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THE BUGLE.
Orthodoxy and Slavery—What have Abolitionists
Done?
The following remnrks of Joseph Darker,
were made in the course of liii recent dis
cussion in this place, with Jonas Ilurtzell.
They are of especial value just now, when
rabid orthodoxy is making a desiwrnte effort
to dissever its connection with all aorta of
unorthodox nnti-slnvery. We commend Mr.
Barker's remnrks to the Editor of the Chris
tian Press, and other of like faith and pur
K)se. Mr. Ilurtzell lint) claimed for Christianity
the honor of opKising shivery so fur as it
had been successfully done, and had dispar
aged the luhors of nil who liy any other riian
orthodox (neons liml attempted this work.
Refering to Mr. Ilurtzell, Mr. Buikersaid:
" He snys slavery prevailed in all nations
previous to the appearance of Christianity.
Is lie aura ? It prevailed in most nations ; but
did it prevail in all ? I grant the sumo broad
statement may bo found in my own early
writings; but 1 formerly leaned too much
on authority. 1 now believe tho assertion
should be limited. lint, grant that it pro
vsiUd in every land; it certainly prevuils
most now in the most religious and moat
Bible rending nation under heaven. It pro
vails dure in its most hnteful and revolting
forms. lis advocates justify themselves by
appeals to the scriptures. Tho scriptures
represent it as n divine institution. The
clergy consistently uphold it. . Thn churches'
are iia bulwark. The Bible is the strength
of the churches, and tho churches are Ilia
strength of slavery. The muss of the Di
sciples or Campbellite themselves advorato
slavery. They buhl one hundred thousand
slaves, I am told. Alexander Campbell, tho
founder and leader of tho sect, advocates
both sluvery and the fugitive slave law, in
the most heartless nml coldblooded manner.
He proves by unanswerable scripture argu
ments that we are bound to obey the infernal
law on pain of damnation. Mr. Ilnrlzcli's
views, as 1 am now ooliged to understand
them, ere as much in favor of slavery ns the
most abandoned slaveholder could wish.
Mr. Ilartzell, you never need he afraid again
to go to a meeting in the South, if the slave
holders get report ol your yesterday even
ing's speech. They will not burl o hair of
your head. They will place you in the list
of the men whom they delight to honor.
Mr.llarlzell is against all agitation of the sub
ject, lie speaks of Iho luborsof anti-slavery
niu,whether in Congress or out of Congress,
with contempt. He say they have nut abated
the evil one jot. He would fain persuade us 1 1 tit t
if sluvery is to be abolished, it must be by
letting it alone, or by leaving it to be quietly
destroyed by a silly and soulless theology
which he mistakes for the Gospel of Christ,
pie quotes some words from some old work
iof mine favoring this view. I am sorry
,uch words should be found in any of my
works. I loath ond abhor them with my
twhole soul. Out 1 well remember that when
Methodist minister, I looked on reformers
Autsida the church with fear and jenlousy.
I neither judged their motives, tiorappeciatcd
their labors as they deserved. I could see
v no virtue, no worth but in the church
i ...-...-.w, v u,ln,t (, n.,i ..: 'nve
re.ll lt honor f all e good that wo then
iia the world. I TTomired the Gospel at
tthe expense of Immunity, and the clwrcb
gat the expense of the world. But 1 have
.eeu my error, Mr. Hurtell, and have re.eut
i d. I retract those hnteful words you quoted.
.And glud I am you have given me an opor
nfunity of retracting them thus publicly. Of
.all that baa been read from my early writing
. during this discussion, let me above all retract
i those -word. Leave the work of reform to
ktlie Hurohes! J had rather answer to God
-.Inr s thousand other errors than for that It
Ja a deadly and damning doctrine. Wo to
ttba slaves, aud wo to the nation, if the church
.nil the .priesthood should ever succeed in
persuading people to " stand still," and wait
for "salvation1' from them.
-"But .even in my earlier days, I never
favored -such, a procedure a Mr. Ilartzell
favor. The Gospel, as I understood it, was
freedom, righteousness and fcenificence .
This Gospel 1 preached with all plainness
Aud fidelity- I made It the reprover of all
iniquity, and the inculcator of all virtue.
urged it on the consciences of tfie people at
all limes and in all ways. I urged my fellow
Christians lo do the same. In the pulpit, on
the platform, in the Sunday School, in the
social circle, the principles of freedom and
equity, of temprrnnce and charity were still
on my tongue. I never relied on a speculative
theology for a reform of abuses, as my writ
ings testify. My aim wns to make the church
and the priesthood an army ofphilnnthropists.
Still I had a horror of worldly, unconverted
reformers, and I spoke accordingly. That
foolish horror I have lost. I now think mora
of one worldly, one truly human, unbelieving
or tintrnmmeled reformer, than of all the
orthodox ministers on earth.
u Jesus did not cry, nor lilt up, nor cause
his voice to be heard in the street, snys Mr.
Ilartzell, but, like a woman putting her leaven
into the meal, he quietly gave his Gospel to
hi diciples, and left it to work out the world's
snlvntion in silence. But sny what you will
Mr. Hntlzell, men cannot reform the world
thus quietly and silently. Reform and re
fill mere will make a noise. Reformers hnve
innilo a noise, and created agitntion,from the
beginning. The wiser portions of the Bible
favor this doctrine. They represent God a
laying to hi servant 'cry aloud, spare not,
lift up thy voice like a trumpet, and show
my people their transgressions.' And whether
Jesus cried aloud or not, he wns preceded
by one whose very name whs that of a voice
crying, prepure the wny of tho Iinl.' But,
come what may of that single passage you
quoted, Jesus himself cried aloud. And lie
lifted up his voice in the street. If the
Gospel story do not mislead us, he thundered
in the ears of the guilty theologians and
sectarians, as loud aa any one. And his
lungunge wns terribly severe. 'Ye serpents ;
ye generation of vipers ; how shnll ye escape
the damnation of hell T 'Ye are the chil
dren of tho devil, and his works ye do. Like
him, ye are liars and murderers. Painted
sepulchres; fair without, but within full of
rottenness and all unclennness.' And Paul
cried aloud. And so did Luther, and Fox,
and Penn. And so have all who have done
much for the cause of truth, and the salvation
nfmankiud. The men who alxilished slavery
in the English colonies went thioiigh the
whole land, crying aloud against the cruelties
nml alKiminations of the systotn in every
place. The men who forced the tyrants of
of Englnud lo abate the political slavery of
the people, did the same. They called pub
lic meetings, held public discussions, and
circulated tracts and papers till they had filled
the hind with their cry, and roused the in
dignation of the masses to such a pitch that
the tyrant aristocrats and priests were afraid.
And tho men who afterwards wrenched from
the heartless landlords the food monopoly,
and opened the ports for the free importation
of groin and fruit, thus saving the toiling
millions from want and starvation, did the
same. They called publio meetings, and
addressed the assembled mnssea in every
part of the country, and sent out papers and
tracts by tons at a time. They shook the land
from it centre to its circumference. The
English and Irish liberals follow) d the same
courso.whnn they furred the protcstnnt opres
sors to do something like justice to their cath
olic fellow subjects. Your forefathers here in
America did the same, and something more-
They did not emancipate themselves from
the despotism of England without noise.
They were not content with lifting up their
voices; they thundered with their artilery.
They not only called publio meetings, but
gathered armies. They shook both the enrth
and the sea. They disturbed the peace of
the world.
" To whom are we indebted for the amount
of anti-slavery feeling now pervading the
country ? To your silent churches and
priesthood? Your church and Bible men
had allowed slavery to seize the whole land.
Your silent system had give-!) the slaveholders
the whole power Pf Government, and
put the nation lo sleep In the arms or too
blackest oligarchy on the face of the enrth.
And to the hnted and slandered abolitionists,
to the abused aud persecuted Garrison and
his helpers are wo indebted for our present
wakefulness. The slaveholders know their
enemies, and they know friends. They know
who endanger their accursed institution, and
they know who prop it up. It is not against
your Bible and theology that they rnget It is
not against your churches and your clergy. It
is not against Alexander Campbell aud hi
follower. It is against the heretics and
unbelievers ; the men who give utterance
10 the voice of their own true hearts, and
that echo .the thunders of the luw of God.
11 is in our doctrines and doings that they see
their doom. It is not for ow head that the
slaveholders ofTer their five thousand dollars.
It is not you, Sir, they are so eager to hang.
You had made youraelf so obnoxious to the
slaveholder you told me.tbat you were afraid
to attend a public meeting in Kentucky. You
I
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never need fear again. Let the slaveholder
rend the remarks you have made on alavery
and abolitionists in your Inst tpcech, and ihcy
will welcome you as a brother, and treat you
ns a friend.
" You ask, What have the abolitionists
done T and you intimate that they have done
nothing, either In Congress or out of it. I
am sorry you are so in the dork on the sub
ject. It is nothing to your credit, Sir. I wi
tell you some things Ihe abolitionists have
done; but I am sorry I cannot do Idem
justice. They have done their duly, Sir.
They have satisfied their own consciences.
They have freed themselves from responsi
bility for the inhuman system of slavery, and
for all its infamous and infernal appendnges.
They have done for the oppressed and plun
dered, as they would have others do for them.
They have crowned themselves with eternal
honors. They have earned tho gra'itude of
the world. They have endeared themselves
lo the lovers of freedom in every land. With
Iho (iime of their daring and philanthropy,
ibey hnve filled tho civilized world. They
hnve struck a blow at universal despotism.
They have entered the list against oppression
aud tyranny ofevcry kind, in every laud. They
have proved themselves the friends of uni
versal freedom. They have broken the silence
of death which brooded over this country
in reference lo slavery. They hove disturbed
the slumbers of the church and stuto, and
rendered it impossible for them ever lo
sleep again. They hnvo revived the spirit of
freedom in the laud, and given new vigor to
the causa of humanity in both worlds. They
have saved to the country ihe right of the
freedom of the press and the freedom of
speech. We are indebted lo tin! alKilitionints
for Ihe privilege of expressing our views in
this pluce, this morning. The priests and
the churches stood by, while pro-slavery
violenca and mobs attempted lo silence and
gag the whole land. It was hut yesterday
that the Whigs aud Democrats, backed by
tho priest ondjehttrches whose servant and
representative they arc, joined lo'slifla tho
oul of this great nation. To the abolitionists
we aro indebted for the frustration of their
deadly plot.
"'What have the Abolitionists dono ?'
They have checked the encroachments of
Ihe slaveholders, when they were about to
rob the nation of its last remains of freedom.
They have driven the tyrant backward, and
saved the land. They have kindled the fires
of freedom in the hearts of millions. They
are feeding the holy flame. They have cre
ated a new literature, which is an honor to
to the country, and a blessing to the world.
They have frightened ihe tyrants of the
South, ond spread dismay throughout all
their ranks. They hnve made them desperate,
ond caused them lo show signs of that mad
ness which precedes destruction. They have
divided the churches, ond separated the better
portion of the members from the worse.
'f hey have destroyed the rcputntion of your
pro-slavery churches and clergy both in
America end in Europe. Thry 'have made
your churches a loathing, and your clorgy
au abomination. They huve shut the English
pulpits aguiust your pro-slavery clergy, and
closed against thsan the doors of English
hospuulity. They have made the vile clerical
Editor of the your New York Christian Ob
server as loathsome iu tho eyes of the people
of Englund, aa he is menu and devilish in
hi own soul and character. Respectable
families would not ndiuit him iulo their
houses, nor would the clergy themselves
admit him into their pulpit, or allow him to
sit by their side on the publio plat form. He
had lo skulk in darkness,like a thing of shamo.
They have destroyed the authority of your
pro-slavery churches nml priesthoods, and
lowered the credit of your slaveholilin patri
archs. They have lowered the reputation,
ond lessened the influence of a pro-slavery
Bible, and delivered multitudes from it
mischievous authority. They have shaken
llie whole, framework of our pro-slavery
institutions. They huve brought u near the
glorious consiimaiioit, the abolition of ths
vilest, the most inhuman and infernal system,
that ever tortured humanity, or cursed the
creation of God.
"And they will finish the work, amidst the
bout of enraptured millions, while your idle,
selfish, cowardly, treacherous churches and
priesthood shall go down with ihe accursed
system Ihey have fostered, lo the deepest and
darkest hell in all God's universe.
" The abolitionists hnvo dune more than
this. And they have done it under the most
unfavorable circumstances. They have done
it with iho church and ministry agninst them.
They have done it with ihe power of ihe
Government against them. They hove dune
it with a powerful and unprincipled press
against them. They have done il iu the fuue
of mob and government prosecution. They
have dona it in the face of danger and death,
" Yes, Sir, the Abolitionists have done this,
aud not you. The slaveholder know whose
work it is Ihnt threaten their unholy gain.
It is not you or Alexander Cnmpbell Ihnt
they abuse. It is not the church and clergy
that they bote nml seek lo destroy. It is not
your silent and peaceful reformers that they
brand ns trni'ors. It is the Infidel abolitionist.
Il is Infidelity Ihnt (roubles tho tyrants. Il hn
alwnye been so. The reformatory principle
ha always been denounced a infidelity by
the enemies of freedom and humanity. It is
so in England. It is so on the Continent of
Europe. So common is it for unbelievers to
bo reformers, that reform anil infidelity hnve
eome to be names of the same s gnifirntion
in Ihe moVilhs of multitude. The fact that
a man is a reformer, ia considered proof
the world over Ihnt he is an infidel. The
name infidel is becoming the most honorable
nntne on enrth. Men are learning to glory
in it. The mnn who baa a foundry In this
town is not ashamed lo allow the inscription,
' INFIDEL FOUNDRY,' in front of it, which
some of his Christian neighbors traced there
aa a warning to passers by. He thinks the
name Ini-idei, more creditable than the name
Relieve, lie is right. As things ore going,
il is fur more honorable than your titlo of
orthodox believer. I hud rather a thousand
limes be denounced as an infidel and blas
phemer among mnnunon-worshipers, child
stealers, men-hunters, and traders iu their
own flesh and blood, who hleach.lhe com
plexion of their slaves by incest and adultery,
to make them a more marketable commodity,
than have the highest honor a pro-slavery
church or priesthood hn to bestow. The
blackest title given me by a kidnapping, slavo
boldiiigchurch orGovernment, would he glory
itself compared lo Ihe honors to ho purchased
by such seeches as the one you made this
morning, or Ihe infamous doctrine inculcnted
by your Brother Alexander Campbell in his
disgraceful periodical."
Celebration in Abington, Muss.
Asi.iaTO., Anti-Slavery Grove,
July 4th, 1850.
Deak Mariusi 1 wish you were where I
am, on tho platform of this mighty Anti-Slavery
Convention, met to consecrate the 4th of
July, the birth-day of Ihe American Repub
lic lo jtelsgilimute object the overthrow
of alavery, and the establishment of Liberty
throughout tho world. Tho platform is sur
rounded with green boughs, and decorated
with flower. On ihe platform are Garrison,
Phillips, O. Johnson. C. L. Remond, James
Jackson, and many others around it, on
scat and standing, a great multitude of
men and women, and children. Outside
the great concourse, is an elevnted platform,
fitted up for those to Dance, who delight iu
ihnt ninusement. On that Dancing platform
is n liiind, who give us gloriously inspiring
music, between Ihe speeches. The benulifu I
grove of pine of lurge extent, lovingly
spreads it d"ep green bough over us all,
and the scoua around. A natural pond en
circle ti on three sides. Not very fiir
from tho platform is a circular awing
where children ore muking merry, swinging.
Tent oro all around n littlo way off, where
all sorts of food anil healthy drink aro to he
had Alcohol, in nil forms, being excluded
from the ground. Iu the audience 1 see In
dians descendants of thoso who once
proudly and eagerly pursued tho chase over
New Englund, and this broad continent o
company of them being stationed for a son
son, on a gentle eminence just ucross the
bright pond. Would the Indians had never
heurd of celebration of Independence, in
any other wny but this.
This is a sweet, beautiful day just enough
of clouds to break Ihe rays of a hot sun.
Two speeches hove been mode, two songs
sung to the honor of freedom, and downfall
of slavery, and nil ihnt sustain il. Wendell
Phillips is now speaking; and the grent as
sembly is attentively listening to his fuel
and arguments. He is reviewing the history
of the Federal Government, and showing
what has been its' effects on the cuuse of
Liberty, throughout Ihe world. Ha is com
menting on the notice of the death of Dr.
Sharp, iu the N. Y. Tribune, showing how
it praise him, but makes not an allusion to
his sermon in support of ihe Fugitive Sluve
Law. What must be the doom of that Doc
tor of Divinity, who teaches the world that
men should obey that law, while it is on ihe
Statute Book, whether Ihey think it right or
wrong ? Dr. Sharp placed that fugitive luw
above the luw of God. He luid his own
God on tho altar of slavery. All Ihe papers
of Boston, New Englund, New York, and
of all the South, are lauding Dr. Sharp the
great apologist for aluvery, with all ita pol
lutions and horrors without ono record of
condemnation. What a base ami recreant
spirit is that which controls the north! It
bows and does homage to ihe spirit of slav
ery. Dr. Sharp is dead gone God be
thanked ! from the eurth, which ho has curs
ed by his presence and his ministry in his
advocacy of Ihe fugitive law. . ,
9 1-3 P. M. We had nn intermission of
one hour. Tho multitude from fur and near
hnd friendly greetings such ns Disunion
Abolitionists alone, know how lo give lo one
another. It would have done your heart
good to hnve seen the outgiisliing of heart
to heart of soul to soul reporting the pro
gress of this great cause of hiiminity. You
would have enjoyed it. How il reminds me
of our grand ntiti-shivery gatherings of Ohio,
In her grand old woods. How sweet the
memories that cluster around thoso dear,
stirring convention, and the dear, dear
friends I have found there, I con never for
get those gatherings of the stern, loving
friends of Iho down-trodden-1 can never
forgel ilia warm-hearted, intelligent uud kind
friends ihnt hnve welcomed me lo their com
fortable forest homes. I love Ohio with
her enterprising and straightforward impu
tation. Tlmt hearty, ond Liberty-toiling
people, oi e dt'stiucd Iu be oinnug the first to
move, praclica.'ly, fbr the political abolition
of this slave-holding union.
Oliver Johnson is now speaking, and
showing up Ihe cowardice, and practical in
fidelity, and atheism of the American Church.
Amid all this mighty throng colluded iu
ihe grove a Inrgo portion of them have true
anli-sluvery hearts. Dissolution of ihe Union
is a prominent topic. Tho mulliludo listen
to Ihe speeches with interest. Garrison is
now speaking. Hn id wny speak with
power and, a no other mnn I ever heurd,
docs he appeal lu the deepest elements ofour
moral nature. Two beautiful sidl-boats are
gliding over the pond ull tho time, laden
with men, women and children. This is a
stirring scene.
Marios, God bless Ohio, aud enable her
to stond before Heaven and Earth, ns Ihe
trim friend of liberty to nil, nnd of humanity.
God bless every mnn and woman and child,
whose true, proud anti-slavery heart, fuels
for those in bonds, ns bound with tbeiii.. No
una cun look on such scenes ns Ibis, ond see
Ihe en gem eps with which oil listen to Ihe
sternest calls to the woild for Ihe immediate
everlasting dissolution of till sluveholding,
Bluvery-perpetualing Union. The Band now
play the "Old Folks at Home." It is full
of rapture. One wants to float off on ono
of Its glorious strains, as it rises up ttirovgl.
these tree tops, and floats over tho hike. I
must stop,
HENRY C. WRIGHT.
I.i Earnest. A Southern writer in the
National Intelligencer, snys that there is a
new parly springing up iu the South, nnd
according to the following account, some
thing ia to be done:
" We ore iu earnest in regard to tho edu
cation of our youth ul home, and Northern
institutions of learning will feci that we lire
so. We me in earnest in regard to aiding indi
viduality, and by community ot sentiment, the
publishing of school books and works for reli
gious instruction, under southern supervision.
We are in earnest iu regard to giving the I'rtti
such a position, by tho contribution of wealth
and talent, ns Iu shuw Ihe world that the
south is not te in a state of mental subjec
tion. We ore iu enrnest iu all our railroad
projects, as the subscription by county tax iu
in every Stuto shows. The pla iters tiro iu
earnest about direct shipments, and Ihey will
use their influence to encourage those houses
ut Ihe south, embracing direct trade nsa just
commercial policy. Competition will force
a reduction of unnecessary charges aud ex
penses. The people, as consumers, are de
termined to give their influence in favor of
those merchants who buy in southern ports,
and if necessary, Iwve recource to iho n'gfif
oj instruction. The people are in earnest iu
ull these things."
Cuba As It Is.
Mr. Erostos Brooks, of the Now York
Express, who bus been on a visit to the 1s
lulid of Cuba, thus writes respecting its pres
ent condition and future prospects:
Cuba ns she is with nil bur puuplu big
oted nnd superstitious us they are, not only
Catholic, but ultra Roman Catholic ; with
priests at every corner of tho street, with hut
una form of religion aud that anti-republican ;
without free schools, with children trained
up to hate republican liberty, aud men ol
mature years detecting it; with a vicious
system of sluvery, mid o system almost en
tirely unlike slavery in the United States;
with the free blacks there unlike the free
blacks at home, and mankind and nature,
people ond constitutions, altogether uncon
genial to us and ours is not fitted to enter
the bands of our political union. We do not
want her, and she does not want us. They
who suppose that such a peoplu could rnsily
become assimilated to us know hut little of
the Spanish character. It has taken Louis
iana filly years to become Americanized, and
there are portions of Louisiann to-day which
ore more French tl in it American. The dis
affected Creole of Cuba look lo iho United
Slule for help, not becouso Ihey are rndy
lu full into the political embrace of our Gov
eminent, but becnuse they detest ihe Catalan
population; and no wonder, for the Catalans
in authority treat Iho Creoles rather os serfs
than as equals. But one will look iu vain in
Cubn, nmong the native Imini citizens, among
those from old Spuiu, or thoso from other
Spanish colonies, for any good evidence of a
desire for political connection with our Gov
ernment, or the preparation ond fitness to
share in its privilege and benefits. There
are Spaniards, Catalans, and Basque who)
desire more freedom than Ihey have, and
much more independence of the mother
country. There are Creole who desire
more equality at home, and more indepen
dence r iho Crown nlso, nod there ar
other Creoles, suspect! of treason, and
watched ns traitors, who seek for any change
an n relief for present misery ; hut the great
mass of Iho people aie lor Spanish rule,
haters of our institution, and determined tu
tipiose all schenua of annexation. I hnve
been reasoning with an otficiul Government
editor in Cubn, Iho ono who gives lono to
Spanish sentiment in Ihe United States, nnd
who nswiils us with swrrping censure, to
bis unjusliliahlu assaults. His answer til
me was of the arguiiieiitum ail homiucni
kind. " Look al home," he said; 14 look 10
your Suns, your Hernldrt, your Deli im, &e.
I read nothing of Culm but iihusa of her of
ficers. I sen little else hut organized scheme
for innovation upon us, nnd theVn in viola
tion of your law s mnl mil- treaties. If your
Government docs not wink at them, it doe
not suppress thrill. Wo desire penre with
Iho United Stales. We know her vnluelo us
n our best customer. We would be glad of
a free commercial intercourse. Ia i j hove
it, hut no filibustering, no plots fi annexa
tion, no political connections with your Gov.
eminent. Cuba w ill he Spanish or African !"
Spanish il is, nml African il may be with
us many blacks ns whiles upon Ihe inland;
nnd upon ihn plantations the blacks, m their
daily implements of lalsir, already have
urms enough in their bauds, under a bud
stimulus, tu make a St. Domingo of Culw.
When Lopez wns in tho neighborhood of
Matauzas tho slaves nil mound were in a
state nt iiisubordiuniiuii until he was defeated.
Had he been stlccessful, insubordination
might hnvu become revolution, and revolu
tion massacre.
The future of Cubn must become the fu
ture of Spain. The Empire litis been grad
ually losing her colonies North American,
South American, nnd European. The womb
ol lime conceals Iho fain of this beautiful
island, ami w hether it i to bo independent
of the mother country, annexed to the United
Slates, or remain as it is, lima alouo will do
tcrmine. It is but right bonis' sail from Ha
vana lo Key West, and but two day lo
Balize. Oregon nnd Califurnin are Euro
pean iu their iliMance from our a const,
compared with the island of Cuba. Distance
presents no olwtnclcs, therefore, to nnnexa
lion. Nor is there anything- so formidable in'
the ilefcnco of Cuba a lo make stlccessful
invasion impwiciicahle. Twenty thousand
Americans, well nrtned and provisioned,
would traverse Ihn island in opposition In ull
Ihe Ironps furnished by old Spain, or from
the local militia, most of whom, by the wnv,
would lie men w ho have borne arms, atiil
who have received their discharge alter eight
years of regular service iu tho standing army.
There uro about '.20,000 Spanish soldiers and'
officers iu the island, or ohnut nnc-filth of
the entire Spanish nrniv, There ore souiu'
10 vessels of war employed on the const i
and while Spain expends annually sixteen
minions oi iiounrs ior military service upon
land, and four nnd n half millions fbr defence
on Ihe sens, Cuba gets the linn's shore of all.'
I he proMuuty of the United Stoics, aud the
filibustering in the United Suites, huve cost
the Spanish Government millions of dollars,'
and Spaniards w ill not forget these demand
upon their fenrs.
Bitt supposing Cuba to be as beautiful ond
fruitful ns Parudisn itself, and without army
or navy, and ten limes ns accessible and de
sirable ns it is, still we do not wnnl the island,
Thou shall not rovetlhy ncighlmi's goods''
is one of the commandments of God.
Spain, moreover is an independent nation, in
the enjoyment of pence uud good fellowship
w ilb tin; United States. The island of Culm
is a colony of Spniu, nnd the people of Cuba
ns a whole, present themselves as a wall of
fire agninst our proffered embraces. Again,
there is no true spirit of liberty anywhere in
the island. There is no courage to fight for
independence there; and what is more, and'
most disagreeable to many of our own peo
ple, the expeditions from the United States
against Cuba were fitted out in a spirit of
adventure and liooty, with pecuniary prom
ises and reward, lo thoso who engaged in
Ihe strife, and with not a panicle of true
patriotism upon w hich to ground these un
lawful nnd wicked innovations. When Ihe
banished Creole volunteer to go lo Culm to
redeem Ihe the island from Spanish oppres
sion I shall have more faith in their zeal and
discretion. - -
Un-Orthodox Help.
An esteemed friend, in a western county,
in a business letter, writea incidentally aa fol
lows, in relation to Ihe question as to the
propriety of associating with men in pro
moting n good work, whose sentiments on
other subjects we cannot approve, ,
"Your lemntk upon the course of the
Christian I'rtss, in relation to Garrison, VcH
are well timed, nnd meet my views lo Ihn
scribe. G.irnwyi's theological views should
not prevent us liom acting with hitu, when
ever Ihe subject of Sluvey or Temperance
is thn issue. Ho may be theoretically an
" Infidel," but I believe practicully, his stnn
his standard of moral action is of a higher
crude, than lliausaiiils who make If aider pro
fessionsnf orthodoxy. Tho terms on hmloxyj
heterodoxy, cxtrome, fanatical, ice, ure ex
pressions frequently used ; but buloro we
can comprehend llin prucise meaning de
signed lo bo conveyed by such terms, i
seems to me we miMjlrst know the opinion
of Ihn iddividunl using them. Our standards
of orthodoxy, fanaticism, may be very
dift'urent. The plain, Urnb-coiitnd Quaker
looks upon the Romuiv Catholic and' that
Episcnpoli iu nstory belirodox in their i..
ligiiwm view ami mode of conducting thai
religioiw worship; but they in return look
Upon ouY plain brethren, the Quakers, a Ihe
most fiinal icsl mortals on enrth. ,
I beheveve it was Dr. Bloomfield, Bishop
of London, w ho replied le a brother IKshosi
