Marshall County Democrat, Volume 2, Number 32, Plymouth, Marshall County, 25 June 1857 — Page 1

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From the Chicago Daily Times. Great Rally of the People. SENATOR DOCGLASS ADDRESSING HIS CONSTITCEXTS AT THE CAPITOL. The first Broadside into the Republican Camp since the Presidential Election Gi eat Enthusiasm Iiis views on the Kansas question, Dred Scott Decision, attd Affairs in Utah. Springfield. III., June 12, 1857. Messrs Editors: It 19 not an uncommon

thing for letierwruers when alraoirur to ti. e

He said before the opinion of the Court was regularly and legally promulgated, upon the mere newspaper report, that sucji decision had been made, a fierce onslaught had been made, not only on that honored tribunal collectively, but the personal and private character of the judges were bitterly and malignantly assailed and villified. Even the venerable and noble Chief Justice, who for forty year? had governed the coun. ry and the bench in. his capacity as law-giver; even he, with the snows of 8U win tet s upon 1 is vcnciabte head, and. the

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C PALMER, DEALER IN DRY GOODS k Groceries, south corner La Porte and Michigan ftreeL-s Plymouth, Lud.

M. BROWN, DEALER in HARDWARE

. Stoves, Tinware, kc Plymouth, lud

HAM VINNEDÜB. WHOLESALE

and Retail Grocer Plymouth, Ind.

M. L. PIATT, MANUFACTURER OF Cabinet Ware, Plymo-'th, Ind.

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IV. SMITIUUSTICEOFTHE PEACE,

?t side Micliigan St., Plymouth, ind.

ELLIOTT k Co., MANUFACTURERS OF Wagons, Carriages k Plows, Plymouth, Ind.

rOHN D. ARMSTRONG, BLACkSMllll, south of the Bridge,. . . . Plymouth, Ind.

BENJ. BENTS, BLACKSMITH, Plymouth, Ind.

"kTbriggs, blacksmith, Plymouth, Ind,

EDWARDS' HOTEL, BY W. C. EDWARDS, iy mouth, Ind. V C. CAPRON. ATTORNEY i COUNCL. selorat L.iw Plymouth, Ind. rillAS. IL R E E V eT ATTO R N E Y AT LAW i J JL N'.rv Pib.'c,' P'.i.n-'i' , in 1.

Douglass

evening will iel d:scosd to i n; issu-j wi:a

mo i:i the above opinion, i;ay, I very

much doub: if the honorable Senator him

self, many and poweifalas are the .'speeches he has delivered, Would feel that he

wuuld bo ding j islico to Limsvlf, to deny

that if not SUiior, ii was certainly equal

to any of his best ctlwils.

As you may sevm somewhat surprised

on learning that the Judge, who had not

contemplated making any speeches on the

important topics of the day, during the

present recess of Congress, was induced to doso; I wll merely inform you that the

occasion that called him out was as much a

matter of surprise to him, as it was a gratifying disappointment to Iiis many admirers and friends in central Illinois.

On Wednesday last the grand jury of

the United States Court now holding its session in this city, unanimously passed a resolution requesting Senator Douglas, who was temporarily on a visit to some friends in this city, to express his views upon three of the most important topics now ag

itating the minds of the American people, to-wi: "Kansas," "The Dred Scott Decision," and "Affairs in Utah." The Grand Jury in a body waited on thp Tude. and aftar presenting their action, requested that he would fix upon some time most agreeable to himself, to gratify their wishes. Friday evening at the State house was agreed upon, the subject matter of the argument he made upon that occasion, I now propose briefly to allude to, touching only the strong points of his really able and convincing speech. The lars;e hall of the House of Representatives, galleries, lobbys, and approaches wre der sely packed by one of the largest, most intelligent and most discriminating audience, quite a number of whom was ladies, which was ever congregated in our city. E--Govemor Mateson wis the prsi.üng offi'r, aist-l bv the II x V. C. G u Iv,

sp'-ecls of crat men. frvquenilv to ch-ir-

1 f.n iaeieiiz-j the iast effort of thü orator as li e j experience of nearly half a '-mr ry of wis-

;;bot of his life, and ivt without seine jus- u-m in-;i-, unn wnom a purer

pxtr:ot, rn r.biei jaust, or better ci.izen. docs not r.nd r.ovei has HypcI; tliis nmn. to hirh ni.'d riue in Lis j-it-:;'. irfilce, was se

lected by ihcti lardiclous archers who defy all b.w. fjr their ni st envenomed shaflu, r.n ! their most mal'nant enmi'v. After p assiiig a high and beautiful auloism up

on the other judges, and descanting upon the terrible results that must certainly onsue should the treasonable counsels of the leaders of the republican party be followed he asked, "what is there to justify such a course?' We are vaumingly told ;in all the Republican papers, that a" free people are to rise in the majesty of their strength and resist at all hazards the application of the decision in this case as a rule of law in this country He adhered to the doctrim? that this government is a government

of laws, and every free and patriotic cit

izen is bound to uphold the supremacy of

the laws at all hazards and against all opposition, come from what quarter it may. In such a conlesi, political parties must divide between the friends of the Constitution and the laws, and the enemies of all

law. When that contest comes, he had faith to believe that fully nine-tenths of the

meiican people would be found rallying

under our glorious banner of the stars, and

created free and equal," about whicl

"bleeding Kansas" fehrieks to loud .upon

the slump. He proved conclusively and to

the satisfaction of every man present, that thirteen slave-holding, colonies-"in throVving off the shackles of tyranny from Great

Britain, meant by that declaration, that the

colonies up to that moment the subjects

of a foreign po.rer' were, and of right

ought to bo free and equal; that . British

subjects, born or residing in America, were entitled to the same rights and: privileges

as though they had been born m England. Had the slave-holding frame is of tint" im mortal ius'.rument, and the equally immor

tal one .that followed it,' intended to include negroes; ;hey would have said so, and they

would noiin the Constitution have, reco"--o niz.'d them only as servanis and property. The Declaration of . Independence was made, by white men, the battle?, of tho revolution were fought by white men, and the Cousthu.iou was framed by .white men, to

govern a nation of white men. Had. they

intended to make tho ncgrc the equal of

the white man, would they not have been compelled to abolish slavery in order to comply with the language of the Declaration of Independence? . Our fathers had seen the terrible effects of this system of equalit-, in Spanish America, and tisely guarded against it. In that unhappy country the Spaniard amalgamated with tho negro made him his equal and look at the fearful consequencesi It is one of the immutable laws of God, that where an inferior and superior race mingle their blood, their descendants always sink to the lower, but never raise themselves to the superior race. The whole issue involved in the TrnrftOAv being waged against the decision of the Supreme Court u in favor of negro equality on the one hand, and against it on the

led to infer from the reports, and such information comes in an official shape, the knife must be applied to this pestiferous, disgusting cancer which is gnawing into the very vitals of the body politic. It must be cut out by the roots and seared over by the red-hot iron of stern and unflinching law. " Should all efforts fail to bring them to a sense of their duty, ther is but one remedy left. Repeal the organic law of the Teritort, on the ground that they are alien en

emies and outlaws, unfit to be citizens of

a Territory, much less ever to become citizens of one of the free and independent States of this glorious confederacy. To protect them farther in their treasonable, disgusting and bestial practices would be a disgrace to the country a disgrace to humanity a disgrace to civilization, and a digrace to the spirit of the age. Blot it out as one of the organized Territories of the United States, what then? It will be regulated by tho law of 1790, which has

exclusive and sole jurisdiction over all ter

a common Christain faith, and Was calculated to render tho condition the more unendurable and to sunder thö ties that bind our union together. Iu this regard wo have been sadly disappointed. In consequence of the political agitation on the subject, and of the pressure brought to bear upon them by Congregational church

es holding the most ultra abolition sentiments, many of our ' western Presbyters have become more urgentin demandingprooressivo action of tho Assembly. They have not been satisfied with past declarations of the Assembly. They have desir

ed the Assembly to express its views of

the sin of slave-holding so clearly that they can be made the basis of discipline by the courts of the church. This action has now been virtually taken by the Assmbly. It has avowed thot the relation of master and scrvant-which necessarilv involves the idea of the sight of God, and an offence in the sense in which the term is used in the constitution of the church. This declaration has been made, although

ritory not incorporated under auy orgrrnte j confessedly there is not the most remote al

or special law. By the provisions of this law all crimes and misdemeanors commited on its soil can be tried before the legal authorities of any State or Territory to which the offender shall be first brought for trial, and punished. Under tliat law persons have been arrested in Kansas; Kcbraslia

and other Territories, and hanged foi their

crimes. The law of I79Q has sole and exclusive jurisdiction where no other law of

a local character exists, and by repealing

the organic law of Utah you give to the

General Government of the United States

ilia whole and sole jurisdiction over the

Territory. .

The Judge entered into a long .tnd con

vincing argument, ta Which ho demonstra

ted that the line of policy he had marked

lusion to slaveholding in our standard, and

also with the knowledge of the fact that, when our constitution was adopted, twelve out of the thirteen States were slaveholding Slates, and many of those who composed the Assembly of 17G0, if not slaveholders themselves, were the representatives of Presbyteries in which wore churches whose member were slaveholders. We regard this action of tho General Assembly as a palpable violation of the letter and spirit of the constitution of the church. The principle involved in it, if carried into practice, would convert the highest judicatory of the church into an ecclesiastical

despotism as tyrannical as that which hr.s j

distinguished the Church of Rome. It makes the Assembly not only the interpret-

battling for the same inestimable blessings j and the supremacy of the laws sustain it, ular with the principle of the Nebraska

ORACECOKBIN. ATTORNEY AT LAW Union, P'vr.'-.v.th, In 1- ! !' -

f F'-ikon, Cv!v::l J Union, as S'-cro:aiie??.

that our forefathers battled for a Consii-jaud every man that quarrels with it, is an

jamalgamationist, practically, politically,

.-'.TTOilNEY AND, hr stating

TO UN (5. OSBORNE. M iwü.Nx cmnMiftr t Ltv;es rC. P.iimvr'sr.r r er. Lirte t.nd Mich, bt-,., VU-no, Indi.uu.

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the reasons tha!. induced hi in to

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rnHEO.A. LEMON, PHYSICIAN, SURJ GEON k Di-uy2'.--t.- . . .PlyTr.M'.., Isd. 1L'FUS i.ROWN, PHYSICIAN k SURGEON, Plymouth, la 1. SHIGGINBOTHAM, PHYSICIAN & SUR , GEON, Plymouth, Ind.

OHN II. SHOEMAKER, WATCHMAKER ant Jeweler.. Plymouth, Ind.

K LINGER k BRO. DEALERS IN LUMBER etc, Plymouth,. InL

ENRY PIERCE, DEALER IN CLO-

thing & Furnishing Goods, Plymouth, Ind.

ENRY M. LOGAN a Co., DEALERS IN Lumber, 4c Plymouth, Ind.

LEAVELAND k IIEWETT, DEALERS

in Dry Goods, etc., riymoum, ina. II. CASE, JUSTICE OF THE PEACE, Plymouth, Ind.

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R. J. J VINALU UU-ULurAiiiioi, Office over Palmer's store, Plymouth, Ind.

AC, STALEY, MANUFACTURER AND . dealer in BooU k Shoes, Plymouth, Ind. AMERICAN HOUSE FISH k NICHOLS, south of riTer bridge, . . . .Blymouth, Ind.

WHITMORE, manufacturer and dealer in

Boots and Shoes,. ...... .P ijimnith, Ind.

M. RUDD, MANUEACTORER OF Boots and Shoes,. Plrmmth, Ind.

OF PIaYXIOVTII, PLYMOUTH, IND., Michigan street, north of Westervtlt's.) Collections made and promptly remitted for at current rates of Exchange. .Uncurrent money bought and sold. . '

May 21. 1857 27tf.

llnsind JustramtiitsI

FORTWAYN2, , '. Keep conitantly ob hand a splendid itock of - XtELODEOKS, GUITARS, i VIOLINS, and all otber Hrl;d tztnee-ts b lisic Bcois. arCS 15ly.

t.trvio nis uetermiriaiv..i o not a Idres-'.ii

hi constituents during tho recess of Con-Lp--5, and 2ald that a request coming from sue.h a distinguished source, he did not think he had a right to decline, especially as hs always recognized the rights of the people, at any time to call upon their public servants for their opinions upon any of

he great political questions upon which ihey had to papain judgement. His views were always fi:cly given, ar.d as freely acted upon, and were to bo tain for just what they were worth and no more. Upon the Kansas question he had liule to say. His opinions on that question were well known, and he had nothing to add, except that subsequent experience and reflection had confirmed him in the correctneis of the judgment he had so often advanced in the Senate and before the people. He spoke of the fairness and justice of the law., giving the people an opportunity of expressing their honest convictions on the subject of slavery in a constitutional manner, by means of a constitutional contention soon to meet, to decide all important matters connected with the future of the State of Kansas. The people of that beautiful Territory would soon speak. We culd soon have he had no doubt, a free and quiet expression of opinion, by means of the elective franchise, from that silent, but most certain weapon of a free people tho balloi-box. Shoula the enemies of that mode of settling the much vexed question of slavery in that territory, blindly and obstinately refuse to exercise the rights assured them by the laws of Congress, upon their heads, and their heads alone, will rest the fearful responsibility. For his part he was satisfied that the Democratic party in Congress had done their duty, and he was equally well satisfied that the democratic party in the Territory of Kansas would do theirs in a manner gratifying to the heart of ereiy friend of the Constitution and the Union. He next aluded ,to the decision of the Supreme 0urt in !h Dred Scott cas

tutiou a Country and a Government of

Laws. Beneath such a flag, with the Con-

stitution and the supremacy of the laws emblazoned on its odittoriij f .u.-. "Where breathes the fue but falls lefurcup, With freedom's soil beneath our feet,

And freedom's banner waving o'er us." If the republican party desired to force such a contest upon us, in God's name let it come ! The Democratic party and the honest and reflecting citizens of all parties would rally to the rescue. Ha reviewed the main points of the dedecision at length, and said there wese substantially but two propositions iu the decision. First, The Supreme Court of the United States had decided that, a negro born of slave parents cannot be a citizen of this Union; and, Secondly, That the act of

March, 102J, commonly called the Missouri Compi'omiv?, was unconstiiuiional, and il.ercf i re v -i 1, b f re it was taken from the

-Statut:- LoOhs by tntr p;iss tg .l the ivau-

sns-NebraAa act. JJe. r.s author . of

th it act, and consequently of the repeal f tt" Alis..uri Com.n!iii line, had lef; iht decision of the quvs.ioi; to the people, and

other. The frienda ol "the Constitution out for Utah did not conflict in any partic- er of law in an irregular way, but also the

supreme legislature of the church a position which has been always repudiated by the Presbyterian Church.

the judges ot tho Supreme Court. The decision of the people had boon ratitied at the polls, in the triumphant election of Mr. Buchanan to the Presidency, upon that very isue, and tha decision had been endorsed by the Supreme Court, the highest

tribunal ol the land, öo ar as lie was concerned, his sin extended as far as the

repeal of an unconstitutional restriction, and no farther, and in that repeal he had been most emphatically sustained and endorsed by the people and the Court. But the Republican party say the decision is infamous and must not be obeyed. II-re is treason most foul. What, he asked, is their object in making the negro a citizen? To male him your equal and mine. He was thankful the American people were not sofar lost to all feelings of patriotism uhd love of country, as to be prepared to resist the constitutional authorities of tho country merely in order to secure negro equality. To do this, the laws of thi3 an,d every other State must be reversed. It would be, in fact, making Illinois, situated as she is, a negro colony, instead of a Iree State inhabited by white men. You roust strike the word "white" from the Constitution of your State; aud what then?' The negro becomes your equal your equal in everything., Your equal at the polls, your equal at the public tables, your equal in

jury-box, your equal to become a candidate

for the legislature, congress,'the governorship his children will be the, equal ; ,of yours , in tha p il.t schools. Nay, - more, make him a citvT, and you give him the right tö marry your daughter and pollute. your blood. These things the . Snpreme Court by then- decision have said cannot and must not be Yet, the Republican party say that decision is infamous ! Thir, opposition, to that just and upright decision is treasonable,5 infamous and - disgraceful O to the age in which we live. ' ' ; The talented speaker next ad verted . to the meaning of the phrase in the Declara-j tion of Independence, that "all irwa were

and domestically negro equality being the

very corner stone of abolitionism. -vfv,, giving A full explanation of the ficts in the Dred no came tc the last topic upon which he was called upon to speak, to-wit: the affairs of Utah.

The act of 1850, creating tho Territory of Utah, was passed on the supposition that the people residing there were citizens of the United States, acknowledjrinjr their allegiance and claiming the protection of the Government. Seven years' experience

has demonstrated a state of fact 9 entirely

at variance with the supposition then enter

tained.

If the reports that reach us from that

Territory are true, and he had no reason to doubt them, one important fact stands

prominently forth, and that is, at least

nine-tenths- of the present inhabitants of

Utah, are aliens ly birth, who have steadily refused to become naturalized or take the oath of allegiance. The newspapers are

filled wkh accounts of the fearful and ter

tibi oaihs to resist and subvert the Gov

ernment of the United Srates, to which ihedu wicked and deluded peoj le are compelled to subscribe. It is also well known that the Mormon Governor has been and is now engaged in forming alliances with hostile Indian tribes, engaging them to join in

open warfare against the Government of

the United Slates, and to murder our citizens. . Assuming these reports to be true, it proves that the Governor himself is an alien to the Government of the United States, and acting in open defiance to our laws. Under these circumstances the duty of the Administration is clear, and he had the most implicit confidence in Mr. Buchanan's boldness, wiädom, and firranesi, and

bill, out were iu harmony, with the Demo

cratic platform in regard to the power of the Government over the organized Territories of the United States: inuöt refer you ton iuu t,t of b;3 gpeecfc on lhU p4nt iu order to do jusucu 10 ma pomuu.

IIo said ho would bo found as willing' to'

The uudersigned, therefore, would invite all Presoyterians, from all sections of the country, to meet in convention in the city of Washington, on the 27th day of August, 1857. for the purpose of consulta lion, and of organizing a General Assembly in which, it will be distinctly understood, the subject of slavery will not be introduced. We propose this course, instead of organizing an Assembly at once, as being due to the Presbyteries we represent. We would suggest that the Presbyteries be called together as oon as possible; and that, whilst tho Presbyteries appoint their delcgatos to the Assembly in the usual proportion, it is desirable that as many ministers and elders should attend the conVent ion as can do so. We suggest, to lo connected with this new Assembly thouhl find it impossible to be represented in the convention should be informed of their aotion. Praying that God may overrule the disractious of Zion for Iiis own glory, and that we may be guided in this crisis of our history by IPs unerring counsel, v.o subscribe ourselves your bretheru ia Ci.'rist F. A. Ross, D. D. "Michael S. Shuck. George Fainter, Isaac W. K. Handy, W. E. Caldwell, J. G. llaraenr. D. D.," John B. Logan, Henry Matthews,

Pca-.hy ro. rattan,' George W. Ilutchins,'

Thomas H. Clelatid, Elijah A. Carson, Firruelius R. Gray. Tho underspend, tnDUgti not members of the General Assembly now in session in Cleveland, have been present during its discussion of slaverr. Seinjr fullvconvmced that there is no prospect of tli3 coss.i -tion of this agitation in the Assembly, and that the action taken is a violation of the constitution of tho church, we cord i. illy unite in the above invitation. A. II. II. Born. G. M. Crawfokd.

Robert P. Rhea. A. C. Dickenroi

tfcdiodist Hisftop to .lletliodist 3Iii.isfcr.' Bishor Morris, of the Methodist Eniaco-

part, therefore, from the disastrous : rnl n.hurrh Xn, th t .V, P,ifM.,; P..

consequence resulting from the agitation of the subject of slavery in tho General s" fcemDiy destroy lag, as it uvco, our peace, keeping us in a state excitement unfavora-

meet this Utah question as boldly and to do j bio to spiritual growth, and paralyzing our Iiis duty as fearlessly as he had done on j efforts to advance tlie cause of the Redeem-

was satisfied he would move straight' forward fearlessly in the path of duty. He was asked what his views of that duty were. Simply and in short remove Brigham Young, and all other officers in the Territory who sympathize with him in his treason, at once from office, " and send able, bold, unflinching men to take their places. Send with thera a strong and efficient body of troops, under evperienced and able officers, who will be cble. to protect the civil officers and enforce the law. Lt us have good men for Governor, Marshall, District Attorney and Judges, and then let us have a full and fair investigation into affairs there; let us know by reliable and impartial reports the actual stale of things in that territory.' - Let us know, who murdered Babbitt, who massacred Gunnison--who has been guilty of all the murders and arsons and robberies and every species of crime that has disgraced that Territory for years past. Lei us have the9 ficts in an official shape before the President and Congress, and the country will soon learn that, in the performance of the high and solemn duty devolving upon the Executive ad Congress,' there will be no vacilating or hesitating policy." It will be as prompt as the peal that follows the flash-- as stern and unyielding as Death. Should such a süit ef things actually exist as w' are

the Kansas-Nebraska bill, and should the President, when he submits his views on this question at the next session of Congress have no more efficient plan of disposing of the Utah difficulty, he pledged himself to bring in a bill embodying substantially the

course of policy he had thus briefly alluded to. After thanking the audience for their attention, he left the stand amid tho most tumultious cheering, and the crowd dispers

ed, greatly delighted, with three times three for. Douglas and the Democratic party. I have thus, I fear, at too gteat legnth given you the main points of this great and powerful speech, as I thought its importance at this time demanded this much to be 6aid. . 1 am gratified in being able to say to you that arrangement have been made to have it published in pamphlet form and in the newspapers, an early copy

of which I will send you. As one of the first expositions of the policy of the country since the inauguration of the new Ad

ministration, its claims upon the attention

of the country can not be overlooked.

Yours truly, Ikdex.

er through'the channel of ouradmiral system of government we consider that the Assembly has so far departed from the constitution of tho church as to render our adherence to it undesireablo and impossible. Having protested repeatedly against this agitation, and finding that our Lrethern are determined to continue it, we have deliberately and prayerfully come to the conclusion that, howevei painful it may be to us, the good of the church and of the country required a separation from them. We shall hold our brethern who have disturbed our peace, by the introduction of this vexed qusetion into our judicatories, as

alone responsible for the consequence o from what Ih.ve obserröd, that the oniv

ferprfA cm th Qfiii v... . about to announce the appointments of preachers to their various stations and circuits, after some excellent preliminary remarks, said: "I deem it not unimportant or out of the place to addiess a few words to you, my brethern, upon a subject which is attracting considerable attention at tho present time, namelv: as to how far a minister of the gospel ought to take put in the politics of the day. When a minister gees into his pulpit, he finds his congregation composed of men of different poli.ical views, of men zealously and consientiocsly attached to different political parties; and, if ho publicly becomes the panizan of one side or the other, there will of neccssi.v spring up a coldness towards him ia a part of the congregation, which will very much

diminish his influence. I feel convinced.

The Split at Cleveland of

tlicNeiv School Presbyterian

General Aslembly. To the Ministers and Churches in con

nection with the General Assembly of

the Presbyterian Church.

Dear Brethern. The undersigned

members of the General Assembly now in

session at. Cleveland, Ohio, are constrained

to the state of our beloved church, and to indicate the course which should bo pur

sued by all who adhere to the principles of

our constitution, as interpreted by its framers, and as practically acknowledged during the almost entire pernd of our history as a church. The action of the present assembly on the subject of slavery, especially when considered in connection with the spirit and manifest purpose of; several of the Western Synods, has impressed us with the belief that peace and harmony can no longer prevail amongst us that tho Assembly as at present constituted, instead of being a bond of union between different sections of the church, will continue to be the theatre of 3trifo and discord; and that the glory of God, the welfare of our churches, and the good of the country demand a separation of the discordant elements, and the existence of another AssemblyMn which" the agitation of the slavery question will bo unknown. r ; ; We had hopftd that our brethern who have been disposed. to introduce this "subject into tho General Assembly, would ere tills have been convinced that 'no good could result to the church from, this agi-! tn tion that it was alienating brethern ofi

this division.

With thesa convictions as lo the necessity of a separation from our once united and beloved Zion, the only question that remains for us now to settle pertains to the mode of separation. The undersigned are satisfied that but one course is left to us

and that is, to invito all constitutional

Presbyterians m the laud, who are opposed to the agitation of slavery in the General Assembly, to uuite in an organization in which this subject shall be utterly eschewed. We do not restrict our invitation to ;he southern churches. We wish to have a national Church that is, a Church the constituent parts of which whl come from every section of the Union. Holding to the same confession of faith, we shall have a common basis as to doctrine and government, and an understanding that, however

we may differ in our views respecting slave

ry, the subject is never to be intnduced

into tho Assembly either by northern or

southern men, unless, indeed, judicial cases are brought up regularly from the lower courts. In the judgment of the

undersigned, this course is our only alternative. There is so much of tho same ab

olition spirit pervading other churches that

adhere to to tho same standards of faith, that we could not expect peace on this subject by uniting with them. We are persuaded that, although this question may be suppressed in their judicatories for a

while, the abolition spirit exists to such an extent as to threaten their dismemberment. The result niay be that the disturbing elements of the different branches. of the Presbyterian churc Ii may be united in oue body, and that the conservative portion of the same may ultimately be brought together, and thus prove more efficienl in. promoting the cause of the Redeemer, and diffusing through the . land a truly national spirit. 'At present, however, the union of these churches would not, afford relief to ihose who' are wearied of this slavery "agitation. We . are desirous of forming an

organization where wo shall not be liable to

another division .tronv; this exciting sub-Jct-

remit that can be expected from a minister taking part in the political contests' .ind discussions of tlie d.iy will be to'engender strife and hard feeling in his cbngregalbn But some may ask,' whether we are not citizens like other men, and have tut duties to perform as such? Most ccriaiuh we are, and I trust I have not proved recreant to the obligation resting upon m as

a citizen, although I have not, for the f : iy years that I been engaged in the ministry, ever entered a political meeting, or spent above five minutes at any one election. I' have always made it a point to go to tho polls at the most quiet time of the day, when there was likely to be the least exci.ement to deposit my ballot in an unstentatious manner, and return home. I" have never seen the time when I thought I was called 'upon as a citizen to do more than this. I know not how it may be with others uut I have always found cuöügh to do iu

the duties of my calling. I ?m willing to "let the potsherds strive with the pots"herds," but prefer for myself to attend to the duties devolving upon mo as a minis- . ter of Christ. I recollect an anecdote of a Methodist brother, who was stationed to preach the gospel to the peoplo iii "Fountain Head Circuit," near tlie lierrhitage of the late President Jackson, in the exciting political times of his second election. , P&rty zeal was just then at its height,-ahd dach party wanted every one to he ou its side. They sought out the newly arrived' miniiter, and eagerly inquirel of him' , whoso side he was ou. "I arü'ou the side , of the Lord and Fountain Head Cireuit,". was the reply. "Which of the candidates ; do you intend to vote for?' . I trust that 1 shall be found on my knees, praying to God for the conversion of sinneri and. tho up- , building of Zion in Fountain Head Circuit. . In conclusion, let me say, my brethren, go

ye and'do likewise.'

! "Ned has run away with your wife,

sard one friend to another. "Is it possi-. blc? I truly pity his sad nrnbap!'' There

is uo necessity for any ice where that row, lives.

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