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COMMUNICATIONS.
"Wesleyan Consistency."
Almost every day we find something to
call forth tltn eft repeated sentence, "Conis
tency thou srt a jewel." Happy the man
tho church the connection, who posses it.
I sometimes fcrl nfraiJ to prefer the charge
of inconsistency against my brcthern, lest I
who am but as othor men, should be found
really guilty myself.
Educated as wo have been, surrounded by
Influences bs we are, it is a long time often,
before we see, and see our true position.
Tl ea some do not seem to popsoss the faeul
ty for seeing much at a lime, or understand"
Ing tho bearing of one act upon another.
But how any of my Wesleyan brethren should
so fir betray themselves, and the nnti-slnv-ery
cause,ns the brclh renal Columbiana Camp
meeting' did I cannot tell.
To invite pro-elavory priests to preach at
an anti-slavery camp meeting is an anomily.
I am glad theYirst to whom they applied re
fused. He could oce why it would be in
consistent for pro-slavery, Free Mason, to
preach for an anti-slavery, Anti-Masonic
church, if the others could not. I suppose
brethren did not know what to do. Thry
did not think they could hold a camp meet
ing without preachers, nr that they could
strike their tents and go home again!
But I think I can tell tho reason why my i
brethren pursued this course. Very early in
our bistcry the question came up, "Having i
left a pro-slavery church becauno of her sins j
can we fellowship members of said church?"
This question has been answered as follows:
If we go to theircomm,inion,'vc fellowship
them as a church; if they come to ours, wo
fellowship them as individuals; and vice
verse."
L'pon this principle many of us acted from
he beginning, although we were never satis
fied with it. Now and for some time past,
believe the ground untenable, for the, to
my mind, all powful reason, that a pro-slavery
church is an unchristian church, and that
churches arc mndo up of individuals, and tho
parts cannot bo better than the whole. It
may seem uncharitable, yet I cannot look up
on ai.y of the sects who cherish Slavery, no
matter what their professions, as having any
claim to christian character. I can regard tho
members of those bodies as other men, I can
co-operate with them in any or all tho radical '
measures of the day, if they are disposed to
co-operate with me. But I cannot recognize
them as the representatives of the religion of
Jesus. I will not consent to uniting Christ
and Beelzebub till the devil be cast out. The
groat difficulty with the professed anti-slavery
religious community is, they try in all
their movements and operations to keep tho
good word of their enemies. They are will
ing to "como out" and form another sect, but
they arc not willing to entirety disconnect
themselves, they wish to keep as near to the
"old church" as possible, instead of getting
as f.ir away ns tiiey can, instead of going
further fmn her every day, they begin to
sneak back as though they wanted warmth
from her embrace. They want to act so as
to retain the name of Orthodox, Evangelical,
&c, instead of striving to act so as to merit
the name Iletrodox, Infidel, &c. I have no
sympathy with evangelical baby stealing or
with Orthodox soul crushing. I believe tho
churches are "the Bulwarks of Slavtry,"
(sin.) .ml am of courso an "anti-church"
mm. I believe the government is tho pro
duct of said churches, and as tho stream car.,
not riso higher than tho fountain, I am "no
k'ovdrmnent" man.
You ask if "thoso are the kind of Wesby
nna we have in Cleveland?" I answer, we
have some of that kind and some of the oth
er, I think.
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J. W. WALKER.
The above leltor of our friend Walker, will
be read with interest. He does not attempt
to hido the faults of his church with which
tin is connected. Not being a sectarian him
self, ho will not cover up and defend the
wrongs committed by bis church. With him
the question is, what is my duty as a chris
tian, not what is my duty as a member of a
sect, and whatever he sees to be his duty, re
gardless of consequences, that he endeavors
to perform. Wo are acquainted with others
of the same connection, of whom we can say
tho same that we have said or brother Walk
er, and having said thus much, we wilt brief
ly state that the inconsistency of the Wes
lcyans, have not all been pointed out in bis
letter.
While many of the Wesleyans within the
Voo nd a ot Allegheny conference, would
shrink back with horror from the act of le
galizing slavery, they do we believe fellow
ship those as christians, who do legalize it
and while the larger portion of their meeting
houses are open to the slave in the person
bis representative and advocate, two bouses
at least, within the bounds of said conference,
are closed; viz: the meeting house at Meso
potamia, and at Cuyahoga Falls. Quite re
gently, we are informed, the doors of their
liouse at the Falls were closed against our
friend Lcfruigwell and Baisett, Should
be!
S.
Letter from the Editors.
Ravenna, Nov, 22d 1616.
of
Dear Friends s
Vrn will urn liv tho ilatn of i
this that we have commenced cur reports of
progress almost as soon as wo commence our j
labors.
It is to bo hoped that the anti-slavery feel-
ingot Edinburg the place of our first up-j
pointment is not a f.iir specimen of Reserve ,
fr tho prejudice there in deep
and bitter. Not that tho peoplo know any
thing about true abolitionism; they halo it
understanding its character; all (hey '
know, or care to know, is that it opposes tlio
fiod of their idolatry pro-slavery sectarian-
ism. Ono religionist of the town had been
busy in misrepresenting our principles and
circulating personal slanders, and the conse-
quonee was, that all whom they could con
trol by force or fear stayed away from "the
infidel meeting." .So well trained are tho
women of Edinburg, that when their tempor
al and spiritual lords said with solemn and
oracular tone, "No woman of respectability
will go to hear Mrs. Jones," they good, obe
dient souls bowed their heads in submis-
sior.. At our first meeting tin ro wero but J
three women who dared appear. Tlio stotm j
of tho succeeding day, was perhaps a sufTi- j
cient reason fur their ncn-atlendance, but no I
storm kept them away the first dr.y, utiUss it
was the anticipation of a pulpit storm if they
should go. Pity it is that sectarians cannot
learn that humanity is far moro valuable than
their corrupt organizations, that the rights cf
tho humblest individual aro worth infinitely
more than the interest of proudest and wealth
iest denomination.
You can form somn idea of the hostility of
the sectarians of Edinburg from tho following
facts. A year or more since, when theio was
a talk of Abby Kelley going to that place,
members of tho Methodist Episcopal church
openly threatened to tar and feather her, and
pious sisters of that denomination proffered
the contents of their pillows in aid of tho de
sign. And why should they not1 The Me
thodist women of the South flog their dark
hucd sister, why not Methodist women cf
tlio north t.ir and feather their white sister .
One is as christian a3 the other, and as no
ccssary to the support of tho denomination.
A short time after the above occurrence, a
colored man wished to deliver an anti-slavery
lecture there. A mob composed of church
members and others assembled about the
Town House in order to prevent his entrance,
one of the religionists at least, being armed
with a club.
Notwithstanding the culdr.css and hostili
ty of the great majority of the people, we had
quite a good gathering un the first day; and
though tho exceedingly unpleasant weather
which afterwards prevailed very much less
ened tho number in attendance, yet those
who did assemble appeared to bo much in
terested in the question, and a discussion we
had with a liberty party lawyer from Akron
contributed no little to increase the interest
that was felt. Hard und stony as the ground
is, some of the seed may take root.
At this place (Ravenna) we found the state
of things somewhat different from what they
wero a year ago. There was then a more
general profession of abolitionism, but now,
some who did not fully understand the prin
ciples of Disunion, or rather who did not an
ticipate so extensive an application of them,
have drawn timidly back. The Whigs, for
instance, w ho know that Liberty party would
be opposed by the Disunionists, gave a warm
welcome to the hitler, but unfortunately for
their party, there were men of principle among
them, who, w hen the duty of secession from
a corrupt church and government Mas urged
upon them, embraced the principles and prac
tice of comeouterism. This secession from
their ranks weakened the party, and at tho
last election the Whigs of Portage suffered a
partial defeat which somewhat soured them
toward tho Disunionists. We havo however
had interesting meetings, and met with a
number of true friends. Amcng others whom
wo bad the pleasure of seeing, was C. F.
Leflingwell of Franklin Mills who has been
lecturing some in tho country round about;
II. W. Curtis of Chester Roads, who, you
know is about to enter the field ns an agent
of the Western .Society; and ex-colunel, cx-
tquire Meduian of Randolph, who a few
months Bince threw up his two commissions,
and is now plain William Stedman, a come.
outer from the government on non-resistant
and anti-slavery grounds. What a mighty
work Principle has done within the past year
on the hearts of some ot our friends on the
Reserve. Colonel's commissions, magis
trate's commissions, notary's commissions,
Lawyer s certificates, Party fetters and Sec
tarian bonds have all been laid upon the alter
of humanity. And especially is it beautiful
and encouraging to see young men present
ing with a willing hand and a cheerful heart
their welcome offereings; anxious to mako
themselves of no reputation if the cause
truth may be thereby served. God grant
them strong hands and brave hearts to labor
for the deliverance of their captive brelh
ern. The night before our arrival here, a boy
who was sent out of town on an errand fail
ed to return. At two o'clock tha alarm bell
of the village startled the inhabitants from
their slumbers, and they went forth into tho
m;rK uml BaTe lne j0Si
Th
lieir sympathy wai deeply moved, and their
efforts were rewarded by finding the object'
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inns in this land who wero lost in tho more
ihan midnight daikncis of slavery, who w ere
separated from their human kind nnd driven
forth to perish as brutes. We tuld thorn tint
if bcy "nubl but listen, they would hear
tho Lihi rty Hell pealing out its alarum, sum
nbnliliotiism, monining tin m forth to mod tho pelting
Menu of popular ficrsi eulion and to brave all
dangers which await tho anti-slavery reform
without er. Thoio who heard our doctrines and corn-
of thrir search nlrep bcnraih a haystack,
though in a perishing condiiion. Wo en
deavored to improve this incident for the cap-
live s benefit, wo told them there were mill-
prehen led tho chancier of our principles ap-
peared to yield tin intellectual assent to them,
though perchance many of them will not now
adopt them, but wait lor a r.ioro convenient
season
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ANTI-SLAVE II Y BUGLK
SALEM, NOVEMBER 27, Hill.
- "I lovo agitation when there Is cause Tor it
the alarm bell which startles tho inhabi
tants of a citv. saves them from bein'r ln.m.
ed in their beds." Edmund JJtirhc.
00" Persons having business connected
with tho paper, will please call on James
Barnaby, corner of Main anil Cliesnut sts.
Anti-Slavery Meetings.
B. .S and J. Kmzaiiktii Jo.ves will luld
Anti-.Shivcry meetings at
Mecca, Trumbull Co., Saturday and Sun
day, tlio s!8ih and H'.hh.
Greene, Trumbull Co., Tuesday, Decem
ber 1st.
Andover, Ashtabula Co., Thursday and
Friday, the 3rd and dth.
New Lyme, Ashtabula Co., Saturday, the
th.
Austinburg,
Uth.
Ashtabula Co., .Sunday, the
L'nionvillc, Lako County, Tuesday, tho
8th.
Monlville, Geauga Co., Thursday and Fri
day, tno lutn ami 1 llli.
Chardon, Geauga Co.. Saturday and Sun
day, the lJlh and Kith.
Munson, Geauga Co., Tuesday and Wed
nesday, the 15ili and lUth.
Kirtland, Lako Co., on Thursday and Fri
day the 17 th and Hlh.
Painesville, Lako Co., Saturday and Sun
day, tho 19th and i-Oth.
All of the above meetings will be held in
the afternoons and evenings of the days men
tioned commencing at 1 o'clock, except these
at Edinburg, Ravenna, and Mecca, which will
commenco in tho evening, and continue ihro'
the following afternoon and evening, and if
the friends at Mecca desire it, a meeting will
also be held there on Sunday forenoon.
Will the friends of the cause please make
all necessary arrangements for tho abovo
appointments; and as the speakers havo no
mode ot conveyance of their own, they will
oi! oongcii 10 uepenu on mo Kindness ot tlie
friends of the cause to carry Ihein to the pla
ces of their appointment.
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SAML. BROOKE,
General Agent.
General Agent. Reformers--Leading Influences.
of
In all ages of the world, and the present is
far from proving itself to be an exception, tho
reformer has had to endure the rude buffet
ings of tho masses of the people. Tlio lea
ding influences, and no communities are with
out thom, are opposed to innovation. They
are identified with things as they are, and
have much to lose by change. The masses,
Controlled Ion rrrivit ovbni I... il.... Av..
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en by I nest and demagogue to persecute ;
ineir best friends ; and tho rack, imprison-
meat, or death has been the fa to of, or uontu
mely and scorn have been heaped upon those
who, in tho face of all opposing obstacles,
have pressed onward in advance of the mul
titude, fearlessly contending for what they
believed to be truth. This bitter persecution
has not been confined to him alone who would
benefit mankind by correcting its abuses and
reforming the morals of society; but those,
also, who have made discoveries in the Sci
ences, or introduced improvements inagricul
turo and the arts, have come in for their sharo
of persecution.
The introduction of tho common wheat
fan, for cleaning wheat, was opposed by the
clergy of Scotland, upon the plea that it was
wicked to create artificially a current of air
for the above purpose. Even the '' ltroduc
lion of the potatoe, as an ar'.iclo of food, met
w ith opposition from a Priest who contended
that it was the forbidden fruit. An applica
tion of boiling pitch was once used by sur
geons to staunch the blood flowing from a
wounded artery. Ambrose Pare introduced
the pnetice of tying the artery with a liga
ture, and for this the Faculty Heated him
with scorn as ono who would hang human
life upon a thread.
Tho discoverer of vaccination, Jenner, was
ono of tbn greatest benefactors of the human
raee, but ho was run down by the Royal Col
lege of Physicians, at London, for what they
pronounced his monstrous quackery; and
Lrrham of Frankfort, tried tu provu ffom
Scripture and the Fathers, that vaccination
was tho real anti-Cluist.
Tho practice of inocul
. by Lady Mary Montague Sh " , . i
: hi 0y me uoctorsanddu
enouncedby theCler
irv a presumntuouslv tLi . .
tbe hands of Providence l7ut . .i
'cuts on
rcenuy B
individual discontinued the Bugle, giving as
a reason, that although ho liked tho paper
and approved of its sentiments, bo could not
endure tho persecution its reception subjected
him to.
But from tho Creed, power, tho greatest
opposition is nut with by the reformer. Of
its power for evil, tlio Rev. Charles Bcechcr,
son of Lyman Bcechcr, D. D., thus speaks
in a sermon preached by him at Fort Wayne,
Indiana, on the occasion ef the dedication of
the Second Presbyterian Church of that place.
There is nothing imaginary in the state
ment tit t tho Creed-Power is now beginning
to prohibit tho Bible, ns really as Koine did,
though in a subtler way. During the whole
course of seven years' study, the Protestant
candidate lur the ministry sees beloro linn
an unauthorized statement, spiked down and
stereotvprd, of what ho mi'st find in the Bi
ble or bo martyred. And does any one, no
quainttd with human nature, need be t-dd
that he studies under a tremendous pressure
of motive ? Is that freedom of opinion 1 'ihe
libeity wherewith Christ iiiaketh free'?
Rome would have given that. Every one of
hrr clergy might have studied tho Bihlo to
find them the Pontifical creed, on pain of
death. Was that liberty 1
Hence I say, that liberty of opinion in our
Theological Seminaries, is a mere for.n. To
say nothing of the thiunb-serew of criticism,
by which every original mind is tortured in
to negative propriety, tho whole hoisted lib
erty of tlio student consists in a choice of
chains a choice of handcuffs win -ll.er he
will wear the Protbyterian handcuff, or tho
Methodist, Bapti.it. Episcopal or other Evan
gelical handculf. Ilenco it has secretly come
to pas.? that the ministry themselves daro not
study their Bible. Largo portions thereof
are seldom touched. It Ties lifeless lumber;
or if they do study an I sear.'h, they dare not
show the people what they find there. There
is son)'' thing criminal in saying anything new.
It is shocking to utter words tint have not
the ninuld of age upon them.
Through the ministry, tho same sj irit Ins
been conducted to tho people. The same
penalties hang over them. Tho denomina
tions are so nearly balanced, the strife for
power is so keen between them, that every
fancied departure from the erred, is seized to
make political capital, as really as in any po
litical campaign. Houses must bo built;
salaries must be raised. This requires wealth.
Wealth requires numbers and patronage.
This creates a servile dread of novelty, for
everything that another party can get hold
of, strikes at tho gold. Therefore, the peo
plo watch their minister, and the minister is
afraid Cf his people. For if he studies indo-
pensleutiy, II lie goes oiiImuo ot tun I
ok, if
he slips tho handcuff, tlio peoplo trjruhlc it
will not please the opposition will seize it
we shall bo unpopular we shall not suc
ceed !
Oh, woful day ! 0!i, .inhapjiy church of
Christ! Fust rushing round and round the
fatal circle of absorbing ruin ! Thou sayest,
1 am rich, and increased in goods, and havo
need of nothing; and hr.uirr.it nut that thou
art poor, and miserable, and blind, and naked!
Thus aro the ministry of the Evangelical,
Protestant denominations, not only formed all
tho way up, under a tremendous pressure of
merely human tear, nut tliey live, and move,
and breathe, in a state of things radically cor
rupt, nnd appealing every hour to every baser
element of their nature, to hush up the truth,
and bow the knee to tho power oi apostacy.
Dimly docs Jvery one now and then see
that things aro going wrong. With sighs
does every true heart confess that rottenness
is somewhere; but uh ! it is hopeless of re
form. Wc nil pass on, nnd the tido rolls
down to-night.
The time has como when men, having itch
ing ears, and forms of godliness without the
power, aro heaping to themselves teachers,
when they will not endure, sound doctrine,
but aro turned aside unto fables. And the
whole has como about stealthily, nobody
knows how, among good men, out of good
motives.
Was not this the way things went with
Rome? Aro we not living her life over
again ! And what do wo see just ahead ?
Another (ieneral Council ! A World's Con
vention ! Evangelical and Universal Creed !
And what then is to be done ? 1 know not
what others may say ; hut if ever I shrink
from declaring that tho Bible, tl o whole Bi-
blc, and nothing but tlio Bible, is tho perfect
allll trough furniture of the Christian luin-
ister, and the Christian church, then may
my right baud forget her cunning, and my
tongue cleave to tno root ol my mouui.
Hence it is true that ho who would benefit
the world by reforming tho morals of Socio-
ty, and correcting its abuses, will meet with
the fiercest opposition, as all ungodly Priests
will dispute every inch of progress.
Thnt the reformer may entertain errors
opinion, must bo admitted. And until iufal-
libility is attainable by erring man, with the
seeker after the true and tho right, this will
bo the case. Some he may entertain in com-
wilh others as well as errors which oth-
ers do not subscribe to ; but still some ot his
views, opposed by tho leading influences, ro-
garded as visionary by others, and regarded
(because they aro taught to btlieve so) as fa-
natical by tho mass, if perspveringly advo-
cated, w ill be adopted by the next generation
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as great practical truths. I his has been the
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history of human progress, and it is nccessa-
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ry to such progress that some should take
advance position, and endure persecution
with a martyr spirit.
The patient submission to wroncr, while
is fearlessly vindicating what hbelievcs
to bo truth, and an endurance of the wron"
done him, rather than give up its advocacy",
forces tho multitude at length, ether influen-
to the contrary notwithstanding to .!,
conclusion that such an one is not onlv sin-
cere, but faithful to his convictions. Thus
he gains an influenco over the consciences
men that enables him to stamp an impress;
upon tho age, in spite of all adverse iiilluen-
CCS.
Then let us take courage, and in the lan
guage of the concluding sentence ot tho ad-
j dress on the third page of this paper, resolve
" llmt wo wil1 not al)a, one jot ur 'i"1" (om
our ,'n'orU' l"S " one fetter remains un-
b(okell
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of
; lege, is it strange that it should bo put in prac
iiion tice there? We arc among those who will
w ill nut sw tar to observe tbtm.
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We would cull particular attention to the
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article on our fust page lrom the Covenanter.
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1 bis publication is an organ of the Reformed
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I'reI'J,"'"- cllu"'1' 'm slavery,
H'""'"' 'eciesiasticully. It receives
t ,,ot "" Us """' WW
ono j dc'f' r ll,m who '''i'"8 avery.
' 1 ,,u ka t,f abolitionists
' " be,"s n,al'8ncJ-it doc8 ""
j ,1-'ner8- ,l U ll,oso cl,urtllfs wI'M are B
ces I of "'"'eholding that malign the abolition-
of
"If wn have whispered truth, whisper no
longer.
"Speak ns tho tempests doth, sterner and
stronger.
If we believe that the energy of truth can
not be enervated if we believe that the pro
gress of human improvement cannot be stay
ed if wc believe that the power which God
has given, right over might, will not bo bro
ken, shall wo feel discouraged because Ibe
leading influences urn opposed to us? Nev
er, no never. In this ago men begin to feel
that brute force is not a match for truth in
a contest with it, that might cannot triumph
over right.
But the heart and the mied,
And the voice of mankind,
Shall arise in communion.
Ami who shall resist the: proud union.
The time i' past when swords subdued,
Man may die the soul's renewed.
Even in ibis low world of caro
Freedom ne'er shall want an heir;
Millions breath hut to inherit
Her forever bounding spirit.
Tin n let us rejoieo that tl c mighty well:
of human progress is advancing. That there
are fjiihl'ul champions of human liberty, not
only
in America, but also in England, Ire-
land, Germany, France, that havo already
stamped an impress upon tho age, that the
masses begin to show evidence cf a disponi-
tiou to practically recognise the groat truths
of human freedom, as preached by tho ubo
liliuiiisH of our country, as written every
where by the finger of Ged. That an under
current is moving onward that the cccan
wave cf public sentiment is swelling up,
and that this wave is destined to sweep on
ward, crushing too ramparts of despotism,
and overthrowing the strong holds cf tyranny-
"s.
In Oberlin, the judges of tho election, at
the late election, were all Liberty paity men,
and if tlio election was a reguli.r cne, an oath
of tho following form was taken by the judg
es and clerks:
"You, A. B., do solemnly swear (or af
firm as the caso may be.) that you will per
form the duties of a Judgo or Clerk cf this
election (as tho case may be.) according to
law ami the best ef your abilities ; an I that
you will studiously endeavor to prevent IVaud,
deceit or abuse, in conducting the tsarnc."
ee act lo regulate elections, , .ec.
The coi;:;titutior.ul provision, in reference
to voiirg, is as follows, which, bo it remem
bered, is She fundamental law of tho State.
"In all elections, all white mala inhabi
tants above tho age. of twenty .one years, hav
ing resided in the State one year next pre
ceding the election, and who have paid or
are charged wiili a Slate or County tax, shall
i nj'')' Ihe right of an elector; but no person
shall be entitled tu vote, except in the County
or District in which ho shall actually residu
at the time of the election." Art. 1, Sec. 1.
The judges, however, we have been told,
paid no attention to the law, or their oaths,
so fir as color was concerned, but let wh ito
and black, men of all ccdors, vote indiscrimi
nately. We understand that it is the determination
cf some of the citizens cf Ely ria, to prosecute
them for a violation of their sworn duties.
That black men have equally as good a right
to vote as whito men, wo affirm ; but what
is to be the result of such applications of Li
berty party's theory ef morals in practice?
Will it not destroy all confidence of man in
man 1 When such a theory of morals is gen-
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elUIIJ j'l ill. liaru , uu uiii. B iiii.utiyu , III uo
regarded as an index to his heart; und all the
horrors of tho French excesses, in their bloody
revolution, will be precipitated upon us.
Talleyrand, w how as educated a priest, but
became a politician of the French Revolution
ary school, when asked what was the use of
language, replied, "lo conceal our thoughts."
Was not the oath taken by these judges, on
the occasion referred to, employed to conceal
their thoughts?
Wo understood President Maban, of Ober
lin, in a discussion with S. S. Foster, to main
tain that it would bo right to take an oath lo
: support the Constitution of tho United States,
I and then disregard tho decisions of the Su-
j prcme Court, suffer impeachment, and then
j forc"o upon the court a reconsideration of its
j former decisions. Such being the morality
j taught by the President of tho Oberlin Col-
meet out equal justice to black and while,
hence, we will not swear to do otherw ise
, wo are one of those who will not obey unjust
i decisions of the Supreme Court, but then we
isU for Mn8 pro-alavery sects,
The Re
formed Presbyterians, feeling conscious
their innocency in this regard, do not feel
that our assault upon pro-slavery churches,
is an assault upon them. We do not hear
them crying out, you abolitionists are oppos
ed to all churches and all government.
S.
In Ireland many of the people are dying
starvation. It is said, however, that specu
lation in provisions has something to do w
this state of thin there.
Maryland.
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A Wilmington paper says that slaves are
running away by families on the Eastern
shore of Maryland. In Sassafras.nock, which
contains about one hundred rquarc miles of
territory, 200 have escaped within a year.
True JJemocrat,
Slaves running nwny from Maryland in
deed! Why Mr. Democrat we havo been ac
cutomcd to hear the Declaration of Indepen
dence read in that state, and to see the names
of the Maryland rcprcsenlives in the Con
gress of "Tli, attached to it. And then tho
Uh cf July orators would particularly em
phasize tho sentenco that says, "we hold
theso truths to bo self evident, that all men
aro endowed by their Cieator with crrlain in
alienablc'.righls, among which are a right to
life, to liberty, and lo the pursuit cf happi
ness." And the voices of these orators would
assume a most solemn tone as they would
read what was said about "appealing to
the Supreme Judge of the universe for tho
rectitude of mr intentions." And then as
they would draw themselves up to the great
est bight with the veins of the forehead sw ell
ed out large r.nd full, with a look of defianco
at all enemies of freedom, they would read
the crr.elmling sentenco which wo believe
w:is
in tins wise, "Anil lor Hie support ol
bis decoration, w ith a firm reliance on the
protection of Providence, we mutually pledge
to each other our lives, our fortunes, and our
sacred honor."
The multitude would then Huzza, and sr.y
that wc are a free and happy people! Next
the minister would pray:
' Wo thank thee Oh Lord! that wc live in
a land of Gospel light of civil and religious
liberty. That here every man can sit under
his own vino and fig tree, and worship God
according to tho dictates of his own con
science, having nous to molest him or mako
him afraid."
And is it possible that thero aro slaves
there still, who havo lo run away in "pursuit
of happiness," and who, perhaps, find no
safety this side of Canada, or in any place un
der the broad Aegis of the "Sacred Consti
tution." S.
The Erie (Pa.) Gazette, speaks of a yel
low man named Frank, who has been invei
gled down the river, says that paper, seized
and sold as a slave, ami that his purchaser
got to learn that he was a freeman.
Now it puzzles us to understand how
Frank, v. bile held as a slave, is any more a
freeman than any other person who is held as
a slave. The caption ef the article giving an
account of Frank's misfortunes, is a paradox;
it is headed "A Freeman in Bondage." Cer
tainly, while held in bondage, he cannot bo
free. While Frouk is held as a slave, he is
no more a freeman, than any other slavo in
Ihe South, and although he was brought up,
and lived a freeman, he is no more entitled
to his freedom, than any and every other
slave in the South, every man and woman be-
iug alike entitled to freedom. T!iy people of
this country, generally, seem t) regard sla
very as a quality, attaching itself to that part
of our population held as slaves a quality
which gives them a distinctive character,
different from the rest. But this is a false and
delusive idea. Juhn Jacob Astor, James K.
Polk, or Henry Clay, would be slaves if
they were seized upon, hand cuffed, confined
on a plantation, and driven by the lash to toil
in the day, and bound fast to prevent them
from absconding at night; and slaves too,nr
more entitled to their freedom than any slave
on the southern plantations, legally held un
der the laws of South Carolina or Georgia.
Mr. GAnitisoN is at home again. He re
turned in the Acadia, which reached Boston
on the 17lh.
l'hc President has called for nine more re
giments of butchers from as many states to
slaughter cur neighbors.
The well trained nnd accomplished cut
throats on board of the U. S. Squadron in
tho Gulf tried to kill some Mexicans in Al
verado, but wo are glad to learn that they
hauled off calling themselves unsuccessful.
The people of tho North havo said much
about extending the area of freedom as an ex
cuse for killing off soino thousands of their
neighbors. What tho Charleston (S. C.)
Courier thinks will bo tho result of theso
murders will be seen by tho following j.ara
graph: " Every battle f.iught in Mexico, and every
dollar spent there, but insures the acquisition
of territory which must widen the field of
Southern enterprise and power in tho future.
And the final result w ill be to re-adjust tho
w hole balance of power in tho confederacy,
bo as to irc us the control if the Government
in u'.l time to come. If the south be but true
to themselves, the day of our depression and
suffering is ;ne, und gone forever"
It seems from this that wo of tho north
arc to have our shackles fastened still tight
er. S.
We aro rejoiced to hear through V. Nich
olson that David P. Lowo is in the field and
laboring successfully, in company with Joel
P. Davis, in Indiana.
II. V. Curiiss lias commenced lecturing
and will continue during the winter season.
His first visits will bo to Farmington, in
Trumbull co.; Turkman, Geauga; Mesopota
mia. Trumbull; Windsor, Ashtabula; Hunts
burgh, Chardon; Burton and Newberry,
Geauga co. We cannot givo the date of his
visits to these places.
S. T. Creighton is on his way to New
Lyme, Ashtabula co., holding meetings on
bis route. Ho will spend some tuno in that
county.