Western Times, Volume 2, Number 14, Richmond, Wayne County, 12 December 1829 — Page 3

'WB*TERM TIMES. CENTRRVILLBi, DECEMBER , 1889. jjyßoss Smut is elected Speaker of thr Home of Representatives; Lanier and SheetsCleks; and Dill and Test, Sec’s of the Senate. fcj-The Office of the Western Times lias been removed to the East end of the new building on Mein Street, immediately Bast, of the Market House. In consequence of the failure of several jf our mails, owing, as we presume, to high waters, we have received but few of our exchange papers this week. This may tccount for the indulgence we have given othe presentoumber, to our corresponds ent*. We must suggest to those gentlemen, lowever, that the proceedings tifour Naiqnal and State Legislatures, with other mportant matter, will be likely to occupy tar columns for some weeks to come. It Sas with much reluctance we admitted nto our paper of to-day any one of the com nunications, although they are all of them rom gentlemen of the first respectability, md for whom we entertain a high regard, tis the discussion of so delicate a subject i8 they have hitupoiy in a public newspa,er, that we object to, as we fear no good, >ut much bad feeling, will result from it. Vhen we have room, we will be pleased o hear from each and all of them, again, n almost any ether subject than doctrinal joints in religion. ‘

Henry Baldwin,Esq. of Pittsburgh, who vas nominated as a candidate to fill the racancy in Congress occasioned by the relignation of Judge Wilkins, has declined emainingjn the station in which he was jlaced by his friends. The reason assign'd by Mr. Baldwin, for desiring his name o be withdrawn from the canvass, is, the [reat influence the Masonic and Anti-Ma-onic question holds over the suffrages of be people in his district. • Pittsburgh Bank. —The reported lailure f the Pittsburgh, (Pa.) Bank, is contracted by papers well informed on the subect. A letter from a Mercantile house in 'ittsburgh, to a gentleman in Blairsville, ays—“Certain it is, that no Bank in the Joited States, is better managed, and beter prepared to meet all demands, and she anno! be put down.” Westmoreland Bank. —The report that Westmoreland Bank, at Greepsburgh, Pa. lad failed, is also proven to have been inlorrect. We have noticed it among the lames of broken Banks, in several of our Exchange papers, and oflafe our merchants lave refused Its paper; bill the followBig resolution, adopted by a committe who liamined into its situatiod, may restore its Iredit again:— ■“Resolved, That the result of the investigation this day made was satisfactory to lie persons present as to the ability of the lank finally to adjust all claims against it, Indtha't the exhibit made he published in lie newspapers.” I John Binns, for nearly 30 years Editor of lie Democratic Press, in Philadelphia, has lid his Establishment to Jasper Harding, Iditor of the Pennsylvania Inquirer. The Ires* was a warm advocate for Adams, the Iquirer a ‘whole hog' Jacksonian. A leighboring paper advises Mr. Harding to lint on one side of his sheet good solid arguments in favor of the present adtninislation, and on the other side, proofs in alundance that it has pursued an anti-re-lublican policy, and is not entitled to pubic confidence. His Jackson and Adams leaders may by that means be all of them l&lf-satisfied. I The Ohio State Journal says, Levi Cox, l*q. of Wooster, obtained a verdict of ■262 60, in the Common Pleas Court of •reen County, on the 18th ultimo, against lams* B. Gardiner, fora lihel published in le “People’s Press,” daring thejpendency If the late Presidential contest. This is |he second verdict that has been obtained Igainst this same Gardiner, for libel, since le was ‘rewarded* with the office of Relater, at Tiffin, in the place of a decent |nd honest man, ‘punished.’ The first ver|ict was in favor of John Patton, in the |m of $425 00; which, added to the preset one, makes $687 60; a pretty round lm to be deducted out of his ‘ reward.’ I h has been said, that mercenaries in llitics,like apostates in religion, try to |ver their dishonesty by their abuse of l oße ”bo prefer principle to interest. Our lends of the “State Gazette” should remember this—Gardiner wasunce as hos--1° to Gen. Jackson, as any one of them l 5 when they publicly declared in their |P e r that “Gen. Jackson, in the fall of l°*i was zealous and actively engaged I making preparations to aid in the Trav ■ ’“* Litton of Aaron Burr Hr

SOUTHERN SENTIMENT. During the late violent contest for the Presidency of the United States, the South- " era States were arrayed in almost solid r phalanx against the administration, and its i. foadin* measures—the Tariff tend Internal Improvements. That circumstance very. naturally created in the tnindfe of the friends > of those measures, a desire to know whaf ’ would probably be the consequence of a change of Presidents. Solicitations were I therefore made to Gen. Jackson, from ma- , ny respectable sources, (among which was , the Senate of Indiana,) for his ideas Ob those two subjects* The letter of the Gehi era l to Gov. Ray, professed to give his un- _ reserved sentiments, and was construed by his friends in this and some other States, to be decidedly-in favor of the policy pul- - . B ed by the administration then in power. The people of the .South, however, with . that letter before them, still clung with pertinacious zeal to their favorite candidate ; and while our most active and noisy politicians were preaching Jackson and the Tariff, from every stump around which they could collect an audience, the leading men of the South were stirring up the multitude to treasonous designs against the Union, because Mr. Adams was favorable to a proper protection of American labor. That the people of either the North or the South, were acting under a delusion, was obvious to every looker on; and we then foresaw the unpleasant dilemma in which Jackson Would be placed, when it might become his duty to act without e quivocatiou. He has now been at the head of affairs nine months, and yet we are entirely ignorant as to what policy he will pursue. A great number of his leading friends are violently opposed to the Tariff, among whom are Hill, Noah, Coleman, Raguet, Ritchie, and the South, gen- , erally. Many others, of equally high standing, are warm advocates of that measure, and contend that the President is for the favorite policy of the North and West.— New Jersey, tmee so decidedly a Tariff State, is now on the stand, waiting, (as one of his friends declared tn the Legislature they should do,) “until the great man at the head of the nation expresses his opinion on the subject.” But while the North and Weslaae waiting patierftly to see the result, the fiery South, more res tive, bursts forth in smoke and lava. The many assurances given them by their Me Duffie, Davis and others, that the coming Congress will determine in their favor, have co longer a soothing influence overtheir warlike spirits, for they h&Ye been goaded to desperation by the wfley artifices ofthe enemies to our common country. Without showing a singlesubstantial reason for using such language, we find the subject of a dissolution of the Union fearlessly and boldly discussed, in many of the Southern papers without the least apparent consciousness that they are thereby sowing the fell seeds of Treason. As the “Southern Radical,” lately stood foremost in this ‘ unhallowed opposition to our constitution . and our laws,we make the first extract from that paper.— “Drowning men ulil catch at straws, and there Were, and still nre, many Carolinian * good men and true ’ who, shutting their eyes against the very light of revelation, Were willing, blindly to believe that the General would throw the weight of bis influence in the AntiTariff scales. Indeed the artful, cunning diplomatic tone and style of the . Inaugural, Was calculated in some degree to appease the appetite of the hopeful, and lull the fears and apprehensions of the cautiously prudent. There were adroitly interwoven , throughout the whole of it, loop boles r designed for the temporary suspension pof southern solicitude. Ye't with all its tact and artifice, design and effect are evidently to be seen at'the bottom of it. 1 There never was a more sedulous and ' studied cheat, a more ambidexterous, double dealing piece of duplicity played I off Upon any community, than that . which has been afrunptedto be played . upon the southern people, by this self l same ‘luaugural.’ As faithful sentinels upon the watch tower of liberty, we feel , ourselves bound to call’loudly to the ! people of this country, to guard against these deceptive blandishments, these ' false hollow hearted professions for your interest. They are perfectly transpai rent, as plain as noon day. It is only i necessary v to remove the film of preju r dice from your eyee, to look through .them. People of Carolina! We warn you boldly, fearlessly and prophetically war -trust ya^r-tijfA2s ' to Andrew Jackson, for it is literally 1 ‘committere agnUm ad devotandum lup pun.' yourselves no longer f with the vain hope* that the AdminisI tration is or will be with you upon the great day of trial. What can you expect from that Government which has

made yeu tributaries, ground you in 4 atoms, and has been sucking your best blood ever since'you entered into the compact. Listen then nw longer to the whisperings of prudence—it is the voice of treachery or cowardice, or slavery thalf speaks to you. Stand upon your rights and the constitution, and nobly defend what you have asserted. Your ■Legislature has disgraced Itself by its temporizing policy. Redeem the character of your Country by a decisive movement. Retire within yourselves, trust Von your own resources, gird up your loins, and buckle on your armor, hug your liberties to your bosoMi, and live or die fre'emen. M Next in order, (and since the death of the Radical, decidedly first,) comes the “Columbia [S. C.] Telescope.”— “What right could the United States have to compel us by force of arms to cobtinUe members of the Union against our inclination, and for the sole pifrpote of oppressing and Tobbing us? If we earnestly andreally profess to separate peaceably and quietly, there can be no war. The other states Unsold never Submit to it. How is it their own interest to abridge their oWn rights? May not our case at a future time be their case also? “Hence, a quiet, peaceable unoffending separation, if necessary, would be the east est, the safest , the most prudent step. ,r Mr. McLane, our Minister to England, had bis first audiance to deliver bis credentials, at Windsor Castle, on the 12th ult. He was introduced by the Earl of Aberdeen, principal Secretary of Stat'e for Foreign Affairs— Mat. Journal Mr. Owen, of Lanark, arrived ip the Pacific at Liverpool. “He says the Americans are Bot capable of governing themselves, and he consequently abandons all idea of reforming them;** Rowland Stephenson, the celebrated English Banker, has purchased a Farm of Dr. William Shippen, near Bristol, on the river Delaware, in this county, and has entered into possession. . The purchase money we Understand, is fifteen thousand dollare. Doyles town Democrat. Sam Patch. —We are happy to be able to contradict a report of the death of this inimitable bouncer , Which appeared ip some of the papers last evening, ft was said that, in leaping over the Genesee Fails. N. York, he had fallen obliquely on the water, and was taken up dead. The following we copy from the Rochester An-ti-Masonic Enquirer: “Sam Patch jumped over the Genesee Falls on Friday! Truly there is *‘no mistake” io this strange fellow. It was a frightful leap, but he performed it gracefully and fearlessly.”— N. Y. Cour.

COMMUNICATIONS. For the Western TlMts. The Godhead of Christ, argued from the 16th and 17th verses ofthe Ist Chapt. of Paul to the Colossians; ...... Fobr things aire here asserted—l. That Jesus Christ is the creator of the universe, of all things visible and invisible; of all things that had a beginning whether they existed m time or in eternity. 2. That whatsoever was created, was (created for Himself: that he was thte sole tend of his own work. 3. That he was prior to all creation, to all beings, whetherin the visible Or invisible world. 4. That he is the preserver and governor of all things; for by him do all things consist. Now, allowing St. Paul to have Understood the terms which he used, he must have considered Jesus Christ as tfeihgtru ly and properly God. 1. Creation is the proper work of ah infinite, unlimited, and unoriginated being,possessed of all perfections in their highest degrees, capable of knowing, willing, and working, infinitely, unlimitedly, and without control; and as creation signifies the production of being, where all wqs absolute nonentity—-so it necessarily implies that the Creator of, and from, himself, for as previously to this creation, there was no being, consequently he could be actuated by any motive, reason or impulse, without himself; which would argue there was some being to producte the motion or impulse, or to give the reason,- creation, therefore, is the work of Him who is onoriginated, infinite, unlimited and eternal, but JesusChnst is the creator of all things; therefore Jesus Christ must be, according to the plain construction of the Apostle’s words truly and properly God. 2. As previously to creation* there was no being but God, consequently the great First cause must, in the exertion of his creative energy, have respect to himselfalone, for He no more have respect to that which had ns existence, than he could be moved by non-existence, to produce existence or creation—the Creator, therefore, must make every thing for himself. Should it be objected that Christ created efiectually. or by delegation. I answer this is imposible, for as creation requires absolute power, or omnipotence, there can be but one creator, because it is impossible that there can be two or more omnipotents, infinites or eternals. It is therefore evident, that creation cannot be effected effectually or by delegation, for this would imply a Being contrary to th effect, and

■delegating such power—and that the Bel fug to whom it was delegated was a de- . pendent being, consequently not unorigina- , ted and eternal, but this, the nature of cre- . “tfoo proves to be absurd:—l The thing being impossible Hfitself, because no limit- . ed being could produce a work that necessarily requires omnipotence. 2. ft is impossible, because if omnipotence be delegated, be, to whom it is delegated, had it 1 not before, and he who delegates it, ceases to have it, and consequently ceases 4b be God, and the other, to whom it was delegated, becomes God, because such attri--1 butes as those with which he it supposed i f® he invested, arte assential to the nature of God, on this supposition, God ceases to exist, though infinite and eternal, and another not naturally infinite and eternal, becomes such—and thus an infinite and Sternal Being ceases to exist, and another infinite and eternal Being is produced in time, and has a beginning, which is observed, therefore, as Christ is the creator, he did not create By delegation or in any official way. Again, ir he bad created by 'delegation, or officially, it would have been for the Being who gave him that office, and delegated fa him the requisite power, but the text said that all thinjgs were made by him, and for him, which is a demonstration that the apostle understbod Jesus Christ to be trulyjand afcentially God. 3. As all creation, necessarily ekists in bimrapd had a commencement, and there was an infinite duration in which it did not exist, whatever was before or prior to that must be ote part of creation, and the Being who existed prior to that creation and before all things, all existence of every kind* must be the unoriginated and eternal God. But St. Paul says, Jesus Christ was before all things. Ergo, thte Apostle understood Jesus Christ to be truly aud essentially Godi, . 3 4. As every'effect depends on its Cause, and cabnat exist without it, feo creation, which is an effect ofthe power add spell of the creator can only exist and be preserved bya continuation of that energy that first gave it being, hence God as the preserver, is as necessary to the continuance of all-things as God the creator Was to their original production, but this preservibgor continuing power is herb ascri bed to Christ, for the Apostle says, apd by him do all things consist, for as’tell beings was derived from Him, as its cause, so all beings must subsist by him, as the effect subsists in and through its cause, this is another proof that the Apostle considered Jesus Christ fa be truly and properly God. As he attributes to him the preservation of all created beings, which property of preservation belongs to God alone. Ergo, Jesus Christ is, according to the plain obvious meaning of every part in this text, truly, properly, independently and essentially God. ORTHODOX.

For the Western Times. The Christian world has become so much cut tip into sects and denominations of professors, and so full of paths and byways, that the sincere and honest-hearted are often led estray by Priestly influence. Having been educated and brought up by rigid professors of the Episcopalian; or Church of England order, my first determination, on arriving at maturity, was to divest my mind of all the prejudices of Education, and think and judge for myself, in pursuance of that determination, 1 have looked over Christendom, and can! pa red the conduct of the great body of professors with the precepts ofthe New Testament, and the example of a meek and humble Jesus. Instead of peace, love and harmony, amongthosp who style themselves his followers, we see thtem disputing, quarreling and warring, worse than even the worshippers of Mahomet. Instead of trying to imitate the example of Christ, ministers array themselves in the most costly robes, and lord it over the poor and deluded, whom they profess to instruct. The plain letter and language tis thte scriptures, and thte “light within, are thrown aside, Or trampled undterfoot, to make way for the creeds, and the written ordinances of men. Though differently educated, I have not been able, for some years past, to believe in any doctrines that are contrary to reason and common sense. Faith may work miracles, but cannot compel us to believe, contrary to our natural senses. Hence, when I hear it preached from the pulpit that the whole world was in wickedness, before the coming of Christ, and that by hia death the whole world was saved, 1 suppose the speaker to be under the influence ofhiseducation, or guided by a manmade creed. For no untradimeled mind can harbour for a moment the belief that all were lost who died between the transgression of Adam and the death of Christ. And it would be equally revolting to common sense, to say that all are saved, in consequence of the crucifixion of Christ by the Jews. . The righteous, in all ages, past, present and to come, belong to the household of God—the wicked evpr have been, and ever will be, denied y place there. This is common sense, apd it is the language of the Scriptures too. Another question is producing, aa I think, abundant evil in., Christendom, and that is. whether or Rot Christ be God. If we could examine this subject in a becom- 1 ing manner, its effects might not be so deplorable; but we quarrel about the shadow, and lose the substance. On this, however, as on all other religions questions, I give way fa reason, and the dictates of an impartial judgment as founded upon Scripture testimony—and they lead irte-

; ——* • - * ■■ ■ sistably to the following conclusion, viz; in the beginning there was but one God, who made all things—That Jesus Christ is his son, bom of the Virgin Mary—That Christ was sent among men to set them an example, and fa shew them the way fa ftalvatido—Thai by hisdeath the old Jewish dispensation was swept away, tend sacrifices, circumcision and other ceremonies, dispensed he came to do the work of bis father, God—That his spirit ascended to Heaven, and bis/fcsA returned to dust—That be was no*God,or he would not have made a mockery by praying to “his father in Heaven,” nor could he have begotten himself, more than 4000 years after he had made the world. I must here heg leave to quote the celebrated Dr. Clark, by way of conclusion to what I have said.“Here I trust I may be permitted to say, that the doctrine of the Eternal Sonship o( Christ is, in my opinion, Anti scriptural and highly ddngerous. This doctrine-1 reject for the following reasons: I. I have not been able to find any express declaration in the Scriptures concerning it. 2. If Christ be the Son of God as to his divine mature, then he cannot be eternal: for Son implies Father; and Father implies, in referenbe to Son, precedency in time. If not in nature too. Father and Son imply the idea of generation; and generation implies a time in which it was effected, and time alftb antecedent to such generatioh. 3. If Christ be the Son o f God , as to his divine nature* then the Father is of necessity prior, con* seqiiently superior to him. 4. To say that he was begotten frbm all eternity, is, in niy opinion, absurd; and thte phrase EtemAl Son, U a positive stelf contradiction The very use of this phrase is both absurd and dangerous; therefore, let all those who value Jesus and their salvation abide by the SCRIPTURES.”—NO SECTARIAN.

To the Editor or the Times. . Editor;—hi a lover and admirer oT the Holy Scriptures, and a full believer fa the existence of aGod, I wish to see subjects of a serious and weighty character, cam tiously drawn before the public. Whether the communication published in youb P a P er rowed from a celebrated writer, matters not, as regards my present purpose in noticing it. 1 merely wish fa sav to your correspondent, that it is dangerous for adults unacquainted with their nature, and much more so for children,to meddle with edged tools. The world is so filled with sceptici —Atheistsand unbelievers, many of whom are the most intelligent and strong minded men in community, that the great and vital subject of difference, between uS should never be paraded before the public by untenable arguments, tha t they cari so easily overturn. If your correspondent is an Anatomist, I would like to see a display of his learning in that science, in some other way. Haifa minute’s reflection might have told him that it is no proof of the existence of a God, to say that the world, and the complicated materials with which it is filled, cohid not have made themselves, nor have come into existence by accident. For when we admit both these assertions, we are bound to admit that it would be quite as absurd to say that God made himself, or came into existence by accident. I fully believe there is a secret monitor that tells every man “there it a God;” but when we say the world is too great to have come by chanee, and must therefore be the work of God, we,forget that it is less absurd to suppose a world was made by accident, than fa say that God, the maker 10,000 worlds, is the work of accident. Such reason furnishes the sceptic a hold, by which he. sweeps our logic into ridicule at a single brush. A PROFESSOR.

ID’TO CORRESPONDENTS. o>We respectfully request all our correspond dents to write as legibly** porsible, if they wish their own language retained; for of five communication* handed in for the press, within the last week, not one could be deciphered without the aid of ellipsfs and erasures in almost QTcrj ; ieD(vDc6—(be ortbogrßpkj too, was horrid ble. Every scribbler for a paper should cross bis t's, dot his s’*, make hi* m’ a little crook, ed, (~v) and spell half bis words correctly, or be printed verbatim et literatim. [Communicated.] A matchless pair, with equal virtue form’d, and equal grace, Each distinguished by their sex alone; Hers the mild Sceptre of the blooming qaorn, And his the Radiance of the rising day. MABBIBP—On Thursday, the 26tb ult* by A. M. Bradberrt, Esq. Mr. JOHN BROWN, to MiH RHODA TOMLINSON, all of Wayne county; CEJYTREVILLE MARKET. Apples; green, 25cuetsper bo* dried, % 75—Beef; per cwt. 1,75 to $2,50. —Butter; per pound* 9 ceqts.—Corn; bushel, 10; Meal] 12cents.—Chickens] doz. 50 to 75 cents.—Eggs; dofc. 3 to 4 cents, —Flour; superfine, per cwt. 1,75, good* $1,25 to $1 ,50. —Hams; good, 3 to 4 cents.—Oats; bush* el, 10 pefowt. 150 jfo $2,00.-—Wood, per cord 40 to 50 cents. —Wheat, bushel, 4d cts, —Whiskey; gallon, 18 to 20 cts, Printeri often want two or three lines to fill oat a column, and on such occasions they put in what comes ©Cries*