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Ike -:-tvl .1 V '.ft ill' ,1.8 BENJAMIN 3. JONES, EDITOR. "JVrO UA'IOX WITH SLA VE HOLDERS." i.NN PEARSON, P UBLISHInO JLQtbt IIs VOL. 15. NO. 9. SALEM, COLUMBIANA COUNTY OHIO, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1859. WHOLE NO; f3li TllE ANTI-LAVERY BUGLE, CX.II DID BTERT BATURDAT, AT (Al.tM, OI1IO, by tbe Executive Cummitteo of tbo Western Ami Slavery Society. TERMS. $1,50 per innum payable in advance, gtaT-Commonleatton intended for insertion, 01 fct addressed to Bnjaim S. Jones, Editor. Ordere for the paper and letters containing moosy in payment for the same, should lo addressed to An Pearson, Publishing Agent. 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' Mr. Editor: There are few, I imngine, who will be disposed to deny that the desire for a dis- olutionoftbe Union i becoming daily etronger and more universally entertained throughout the Southern Statei of the Confederacy, Few of the thoughtful men, whose attention i direct d to publio affaire, can refrain from acknowledging that tbeir conviction is daily btrengthened of the utter impossibility of any plan being devised by which the two contending lections, with sui'b dis cordant opinions as to vital interests, can te brought to live together in pcaooful and friendly association. "Under these circumstances, the question which would seem lo arise most properly for grave pub lie deliberation, would be as to the most ready means for binging about, with the least difficulty and embarrassment, a separation so devoutly to b wished. . ! n liiK rH- i To this consideration I venture to invoke a mall portion ol the publio attention. ' Il strikes me, that while a great deal has been Written, and elill more has been said, upon the policy, propriety, and even neoessity, of dissolving the Dnii.n. by far too little comparatively na teen suggested as to the mode of procedure to bo adop ted in bringing about, or even meeting, tins event upon its occurrence. Southern Conventions and State action of vari ous kinds have been propn-;"d j all either directly and avowedly aiming at the establishment of a Southern Confederacy, or with the hope or chance or such incidental consequence, But the caiof difficulty has really arisen from the hesitation, on t, rort of ihs Southern neonle. to assemble a tody of men who might transcend their authority, and regard themselves a empowered to make changes in the Constitution, to be followed, with more or less certainty, by troubles and confusion. "And I think that the want of unanimity in their resolves to take a decisive step hes been more in consequence of this dread than of any other ap prehension. These objections are not without foundation, but at the same time they are far from being insur mountable, and they may, it seems to me, be obvi ated' by the course which might be adopted by the .Sooth in the approaching P, evidential election. This, election may be made to offer a plain aud di rect result, entirely utitrammolled with unoerioin ties; and, being divosted of the ordinary revolu tionary terrors, leave the publio mind unoppressed by vague and paralyzing apprehensions. The South would know exactly what it has to expect. . It can determine fully beforehand as to the ade quacy of the result! to satisfy ita yearnings and accomplish ita objects, while the action would be prompt, definite, and unattended by the confusiou "and disasterous commercial disturbances which so asily alarm tbo timid end prudent citizens. - The approaching contest will be sectional; it will be .between the North nu the Suuth; between those who seek lo pervert and destroy the Constitution, "and those who wish to uphold and preserve it, be tween those who seek to transform the Government into, a powerful and resistless engine for the plun der and the destruction of the liberty and welfare of one half the Confederacy, and those who desire to resist aggression, and maintain their just and chartered righta. The opponents in thr balls of Congress are not very unequally divided. Is it to be supposed that the Southern portion of these representatives ie to go to Washington, to aid and abet by their aote in the subversion of our Consti tution, or even that they are lo sit quietly looking od whilst its destruction ' is oonsumated f The ,i&aa .of suob conduct is preposterous. Upon such 'en errand, o men and gentlemen, they should not .be sent;.; or if sent, aa men and gentlemen, they abould refuse to go. There is a oourse, however, open fur them and worthy of them. Tbey are . numerically, physically, and indeed in every re--peel, powerful enough, to bear themselves . tbretgh it. Tbey have but to resolve upon it, un fertile authority of their constituents. The Nor Hbero candidate (Republican or Free-Soil the sd .fooate of Southern ruin, it matter not bow the ,omenolature be determined) will have the major. tJt Of foiei. The Southern candidate will of coarse be in the minority, the South, as usual in all cases, "coming off eecond best." Be it so. Let jt oo tble occasion aooept ita fortune, for once, with "fceooming and praiseworthy satisfaction. But let the SoutK '-.trnol Ui minority candidate, repre- a i settling thoso striving to uphold the Coneti ution. and defeated in the race for tlio Presidency of the whole Confederacy, to proceed precisely in accor dance with the usual form consequent upon elec tion, and utterly Ignorihg the Northern choice, to lrgatiize a Government at on all former occa sions, but for the Southern Confederacy for all those States which may doom it their interest, or! signify their desire, to forma part of that Cunfed- erary, or rather remain in it, for this is the true statement of the matter let, or rather insist, that! the .Southern choice shall proceed pari pasu with his Northern congener in complying, In every re spect, with every official for In and ceremony ob served upon such occasions, that the oaths be si in ultancnusly administered, that one shall not oual- ify without the other; that they sit dido by side in tlio hnlls of Congress, if you will, and jointly occu py or claim the White House, making the South' cm choice, tike his rival, ''every inch" a Presi' dont. Two PresidoLts or none. And undor these circumstances in the heart of Washington citv. in Suuthern and slave territorv. if a son of Vimin- with unorganized Government cannot make irood his stand, and. moreover. at-Quiro for his sec- tjon n f:ljr ehttro of the pub'io property ol all kinds, wha.alas! may not he said, not only of the sons of Virginia, but also of the eons of the: whole South, of the nineteenth century ? i'jie Constitution has been ever good enough for I, a Soiitliprn Stains: tin's heen nlwnvft. find in still j ' - beloved and respected; in all things sufficient in itself, without change, to securo our prosperity and happiness, and amply adequate to the wants and habits of our Southern naturo. We cling to it still, and are determined if possible, to perpetu- uto it. Let those who have found it necessary to violate and ubrogate it, to enable tliein to con: pass and carry out their ends in life and government, improve or lenew ii to suit their Yankee nature tj their hearts content, but uol nt our expense. Like Shylock, they can buy with us Christians, and can sell ni'h us, but cannot live together under tlio same Constitution. It is in vuin to make further efforts to do so. Bur, at the same tiiuo, it is not absolutely necessary (hut we should tight; and the probabilities are very strong, that when brought face to face, as above proposed, each with plenty of work on hand for settlement, each section would come to the conclusion that no in terest would be infinitely more advanced by ne gotiation with, than by war upon, each other. WILLIAMS MIDDLETON. From the New York Times. THE GALLEY SLAVES AT TOULON. It is not to be expected that one can speak of of Toulon without saying a word of the galley slaves or furcate. 'There are. in the arsenal and varus, i.uuu, uo uo ail loe neavy wors. ipey drag tbo materials about, and some are employed in sawing timber. The worst are attached in couples by heavy chains passing around the ankles and waists, and linked together. : The better be haved arc allowed to go singly, ironed in the snme way, with the exception ol the connecting chain, ihey ore olulbed in coarse canvass trowsers and rhirts, branded with their numbers, and a woolen jacket. Those who aie condemned for lite wear a long, green, pettkless cap, something llko a night cap with the top cut ofly and uiado square. On the (ront of the cap is a tin plate with the num ber of the wearer punched out. The convicts win ure condemned for a number of years are diatiti' guished from the othets by red caps, and lhoe who have been more than ones to Bagne, by the yellow sleeves to their jacket. Their faces, close shaven, bronzed by exposure to tlio son, and brutalized by crime, are fearful to behold ; and their repulsive appearance is height ennd by their hair being notched short, in lines running ruuud the head, in order to facilitate their recognition should they escape. At Light they lie down on inclined lengths of planking, wi-bout umttrass or covering, in twenties or thirties, and an iron rod is run through the leg chains of ea-h, so thai no one can move without the rest. Their food consists of brow n bread, not nil wheatcn flour soup, and haricot et feces beans. No wine or to bacco is allowed, but thu'eonvicts are allowed to receive 101'. a month from their friends, with which they may purchase any eatable they please. The greatest and most degrading punishment, which must also be the greatest obstacle to reformation. is chaining tbo men in couples. Youths ever six teen may bo seen chained to old men tainted with every vice. Walking or sleeping, the cumpagnons da chaine are never sepaiated, until freedom or death removes one of them, In spile of tbe hideous costume and i evoking appearance of the forcuts, there were some who still exhibited traces of their former po sition, whose gentility, so to speak, pierced through their convict garb. One in particular, standing nearly sis feet high, and who intently watched the arrival of wounded French sold'ers Irom Italy, struck me on account ol the perfeot ease and grace with which he moved, bowing to the guardians passing by, al'hough bis actions were accompanied by the horrid dunking of his chains. At the time of my visit I was told that there were then, among tbe furca(es,Cu, de Cercy, who commanded a regiment at Marseille in 1851, who was oharged with the execution of the coup d'estat in bis town, and who wag subsequently convicted ol ejeroquerie s Capt. Doineiu, Ctefd'un bureau Arab, coovioted of having oonspi ed to murder an Arab chief; Lieut, de Meray, oonvicted ol having, unfairly, and with permeditation, slain another offioer, when tipsy, in a duel ; the" chief army aecountant, (chef romplable,) who was sent to tbe Crimea; the two managers of the bank of Toulon, and six abbes (and there are more who manage to keep their former calling secret.) Au em nenl painter i chaiued to a distinguish ed memVer of tbe Pari bar, and between them they keep the accounts of one department of the prison, whilo of lawyer aod notaries there is no end. Among thorecai are men of all nations, of all rank in Society. We contribute ou rquota, one an Englishman, who was arrested at Calais, with forged notes in bis possession, and who, there every reason to believe, was guiitles of any j criminal intention. II has recent! brought to, j Toulon from Rochelort is consumptive, and not allowed to wear flannel, though permitted to do so in Rochefort. There is also a hazy rumor of a British peer of the realm being among thf furcates. but as no one has ever eeeti him, it mny be dis missed as a myth. To the present Government ul France is due the merit of endeavoring to deal with the great social evil, the Eigne, where vice stagnates and grows more hideous, to be again let boee on society. Penal settlements have been formed in Africa and French Guiana, to which some of the eonvicts have been removed. Toulon is now the o ,ly Bagne ; those of Rochfort and Brest have been abolished, but still the work goes on very slowly. Three cargoes of COO each have been shipped off, yet tli(ir placet are nearly all filled up by new arrivals. Moreover, il would appear that the for catet cannot be legally compelled to gJ unless they choose. They were condemned to hard labor in the dockyards and arsenals ol the Slate, and not to transportation. To coax them to ao abroad, thov are promised that on their arrival, they shall be relieved of their chains and allowed the free use of their limbs. But so great is their dread ul Lamliessa and Cayenne, and the craven fear of death, that they prefer the fetter and and horrors of the Bagne at Toulon to comparative independence at these two French Colonies. AFRICAN SLAVE TRADE AND THE EPISCOPAL CHURCH. MR. JAY'S REMARKS ON PRESENTING THE PETITION AGAINST SLAVE TRADE, IN THE EPISCOPAL. CONVENTION. Mr. President t I rise to preser.t a petition ad dressed to this convention by members of the Di ocesan Church ; a petition respectful in its tone and legitimate in it prayer, and a it is short and explains itself more briefly than I oould do by an oral e'planation, 1 will read it. Before reading i( I will remark that I do not propose now to dis cuss any of the questions it may bring before us, but simply to ruler it to a commit lee of three oler gy men and three laymen, with instructions to re port thereon to the next Convention, tbe lateness of the hour allowing no opportunity for a proper examination of tbe matter at our present session. Tbe petition reads thus t 7b the Diocesan Convention of the Protestant Epis copal Church in the Diocese of New York : The undersigned, members of the raid church in the said diocese, respectfully show to your hon orable and reverend body that it hath recently been made matter of publio notoriety, by the proceed ings in our courts of law, the avowals of prominent statesmen, and the developments of the American press, that in defiance of laws of God, and of the ancient statutes of this ronublio. tbe African (lava trade hatb-'beW re-opened,' and V !nw being" pfbs- ecuted from the port of New York, within tbe lim its and jurisdiction of this diocese. The undersigned further show, that so powerful is the influence exerted in favor of the said trade, and so vitiated Is the moral sense of a part of the community in regard to the same, that the legaliz ing of the said traffic is openly advocated, and the laws that denounce the same as piracy are mocked at and trampled upon with impunity. Your memorialists do therefore earnestly and respectfully pray ycur honorable and reverend body to lake such steps as, on deliberation, to your wisdom shall seem most to encourage a sound Christian sentiment on this subject and to stay this growing evil, to the intent that by the voice and influence of our Church, truth and justice may bo more and muie firmly established in our Diocese, and especially that the ciry of New York, where the Church of England was so early planted and so liberally endowed, and where our Diocesan Convention holds its sittings, may be purged of its present participation in this stupendous crime. (Signed) J. F. Butterworth, J. B. Silkman, J. A. C. Gray, W. II. Rjber'.son, C. S. Bourne, J. G. Holbrooke, J. Butler Wright. I move, sir, that this petition be received and referred to a committee of six olergymen, and six laymen, lo report thereon at tho next Convention ; and I bad not proposed to niako any further remarks oo this motion, beyond observing that the subject is so grave, aod relates so clearly to mut ters within our Diocesan limits, and the oogniz- aoce and jurisdiction of this body, that I trusted whatever differences of opinion might obtain among gentlemen in regard to the best course for furthering tbe objects of the petition, the Conven tion would be unanimous in their determination, that their action upon it should be so calm, so de. liborate and so judicious, as 10 meet tbe just ex peotatioos of their petitioners, promote the sound morality of tbo diocese, and enhance the dignity and usefulness of the Diocesan Church. But, sir, I am advised by one or two gentlemen who profess to know the temper of this body, that I am too sanguiue in my expectation that '.his petition wil be treated with contempt and laid up on tbe table, by a vo-e cutting off debate, aod that this oourse will be adopted on tbe plea of preserv ing tbe tranquility of tha Diocese. Upoo this question of reference, therefore I will say a word. I trust, for the honor and peace ol tbe Church, that my advisers are mistaken. I hope that this Convention will pause before it commits itself to such a courts. If there is one lesson clearly taught us by the woeful experience during recent years, of legivlativt bodies and religiuus councils in this oountry, it is that the very surest method of erous in and intensifying agitation, is to gag debate and trample on petitions; and I firmly believe that this Convention, by treating tbia petition with con tempt, wil! produce the very result tbey wish to avoid, and raise new issues in regard to the laity, and tbe proprieties of legislation, upon whioh tbey will be beaten as inevitably as bave been the sec tarian aassemblie whose exploded and wretched policy in regard to tbe treatment of petition I understand this Convention is to .be asked to imi tate. I need scarcely ay, sir, that these petitioner men of high character end position among us, and, well known for their moderate views and con servative priooiplos bave no wish to disturb tbe tranquility of tbe Church. Tbey are meo of com I mon sense, and know that there Is nothing in this petition; that there would be nothing in its refer ence to a fpscial committee , nothinc in the wise, jiidlcious aittiun of this body on the report of that cmmitteet w hatever that aotion migh be, calculat ed lo disturb the tranquility ol any person in the diocese, excepting the slave traders, to whoie vil lantes these petitioners object, and that class of men deemed respectable, or otherwiso, whu lend them their sympathies, whotharein secret their aecorsed profits, and who are seeking to legalize the traffic. That iv the only class In our diocoso whose tran quility nood be disturbed by reference of this pe tittob, and who doub.loss approve warmly and heartily n refusal to refer i. I hope the convention will not micunderstand the' question. It is not whether the convention pnkkt to take any steps or not in regard to the actual prevention of the slave trado from our dio cese, as certified by these petitioners ; that is for the committee to report upon. The only question horfc i, "Shall the petition be referred quiotly, without debate, without agitation shall the Church, in calm consciousness of strength, treat this! subject with composure, .and deliberately ask what is her duty ; or shall she shrink from it in torrer, as other denominations have dune, and rival them io an exhibition of weakness, cowardice and folly f If thd Convention determines to shirk the mut ter, I dare say it may be all for tho best. I, for one, shall wait p itiently for the reversal of its decision as I Rid for the admission of the Churh ot St, Phillips, when, after Slevor. years, this Con ventlon placed tho seal of its approval upon what for ten years it had shunned as fanaticism. But believing, as I do, that tho rejection of this petition will iuovitahly arouio agitation, and that year by year y u wiil be called upon in tones moro and more imperative, to confront tho question of the (lave trade, fl urishing under the very shadow of od Trinity, and going forth to desulute Africa and''rtnow the botrors of the middlo passage, 1 ask the Convention to remember, as the laity and the publio i!l remember, that it was not these petitioners, bot their opponents in this body who inaugurated the Sturm, and who now propose to sow tho wind with moral ocrtainty that tbey will reap tbo whirlwind. The report ot tho Tribune tnys : "The petition of Mr. Jay's created quits a sens ation in the Convention, and was received with a sound of suppressed laughter, and a slight uf tempt at hissing. t hen the question came to a vote, the resolution was rejected by a very decided majority, and only the saoredness of tbe place kept tie applause from breaking forth at ibis re sult." I POLITICS IN THE PULPIT. l he following is an extraol irom a sermon preached by J. R Sloane, of New York, at the opening of the Reformed Presbyterian Synod in Alleghany City, in May last J Politics politics and tbe pulpit; is there any cooneotion or allianoe between these f To this we must give a decided affirmative, Tbe Biblo is a great political work is given to man as a per fect rule uf faith am1 manner. It deals largely with nations as such, and abounds in precepts for tbe regulation ot national life and conduct. The function that deals with the Bible can't be divorced from pulitios. If this blatant outcry against polit ical preaching meant nothing more than that the discussiun upon the bank, tariff, internal Improvements, o., were unsuitable for the pulpit, and a profanation of the sacred Sabbath time, few, we presume would undertake to debate the piling altough we might ask, where the necessity? Bv whom, when, and where, hae tbe sacred desk been thus profaned T Only one such discourse, labelled a sermon, do we remember ever to have met that delivered by a Unitarian upon a New Year's day. From whom do these tierce denunciations of po litical preaching issue? From tbe Buchanans, Tunmbses, Choates men steeped to the lips in all the moral corruptions and profligacies of 'Old Hunker' politics : who wish to remain undistuibed in their iniquity, and cry out to a faithful ministry as men possessed with the devils to Christ, 'What have we to do with thee, Jesus, tbou Son of God ? art thou come hitherto torment us before the time ?' From corrupt and time serving ministers, men are clear upoo dancing, sitting in prayer, the use of tot aoco, and other kindred evils ; who pass ants of Assembly, write, print and ciroulate tracts by tho thousand upon them ; but tbe great and prolif ic parent of all sins, the 'sum of all villanies,' 'the most atrocious system,' to use the language of R. J. Breckenridge, 'upon which tbe sun ever shone,' must be passed io silence, unrebuked and uncondemnsd, and its open apologists and propa gators welcomed to platform, pulpit and commun. ion-table, as the most precious of God's taints and the very salt of the earth. From the South-side Adamses, who esteem tbe interchange of slaves between tbe United States aod Africa that is, their introduction, through all the horrors of 'the middle passage,' by thousands, to the Christian influence of tbe rioi aod ugar plantation ot tbe South, and their return, by that amiable and emineutly pious institution, tbe Colo nization Suoiety, by tens, or perhaps hundreds, ol the more agod and infirm of those 'held to service and labor,' or the more troub'esome aod danger ous of those who are so unfortunate a lo own themselves one of the grandest and noblest mis tin nary ideas couoeivable 1 From your Dr. Rices and Plummer me who, taking their position upun tbe narrow pou slo of that arrant falsehood, that slavery i out a 'malum in se,' are attempting to uphold a system destined, sooner or later, to fall beneath the judgment of an avenging God, and bury them, like tbe worshippers io Dugon' Tem ple, below the remembrance, aye, beneath the coo. tempt of men ! Do not say that we single out tbsse men for tbe purpose of abase; we mention them because they are representative men, and in many respeots the best of tbeir class. 'Do you see that leader?' said the driver of a stage-coach In England to a gentleman wbo sat on the box at hi side. 'Yes, sir; what of him?' was the reply. 'Well, when be come to that gate he alway shies. mutt give bin lomtthing to think of ; end com ing down w ith a sharp blow of the whip upon bit flank, ths spirited cteature dart forward, forget ful of the object of bis foimer alarm. These lead er must be mado to feel that their fear of disas trous results to thir particular ecclesiastical or ganizatiuns, should they prove true to themselves, to the oppiessed victims ol an outrage tyranny, and to God, is wholly groundless, or st all event", far from the greatest misfortune that might befall the cause of truth and righteousness. Ministers must make up ihoir minds that political preaching will be peculiarly distasteful to such hearers ft Pierce Butler, whose moral and spiritual sensibil- ilios were outrnireH. nritftl.pd tbrnnoh And In fact crushed, by the political preaching of Dudly Tjrng, while owning, working, whipping, selling hundreds of human beings, created in the imago of God, on the cotton and sugar plantations of Carolina and Gcoigia. When the Celebrated ttobort Hall was reproach ed with meddling in politics, he replied, 'The plain state of the Case is, the writer is offended, ml at my meddling with politics, but that I bave med dled on the wrong side !' Political preaching, in this land, technically means rebuking great national and political sins. This kind of preaching is not only legitimate, but the very kind which, in this age when national iniquity is cr.ming in like a flood is evpeoially de tnanded ; ag iinat unjust and aggressive war, in temperance, Sabbath violation, slavery, and kin dred evils, let the artillery of God's Word he di. reeled from tho forty thousand pulpits of thit land and they will fall at once like lightning from heav en, sink like lead beneath the tide of publio scorn, and their place be found no more at all. Against these onorinoiis evils the pulpit is bound to protest, and every one into whose hand is put the hammer of God's Word must deal such blows upon tbem as the measure of bis strength will admit ; so cor rupt, however are all the political parties of the day that no minister can advocate tbe claims of any one oi them without being gutl.y ol a mon strous perversion of his offije ; to descend into the aret.a of their strifes is merely to soil our sabred garments, without a rational hope of effecting any beneficial result whatever. True courage, it is necessary to say, does not consist in denouncing sin in the abstract, or evils which exist io other communities and other eccle siastical organizations, but in meeting it face to face, and in carrying on the conflict witb it as it exists in all forms ot individual aud organio wick edness around us. We bave enough who are the champions of bat t.es long ago fought and won, wbo are bold and defiant, so long as the npp nition is an 'airy no thing without a local habitation or a name,' but who have oo relish for a band to hand encounter witb those great organized systems of oppression and iniquity that are oppoeed to the kingdom of the Redeemer io the present in these ease pre ter tbe mild and the persuasive, and consider it al together better that Christianity should not come in contact with existiog institution. Had tho Church of past age been of this mind, no martyr's blood would ever bave been abed, the sacrifice uf Romany noble lives of apostles and their successors would have been avoided, and un told sufferings escaped pity that the Church bat learned this wisdom so lately 1 If we are to accept such views now, we must reverse our former opin. ions; the past and present admiration which the world entertains lor tho martyr spirit Is a perni cious sympathy for bigoted and misguided teal, and those heroic deaths, from which even unbelief does not withho'd the tribute of its praise, but lit tle better than suluidol Men mny plume themselves upon their superior wisdom in thunuing all the great moral conflicts of the ngc ; but whether they will have equal cause to coi.gratulate themselves when they appear to receive the crown of a faithful and valiant sol dier of ttie truth and cause of Christ, is a point upon which e may be permitted to entertain at least a doubt. Translated for the Liberator. From the Boston [German] Pionier, of Sept. 24 GOVERNOR CHASE OF OHIO Theodore Parker remarks, in a letter from Swit zerland, which be recently wrote to the abolition, ist, Mr. Jackson, ci this city, that the great men uf America, contemplated from Europe, present a much smaller appearance than on this side the water ; that, especially, the pliancy and indiffer ence which most of tbem exhibit in relation to the Slave Power, place tbem in a disgraceful light ; that not a single Northern Governor has tha co ir- age to oppose decidedly the slave oligarchy, and that to bim, .Parker, at a distance, Governor Chase also, whom be formerly considered a 'great man,' looks like a 'coward.' We confess that we entertained and were con firmed in a similar opinion of Mr. Chase, when. some years ago, in Cincinnati, be quiotly allowed a slave woman, whom be could and ought to bave rightfully and lawfully rescued and protected, be dragged back to Kentucky that unfortunate and boroio women who killed her child, in order not to let it fall again into the band of the slavehold ers. Mr. Chase bas just embraced a good opportuni ty to show bis manliness in a brilliant light. lie had reoeived from tbe Mayor of Boston an invita tion to be present, oo tbe 17tb of September, at tbe ereotion, contrived witb to much eolaf.of Powers' statute of Webster.in front of tbe Stat House in this city, whereMr. Everett was to deliver tbe oration, 'the master piece of bis life.' Mr. Coase replied to the invitation in the following manner ; II y honor and my priooiples forbid me to ac cept an invitation, which, if I did not eontlder your politico, I mutt regard as a personal insult. Glo-ioua Button, whiob oalle itstlf lb Cradle ol Liberty, oan take upon itself alone tbe ditgraoe of erecting a statue to a man wbo should nod hit proper place io the grave, sooner than io ibe Cra dle of Liberty. You bave at least no right to ex peot ae aooomplioes io your festival, men wbote honor and prineiplet are not empty names. To honor a traitor ie to bonor the treason, and I bav nothing to do witb mcb a judge it lightly, when it is coupled with talcn't. Arnold and Curr had alio talent; Douglat bimtelf has lalont. You cannot it i Douglas btmftelf has lalont. You cannot f f Webster's talent, without doubly tonoFifig ( Riiilt. Talent cannot blind, but can on! fill, . ( :l I. ...... J.J'.'' horiuf ' his guil ma with tnitltana to base purposes. The father of the f ug'Wve Slave Law, who consecrated to Infamy the soil of Boston as well at of the whole North, thoulJ feol enjoy io the Free States so1 much as i gfifve; rBtiaS less a statute. Il h's statute must be erected1. then let it be done where the slave-driver crac&'f bis , whip, and where tbe chained victims 6'f barbarity writhe in the agonies of death on tbe ora'ctling fagott of the stake. ThefO are r ootids iur bonor ing Webster there ; among the supporter! of sla very, be has acquired for himself true merit, since the Fugitive Slave Law wa the moral precursor of the abolition of the Missouri Compromise, tbe, Dred Scott declai m, the ro-openiug of he slave- ' trade, and all the other outrages b mean of which the slaveholders seek to subjugate the North' That Boston Representative, who vrat so dishonor able as to degrate the citizens' of trie' Free State to the bt'rtin of fugitive slaves', was' tbo one wbo' Infused ioto the South tbe sbamelest courage to prepare for ul every imaginable kind of disgraoej' and If there be any who deserve to share tbe curse, of bis delinquency, it is those wbo, (pile of the pernicious consequences of the same, are still, in, the year 1859, shameless enough Id erect a ettt ute to him. Down with thit statute I And if tbe" memory of him whom it represents is to be perpet uated, lot il be only for the purpose of furoithiual' a disoouraging example to those; who' carry free'! dom and the ComniWweafiu' open their lips, bill take office to betray them to ambition and the greed of gai'u.' It not tbat a proper reply ? Is Chase a 'ooward?' Is not Chase an honorable man ?. Is aot Chase a true Republican ? Does not such a man dtserve to become President? ' ' But, softly I Tbe foregoing answer is abonr such a one a Mr. Chase must hive given, if be were a man and a Republican. Here fulluwe the one whiob he really gave : .'' COLUMUBS, Sept. 10. 1859. Dear Sir : It it with great regret that I find myself con: trained to deny myself the gratification of being present at the inauguration of the slatuti of Webster. I would go far to participate in in augtirating a statute wrought by the art ol Pnw ers. I would go further to hear Uebtter eeltbra ted by Everett. But imperious duties detain tti in Ohio. '' Witb great respect, Youre truty, . , S. P. CHASE. Hon. Frederick. W. Lincoln. Mayor Ao. . ., A man to whom it would afford gratification te be present at the erection of a statute to the falsH er of ibe Fugitive Slave Law, and wbo. Would got the fanheit distanoe to bear tbat traitor celebrated hy one of the most intolerable conservative an! aristocrats in tbe country, such a man claim to be trusted, as a Republican President, to repeal the Fugitive Slave Law, and to restrain ibe elate holders 1 We give the German RebobHcaos Of Ohio It consider what tbey are doing, If tbey continue t place upon tbeir shield such a wtakling, diplomat and 'coward.' SPIRITUALISM NOT REFORM. The following passage we eopy from an arti cle in the Welcome Guest, in which the editor gives an account of the late meeting of Progretw ive Friends in Michigan. It ia not often thai we find emanating from a spiritualist to common sense aoi' truthful si viow of the difference between Spiritualism and Reform as is here presented. It was claimed also from this stand by mod ef the leading speakers, that Spiritualism we to de tbe great work of reformation. To this we wtter ed our protest at the time, and hope ever to be able to continue the same. Spiritualism itsjlf ie not a reformatory movement. It bas bot one ob joct in view, and that is to reveal immortelitr. Beyond this it bas no power fur good or for ttit. Our experience be taught Os tbat among tbe ranks of Spiritualists a'i classes are to be found. To entitle one to tbe oogboihen of a Spiritualist only require him to believe that there ii tola munioo opened between thit end tbe eTpfrll World. He ia not required to forsake the feast Crime. If before be become convinced that spiritualitl ac tually do onmmunioate, he is a drunkard, 6 gam bler, a profane swearer, a falsifyer, a robber, a swindler, a thief, a murderer, a counterfeiter er an adulterer ; becoming' convinced of this fact. does not require bioa to forsake any of thee crimes. To become a good Spiritualist, of eonrte all of these crimes must be abandoned. Spiritual ism embraces men of all rank, grade aod pro fessions, from the idiot to the debauchee, and the higher ranks of human culture. Utnoe il might as well be called idiotic, ar reformatory. Tha great difficulty in the past has been, we have made titles, reforms, while reforms only consist ia be coming better men and better icemen, and whoever does this, is a reformer. Wesley was a reformer, and being tbe foander of Methodism, the mas took Methodism for a re form, and tbe consequenoe was, that tbo wke desired to be called reformer, withoal beeomlag better men end better women, joined tbe eeurch. and made a cloak of ii to hide tbe burthen ef their ioiquitie. So with all otbsr ism. Tbe mo ment we make the ism tbe reform; we may ex peel to increase in number, but not in value. Upon thit ground w object to Spiritualism being called a reform. Tbe foundere of every church, and ef every system of theology bave, without donbl. bad good and lofty motive, bui recognising no etand- ard above a creed, bible or ism, they bare ae a matter of oourte, been forced back into a tori ef teuii-barbarinn. The truth is, there ie no eland rd of reform outside of the individual. .. ' Before Spiritualism can be oalled a reformatory movement it must be ebown thai it really reforae all ibote wbo profett lo believe ia he Jrutbe, end ac attempt lik tbi would b lb height ef folly. There ere toot profetting lo be il ditelplee, wt hold tbe most extreme viewe on both eidee af ev ery question, We are ready to grant thai then ' . ' i I