# person. ' illy a 11.' _
reduced to a state of bondage, lie may bo
oppressed with impunity, Let us fee
v. hat the word of God says about God's i
displeasure at oppression.
l's. 12 : 5. " For the oppression of the ;
poor, for tho sighing of the needy, now j
will [ arise s.iith i'nc Lord."
Jct.22: 13. Woe untoJiimthntbnild
cth his hou-o by unrighteousne and bis
chambers by wrong; that nseth his neigh-j
lior's service without wages, and giyetli
him not for his work." Of Christ it i•; i
(laid in prophecy: Ps. 72: 4. "lloshall
judge the poor of the people, hosliallsave |
ihe children of the needy, aud shall break •
in pieces the oppre. or."
Jcr. 21 : 12. " Thus ,-r ith tho Lord ; i
execute judgment in the morning, oud i
deliver him that is spoiled out of the hand
of tho oppressor, lest my fury go out like j
fire, and hum that none may quench it, j
because of the evil of j our doings/'
In the 140 th Psalm we read that God
"ttxocuteth judgment Tor the* oppressed."
Trov. 14: 81. " lie that opprcsseth
the poor reproacheth his Maker."
Pr\r. 22 : 22, 23. " Hob not the poor,
because he is poor; neither oppres: the
afflicted in ite, I>r the Lord will
plead their cnuso. aud spoil the soul of i
those that spoiled them."
Isaiah prophecies {10: 20.) "They!
shall cry unto tho Lord because of tho
oppressor, and bo shall send them a sav
iour. and a great one, and shall deliver
them." Lot us now examine passages of
scripture that have undoubted reference to 1
slavery.
•Jer. 34: 17. '-Therefore thus saith
the Lor 1; ye have not hearkened unto me,
in proclaiming liberty every one to his
brother, and every man t > bis neighbor;
behold I proclaim a liberty lor you. saith
the Lord, to the sword, to the pestilence
And. to the famine, aud L will cause you
to be removed into all the kingdoms of
the earth." It'l3 true that tho Isralites
thus rebuked were enslaving their 1 wn
•brethren, re-enslaving them. But still
it shows tltegreatprinciple of (Jod's judg
ments on oppre. s:irs. Let us examine,
Exodus 2 : 23, 24; ami S: 7—o. '' A nil
the children of Israel sighed by rea-'ti of
the bondage, and they cried ; and their
cry c iiu( iif> uufo •1 •1.1 yr- uoflb •
bondage. And G" I heard their {. loan
ing, and Gol tomelnl orcd his covenant
with Abraham, fiud with 1 ac, and v.lth
Jacob." '• And tho Lord said. I have
surely seen the affliction of my people
which arc in Iv.'ypt, and have heard their
cry by reason ■i' their 1. k-masters; 112. r 1
know their sorrows. An 1 lam come
down to deliver them. Now therefore,
behold, the cry of the children of lsr.iol
is 01110 unto ine; and I have also seen 1
the oppressors wherewith the Egyptians !
oppress them." '
God then sent Moses to deliver them.
Phaiaoh refn.-ed to let tho people go; and .
the result was.he was destroyed. The 1
pijtvidenee of Go'l )ems 11 w to be say
ing. fr.t tl" Opprr.- rl'fiojW' . 1 WOUld
tremble to say one word against it. or to
throw one obstacle in the way. Ido not ;
enter upon the question of the '• Hmanci- |
pation Proclamationwhether it was light
or wfettg, vise or unwise. I look merely
upon the providence of God in the matter,
and his known will as expressed in his
word.
P>ut as there are many honest men who
nelieve that tho Africans are intended to :
be bondmen, and that there is seripturo
warrant lor enslaving them, lot us consid
er briefly the arguments adduced.
1. The first argument is drawn IV in the
Otli chapter of Genesis, where Noah awa- 1
king from his wine prononnced a curse
upon Canaan the : on of Hani, who was in i
some way implicated with his father, in
disrespect to Noah. "Cursed bo Canaan;
a servant of servants shall he bo unto
lps brethren."- It is maintained that this
is a-prophcey. and more tlnm a prophecy;
that it is an injunction to enslave the,
Africans who arc the descendants of 11 am.
But the curse i restricted to the t'esi. n
dants of Canaan, and they were not Af- .
rieans at all. They settled in western
Asia, in what is called the land of Canaan.
And Ihe prediction v . s fulfilled when the
Canaanitcs were subdued by Joshua, and ;
became "hewersof wood and drawers of
water" to the children of Israel. No
curse was pronounced upon (ho negroes.
The negro race seem to bo descendants of j
Cusli the eldest son of llatn. "The word
rendered ! !th ; opian lnoui : Hide's.Cush
ite i. r. a descendant of Cu>h. And .
the question of Jeremiah, can the Ethio- j
pian change his --kin?' intimates very
plainly that the Cuslrites were a colored •
people." Dr. McFarren. Not so the •
Canaaniles. They were not black n n.
They were not negroes. Aud even if the
words of Noah did refer to the negroes
it would not justify 1; in enslaving them.
A prediction that a thing mill I
does not authorize /*«:to do it. For exam
ple: it was predicted that the Jew - hould
be oppressed by the Assyrians, but that
did not justify Ncbuchadner/ur in op| a-s
--sing them. God said unto Abraham,
(Con. 15: 13.) " Know of a surety tlr.u
thy seed shall be a ; ranger ii -adthai
is not theirs, and shall serve them ; and
they shallafflict them four hundred yea
Did that prediction justify .the Egyptians :
in enslaving them ? Certainly 11 't; for it
is added, (v. 14.) "And also that nation ;
whom they shall serve, will I judge." It
was predicted that Jesus should be slain .
but this did not justify his murderers.
But if we take the ground that God
intended that a curse should rest upon the
negroes, are ice therefore to do what we
can in order to promote this curse ? God 1
cursed the grouud for man's sin. and or- •
do red that it should bring forth thorns
uud thistles. He would be a simpleton
who would on that account fill his pock
ets with thistle seed and make it a busi- ; 1
ness to scatter them in the fields that the
curse might be accomplished: or who
would plant thorn bushes with his e<srn
lest the curso should fail. lie is doing
worse, who binds the letters of slavery ou
his fellow man, arguing that he is carry
ing out God's curse upon hiinl*
2. An argument is brought from the
example of Abraham, who had " servants
boru 111 his house and bought with his
money."
" Abraham, like tho Arab Sheikh of
to-day, had arouudjiim a body, not of
Tlu» seetl of Ham,'' so far from being servile, M were
tho progenitor* of the miglitle«t empire (if thepM \rorhl." '■
Egypt and Babylon HptiOiuou". It Is unlj' recently ,
that the p4wterity of lltuu have b«uu nwtl« slave* of tl>
any eiWnt.
chattel slaves, but of household retainers,
owing fealty to their lord :• men whom he
trusted with the stewardship of all his
properly; whom he armed for the rescue
| of Lot .and led into battle; to one ofwhon:
| lie committed the delicate office of -eek-
I ing'a bride for Tsaac, sefcding him with a
! tempting dowry into a distant land." ()
j how unlike the slavery of modern times !
As to the buying of these with money, I
j shall speak of this under the nest argu
: lucnt.
| 3. The next argumeut in favor of Sla
| very, is, that the Mosaic laws allowed of
-kivery,*hd that the Israelites practiced
jit under these laws.
In reply to this argument, it may ba
; said that the servants wore not held as
] chattel-. A price was paid in advance
for the labor and lor the control of the
• rv ant, a - we t . % or -tip'.jlato to pa;, f.,r
a bound boy. This is being "bought with
in ney." Money ».•>]: Id b 1 a father for
a daughter .wheu one wished tS wed her.
But the wife and servant retained rights
"oarded by law and by religion. lloaz
/uirrha.t,"/ Iluth to be his wife. (Ruth.
4:10.) Hut did she become his chattel
j property thereby? Not at all.
i A man could "*<7/ bis daughter to be
| a maid servant.". (Ex. 21:8.) And a ]
i man could sell himself and family for i
debt. '-But the so-called sale did not;
make the subject of it a chattel in the j
hands of the purchaser." "In the one I
ease the maiden was betrothed ami had j
; tho connubial rights of a consort of sec- •
lon ! rank ; and in tho other, tho debtor |
merely mortgaged his labor fora term of
years. Where the servant is spoken of:
| a his master's 'money,' the sense is obvi
ously. not that ho was an ar/rcle of prop- |
ertv, but that, on account of his services, |
be was worth money to his master." Ser-!
vitudc was the remedy for theft and pov-T
erty ; and hence there w»s no need of j
prisons, and poor-houses, and alms-houses.
1 he Jewish laws of servitude were almost
wholly unlike the laws of the Slave States. !
In the Slave States there is seldom any
marriage covenant between the slaves who I
' pass as man and wife. Husband and'
wives are separated at the will of the mas
ter. Children arc separated from parents
in early age and sold into distant bond
age. Slaves are forbidden to learn to
read ; consequently the lliblo is a sealed i
• book. However grent ihe wrongs of slaves
may be, they have-no redress; their tes- I
i timony cannot bo received in a court of
justice. And they may be punished in j
! the most barbarous manner at the discre
tion of the master. It will not do to argue !
lor Amerinm slavery from Jewish scrvi- ;
tilde. I>a klie and light are hardly!
more dissimilar.
It does not follow from those remarks j
; that all masters are cruel, liy no means.'
There are piou; masters who endeavor to ]
j do what they believe to be right, and are j
•doing what they can under their barbar- I
. ous laws, for tho spiritual and temporal j
good of their slaves. With the exception j
of setting them free, which they often
find it very difficult to do.-thcy may bo
id to be doing what they can. Hut tho i
, fa/..'/'hi is fraught with enormous evils
which i institute a great Rational cutso. i
It is worthy of remark that no permis- j
sion v.a.s given under the Jewish code, to j
grlf a servant, unless the sale of one's self
and children, which was an apprentice
ship, was an exception. No grant to sell !
is given.
Many passages may be adduced to show 1
how unlike modem slavery was Jewish
servitude..
" Thou -halt neither vex a strangornor
oppress him—for ye were strangers in the
bind of Kgvpt. (E*. 22 :21 ).
Thou slialt not deliver unto his mas- !
tor the servant which is escaped from his |
master unto (bee; he shall dwell with thee. |
even among you in that place which he
hall choose in one of thy gates where it
i liketh him best ; thou shalt not oppress
, him." (Deut. 23 : hi t.
As it regards tho permission <o bnysor-
I van'? from the heathen, Dr. Scott remarks. .
j " It does not appear from tho subsequent
history, that the people availed themselves
of this allowanco to any great extent; for i
we read but littlo of slaves from among 1
the Gentiles possessed by them."
When tho Jews failed to set their ser- i
vants at liberty when required. God said !
to them by his prophet: (Isa. fiS: ."),) "Is |
not this the fast that 1 have chosen ? to |
loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the
heavy burdens, and let the oppressed go
free, and that ye break every yoke?"
The servants of the Israelites were not
negroes, but generally their own country
men. If we wish to make our own coun
trymen slaves, we may argue from the
Jewish law. I might remark on the word
"forever," ("they shall be your bond
men fort rrr.") I hut eminent Hebrew schol
ars consider it as only reselling to theyear
of .lubileo. when allmru were made free.
The argument is tli »: Hebrew servant
were to serve but six years except ex
traordinary cases. (Soe F.x. chapter, i
And they were never to serve beyond the
year of Jubilee. Yet it is said (fix. 21 :
S, (i.) "If the servant shall plainly say,
I love my master, my wife, and my chil
dren ; 1 will not go out free : then his mas
tor shall bring him uuto the judges: he
shall also bring him to the door, or unto
the door-post; and his master shall bore
his car through with an awl; and he shall
serve him farcrt r." The word " forever"
has a limited significationas relating
to a Hebrew servant. And why not when
applied to a Strang*.? The -language of
the Bible is very emphatic that all were
to got their liberty at the Jubilee. It is
directed concerning the Jubilee; "Ye
shall proclaim liberty in the land unto all
the itthabikuils thereof (Lev. 25:10.
4. The next argument for slavery, is.
that it existed in the Roman Empire in
the time of Christ and his apostles,
that the apostles received slaveholders in
to the church aud continued them in it
without giving auy intimation that slave
holding was a siu. 11 is certain that there
was a huge system of slavery under the
Roman Government. They acquired
slaves in several ways. They made slaves
of captives taken in war: Those who re
fused or neglected to be registered in the
census, and those who evaded military ser
vice became slaves. Coudemued crimi
nals were sometimes made slaves as a pun
ishment. Aud the child of a slave moth
er was a slave. But while the Roman
slaves were from various nations, very few
of theui wore Africans. The slaves, in
the days of the apostles, were white slaves.
And if the argument is worth any thing
it is an argument for enslaving white men,
such for example as evadeuiilitary service,
or such a.-: neglect to bo registerel in die
census. Slaves in Rome were very nu
merous. (iibbou e. timajes the slaves, in
the time of Claudius equal to the number
of freemen ;—sixty millions of each. In
Italy there were in the days of the apos
tles. twice or three times as many slaves
as freemen. The masters were often guil
ty of the most barbarous cruelties ; and
had the power of putting their slaves to
death. Now to say that the apostles ap
proved of all this cruelty, is to say th at
they had not the love of God in their j
hearts. _ Their silence doe 3 not sanction'
the enormities of Roman masters. But. 1
they were not silent. While they instruct- j
cd the slaves to be obedient, they trans- \
formed the Roman slave or chattel, so far I
ii - tie™ teaching could doit, into a chris-1
tian man the equal of his master " Mas- j
ters," said they, " give unto your servants
that which is just end equal " Col. 4:1. 1
"Treat them as equals in all the esaen- j
tial rights tf men—as husbands, as fath- |
ers. as worthy of their hire, as j
rational aud immortal souls, give to tlieiu
equality. These words arc the tloalh blow," j
says otio, of Roman chattel slavery. Dr. |
Hodge, in 'omuienting on this passage j
: says : "Slaves are to be treated by their j
master? on tho principles of equality. Not I
I that they arc to hie equal with their mas- |
! ters in authority or station, or circum-1
I stances ; but they are to be treated as |
i having, as men, as husbands, and as pa- (,
rents, njira!rijfhts irif/i their masters. It
i is just as great a sin to deprive a slave if |
j the just recompense for his labor, or to
keep him in ignorance, or to tnko him I
from his wife and'child, as.it is to act
thus toward a free man. This is the j
inequality which the law of God demands.
| and ou this principle the final judgnicut is j
to hi administered,"
; Our Savior is said to have boon > : !cn! |
on the subject of slavery. But look at |
bis teaching:'. If they were obeyed every :
1 bond would this day be sundered. His |
1 golden rule would break every fetter.— j
Jbsttt claims (Lev. 4:1*.) that he came to
p.. itch delivewn o to the captives, and to ,
et at liberty them that are bruised.''— j
And though this receives its highest j
fulfilment in spiritual freedom, it implies
1 that the principles of hi - religion arc such
as to break the fetters of temporal bon
' dago. Let it not be said that our Savior
was silent on the subject of slavery when
: the whole spirit of his teachings was
I against it.
There is one other argument to which
: we must briefly attend.
| 5. Paul is aid to have sent back a fu
-1 gitivc slave, Onesimus, to his master Phil-*
S onion, thus sanctioning his bondage. Sec
| the Epistle to Philemon. Concerning
I this ease, two remarks may be made.
First. Whatever may have been the
! servile condition of Onesimus, it appears
! that he was related, in the flesh, to Chile- ;
| mon. Paul calls him Philemon's " broth
or beloved, —both in t!r jb sh and in the
! Lord." He may have been Philemon's
! younger brother, under servitude as a
i ward, or bound to servitude for a time.
(S'f. - /i</. Paul sent back Onesimus bc
j seeching Phileim n to receive him again,
j " not now an a sereant. but aim-.: a ser-
I vanf." If the Epistle to Philemon proves
| that Paul sent buck a lugitive slave, it I
proves also that lie sent him to his mas
j tor with an exhortation to set him free.—
There is evidence that Philemon acted
upon the advice, aud that Onesimus be
came a minister of the gospel. See Col.
4: 0."
Again, ive have said that many
anti-slur.rj nun hi rami injidils. This!
i caused many to hesitate about inculcating ]
I anti-slavery views. But it is clear to my j
mind that it was the pro-slavery intcrpre- |
tatiou of scripture, and not the contrary. '
that led them into infidelity. Relieving
that tliir.seriptures taught that slavery
with all its abominations was right, it was
natural for them to reject the word of
(rod. Had they looked upon the teach
ings of the Bible in their true light, aud
asked counsel from God they would have
; escaped the fatal delusion into which they
j 'k"-
Again, we have said that tho discus
siou of the subject of slavery was ealeu- .
j lated to inflame tin Southern mint/, and j
I that therefore ministers refrained from
! preaching on the subject, fearing that the j
consequences would be bad.
Whether they wore right or wrong in
their course, this reason no longer exists.
Ihe Southern mind is no longer mtluenc-,
cd by any thing that can be said 011 the
subject in the .North. All that We call
now do is to adopt light views ourselves,
and repent of atiy countenance that we
may have given to that which incurs the
j tti.-pleasiue of our God. 1 feel, for one,
that I cannot declare the wholo counsel of
God without speaking of this sin also.—
God says to me, (I'rov. ol:'J.) " Open thy |
mouth, judge righteously, and phut! th> ;
cause t j the pour anil needy."
I would uot iullauic your minds against ;
the Southern poop e, or even against slave- j
holders. 1 have but little Uoubt if if ;
had lived in the South, aud had our wealth 1
increased by slave labor, ice too should j
have becu in favor of the system. But |
we ought to bo thankful that we are call*
cd to louk at the subject from a ditlereut
sUiuU-point. Aud my wish is that we
may repent of our own disregard to the
rights of our fellow men, aud from this
time take such a stand lor God's oppress
ed ones as will meet with his approbation,
it i.-i dangerous to injure his little oues, of
any 4iattou or color. He that toucheth
them toucheth the apple of his eye. And
the time will come, sooner or later, when
he will avenge their wrongs 011 their op
pressors. Terribly will their tears burst
111 vials of wrath on the heads of those
who oppress them, and those who favor
their oppression. God is now settling
with the nations. Long a.go his saints
wore martyred among ihe Alps. And
.Milton prayed : "Avenge. O Lord, thy
slaughtered saiuts, whose bones lie scat
tered ou the Alpine mountains cold.''—
That prayer haw been recently answered
in the Italian war, which has wrested the
Italian States from the hand ot despot
ism. And the tup of woe which wo are
now drinking is for our many sins, among
which stauds out prominently our ojijires
sion. The cries of the oppressed Israel
ites came up bef rc Uod, aud were more
dangerous to Phaiaoh than armed soldiers.
The babes of Bethlehem crushed Herod's
heart mo;e thau the wratEof Ce&mt could
have done.
'• The most twill? of fans is a victim
And better far is the condition of a slave
I than of his tyrannfetl mastor. Slavery
has generally, perhaps always, endangered
anil revolutionized the nations it
; has existed. It destroyed I'haroah and
| his host.
The Chisns were the first Greeks who
engaged in the slave trade. And they
1 placed n galling yoke on their slaves. "In
process of time 4he Chiaus themselves
! were compelled to draiji the hitter cup of
servitude. This Vthemieus the Roman
orator considered "the just punishment of
| their wickedness."
! The Helots of .Sparta often rose against
' their master.-!, thus bringing on civil war.
■ The oppression ckercised toward them j
kindled those bloody servile wars which
112 ' nrta could not quench without foreign
aid.
In Home the slave i often arose against
their oppressors. In one servile insurrec
tion it is said by some that a million of
lives were lost. Four times were the
Roman armies defeated. Roman soldiers
became 'lie captives of their bond—
The army of the slaves increased to 200,
000. Slavery was the moving cause of
| more than one revolution in Roma. Thus
| slavery has always been a dangerous ele
ment in sociotj'; and if th« slaves have
I not risen against their masters, God has
I in some other way rebukedtho oppressors.
I Our jot ;nt tr kavp.heen dreaded for
long time by wi.se and good men.
Even Jefferson who was far from being
I n,pious man. said with reference to sla
very. 'T tremble for my umntry when I
remember that. God is just."
Patrick Henry, though a slaveholder
said:.'! cannot justify it.l believe a
| time will come when an opportunity will j
I be offered to abolish this lamentable cvii."
I Washington said "that it was among his j
■ lirst wishes to sec some plan adopted by I
j whi> h slavery may be abolished by law."
i We all hoped it would eorne without
j Wood ; and v. e feared to move a hand in i
she matter lest we should-kindle a blaze |
that would burn down the fair fabriek ol
1 our government. But we believed thht
; the time would come when God would
| take vengeuce. We remembered that it
was written of Jesus. (Ps. 72:4.) "lie
shall judge the poor of the people, he
j sha'l save tlio children of the needy, and j
j hall break in j J the 0/>]>l <■...-.0r." In '
j the mean time the cries of the oppres el I
I were going up to Go<f. It has been 302
;yi ,r nee John Hawkins first landed
I negro slaves, brought from Africa, on
I American shores, at Jamestown Va. This
; is nearly a hundred years longer that God |
j lias borne with slavery in our country I
I thau he did with the enslavement of the
j Hebrews by tho Egyptian *. God said to ]
I Abraham, (Gin. loil.'i. 14.) "Kn w of a !
I surety that thy seed shall be a stranger in |
a strange land that is not theirs, and shall j
serve them ; and they shall allliot them i
| 400-years; and also that nation whom
| they shall serve, will I judge: and after- i
■ ward shall they come out, with great sub- I
! stance."
from the time that <!od spake to Abra- |
| ham till Israel came out of Egypt. But j
the icnl bondage was not much more than j
half So long. !'r. Scott says,"the con- !
' tinuance of Israel in Egypt is calculated !
|to have been 21") ye ars." Accordingly
Go ! has spared us in our oppression lon-
I gcr by nearly n century than he did the
j Egyptians. Let us not, like I'haroah,
harden our hearts and still disobey.
I Of Course there id not a perfect parallel
j between the two people enslaved and the
i two people enslaving. The negroes are
not God's peculiar people as tho Israelites
: were. But many of them are his belov
ed people, and he hears their prayers,
j Oil the other hand weare not the heith
on and Ije.-ottcd people that Egypt was. j
But we are a christian people. And this
j makes our guilt the greater. God said to
| his people, (Amos 3:2.) 1 You only have
I I known of all the families of the earth :
! therefore I will punish you for all your |
| iniquities." The more we are enlighten
-1 ed and blest of God. the greater ourpun-
I isliment if we sin,
In conclusion, T would say, there are
! other great sins of which wo are guilty.
! and of which we might heartily to repent.
You who have heard me preach for years
can testify that I have never made th<> ,
subject of this days discussion a hobby.
| I.have indeed, never so fully discussed it
j before. Pcrhapsl have erred. Nor have
! I any partiality for tho negro. Rut he is
j a man, and as such he ought to be treated.
Rut the.ro are other groat sins, of which
I have often spoken, sins that I thought
! claimed our attention more than this: Our
pride as a nation, —our profanity and for
getfulness of (iod.—our intemperance,—
; i>ur Sabbath breaking,—our frauds.—our
| recklessness of human lite; —all these
! and others, call for deep penitence this
I d?iy.
_(), who will stand ill thu breach, and by
prayer, and penitence, and reformation,
; and good instruction, make up the hedge.
; that (iod's indignation may cease, and his |
\ compassion spare our guilty land ?
Let us return to the Lord and ho will (
I biud us up. Amen.
OUTRAGEOUS Sl'l'l'RESSlON Of Free :
: SPEECH. —The following mottoes were
j inscribed on banners at the " Peace" meet- j
: iug at Syracuse on the liith inst.:
" .No more vietimaeJiyrtlie slaughter!
i pen—not a man nor a dollar."
" If Seward touches his bells again the !
! people will stretch his neck."
*• Abe Lincoln slaughters white men
under the pretence of freeing niggars."
" Tho people are ready to take ven
geance on theadvocatesof civil war."
" Lincoln demand blood! I'rovost-
Marshals beware !"
" Let tho tyrants tremble when the
people speak."
" Usurpation unrebuked is despotism
accepted."
" Crush the tyrant Lincoln before he
crushes you."
" Free ballots or free bullets."
" War is dissolution sjfeedy and final."
"This is a niggar war."
" We will not be conscripted ill a war !
for the emancipation of Slavery."
" Humility commands that this butch
ery shall cease."
" Lincoln has murdered three white
men to free one negro."
tho" liavc you heard tho news from
Atlanta; jjood news and true.
✓
£he 3Mmu uau (t iti*cn.
THOMAS ROBINSON,
CYRUS E. ANDERSON,
JI. W. HPE.4R. I'ubliNhrr.
BUTLER FA.
IVK».\FSn.I\ - SEP. 7. 1W«!.
44 Liberty and Union. Now and Forever, One
and'n«eparable."—D. Webstar.
•FOlt PRESIDENT IN 1804 !
AISItAH A3T LIX('»LX.
of Illinois.
FOII VICE PRESIDENT!
A "SDRKW .lOSI^'NTO:*.
of Tennessee,
PrrfidenttiU Electors.
• griATOUIVL.
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Thomtia 11. ltenvw count r.
UK RI3ENTATIV*.
1 JV.l.ort r. Kill,?, :13 F.lim W. NiTI,
2- >. M .rr-'-n < n'w, :I4 Cl»!irlf« H. Phrinwrj
licnr 7 Ihirnr. Ift Jolm Wjstcr,
4 U.III -m 11. K tn. i jHvi ! MT■•nnr hy,
f> llnrt ;i II .Tc Oku. 17 l>nvt«l W. Wirnd,
112, M. Punk, |IS !-:. »«• lin.-m,
7 Ha»l»«*rt I'urkur, 'lO .!"!m I'.'tton,
8 A-ir.»n Mrll, *.Hi .vtmuel l». Dkk,
0 .'••Jin A. Hit- tnn<l, Eviiird l!ini>r,
10 ]! ; WJ I!, i rvt'll, .hhn V Ponin-v,
11 n-Hitkv, en r M'Jtmkin,
| l'j 1 !'. 1 • "j! .Irlin W . !*' it:' h t
I LOCAL TICKET.
CONCKtSS,
THOMAS WILLIAMS.
PRESIDENT JUDGE,
| L. L. M'GI'FFIN, Lawrence county.
ASSEMBLY,
WM.BASLETT.
JOHN H. Xl'd LEY
of Butler County.
BAMI"KL M'KINLEY,
of Lawrence Count if.
COMMISSIONER.
A. C. CHRISTY.
AUDITOR.
" LEANDER WISE.
Committee circling.
j The llepi(l)lican Executive Committee
| of this county, are requested to meet in
! the Arbitration room, in this borough, on
jSATI T RPAY the tenth of September
| next, for the purpose of attending to all
j business that may properly coiiio before
them for action.
We are just entering upon one of the
| most momentous political campaigns that
h.'.s ever been witnessed in thi or any oth
| er country —one that involves the very ox
| and future unity of this nation,
j It is to be expected, therefore, that all oth
er business being laid aside, there will be
a full attendance of the committee at 'he
time and plaeo indicated.
'i tios. Robinson, Chairman.
Heavy lrlillfrj.
The company raised fur this branch of
tho service by Rev. Will. 11. Ilutcheson.
of Middlesex, Pastor of a United Pres
byterian (' ngregation in that vicinity,
went into camp last week ono hundred
and fifty strong; and organized by electing
j Rev. Huteheson, Captain; Humes Mc-
Candless, first Lieutennnt, and Thomas
M'Klwain, second Lieutenant. ■
They arc attaehod to Col. Oallopo'g
i Regiment.
''Apply I lie
"The /tispntc/i /tispntc/i accuses us
of making a quasi defence of tho riots,
and suggests as a way of silencing tho fio
tion who complain of tho Conscription act,
: that the exemption clause bo repeal
ed.
We dare llie Administration and iia
supporters to the tost. We go further.
We promise, In the name of tho Democrat
ic party, that if Mr. Lincoln will call Con
gress together, that L'euiocrat will
vote for its repeal."
Such was the latiguago of the I'iiion
JJr.ruld of last year! llntnow how chang
ed J Since then Congress has repealed
that clauae, aud Copperheads all growl,
our neighbor included.
JJfei"ln another column will bo found
an article from the Knoxville H /io/, ac
companied by a oall for a State Conven
: vent ion which was to iu«ot on Monday
] last.
In the same paper is detailed accounts
! of meetings being held atdiffcrent places
• throughout the State, in the interests of
the I. IHOU and Emancipation. i
How strange it is to observe that while
I the.-e patriotic uovemcuU are going ou
j for Union and permanent] eacc in some of
tho rebel States, that a party is being or
ganized in the North whoso object is to
re-establish slavery; todivide thccountry,
and thereby give up to the tender mercies
of the rebels that patriotic class of men
in the South whoHiave stood by the Union
from tho first—through adversity as well
as prosperity. Rut they cannot succeed
in their unholy purposes, for "Humanity
moves onward." Tennessee will this fall
record her vote in favor of u Union can
didate tor I'resident aud Yice President;
aud there can be little doubt as to whom
that choice will bo. How cheering to the
heartof a patriot tosee a State once shrou
ded in treason, thus throw off its dark
mautle and clotho itself in thegarmcntof
"Uuion and Liberty!!" jet this is but the
beginning of the end that will soon be
realized in tho case of all those rebellious
States.
BSJ-' The campaign is now fairly open
ed. The opposition met on Monday in
this place, and put a county ticket in nom
ination. For AsScmbly, they nominated
J. B. Wallace, of' I'enn, aml.T. 'J'. Bard,
of CentreviHe. l<or Commissioner, An
drew Barclay, of Middlesex, and for
ditor. Win. J. Graham, of Forward. We
are frco to say that these gentlemen are
nil good citizens—we trust therefore, that
the canvass wilibe managed in such a
way as to avoid personalities. Personally
we wish these gentlemen well—of course,
stanit associated with a party
whose success we believe would be pro
ductive only of evil tu our country, we
cannot have any sympathy with them po
litically.
A Card.
1 lie editor of the JJ> ra/il seems quite
exercised as to the sub-district to which
both ho and I belong. I was origin
ally enrolled in I'enn township, where L
then resided. But having moved to But
ler this spring, I desired to have my
name transfered to this place, and so in
formed Mr. Kennedy, the enroller for*
Fenn.
1 a Mrc s ed a note (o tl.e Piov. Mar., in
fo ui'iiL him that 1 li.ul changed uiy resi
dence. ;;nd therefore desiied my enrollment
tube changed accordingly. 1 was :ftei wards
informed that the transfer wa.- made, and
thereupon paid.over Wo Lsquiro l'urvis, |
\\ hat was said to be my share of the boun
ty fund. 1 have not heard from this mat
ter since. The no*e already mentii red is
the only one I have written to ihat office
this season. 1 can casil\ see the pro
priety of an individual wishing to have
liia enrollment correspond with his rra»-
</. nrr. But T confess to some surprise
to observe a gentleman having moved in
to a certain locality, refuse to have his
enrollment correspond! In other words,
why should Mr. Vi.ilsi u object to
have his lot cast among his Demo
cratic neighbors of Butler township?—
The draft h is, of course, no terrors for
thcui! "It cannot be enforced" as they
tell u*ll' Why then this extreme i ff- j
ishncss on the part of Mr Wilson?—
i But this is a matter in which we feel no
interest ; ho may settle it as best be can j
with his Democratic friends in the town- I
ship. In fine, for the purpose of setting !
this whole matter at rest, I propose to
Mr. Wilson, that we both volunteer ;and
for the purpose of avoiding any trouble,
T will agree that so far as we are con
cerned, wo will serve in a conservative.
manner—fighting only armed treason, and
that expressly for the preservation of the j
" I uiou as it was mid the Constitution as :
it is." Wo have both business that seems |
to occupy our time and attention, but ma
! Ny have made quite as great sacrifices as j
|we would be required to do. We flatter j
ourselves that our influence is at least as j
potent in behalf of the l nion cause, as j
is that of Mr. Wilson in behalf of the !
| rebellion ; wo are willing however, that L
| the interests of the respective causes be I
j committed toother hands, ut least till our j
return; whenever, therefore, .Mr. Wilson |
makos up his mind to accompany me to j
" the fn'iit" in the capacity of a Union \
soldier, 1 am*Teady to " pack, knapsack,"
' iill then, I leavo this matter. In the
meantime, I have no great honor forgo- j
ing into tho service in whatever way the |
Government calls—as is often sung in
camp,
'• Why nhoiiM we fo*r conscription laws,
. Or fright »! drnf'.i* alarm*!
"I'M hut the v;»ic«' our country Nndu,
To make im *h"uidor arm*."
T. lIoBINSON.
■ To Clark Wilson, Esq.
Tlac < < «sjvintioii.
This Convention brought together a
j uiotely crew, and might well be said to
have been
"A spec! Held of C'ltllicftl CKlditiO',
Things that hnduevc. Uoeu ii(.I K Lboi'«before."
'j he Seymours, iho uuts, tin) j
(/nmbs, the Longs, the Valandighams.
the Powells etc., a gathering of old f'os- j
sils it'all sh i Ids an 1 opinions, brought to- |
gcthcr by an unyiel % (hurst for public i
plunder—a desire to thwart (ho efforts of
the Government in suppressing rebellion, j
and if possible relieve their •'southern !
brethren" from the crushing blow now bo- j
ing dealt them by the Union army.
We have no: space, at piesent, to notice'
the doings of this Convention at length j
—indeed it wasqiita a tame affair.— [
McClellan and Pendleton are the nomi
nees—the latter is a known traitor of the
Valandighaui stripe; and the fact that
perfect acquiescence was given by that, j
wing of the party to McClellan's nonii- !
nation, as also the fact that his nomina
tion was moved to bo unanimous by Val
landigham, is enough iu itself to consign
Little Mac to oblivion.
The platform is one of tho most tame
surrenders to treason possible to conceive j
of. Their weak expression of sympathy j
for our brave soldiei s, discovers a want of j
admiration for tho cause in which they
nrc engaged, or the manner in which they.,
are maintaining that cause ! No acknow
ledgment of the great services rendered
in the present campaign, by the gallant
Grant and Sherman, nor a single word as
to tho doings of Farragut! All this is
significant, and shows that our neighbor
of the Herald is not alone when ho as
serts that '-we have not won a single vic
tory in the field" this season.
A gain,it is worthy of note, that they eare
fuUy hvoided receiving delegates from j
tho rebel States! and also that they wero
careful to take their entire ticket from the
North! Evidently preparing to acknowl
edge separation to be an established fact!
Notwithstanding tho fact that ourvictori
ous armies are penetrating the very heart
of rebaldom ! All this we say is signifi
cant; but there is another matter which
deserves at least a passing notice. Wo
have all heard reck ess politicians declare
that if the next election Went against
them, that then they would take the mat
ter into fheirown hands. The New York
VTurh! too has intimated that such a ne
cessity may arise !! In this connection
only, can we understand the resolution of
fered by Mr. WlckllfT, of Kentucky, and
passed urianimoiisfy by the Convention,to
the effect that the Convention shall re
main •adjourned, subject to the call of its
Chairman, to meet at any time u nilplace,
to be designated by him between this and
the fourth of March next! Upon the
whole, the proceedings of this Conven
tion are Worthy of examination by every
loyal tnan ; as they show most conclusive
ly that that party is fast going into undis
* guised rebellion.
. 0®" 1 'arson Browulow don't seem to he
so particular, as some of our conservative
friends in the North, as to what instru
mentalities should be used in crushing
tho rebellion, as tho following 112 rom the
\ KoiUr. 11'/«•/, shows:
he terrible outcry against arming ne
i gmes in this war has measurably ceased
j since the murderous and barbarous qon
j duct of the rebels is understood.and since
i it is generally known that they bet/an that
species ol warfare. 1 lie true Vnion sen
timent of the country calls forthe putting
down of this hell-bound rebellion, at any
cost of humane life, and humane treasure.
And if we had the power, and could con
trol the elements, wo would arm and uni
form, in Federal habilanients, all the fowls
of the air.-and the fishes in tlie sea—eve
ry wolf, panther, catamount, and bear in
the mountains of America— CAery tiger,
! elephant and lion in Europe—every rattle
snake and croeiidileinjhe swamps of Flor
ida and South Carolina—evt'ty negro in
the Southern Confederacy, and every dev
il in hell, and turn them loose upon the
Confederacy. Nay, we would pauon tho
very airthoy breathe, the water theydrink,
j aud* the food they eat. We would con
i vert hell itself into one great torpedo, and
j have it exploded under tho very center
of tho Confederacy. Aye, we say put
lown the rebellion, and force (obelstolay
down their arms, if, in doing so, we have
to exterminate from God's green earth ev
ery living h a inane being South of Mason
and Dixon's lino!"j ,
'l'iie fttute<'oiiTonllon.
We are glad to see that a State Conven
tion has been called at Nashville for the
Jirst Monday in September, and wo call
i upon every county iu Fast Tennessee to
;be represented there. It /* expedient to
bald a I'rosidanti.il election in Tennessee,
' and let that Convention make out a fall
j electoral ticket. AnneMfte is not out of
the Uuion, and never has Teen. The vil
| iianous portion of her citizens have been
in rebellion for more than three years.
Let us all meet in that Convention add in
| augurate the work of restoring civil gov-
I eminent.
i AM, of Tilt: COMMITTEE.
| At the request of a meeting of loyal
' men. representing the several divisions of*
[ ihe State of Tennessee, at the Capitol in
: Nashville, on (he 2d day of August, 1804,
I and iu accordance with our own views,
we do hereby call a convention of the loy
;• Ipc ij>lo of Tennessee, to be holden at
: Nashville on tho first Monday in Sept em
| her next, to take into consideration. Ist,
! tho general slate and condition of the
| country; 2d,the means of reorganizing
civil government and restoring law and
order in Ihe State of Tennessee; 3d, tho
expediency of holding* Presidential elec
tion in the Slate in November next; and,
finally, to take such preliminary steps in
reference in said matter as they tony deem
, :iecc. :ry and proper; and we do most
! earnestly urge upon the loyal, order love
in.r. law abiding people of every county
| in tho Si ate the great importance of se
eming a full representation in said pro
posed convention.
W. G. Browulow, lb race May Bard,
•lohii A. Campbell, ■ orace 11. Harrison,
W. I'. Jones. M. M. Brien, .1. li. Bing
' ham, -J. M. Touicny, W. 11. Fitch, Jr.
The Kcbi-1 Acconnf of ICdmiintl
Hii'kc's VlHit <» lilcliiuoiKi. 17 '
j Juiah I'. Benjamin, "Secretary of
Siateof tliq Southern Confederacy,'' has
written n letter to James >l. Mason, Com
missioner to tho ' Continent , <fv\ —which
means itinerent diplomat—in reference to
the Kirkc-Giluioro mission to Richmond.
Mr. Benjamiu's account of the interview
between those gentlemen and Jeff. Davis
I does not vary materially from that pub
lished by Mr. Gilmore in the Atlantic.
j Mimth/iy. It is a clear exposition that
I the liebel leaders will except the inde
| pendenco of the South. 1 his, for tho
1 iiinc being, settles iill questionsof a spee
dy nr an honorable peace. The peace
j men of the North must, therefore, flatly
accept the idea of disunion with peace,
| until we have reason to suppose that the
rebel leaders have changed their opinions
1 aud are willing on any terms to return to
the 1 uiou. According to Benjamin, Da
vis distinctly declares that
'•Mr. Lincoln ought to have known
when giving tlieui his views that it was
1 out of the power of the Confederate Gov
ernment to act on the subject of the do
mestic institutions of the several States,
caiJh State having exclusive jurisdiction
on that point, still less to commit the de
• cision of such a question to the vote of a
1 foreign people; that the separation of the
States was an accomplished fact; that he
had no authority to receive proposals for
negotiation except by virtue of his office
as President of au independent Confeder
acy, and on this basis alojie must propo
sals bo made to him."
The final and complete separation of
the Union into two distinct confederacies
1 is the ultimatum of the Richmond offi
; cials. It is well to bear this in mind in
' the coming I'residential canvass.—
Gazette.