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Liberty and Equality, Man's c omm o n b ir t hr i g h t, ?orf' r i c h e s t i f I K c I i g i o n a n d I a to t h e i r d e f e n e t.
-.BY POLAND & BMGGS.
MONTPELIEll, VT., THURSDAY, 11 A DC 1 1 12, 1846,
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contained in these few words than in all the written
speeches of a law shop ; and yet the expression is on
the tip end of almost every one's tongue. Take an
instance : Madam has picking or sausages to make,
and m up to nor ears in pots and kettles, when Mrs.
Somebody enters with her six little ones, all dressed
off as neatly as if they had just boon for six months
imprispoed in a band box, " lilcss me! I'm extremely
glad to 'see yon." It's a whopper it's a downright
lie. In her heart she wishes her and all her brood
-. VVhon we hear a person say, " Do call again
and Bee me," it sounds bo much like " John, show the
gentleman out." There is no such thing as politeness.
io be what the fashionable world terms " polite," we
must necessarily bn a hypocrite. The tnis character
ise of sincerity 11 blunlness.
HISTORIC AL
From the New York Evangelist.
The Austrian Empire.
no. a
BY REV. JOHN S. C. ABBOTT.
After the battle of Waterloo, which would
iquestionably have resulted in the triumph of
apoleon, had it not been for the timely succor
hich the wavering troops of Wellington receiv-
froin Blucher, with his Russian forces, the
ussians demanded of their king the fulfillment
his promise to confer upon them a constitu?
l . l . I T", ri
in. I'ut immediately tne umperor ot Austria
terposes, with an imperious prohibition " I
tn not allow, he says, " free institutions to be
tablislied so Hear my throne. My subjects
ill thus be incited to desire the same. I shall
ouscquonlly consider the granting a constitu
on to t-ie subjects ot the Prussian monarchy, as
e declaration of war against Austria, and shall
imediately invade your territory with my whole
ilitary force." The king of Prussia has not
t redeemed his pledge ; and he cannot do it
ithout encountering all the calamities of a long
d doubtful war. And it is supposed that Rus
i is ready to combine with Austria, to prevent
e institutions from obtaining any foothold in
russin, or in any other ot the neignnoring king-
11119.
One would naturally suppose that under such
rcumstanecs, popular indignation, tliougii
lothercd, would be deep and strong. But this
by no means the case. Mind is so stagnant
Austria ; the peasantry are so servile and ig-
rant, and the nobles so utterly abandoned to
eir rounds ot dissipating pleasures, tnr.t as a
neral thing, there is no discontent with the
ivernnient. A dull and stagnant tranquillity
settled down over the whole land. All that
Austrian asks, is that he may be permitted to
e to-morrow as he has to-day without change.
knows nothing better, and he desires nothing
iter. The white inhvntnnts ot the Unite J
ttes, in their boundless freedom, not only nian
st but feel almost infinitely more dissatisfac-
n with tlie acts oi tueir government, man no
Austrians with the resistless despotism un
which they repose. All travelers unite in
presenting the inhabitants of Austria as on the
ole a gay, thoughtless and contented people ;
ver dreaming oi any government ueirer man
ir own, and satisfied with things as they are.
among the thirty millions who people this vast
iglomcrated empire, here and there a thought
person begins to exert his energies, and de
ops symptoms ol discontent with the cstnb-
hed order of things, lie is immediately arrest-
by an argus-ryed police, and buried in dun
ns from whence he is never heard of more.
is said tint there are now many noble minds
mired in the dungeons of Austria, for daring
think ; those gloomy cells which have been
llowed by the sufferings of that great apostle
iberty, La Fayette. Man singularly adapts
Inselt to ins situation. iiiVeu irom me piania-
ns of South Carolina and Alabama, where
Southern slave wears away his life in un
it toil, crushed by despotism far more intolera-
ven than that of Austria, the elastic mind,
frauded and degraded as it is, will find sources
enjoyment. And shouts of insane and mind
i merriment are far more frequently heard
mi the cabins of the negro, than lamentations
despair. It is said that there is no country
Europe where (here is so little physical suffer-
; as in Austria ; none where lazy ease and
pid unconcern so universally prevail in the
ellings of the poor.
It is tha noble and the enlightened mind alone
iiich feels the restraints of servitude, andstrug-
s in irrepressible agony for freedom. Ages
oppression paralyze all these energies winch
noble man, and degrade him to a brutal stan
rd. Mindless man thus becomes but an over-
own child, careless and merry. All his joys
e puerile and noisy, shallow and transient,
nd this degradation of the soul, which consti-
tes the very deepest curse which despotism can
and upon its victims, is even presented by the
pressor as the palliative of his crime. Our
ople, says Mettemich, are contented with their
1. The contentment of the people, under
ch a government, and in the endurance of
ich wronrrs. does but show the denth of their
lasement. The mind is first robbed of all its
blcst attributes, that it may supinely submit to
e robbery of every right.
The Emperor of Austria is, in the. ordinary
xeptation of the terms, a humane and bencv-
ent man a kind despot. The ordinary ad-
inistralion of justice in the empire, between
an and man, is good. And there are very
any find amiable virtues which adorn the roy
family. The late Emperor, walking through the streets
f Shonbrunc, attended by an Aid, during the
holera, met" a coffin which was being conveyed
the cemetery, without any accompanying
fimurnci s. " vv hy is this collin thus abandoned!
nquired the Emperor. " It is doubtless," the
Vid replied, " some poor person, who lias no rel
itives. ' " We I. then, said tlie fceperor, n
you please, we will follow it ourselves, as mourn
ers." And uncovering his head, he reverently
followed the corpse to the grave, and then,
nowing upon it the first spade-full of earth, re-
red. Allowing the uncharitable construction
that this was done merely for effect, it was, un-
deniably, in an absolute monarch a graceful act,
and showed in a touching manner his at least
temporary recognition of the true brotherhood
f man. Such traits of character, fretmcntly
manifested, havegreatlv endeared the royal fam
ily to the people. The Austrians generally love
their master. And they would probably fight as
bravely to maintain their despotic government,
or rather to obey the commands of their masters,
whatever those commands might be, as would
the inhabitants of the United States to maintain
their freedom.
Not long ago, the illness ol the Emperor
threw the whole empire iulo dismay. The Em
peror, when convalescent, was taking an airing
in a close cal lage : an ne was inimemaieiy sur
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rounded by thousands of the populace, shouting
their congratulations.
He let down the g!as
the coach to thank them. 'No ! no !' was the
universal cry, ' he will take cold ; he will take
cold !' and those who were nearest, instantly
laid violent hands upon the window and forced
it up. Thus have we known orphan children,
while robbed of all their property by an unprin
cipled guardian uncle, give grateful hearts to
their defrauder for his smiles and gentle tones, J
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auu me lew pence ne wouiu occasionally gpe
them, all unconscious of the wrongs they werioccasiowj then, forsooth, they weie "judged,"
enduring at his hands.
Mr. Dwight relates an amusing anecdote, il-
Illustrative of the opinions entertained in that coun
try respecting America and tne Americans.
"While residing in one of the large cities of Eu
rope, a family from a neighboring town come to
psss a few days in the metropolis, and took a
suite of rooms next to my own. They inquired
of the landlady who occupied my rooms. She
replied, 'a gentleman from AtnericV " 'TroTi
America!' said they, raising their hands in con
sternation, 'and are you not afraid of him?' 'No;
he has done nothing yet to excite our alarm.' 'I
am almost afraid to stay here; are you sure that
he is harmless !' She observed that I had resi
ded there some weeks, and behaved as well as
other travelers. As a door opened from one of
my rooms into the first of theirs, they still thought
there might be danger, and requested her to fas
ten it. This, however, was not a sufficient de
fense. The trunks of the whole party were pi
led against the door, to prevent my entrance.
Unfortunately for the fears of this family, the
chimney sweepers cac at an early hour the next
morning, and commenced their sooty employ
ment. The party were suddenly awakened by
the strange, and incomprehensible noise of trow
els and scrapers coming in contict with diy brick.
They rose in great alarm, and called out to the
mistress of the house, begging lict to come to
them. As she entered the room, tiicy wished to
know if that American was not the cause of the
disturbance, mistaking probably the noise of the
scrnpers for a sharpening of the tomahaw k."
Similar sentiments in reference to Americans,
very generally prevail in the center of Europe.
Travelers from the United States are frequently
ar.msed by the astonishment which is manifested
in finding that they are both white and civilized.
It is greatly for the interest of the despots of
Europe, to perpetuate this ignorance respecting
the free institutions of our country. And it is
indeed keenly cutting to the pride of a traveler
from the free States of America, to see in the
shop windows of Vienna, in lithographic prints,
(lis country represented as merely the great mart
of slave breeding and slave flogging the Guinea
of Christendom. To prevent any more correct'
information from entering his realms, Ferdinand
has a standing army of two hundred and seventy
thousand men, in a state of the highest disci
pline, scattered through impregnable fortresses.
And they arc ready at any moment to extinguish
n blood the first glimmerings of the spirit of
iberty. By calling out tiie well-armed militia
battalions, this number can at any time be raised
to seven hundred and fifty thousmd men. This
is a fearful fores, to be guided by the energies of
one despotic mind.
Religious
For the Green Mountain Freeman.
Southern Mclhodisls.
Mrssrs. Editors. That your readers may have
some idea of the present state of affairs in relation to
the Methodists at the South, I send you for insertion
in tlie Freeman several articles which I have cut from
the Christian Advocate and Journal, a paper which in
years past lias been noted for its hostility to the aboli
tionists, and which has now a southern man' for its
editor. Yours respectfully,
GEO. PUTNAM.
For the Christian
Review of a
"J. 0.
Messrs. Editors:
Advocate and Journal.
lalti letter siped
Andrew.''
This is a most extraordina
ry production, whether we consider its author,
subject, or style. Let us review it a little.
I'lic convention at Louisville having settled by
its action the great question which has agitated
the Church for some months," &,c. What ques
tion? Why, that a Methodist bishop is, and of
right ought to be, entitled to hold as many
slaves as in his "godly" (?) judgment he thinks
he wants. This is the great question which the
Louisville Convention settled with a vengeance.
And therefore " Andrew," no Simon Peter's
brother, may now be "at ease in his possessions."
"The unhappy strife, he continues, "which for
twelve months past has agitated and divided our
Zion, has left, at least to some extent, a blight
ing influence on her prosperity." Who began
this unhappy strife? The author of this letter.
He would have slaves and be a bishop too.
The Church said nay, we never had slavehold
ing bishops, and we cannot have them now.
Then, said he, the Church shall be divided, for
I will not resign, nor free my slaves, nor sell
them to others who would. This is the unvar
nished fact, so plain that no sophistry can dis
guise it, and no plea can excuse it. But "the
unhappy strife has left, at least to some extent,
a blighting influence." "At ha.t to some ex
tent." How this language halts. A bleeding
Church lay before him. The sword that divided
it was wielded by his own hand. He drops the
sword, and takes up a pen todescribe the wreck
he made. The right words were rushinir to its
point, but they must bo qualified and softened,
"at least to some extent." " O, doctor," said
the dying Nelson, " I have not been a very great
sinner. " There has been a good deal of
warmth, perhaps occasionally some bitterness,
on the part of those who have been principally
engaged in conducting this controversy." Ay,
on the part of those who would have slavery in
the episcopacy, almost as much bitterness as
there is in that "bitter mf that Sterne some
where writes of. " It is possible that this sin
may not have belonged exclusively to cither side
of Mason and Dixon's line." Is it possible? ! ! !
" There has been a good deal of hard judging,
and not a little strong sneakinir nnd u-ritiiKf
oflowed, a might be expected, by considerable
alienation of jfeeling." " Hard judging."
Hero is a sample. The leading northern men
were well knowr,,and have always been known
to stand opuoseu to a slaveholding episcopacy
Did the Southever quarrel with them for that.'
NojJiot untili-thgy began to' show their opinion
by their -amio'ii'.' Until then they were good
conservatives. But as s6on as it was known
jflitit their opinion meanf'something for use upon
and ha ever since been condemned as aboli
tionists, that is, something worse than the devil,
for, bad as he is, he is still no enemy to slavery,
" s might be expected." What might have
been expected from the act that made Bishop
Andrew a slaveholder? We know not
he might have expected, but it needed no ghos,t
from the grave to inform other men, that more
than ;J1 the consequences he affects to deplore
woiifd grow out Did he not know, aiid if
;io did he care, for the results?
" It is now time to stop the overflowing of
these turbid waters, and, in their stead, to bring
over the land the healing streams of peace and
holiness." " JSow lime." How emphatic that
word "now." Now that the Church is severed,
and half her influence lost now that " South
ern rights" are secured, and a bishop may hold
as many slaves as he pleases, let us " bring over
the land the healing streams of peace and holi
ness." Really, this reminds us of the pious
grocer, who, in the morning, said to his clerk,
" William, have you sanded the sugar?" "Yes,
sir." " Have you watered the molasses'"
"Yes, sir." " Well, now come in to prayers!"
" Let us remember that our cause may have been
good and our provocation great, and yet we may
not be justified." True. But what is this good
cause? Slavery in the episcopacy, neither more
nor less! Call that good, if you will. What
was the nature of this "great provocation?"
A mild, respectful, but resolute eflToit to keep
slavery and the episcopacy apart. Nothing
more than that. The little book asks, " What
shall be done for the
extirpation of the evil of
slavery?"
The bishops' names are in that book.
They
atrntstlu recommend" it. They " wish
to see it in the house of every Methodist."
That question, with the rest of tha book, they
wish read unci considered, Butlo! one of these
bishops becomes a slaveholder. The Church
protests. Another bishop supports him in his
new position. A convention is called. The
Church is torn asunder. Slavery is baptized,
justified, and sanctified.
" Hosannahs ring through hell's extended borders,
And Falun's self has thoughts of taking orders."
N. P. Y.
Miscellaneous.
The Cave of Adullam.
You will remember mat it was m me cave oi
Adullam that David encamped, when he fled
from Saul, and where a number of persons to
the amount of four hundred, of such as were of
broken fortunes and discontented minds, joined
David, who became the captain over them: 1
Sauaul 22. From the same cave, on a later
occasion, we read of three mighty men of Da
vid, who were probably imbued with the same
spirit of confidence in God as their captain,
sallied forth, broke through the host of the Phil
istines, who were then encamped in the valley of
Rephuini, and drew water .out of the well of
Bethlehem, that was by the gate, and took it and
brought it to David, 2 Samuel, 23: 1318.
The approach to the cave is so dangerous and
perilous, and when once in it, so safe and se
cure, that it at once explains why David selected
it as one of his places of refuge, though the
cave was in the face of his enemies, both of
Saul and the Philistines. The path leading to
the cave runs for some distance over a narrow
slanting ledge of rock, that projects from the
middle of a precipice of some thousands of feet
deep, and where only one can pass , at a time;
so that the one who happens to be nt the cave's
mouth, it lie chooses, may set at dchance an
enemy, let his strength and numbers be ever so
great, for the least resistance of him who is in
the possession of the cave would send down his
enemies one by one into the great gulf below.
The extent of the cave has never yet, nor could
be ascertained, in which not only four hundred,
but a thousand times that number might hide
themselves unperceived and unsuspected. Num
berless passages are branching off in every' di
rection, and those passages again ramify to the
right and to the left without any kind of order
and regularity, and so on. To venture and dis
tance into the interior of the avc, without hav
ing a clue totake you back which is generally
a string, one end of which is secured at the
mouth ol the cave is to surrender one's self to
a sure and premature death. We provided our
selves with three thousand four hundred yards
of strong twine, and after fastening one end of
it nt the entrance of the cave, and leaving two
armed servants to watch against the probability
of its being cut asunder by some straggling
Arabs, which would be laterally cutting the
strings of our existence, we set out on our ex
pedition, with lighted candles, allowing the twine
to drag along as we went onward. We alighted
in many chambers of various sizes, shapes, and
appearances, and which fancy might picture
magnificiciit cathedrals, palaces, amphitheatres,
&.C., the same being intervened by long, narrow,
and low passages, which we had to crawl throuh,
and on many occasions we had to be let down
and drawn up again by Arabs, by the aid of
ropes. I regret that the lateness of the day
obliged us to return, after having expended less
than one fourth of our twine, and right glad
were wc to find ourselves safely back at the
mouth of tha cave; for should the string have
been broken by some accident, we might prob
ably have been buried alive. It would require
days, and not hours, to explore the cave, which
tradition extends to Hebron, four hours distant.
'1 he cave, evidently, has been formed by the
action of water, either previous to or during the
Deluge; ripples like that made by water, are
observable throughout the cave. Probably the
apostle, Heb. 11, refers to David, amongst oth
ers of the Old Testament faints who wandered
in deserts, dens, and caves of tlie earth, nor is
it improbable that David in this cave composed
Psajms 57 and 1 42, as the headings imply.
What support must David have derived, when
driven to look for safety in flight and conceal
ment, from the assurance of God's mercy and
faithfulness, which he so toiichingly celebrates
in th'e, close of the former Psalm; " For thy
mercy is great unto the heavens, and thy truth
untcr the clouds." Psalm 57: 10. Voice of
Israel
Queer Old Humorist.
A queer old humorist lived in a queer old cot-
whMii'nge in the outskirts of our village. He had
travelled much in tha hast, .and had made money
as a merchant in Smyrna, sing a native of
pur parish, and bachelor, he came to close his
m7itel tf!"'.pter wrrere-H began, ktiieed scarcely
say that, like so many of his class, he w as fidg
ety, testy, and troublesome; but a lover of fair
play, withal, warm-hearted, and benevolent.
At bottom, too, he was a thoroughly religious
man. He aiid I were getting on uncomminly
well together, when, greatly to my sorrow, he
took ill and died, only a few months after we
hud become acquainted. An odd incident be-
fel him on his death-bed; and I must relate it,
as illustrating his character: A thief made his
way into his cottage one midnight, and entered
his dying chamber to steal for he was counted
rich as a Nabob. There was a light burning in
the room. " What do you want, friend?" was
the testy demand of our disturbed old gentle
man. " Your money, and your jewels," said
the thief. " O! you are there, are you? Very
well. Just look at these old Kv's of mine,
(thrusting out his emcaiated members fiom be
neath the bed-clothes.) Nay, lay hold of them
feel them so, you must be perfectly convin
ced in your own mind, now, mat I cannot go
into the next apartment, where my money is.
Come, then, take me on your back, and carry
me there." Saying this, the old chap, dying
though he was, actually rose, and got out of bed.
The thief drew back with a look of ghastly sur
prise. " Hark ye1, son oi woman born, con
tinued the eld gentleman, emphatically, as lie
sat him down on the front of the bed, and rai
sed his fore-finger with warning solemnity, " I
am far on my way to Eternity and you are
coming on behind me. You are here to steal
certain trash of mine? Come, now, you must
do better than that: Draw near: Here is this
ad old heart of mine: Stand forward: Reach
me now you- tluevisii Hand into tins inveterate
bosom of mine: 0! do but steal rob plun-
ler from it Covetousness, Lust, Anger, and ev
ery other lingering bad passion, and send me
lighter on my wav: O! do this, and you shall
have all my gold! Y'ou shake your head?
You cannot! Here, then, friend I am any-
Lliltl uut liaty ;w ... j
back." The thief could not stand this. lie
fell down on his knees, and begged the old man's
forgiveness. " Are you really in want?" asked
the eccentric invalid. " I am," was the reply,
"but I deserve to be so, for I have been dissipa
ted and idle; but God help rue! I think I am
a changed man." " Take this key, then," said
our dying friend; " open my desk in the next
room there (pointing to the door;) you will find
a purse of gold in it; bring it to me." The
thief did so. " Take that," said the worthy
humorist, and he served out his gold liberally
into the thiePs trembling hand. With tears in
his eyes, the poor penitent again fell on his
knees, and craved a blessing on the dying man.
He was about to retire, "Nay, friend, you must
help mo into my bed first," said the old gentle
man, "it is anything but reasonable that I be
raised up at midnight in this sort of manner."
Accordingly, the thief lifted the old man up in
his arms, and put him into the bed. " Now,
brother worm," said the queer, but wise old pa
tient, " I asked this last piece of service for
your own good, as well as mine. You will
be nothing the worse of having felt the weight
and worth of an armful of poor, sinful, dying
clay. It will help you to keep in mind your
good resolutions. Christ be with you! In his
own gracious words, 'Go, and sin no more.' "
The Old Bachelor in the Old Scottish Village.
Children. There was a time when he Divine
One stood on earth, and little children sought to
draw near to him. But harsh human beings
stood between him and them, forbidding their
approach. Ah ! has it not been always so? Do
not even wc, with our hard nnd unsubdued feel
ings our worldly and unscriptural habits and
maxims, stand like a dark screen between our
little child and its Savior, and keep, even from
the choice bud of our hearts, the sweet radiance
which might unfold it for paradise ? "Suffer
little children to come unto me, and forbid them
not," is still the voice of the Son of God, but
the cold world still closes around and forbids.
When of old, the disciples would question their
Lord of the higher mysteries of his kingdom, he
took a little child and set him in the midst, as a
sign of him who should be greatest in heaven.
That gentle teacher still remains to us. By
every hearth and fireside, Jesus still sets the lit
tle child in the midst of us!
Wouhlst thou know, O parent, what is that
faith which unlocks heaven? Go not to wrang
ling polemics, or creeds and forms of theology,
but draw to thy bosom thy little one, and read
in that clear, trusting eye, the lesson of eternal
life. Bo only to thy God, as thy child is to thee.
and all is done ! Blessed shall thou be, indeed,
when " (i little child shall lead thee."
Vaciination. The following aphorisms may
be relied upon as correct, and may lead lo good
practical results :
1. A 'scar' of the cow pox, hating nil the
characteristic marks, nnd perfectly distinct, is
not to be relied upon as an evidence of certain
protection, unless proved by re-vaccination.
2. Complete vaccination forever secures an
immuinity to the individual from infection of the
small pox, varioloid, and from specific effects of
cow pox.
3. In primary successful vaccinations, there
is little fvidrnce of the operntjni pi the virus,
before the fifth or sixth dny, while in subsequent'
vaccinations, if the first be complete, there is
speedy inflamation and itching, and the whole'
disappears at about the time that the first should'
distinctly appear.
4. The most rigid scrutiny is requisite in tha'
selection of matter, that it be collected at tha
right period of the vesicle, and from individuals
of robust health, free from any cutaneous of
other disorders, and of these conditions, the phy
sician is the only competent judge.
5. Cutaneous diseases, (and perhaps visceral
and other disorders,) seriously modify the char
acter of the genuine vaccine affection, both ag if
regards the purity of the virus, for transferring
the disease, and also the degree of security af
forded the vaccinated, in consequence of impair
ed, susceptibility.
f ? Rr-vaceinale in all cases, and repeat tha
offffTtiori so long as it specifically affects tW
system.
THE FREEMAN
For the yrcea Mountain Frogman.
As tdaveholders arc now in the missionary c'mrche,
and the American Board seeni disposed toeountcn&nea
slaveholding churches, it secu;.i proper to inquire what
is the moral character of slaveholding. Slavery ii
selfishness acted out in a certain way. Theft, rob
bery and piracy are only different exhibitions of tlie
same principle. All spring from covetousness, Rare'
one common nature, and are all a violation of the holy
law of God. If one shows a bad state of heart, bo doen
the other. And if one proves, that a man is an im
moral wicked being, so does the other. Covetousness'
is idolatry and Peter was correct in calling tliosa'
" cursed cliUilren" whoso hcarta were exercised about
covetous practices. And Paul was no less correct,
when he assures us " That neither thieves, nor cov
etous, nor drunkards, nor extortioners, shall inhejit tha.
Kingdom of God." All covetous practices ore them
evidence of a bad heart; and those who habitually liv
in them, cannot be real christians-. The Lord abhors
them they are cursed children they can have no in
heritance in the kingdom of God. Here is firm ground"
on which we stand. But men whose known, conduct
is such, that they cannot enter 'heaven, should' not ba'
admitted into the visible kingdoms of Christ. Such.
men cannot give credible evidence, that they ate bortr
of God. His spirit dwellcth not in tlioin: and they do'
not bring forth fruit meet for repentance. And if their'
voices appear like the voice of Jacob, their hands will!
be the hands of Esau who sold his birthright for a meea
of pottage.
As theft, robbery, piracy, and Klaveholding are all
exhibitions of a covetous heart, and of the same moral;
character, they are in all their forms, covetous praHictt;
and those who continue in them are ciirjrd children.
And remaining Eiich, they ran have no inlioritance iai
the kingdom of God. You may not brand one, andi
whitewash another hang one, and take another into
llio rlnrM of flftA Vnli must folo dip irhnl". broth
crhood into the church, or exclude tlie whole. Their
hearts and conduct arc essentially alike, and you can
no more get a covetous slaveholder into heaven; than'
you can a covetous thief. For sinister purposes men
may bless the covetous, but the Lord itbhorreth such.
Did the apostles take these cursed children into tha
church ; and fellowship those whom God abhorred ?
What say you, Organic Doctor?
If any good n;itured souls are disposed to enj tries'
are hard sayings, I request them to settle that point
with the apostles of our Lord! And if any sturdy or-
tliodox divine i9 disposed to grapple with tlie apostles,
and thinks he can uhiteioash eovetovtness in, iU moat
idious form, ho may try.
AN OLD Jf AN-
Letter from Mrs. Torrcy.
To his Excellency, the Governor oj Maryland.
I am a stranger to you, and can present- no
apology for thus obtruding myself upon' your no
tice, save that humanity requires it. My belof
ed husband, Rev. Charles T. Torrey, is confined
in your Penitentiary, where he has been senlenc
ed to six year's imprisonment for having aided
in the escape of thiee slaves from their master.
I feel that in coming to you with this acknowP-"
edgment, I must meet you as a magistrate, but',
sir, I trust you will also regard me wit'H tne feel--ings
of a man, so tar as such feelings are not
inconsistent with a wise, just, and human ru
ler.
There arc circumstances in every government,'
both humane and divine, when the exercise of
mercy not only benefits the subject, but casts a:
moral dignity and beauty over the Executive
and adds force and majesty to the law. Permit'
me to mention one. instance to this effect.' King
David, who as you well know, was not a stran
ger to the duties and feelings properly belong"'
ing to a magistrate, in addressing the King of
kings, while inspired, remarks, " There is for-"
gaeneess with Thee, that Thou ntayest betar-'
,d."Ps. 130,4. With the fact before mek
that forgiveness does sometimes cast a dignity
and force on violated law, I feel emboldened to
ask you to extend executive clemency to my hus-'
band. There are some reasons which appear'
to me to make his case one of those in which
forgiveness would be a benefit, rather than an
injury, to your laws. Pctmit me to mention
them.
In the first place, my husband admits that ha
assisted two slaves, who had previously run awayr
in their attempt to go to a free State. But their,
running away was w ithout any knowledge or en
ticement on his part. There is no doubt the
slaves belonged to Mr. lleckrottc, though my
husband did know to whom they belonged atth
time. An arrangement has been made to satis
fy Mr. lleckrottc for the loss of those slaves, by
a compensation for them. Whatever my hus
band's or my own views of slavery may have
been, we do not, and shall not, deem it our duty,
in any unconstitutional manner, to interfere with
it. It has ever been a source of regret with
me, that my husband thus took counsel of his:
leelings, rather than his judgement. I hare
never approved of the practice of the citiztna
interfering with its laws, and should my request
be granted, I feel authorised to give the fullest
assurance, both to you and tlie people of Mary
land, that my husband will never visit your State
for that purpose. The offence, though a viok
tiouof your criminal aode, in the cirernstancjt