, I claim a patient hearing, and a candid comparison, with the principles of the Bible.- If lam wrong, iam open to conviction; if I am right, the declaration of the truth will bring the responsibility of walking by its light. With ihisxprefaiory statement let me call your attention—' 1. To the evils to be dsplored. For the first time in the history of, this *°utury, it is the scene of civil War.- Armed **> * n battle array, are marching on its ™» * 0(1 carrying with them-all the horrors' ofs hostile invasion. Towns are sacked, bourn,pillaged, property plundered and de*- (rayed, women and children driven in terror from fnetr homes, and men shot down by their owp doors! Society is in confusion, public securily.at an end, peacefol industry interrupted, and a Ibfiviog Territory reduced to a state of nature,'where the only protec ilton is that of force, and the household can not he down at night without'fear of jhe as- Families, ate. driven 'Out T/dM lands which they have tilled add bouses whjbhthey have built, and_warned to leave the country rbe hung. Reids lie unsown, add drops •re left onplOwed because'armed marauders hath stolon the farmer’s horses and killed his wen, and obliged him to stalkin secret fo¥ Wof h w life. dV join bodies of hip deigß r*** wh <> biya id tjefenop of (heir hwnea and fancies. Atl'»he,hprtbre r #S **wted when invading armies marched With <tT/, TI 4U ‘fpykf- ... ■ .... • ’ » ‘.'l'”* ? ** j *Vt« X J / . W- it • *. i 1 . J -f V'L- -1 <T-t \ VI, ~.; i v t j VT-ff it Bjy • - ; »‘«r | }!I «/'»'’ ■■*■ I *»'- > '^■ ~p* -^b! i it ’• • c 'V s -jB | *rm-: <*i v-?-*« r .: '\**^r--■* •'■ >•■ rA ; I& - /, .;«Jp^^M<.w \v-^< yj- 4«Ls jtaa mil *>-*■; A\ ‘ * fit'* .■ .'-■•rif'n.j. t> f vV.'> .“!► , .•{.’v.'*j »S\i\ U ■> " ‘ »~Tj l ,* *l - ' 1 1?. 1 . 1 "" 1 ggggss •-!•■ x«l Vv’.;-'uV »(f) i-lafi .j- ,;i, -:n 1 y. r gcfr-:>-/TMr r,t rn»n rvir <3 *■ rrrm rj.i p Trs>^y^<y*TPr^T 1% :fc r “.TOMBOROTOH, MO6A COCOTT. PA ■l^'k,;'* l - I ‘‘t t'.'ii ‘■‘Jy# -J . i, ( j;.; *' 1 '■- to Kansas;' ’First,- idnumenble indictments for imagi»sryeriro«f srerosde out by a cor*’ rapt judiciary again still- Pi&cState tnen of influence, worat pf, crimes, by men of opposite pbli(!cb,:havV gone unnoticed.— Sbcqndlyi JioriJes of ruffians, under pretence, of maintaining “ law am), order,” patrol the country, comtdiuingall the outra. ges which hayo been described. , Thirdly, the D. S. dragoons pro madeuse of by the local-authorities -to - suppress any risings for self-defence; add kepjtojft oftbe way when’ altjicks are tobe.mad?. r And, l®Btly,. “, Vig ilance Commitlees” nre appointed,, to.drive offi with, threats of “ Lsncb, law,’’ all those who, by the other methods, have not been subdued. Ait this has been going on for months. And rcCent accounls announce that the sufferers themsejyes are driven by des-' peration to armed defines, and |he Jhostile bands are now watching each other,and meet ing in deadly conflict. Civil war ip begun. And wherq is it to end, unless .it can be sup pressed at once in the place of its birth ? Let it not be. said that we have no interest in the matter. Distant and feeble as she may be, Kansas is a member of our - body politic. The same life-blood which nourishes our own community flows through her. And the wounds and anguish which she endures are felt even to the remotest parts of (be republic. Ties of friendship and of blood unite her suffering children to all sections of bur coun try. And were these wanting,-a common nationality binds them in one body to us all, and the great heart oi humanity enfolds them in its sympathies, “ Whether one mem ber suffer, all the members suffer with it; or one member be honored, all the members re joice wjth it.” .. . At the same time that these events have, .been transpiring, another scene has been en acted whichhas inflicled a 6(111 deeper wound onithe honor end peace bf Our country. A member of the Senatdof the United States, a man honored equally for his virtues and his attainments, has been stricken down and beaten by a member of Congress till his blood stained the floor of the Senate, for words spoken in debate. It matters not what were the Words which gave offence, though it may well be supposed that language un-* challenged at the time by a body whose ma jbrity were in opposition to the speaker, did. not transgress the ordinary limits of parli amentary debate. It matters not what were the words, HOr who the speaker, nor who the assailant.. It was a principle which was stricken down. And the principle is one of the pillars of our free institutions. Without the right of freedom of speech, neither our liberties nor our religion are secure. If the bludgeon is to be the ruling power in our country, where will be our toasted freedom wua umiu—i Q>—, ..I.Cjheflat* of our Country and the symbols of h« Ttherrjnsam* hot protect : lhe members of her Government Within the halls of her Capitol, in the dis charge of thwii' ; official duty, what is 10 be come of our Republic I With the freedom of the Press overthrown' in Kansas, and the! freedom of the Senate assailed in Washing ton, how long before the freedom of the pul pit shall to also at the mercy of a popular majority or of a reckless and excitable bully? There is not a legislator, or' an editor, or a clergyman in the country, whose right to ad vocate what bn conscientiously believes, nor a citizen whose right to representation Of his eentinients, has not been assailed la the blows which laid the eloquent Sews kb senseless on the Senate Chamber. But the act itself is not so ominous of evil as its indorsement.— To hear it defended add-eulogized throughout the whole section represented by the assassin, by public assemblies giving voics of thanks for his iniquity, by the press almost unani mously holding it up as worthy of imitation, and by fettow-repl’esenlativek' who screen (he offender from, .punishment, may well make one feel satKyapprehetrslve for our coudtry. It indicates that -l wo are’ Unworthy of bur heritage; and [bat the sentiment of I bloodand dewlalionoa our aoili all tbe euf feripgiwhichdwnehedonr frontier* wbenlb© I war-whoop of the satfage'aroand the sleeping hauseholdforlhe tfftnahSwkabd r the faggot, aife'nuw re tie wed inub happy Kansas. i Hard ly-adaypßSsesfWithourbriDgingtelegrapbic. daws"of some new outrage, so dreadful ■ that we canscarce'-realikeits possibility,orarouse ourselves tofecl as the occasion deminds,-** And whoerelbeauihorsofall those outra ges an American'citizens Not she savage Indftn nor the foreign invader, bat thefr own countrymen, citizens of our own free and happy land, imbruing their hands in brothers’ blood ! And what Is the crime for which (heir brothers are thus subjected to invasion and violence 1 Merely difference of opinion. Merely assertion of their right to think, speak, write; and act according to their own con science and interests in forming the institu tions of a Territory into which the capital and population of the country Were invited by a' sdlemn act of the Federal Government. On the 30th of May, 1854, the Territory of Kansas was thrown open to settlers by act of Congress, and the : privilege of determining the character of its institutions accorded to those who should become residents of its soil. Atiracted by this opening for industry and enterprise, large numbers of persons from all sectiortsof the country emigrated (u IheTer ritory, and soon made its prairies to smile with cultivation, and dotted its surface With towns and villages. Never country opened with brighter prospects. But how sobif was the bright morn overcast! On the 29th of November, 1854, the infant Territory was to elect a Delegate to appear and speak in its behalf in the National Congress. On that day more than one thousand armed men from an adjoining Stale invaded the Territo ry, drove judges and legal voters from the polls, and by fraudulent ballots elected a man of their own, On the 30th of March, 1855, the inhabitants of Kansas were to have elec ted their Territorial Legislature. Mote than four thousand armed from' the same State again invaded the Territory, took possession of the polls and elected (heir own Candidates, some of them residents of their own Slate. The recent investigations of the Congression al Committee have proved that of five thou sand five hundred vOtes cast on that day, less than one thousand were of actual residents of the Territory. Surely it was bad enough to see a Legislature imposed on them by force and fraud. But What sort of laws did they pass 7 Hear, and ask yourself whether we live in the Nineteenth Century, and in a free and Christian Republic. They reenacted in a mass all (he slave laws of Missouri, merely adding that wherever the word “State” occurs in them it shall be construed to mean “Ter-' ritory.- rtrej • non.ndniiwion of the right to hold slaves in the TerntofyT disqualification for sitting as Juror. They enacted that to say that persond have not a right Ib hofd slaves in that Territory should be punished with two years’ imprisonment at hard labor. That writing, printing, or circulating anything against Slavery shoyld be punished with' five years’ imprisonment at 1 hard labor. That the harbbribg of fugitive slaves should be punished with five years’ imprisonment at hard labor. That assisting slaves to escape should be punished with death. That assisting slaves to.escape from any Territory, and take refuge in that Ter ritory, should be punished with death'.' That the printing or circulation of publications calculated to incite slaves to Insurrection, should be punished with death. To secure these laws perpetuity, they, enacted that all who do not swear to support the Fugitive Slave Law should be disqualified as voters, but that any one might vote who will pay $l., and swear to uphold the Fugitive Slave Law : and die Nebraska bill. And, still TurtW to guard against all Contingencies, they appoin ted non-residents to town and County offices for six years ahead. Thus, by ope stroke of combined fraud and force;'the great question of social rights,' whose settlement had been pledged tb the cit izens themselves, were decided by An inva ding army, whose agents established Slavery against the wishes of the people, disfranchise all who oppose it, open the polls foal) Pro- Slavery non-residents, And shurupall who speak, write, print or circulate anything against it with long imprisonment at hard labor. What, hasiocoroeo/ the rights of American, citizens 7, - Talk of obedience to law 7 Wooid you,,-would ,any American, obey such Jaws so imposed 7 Where were the spirit of our Revolutionary, father* if such oppression could be submitted toll.. Where is. our. Republican Government if such rights, can be taken away 7 . But what was done in .opposition I, There was no armed resistance, | no. collision with assumed authority,. The people of Kansas simply denied the legality of : the enactments, and the obligation,of apd then, falling back on inherent rights, .wentfiiroagh the preliminaries of. a Slate organization, apd applied,to Potigresi for .relief,. That,/re|ief has not ..beep yet : afforded. And whal has since transpired,?, A third, fomlhand.fifth armed invasion has taken place,,each «7i|h iiicmasedoggravaf km. of i outrage. Pillage, and plunder, and murder, -have increased from day to day., Large bodies of armed mdh from "distant and 'adjblßih^'Siatefs;|are in.the Territory, trifii 7 no 'aiiempt at' hebCrf)- ing adp 1 - 1 port, T livihg byfhe pillagepf ihiisdwhfi.diffoi', froni thernSelves ifl Sehfimfebr, and perpetra ting cruelties 'hpkhotfii cv&rirf errimeiit frobps have beep tO IbvhrSwe aft aitedipts si'resliitance, ajitr mbV&f about tie os to ezpbse Unprotected townVYotiiolehce.' , iA'.'feiirreff p&r' of-oj.pr^i&'^i'Weh i to (hem by the very law which inVH^’tfairar iXAf«exer<;,i»B ; of the ngbts guqtampi} imthP-tmAn j*MR J*Kfef| opened the Territory to Settlers, are largely determined |ba( Hshqllbe free. Jgaoblecon test I Wbere.BJ»%VJ*,!ef iltemain. Let jl be apologized foraadnjitigated as it can. v I j am not one of ;lboae whowbuldattack the ! Somh for iha inheritance-of perplexity and ! shame whichNorthernoupidily waaoriginally • a joint agent in introducing Lai them mourn j over the embarrassments and jsvils bftheir j andstrive;tp; fdiity f iQ|' gbrUtlan joi.'lbe pebptajhejf have ; and, dependant :and in servitude, V Thus.oui > of'their; birthright wf rhiifqriunethey may ( work' Out ableSsiogio tfieitubjectrace, abda i mission pfmeroy for themselves. To apold- j gize Jri voluntary evil ia one thing. To i strive to extend and perpetuate it is another. I We regard the former with the truest ,| charity* But as freemen and Christians, i what must we say of the latter I i ' But why are Southren men so madly re. < solved that Kansas 'shall be thrown open tp i Slavery? Is it, because (hey desire (hem. i selves to be residents of the 4 country ? Very j few of them have any such ideS.. Butt it will i give them, first, an increase ofpolitical power. It will wheel another State into the phalanx, and give (wo more Senatorial votes for. that control of the Government which the far swifter progress of the Free States has taken from them in the House of Representatives. Pew among us have reflected on the political power given by Slavery to the few.' Three,, i fifths of all'the slaves are counted in vvitb the ' whiles as the basis of representation, largely i increasing the political importance- of the white person at the South over the while per.. - son at the North. Of the whiles, large nuln. ' hers ate either disfranchised. by a property qualification, or are completely under the con. trol of their Weafthfer neighbors. Political honors and influence are confided to,/a tew. ■ In the whole. sixteen slave States (here, are less than 100,000 persons owning more than ten slaves each. How many of these are de sirous of 'deserting their plantations and emi grating to Kansas ? But these are the persons who control the’policy.of sixteen States, and by their influence at home and at'lhe North have controlled the’policy and monopolized the honors bf the General Government. Is it to be wondered at (hat they should make s.uch desperate efforts to extend so dispropor tionate an importance? And as it grows so it will grow, until, this whole land of liberty shall be made tributary lb the perpetuation of .hgrnan bondage. The establishment of Slavery in Kansas will give them, secondly, a new market for slaves... The pecuniary value of Slavery arises not front the productiveness of slave labor. It coats much and produces little, .wastes largely end-wears.out the soil it eulti- T*""" —ft. »«,ii»?lf it impoverishes, in the long run, both w „ u j d gradually work out- its own extermination.’ But alavanbreediog compensates for. the. ex-- pensiveness of slave labor. To breed human beings for sale, to rear immortal souls that (hey may be driven like cattle to the marker and sold to the highest bidder, is a profitable business. Families and estates are maintained by such breeding and sale, often of blood re lations. To keep up the price the market mutt be extended. NeW States and Territo ries must have their virgin soil thrown open' to Slavery, and, as their lands plso become impoverished, join the , slave-breeding States in the ceaseless cry of the horse-leech and her daughters. Kansas is now invaded and outraged merely that it may be made a land of bondage, and' tbal for the increase of unpo litical power inimical to our free institutions, and a stimulus to the breeding, of. human be ings for sale, • . , . And what is the pretense under which these evil deeds are coveted up, and the aequies ence of the country in them is sought ? It is the equal rigtit of men qf all. sections of th# country to go with their property into the na tional territory, ft said lhatjo deny the right of slaveholders to carry,their, properly there, ft to destroy, the equality of our citizens. As (his is the grand; pice, which ia designed to, and lo iome,extent dqes,.jmposq on the pub lie mind for excuse of mil tbete eoqrmuies, it is essential that Jt should ha examined. Let it. be observed.tbeD. iD theßrst.place, that the. claimed right of carrying-, one’s identical property whh himin removal, is an absurdity. How mue'h pi'opeiiy id therein its nature so local that it ettnriot be'refndved ?■ Wild could -age, Jk , justice and right' has routed p|vay in the fbun ddddb oJ'gdverPment. '] Alaaforour country, when the .makers Of herloWs dare hot speak fa of what they deem bitmap tight, fit must go otrtieli with deadly jVeaohiw, for protection u ln the discharge of 'iMyduly | OQd :fdrbid (hat M the ministers' of religion should re/bseip, speak id:.reprobation of the ! •*#’;* s !. i ' ’ r [ J , ' ’ I . ll.' But let os lobk'i spcortdly/dtlhetrtpel. ling printifU of these outtd’ges. Thdy ha ve all ope Impulse, the aggressive Spmt'qf Sla very;, j tpl ii be Opted mid renumbered that alf'tbare'.Wropga grew'pui'ora determitiaijon to :exlend the area Of bdritad bondage; - Why atd.'arided'hordiscfow traversing tyluisal with’ pilldge and hvdrdpr ? SiriVb|Jy r tha"( they miy extend’ otrer if the bligKt’Sr.'Sjayety. Why” ate iaren’ illegally arresidd. im^^ j ,f driven from tidrde’i ’hutithd llkd beasts? dpftot'ddwD' peid in thelSeldsT S(hjpry »OTdMi' Ihpy’ dp.. Sire to save their home, and .family from the blight of ; . wptpey dpmad the RtfWtiipn pf; pndejt is to protect-its citizens to. the; the habitable glqbof [,Merp|y i ,becPpjie/ihey Will not submit toJTprpepnd fwudp>J»s curspt) with Slavery,,. rWhy. &pator Sfluripa ■ assailedjand beateQiq,ipeSepate?>; Merely beppoßepe spoketpopoiniedlyand plainly,for., tbpir deliyetape. frppfcipe apempled.curse of SJayety.Thejaoleiqipulfe.of; pi I, ihefetqau tagep-is the desjr e i p^uu^laypry-„ jThe ■ojo crirno,of, the sufieters if jtpe invincible, deairp (pipe free-,,,. TpeWood pf nSepeporbpa staiped ihe dpor.of tpe Senate,£bpfpJjpp,-|he Wood qf hefi citjasensOa# water on the virgin soil of Rapsas, gierely, that, jt may be made «land of bondage. Iffae pr'rpkSftfpd' pdwb/OfW FeSdrsd om? ployed to aid them, merely because ihe i<e!tft f remove HW fa>lfii'or his fishery , or his Water poWer| "'Jet-who ever thought ofdectaim ifig Sgaidst theinjuaticeolNitureandPr bvi-' dehce,hecftSse hb could not' take then? to Kansas T :r ’ hU ckh' take. borfy ever''denied to the .Hghr to.taVq to ; KinsaSjhe proceedS ofjihe Sale, ojf hissjpVepi M_we|l as' the process’ ojMb'e“ dTliia pfanlqtjbp f JSecondlji;,'oC'piroperUr lhg« i* a n ? lur<|| bqt,rpej#: |he a f? • h.fe, L qqi a(lpw;qd by ■law- .A lottery iqteresi.je. the property, of itobolder,. Bebeuafo lotteries arep'rosgribed in Kansas, or riwwhwOfhw the lolteryhqld ercause ,c*\mM complsin oLtfje overthrew: of bis Constitutional' rights ? i Shall Kansas he invaded and drenched in blood because its inhabitants trill mot pass iholocai laws .which idiot bar Stateshave made lotteries property I With asmucb reason as beeauseiheywill not estoblisb property in human flesh and blood-' Theiprbperty whiqh'resblts ftemlo; c*Ha*B oan tboSe local laws have nndeitvalttable.atfdiisprbeeede'tsken wherevm ihd owner may ploove. ‘Andiithb Haioh to’be etsde'the'dMte wa hdttdo# t fl>T pKb^RiEihbßs. ;i NO. f." takitjgjiig thousand dollars; to gold andsilvM, he will take itinths shape of a 'lottery office dr a brother- man 1 Let Ihe flimsy pretext be. understood. If the right o. holding human beings' as' properly results I merely from local law, it is limited by the law which created it. If it be a natural right, |it is as indefeasible in Pennsylvania as it is ■in Audi thir.wilLbe the final issue. I But thirdly, it seems to be famirely forgot, ten that there iftrrighis on the other aide. It is a fqnd.aipentsl principle in law. that one iraan mpst not, by his properly, injure that pf ibis neighbors.'- -The, welfare.of-the one must giVe'way to the welfare of the many. Now if one mkn' hair property to a fellow,-there are thousands of others who have more uni. doubted properly, in themselves. If one claims the right of. making the bodily labor of his fellow subserve his own comfort and advan* tage, there are thousands of others who claim a divine and indefeasable right to make their own good arms available to their own support and advancement. And these two rights con. Diet. For slave labor and free labor are op. posed to each other. Slavery degrades bodily labor. It makes a man’s bodily strength and manual skill less available for his own profit and elevation, It thus diminishes and takes away his inherent property in himself. It lessens his..pecuniary reward, and shuts up the door of promotion. The question is thei*e fore, between the right of one man to the muscles of h -, s neighbor, and the right of thousands to the full benefit of their own mas. cles. It is whether one man is to leave bis slave behind him, or whether a thousand white citizens are to be enslaved if they go. The rights of all our. laboring classes, ten thousand to one slaveholder; are invaded in the attempt at the violent subjugotion of Kan sas. Morbver, there are many% methods of remunerative labor of more acter that are available only in a free com munity, . In fact, there is scarcely a depart raent of ingenuity or power, which the bia. ! lory aqd present state of our country do opt show to be circumscribed and depreciated by the presence of Slavery. The intellectual, literary had inventive, as well as the bodily powers of man, become jess available for in dividual and special prosperity. Every man, therefore, who'is not himself a slaveholder, is interested for himself his-children, bis rel atives and friends, in the exclusion of Slavery. His property and their properly to their own minds and bodies is depreciated by the intro duction of slave tabor. The inalienable rights' which God himself has given to him nod. ihom are arrayed against the "merely local and transferable, not to say disputable right, of the slaveholder. The suffering in Kansas, the suffering of Sdhneb, is not in resistance of human rights, but .it is martyrdom io.de fense of the rights of the many against the aggressions of the few. And the question is pot whether there shall be maintained the glaveholders, but whether shall banfraimawo* Hahts of mil- I ions of freemen. - 111. But thirdly, let ua not lose sight of the divine agency in all the troubles which hsve come upon ua. We are taught in Holy Scripture that the providence of God over rules the actions of men no less than than the operations of nature.' Every human agent is to the Lord only as the saw in the hand of him that shaketh it. No man can have any : power at all, against the object of his hatred or oppression, except it be given him from above. “Man proposes, bat God disposes.” And therefore when there is evil in a city or country, we are to look above the human in strutyenlalities, and humble ourselves under the hand of God, and inquire why He hath dealt so grievously with us. Especially is this the case in public calamiiies, For as bodies politic have bo existence in the world to cortte,- their judgment and recompense, unlike that of individuals, can lake place only' in this World, The' question which we ougty to ask ourselves, therefore, is, “Wherefore hath- the Lord dealt thus with his servants V Many are qur national offences. But there is ever,a correspondence between the offence and ita punishment.' And are we toaenrch out the sins and errors for which this special visitation bas been sent. ' • - Doubtless one sin for which wbare suffer, ing is the base spirit of truckling and pander ing to sectional interests and prejudices, which ’ has for somany years charac|ejized the primp movers of our political machinery. Politics bave.been a mere trade, conducted without honesty or principle for selfish aggrandize ment. .Vaiojy d<j.wo look, for patriotism in the wite-woiking of ,our political, parties The whole governmental administration is Conducted on the principlejof the division of the spoils. , There has. been no prejudice so opposed to the spirit of our institutions, no sectional interest so degrading) that political leaders, low and high, were not willing to sell themselves to>ii for voles. There has been bo parties too inconsistent unprincipled and corruptto be eniered into for. the' sake 6fcfߣeiahd public - money.' ’ In par ticplpr, the leading political parties have Tor ; years been conducted in rivalry of aubservt. ence to the interest! of Slavery. Theinte rests-of tbeoatiotl have, befto disregarded arid sacrificed in disgtaeefnl underbidding for.the alavehnlding- vote. There: was no deep so low for ode party to.descend into," that some “jower deep;still ope fling wide” vaarlbidun covbred by the othsr. 3 ‘ For ibore than-a gen eralion has this system of acir-ahasetfilmr been going on. " No wonder tlifttMhbSe whd ■ havo bebn the objeclS Of this SollCitaflpn shofd haws boeb - edtreated info'; the - ideb that tfef 1 f hble govefhmtnt bf the Conducted for the bertefif pf 11 JfbjSi' tibhSppy' cbU’h'fty e/n 3 vlmeto .it hbS'teeh o&ugfit oft -ttS'hV NbflUerff'pcllricikns. J '"E4ptcisify ia’ißia the’ I sl ” ’ case with our present agiiationa. A new scene of commotion had been sellled by new concessions, jo which, fpr ihe sake of peace, all' parties 1 tad a»emed.' t The wfioltnantl was at resj and ljuieV.' 1 ’Slkydry was demarid ingtiothihtfftipre, and ijri qpnohenlrbad/nata up' their ia)te settlement^ aod Tj» jiet- Sonal aggrrindiMmftil, the time, honoris bar. rier of freedom qaa ne'W bid io ihe auction which main pf »i% ho. nameless here, aa ’they J deserve'to bo Jn tfi'e annals 6( th® Bepubllo. , Insane anff unprincipled am bition is the Source of all lhe agitation, and turmoil, ahd bloodshed which’ has been rend ing the land asunder. The Whole people have witnessed so tamely [lie successive be trayals of their interests, and voled so dpcila ly on the issue theypreseoied, that hope had beep conceived of their unlimited submission. The’seclional jealousies which it has stirred up. antj J he attempt f to secarp, by violence, whaf Slav'ery understood to’ M offered it by the measure, is its natural consequence, and the providential punishtoerit of the nation for (be iniquity which it sanctioned and encour aged. ’ o ' ! ' ... Anbtherjiolitical sib for which (he nation is thus Buffering, is the neglect of political duly by respectable citizens. We have "boast ed touch of Our political .rights, but we have brep' iaßry ‘unmindful qf our political duties. How<lnrgda proportion of the most respecta ble and influential of our citizens have wholly absfaliictffrom the’’nomination" and election of our rulers. The (whole business of nomi nal ions has been given up to caucuses, chief ly composed of ihe ambitious and the’vile. Assemblies in which no respectable person could appear have brought out candidates of their own for inferior offices, and conventions of interested men have long wrangled out the nomination to higher posts'of those to whose election they could put their own hopes of office to be acquired or retained. Ail hon esty and all patriotism have quite disappeared from our political system. Politics h as be cotrie a trade so low that few respectable men dare touch it. Not an election can be carried without money,qnd bargaining and rum. And in' consequence hot a bit! can be carried through 'our national" legislature without bribes, Ye> orderly and .respectable Oitizens see these iniquities without troubling them selves iWTheir correction. Absorbed in their own business’-..and comfort, they leave the rule of the country they care not to whom. Arid yet they boast of their political rights. But God'bas'giVehoo right without obligation of, uls. The right of self-government involves the duly of self-government, the duty of se lecting and.electing the rulers of our people. This sacred duty, due to ourselves, mankind and GodJlaSbeen wholy neglected, and, there fore, God has turned our neglect into our pun ishment, and chastised the land with misrule and civil war. Kindred jantT consequential to these has been another Slq—the entire divorce of the whole System of politics from the fear of God. If respectable men when they keep aloof from the'seleclion of candidates for office, also threw away their allegiance to party, the evil would be less. .But, by a strange confusion of moral sense, the obligation to patjyis made unquestionable and supreme. No matter what may be the character of its ogents—no mat ter what may be the evil principle or iniqui tous' measures incorporated in its action, how many 'good men (here are for whom the sin gle consideration, that it is to the action of their own party, is enough.' They’ask no questions, listen to no argument, recognize no higher authority. How few Christian men ever think of taking counsel of God in ques tions of public affairs,and giving religion the’ control of their politics. How few citizens recognize their responsibility to God for their political influence, How few men of princi ple bring (heir political conduct to the same tests as (heir ordinary intercourse. Now, let it be rernemnered,'thal the ultimate responsi bility of every measure rests with the people, and in this matler, as in all others, each one mast answer for himself. Caucuses of the idle and dissolute-may nominate who they please, leaders of political parties may ven-’ lure on what iniquities they will, but to the people belongs the 'responsibility of their adoption. Without the Sanction of the people they sink iqto the obscurity which they de serve. It is on-this principle' that God Is dealing .with us as* a people.' The American people have been characterized bya blind and unscrupulous’adherence to party—the po litical motality of oUr country has become a byword antf's hissing—the whole people, by negligence or party-spirit, hdve become parta kers (n"the guilt of actions which, iflhey had not been id politics, would he a loathing to ’ thq moral sense, of the community, And,’ ‘ihereforei God haS punished the nation -with’ 1 ' the legitimate results of (heir own misconduct. For these national offences God justly’ brought upon ns disgrace and suffering, and a discord which threatens the direct disasters in tipi future. 1 , IV. But let us inquire, fourthly, inter (ha providential detign of these afflictions.— What lesson' are they sent (o (each, what ■ practical and to secure 7- Why have'the-' truckling 1 subserviency of Nonherb -politi crans'ana the arrogant aggresSiOni-ofthe ■slave power been 1 allowed to proceed so far ' unchecked, and to bring forth such disastrous ' fruits?- Is it dot lb 'bring hack the public 'blind to the views of Slavery which were qn lertafned'tfthe formation of dur Government, anfl wT,id open 1 anew ihewayforifs amelfb. ' ralidn ah'd blfiinate removal'? A great change 'has come pver the public sentiment in regard ' to Slavery ’ within the last twenty r fiye or thirty years. PrWioUs lb thM time lt (bubd its ' apologists neither North nor South. It was laWiu'edand, depioftd pa every hand aai ' necessary evil. The 'mdsf that could hb’said •in regard (o if Was. tjjaV living men weft not ’’ 1 responsible for its ’ introduction; and that if to ailetbntils * All prolesSedio took forward to a linao wheb . 'it should cease to be. With this view-' dll ‘ : modejaie jnep r were sptisf^d,. at it as 1 and 1 ipqurped oyer' ft’befdre jioid a| ip pvif, they wouldidthave,|ajdi«, 'The!, ’ strengijwpmg of ina Influence bf.ClirisUapiiy, then ' dpi jWe.hope l^jvbraftce.'', people is.siilhhp same.. But the to aspect and expfesajon of Slavery is'enl irely alrpred." ’' ' l ' * (Conclil'drd hli“fo:l Ah llj ' '
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