Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1840-10-22
COMMUNICATIONS.
10 THE ED!r0R Of TIE En-
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that would like TO say bat iii these days OF po'gt
strife, there only few Of your readers VII" d >:e
t9 hear Of any thing but PoLuics PoITIos - IS
Politics IS the alabsorbnr subject. whhcrsncvrr r.
thought there was much of it IN Virginia, but oe'
!icve there IS, at TINS moment, part oil Inc Ihtcd
STATES that IS not in political cOmm0tt0n ltlS pos
sibc, that am III situation to and hear G!ore tnd
when home, and, therefore, suppose there IS less
Virginia than elsewhere. again, mag be giejuc ed
II favor Of ms st!ll, cannot conceal II, tia
home is 10 ne the dearest spot SIN all this green Garth
And .!rcnN"nd tiHIns have caught myself cNclalm
ing, 40 Virginia. thou land OF my nativity
"ly,ir al thy faults love thee sli."
| There the bones ot my anccstors-therc III"
friends and relatives dear to my heartt!cre, small
poor and almost deserted village, gave me births near
which my nS-conslstin@ OF hundred
acres Of land and an od.iashloned house in former
times the property of my great grand parents. THIS
this is my h0Nts-''1rra homc ! find myself often
repeating the language Of iirgil's Mclib@us:
''En um,rrant lnrro> longo post tcnlpore liu"s,
rInprrs Il tu@ITl cuns'siuii "rsin~ cui.',"
Post alignot mra regina EidriS mirahul aflstir:'
In liberal Engl!sh- wonder when shall behold this
hnmc cottage rearing lis uted top above those fields
Of corn my patrrnai possessions.
t.iUu cannot move the plCughman, says Horace
by the hopes OF gam, to BID alden TO MS patcTna pos
sessions, and part the MrntIan Sea III Cyiran bark
Such * oo attachment his home. Since LEFT E.f
~nia | have travelled extensively. through Mary land
pcnnsy lyana, New Jersey, New York, and tAe New
England States but all have heard has only
tcuGcd 10 make me tho more concntcd with my home
and there must, in time 10 come, more than ever con-
tented with home seated IN quiet shall listen 10 the
murnurng waters that almost lave the base Of my
spoDr cottage. BIT | must be done with this !-Po-
ltIcs politics. is every where ! SAID the absorbing
question While IN Pennsylvania, | heard great
deal OF AboItouis!n and oi the Harrisburg Con
vention, for nominating Gen. Harrison. was
told upon unreasonable authority that the Con-
vcntion never expected the South TO vote for and sup
port their candidate They calculated on on his beng
sustained by Slavery States indeed, the Ab3ii.
tlnnists have been bcistnT ~ their speeches and
papers, that they have dictated candidate for the
Presidency to the Convention, and it IS known al
Harrisburg that many Of the members Of the Conrcn.
ton, consequence Of thss, went Of! IN disgust, most
terribly mortified In New ! ork and New England
there many ABoIIri"SI.r> almost al! OF whom are
VINES. Many Of them sincere, good men, who
only light in order 10 correct themselves These
never intended any harm 10 the country, and never,
unit, lately began the tendency there IS IN tl"ir
PRINCIPLES 10 Il dissolution OF this UNIuN. They know
nothing Of the South and less o! It's institutions, and
that Constitution by which these States are held TO-
rcthcr one day met old lady, worn down with
many inirmtes certainly derangcd on the subject OF
religion and long since lodged bearing Pctr-
ton with list Of subscribers about twelve yards long,
cons sting of the of men, women and children
roorcd and white She proesscd to be great EXPOSE
tor Of Scripture, and prophcsicd or rather SAID It was
prophescd in the Bible that the Darkeys would soon
pay Oh the South, if General Harrison and Congress
did not turn them all loose. She sad, that the AhoII-
touists would soon discharge Mr.. NhSNY and put up
HARRISON who would let The oppressed 80 free, and
make money rs plenty as Solomon did III Jerusalem oil
old Such slang as this was circulated by the bushc
IN papers Of every sort and size. In New ORR ana
New England there are Aboltonlss in all the church
es the time many Abol!tion'Sts VINO are "i
no church Some ministers, understand, have beer.
turned OF b" their former hearers, because they wou!
no, eve in 10 all the ianatcism Of Abuonits. The
Methodist Ministers have suffered much. In some
places their people have actually withheld IRON them
and their families, account Of their opposition 10
iJOi,;0ni<R, the means to purchase BEEAb. under
stood that collection made III their late Genera!
Conference for one Of their Presiding Elders who was
thus treated and who braycIy fought for the reign Of
reason and truth. In places their churches have
been closed against them, and they have been Triied
rs the friends of slavery aud the South Two of their
Bishops Mr. llcdding and Mr. Waugh, who refused TO
let their Conferences Conventions be an arena Tor
Abolition discussions have been dreadfuy prosecuted.
And heard Of scores who said that Bishop llcddlng
OUGHT to be in the States Prison.
The Methodist Ministers Of New York State partcu-
arly deserve the gratitude Of all the South, and so do
scores of that denomination III New England They
have varied agans. Aboionism at the hazard Of los
nr their cations their churches and their bread
am informed that matters had gone far t,.1 At the
late General Conference, it evident to all that the
Methodist Episcopal Church must either countenancc
and encourage virtually dissolution Of this Union, or
tonsm to the danger OF losing many perhaps thousands
Of It's members Their Northern and Eastern ministers,
cspccinily those of New York. up most molly and
met the subject full IN the face Resolutions perfectly
satisfactory TO the Southern ministers, adopted by
The Conference And thus that respectable body Of
Christian ministers said TO this nation, ''wc will never
lend AID TO The dissolution OF this Union. This
was nohcthis truly patriotic. But mark the re-
suit Soon after their Conference understand that a
norton Of their members who AbolItIonstS IN y
York State seeded from them: and at UTICA, where
most OF the Abolition Conventions have been held
have set NJ for themselves The expectation suppose
was that all the Abolitonists that communion would
unite with them They declared themselves independent
purchased or procured III way the mortgage that
was on The Church. and actually shut out the Minister
understand last Sunday afternoon that Mr. Davis oil
WASHINGTON CITY, had delivered n spirited address in
The morning. calling for help to redeem this Church In
the evening being III the city, attended and heard
neat little sermon from Minister who lives near UTl.
Ca and who was seeking aid to pay the mortgage, and
restore The Minister To his Church He presented his
case and The gentleman who has charge Of the congre
cation rose aud backed his efforts with psan eXpos
ton of the call. He informed them that this mort
gage had been bought up; that the time tor redeem
inv the property would soon expire; that those per.
sons had withdrawn from the Methodist Episcopal
Church. and SET up the standard Of hboi'tionism =
tina, they had displaced the pastor regularly appointed
there and had withheld the ordinary means OF support
from him. that he must be sustained, II sustained al
all, by foreign aid.
His remarks were few. learned, however, from
them, that New York Philadelphia and Baltimore had
come up nobly to their help, and afterwards under
stood that the appeal in Washington was most eilec
ual one. One man said, wish | had hundred doi'
lars to contribute; all the congregation 1t seemed 10
me, gave something, and, understand, handsome
amount was given the gentleman, who made the APP
peal BY President Van Buren,, and that the heads OF e
departments, and all the public officers who were called
on contributed literally. OH sir this Abolition mere
~, whether We view II religious or POLITICAL IS one
of the sorest evils
intend TO inquire into all the particulars OF tins
matter and write YOU respecting IT. Wherever
have BEEN have heard the friends OF this II Sos
speak of the noble and magnanimons manner, IN
which the Methodist Ministers Of the North ana East
have acted Although denied BREAD for themselves
and their families, by the people OF their charge
.shev conferred not with flesh and blood, and BY
sustaining their Brethren Of the Sonh and BACKING
both BY and example, the shaped by tho
present Administration respecting Aboionlsm, i may
indeed be SAID of them, that they have stakcd their al
on the preservation of the Union. While the defec
and schism have been great and yet be create
among the people, their PASTORS have sad 10 IN: