The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1838-07-26
Fssn shsLsnehssFE Fifgiliaa.
AR0IITION ON THE MANE,

AhttLlIIUA NV
F,rry aay's erenls confirm ms IN ths
fm0rs.sio. tia tie spirii q abolition i
asrIio;ng In lhe North. and that If Il could
A. seaars,eI lf..m the political taPies 81
,hs s,y. ahirh Is lis chief aliment. il
r,,uld SON expire f'r lack Of food.
Ws some tine sinee mentioned thai
n. New York Methodist Episcopal Con.
ErreDee hal, nv decisive action, laid the
demon in that body. by sllsncing such al
is Ministers a. took any part IN the pro-
reedines If abOl,Iion eonyentieles or in
tbe ,.ub.icaion # abolition journals. We
have nov 10 add that the New England
and Name Conferences Of the same
Church. have, IN the former by vote Of
"a 70 81, and in the later by tie stl.l
NOR. decisive vote Of 81 tn 4. telermin-
eI 70 exclude the subject Of abolition al
together from tie deliberations Of the
Churrh. Amongst those who thus vot-
ed in favor of abandoning all snti-slavery
conventions, societies and publications,
.re a number Of intelligent and infuen-
nal Ministers. who had heretofore acted
with the sbOliiiOnisls.
Somuch for the Meihodists. "As for
the Bap,is.s says the New York Jour
nal of Commerce, they have never min
rleG in the strife 10 any extent, Though
there are individual exceptions,) and
therefore have m occasion TO adopt plans
of pacificatian. The fever had It's greatest
run among coagrega,iOnalists, Presbyte-
rians, Quakers. universalists and Moth
ingarians. Among the Congregational
its. there have been recent indications si-
milar TO those above mentioned by the
AleihO6ists."
As another Indication. il may be men,
toned. that series Of anli-slayery resa-
buttons. introduced into the House Of Re-
representatives. Of New Hampshire. were
indefinitely postponed. by vote Of 100
10 SO.
We have no interest, personal or poll
tied, in deceirIng or misleading our read
ers-and they who impute TO us any such
motives. Judge US by themselves. The
impolicy. however, Of exciting the pub
lie mind by ringing uniounded slarums in
their ear, is apply illustrated BY the Shep-
herd boy in the Fable. who. having de-
ceiyed his friends by groundless cries Of
alarm, was al last deyouTed By the Wolf.
his neghbors. SO often deluded. paying
no attention to his appeals for help when
he Gas really in peril. III we believed
that Mr.. Clay had the remotest connec-
ton with or aft ,ity 10 the abolitionists.
we should not hesitate one instant to ADAM
don him-for what reason have We to
desire his election, personal 10 ourselves
or incompatible with the safety OF the
South. and the welfare Of the whole Uni
on! None whatever. His election will
be Of no benefit, as his defeat viii be OF
no disadvantage 10 US, more than TO any
other iniisidual in the community. itis
because we believe that he is better qua
lined 10 administer the government, and
that he will do SO on more enlarged and
unnffipiic principles Than his compeutors.
l1ll4~ ruS.s.or or hisS.62L.s2u
hat we are lnSaV1llIII :
should cease 10 be so, could we be con-
rinceI that in this estimate Of his superb
DR. qualifications we had been mistaken;
IS we should utterly loathe and detess
him II he were in the slightest degree
tainiel with the odlous leprosy Of Aboli- ,