New-York daily tribune., 1843-11-04

Jaeob,nsu the spin, of retaliation, violence ad murder
netnef isais God, regards We wSuld Be hied
WITH the spirit OK CHRIST IL abide BY principles
1t Is nPossibs fer TO be dsordsriy plot treason
IN any evil work We SHALL submit TO avery o.d
aance of nsn LoRps .ASr obey all the REQ uirs
Of government, except such as we dem contrary 70
The commands Of the gospel and in no case Iss, the
,ion oi law except oy meeAiy submitting the penalty OF
disobedienee.
In entering upon the great work before u.s. W. are no,
unrn6ul that, It's prosecution may be called 10 tssr
sincerity, even as IN hery ordeal ,rbee, to
insult, outrage suffering even death itself We aEric
pate GO small OF niscenespon, misrepresentation
calumny Tumus may arise against Us The ungod,y aad
violent, the proud and pharisaca the ambitious and yran-
inequalities and powers and spiritual "ieke1sess
ch places, may combine TO crush u.s. 50 they ea;ed ,he
MESSIAH whose example huubly striving TO im,-
live suffer with him. know that We shall reigR
with him. We shall be afraid Of ther terror neither be
&C.: Our confidence in the l''' A'n'''S not
Such are the principles of the Non Resitants,
Msput forth by themselves. 1t will be seen that,
however erroneous, they purport to be drawn
from the teachings Of Jesus Christ, and that
those who hold them, instead of being lnhdels, as
they are sometimes lippantly pronounced, avow
the highest reverence for Christianity. and receive
its instructions as of imperative obligation. II
they are in error, it is because they do not inter-
pret the precepts of Christ to reconcile them,
in sufficient degree, with the warlike spirit Of
the world; q heresy, submit, worthy neither OF
death nor bonds. DR.. Follen in the article from
his pen quoted above, says:
The authors Of the New England on.Resistance So.
cey have rendered important service to the of
Peace nasnuchas they have attempted to reduce 1t TO fst
principles. Ii war be sinful in all cases, and the
use OF violence constitutes the and essential i'm
morality Of war the principle must condemn the same
every other Case II makes II stnfr! the Ind,
,dual TO take the life Of enemy physical force
even in sedefence; and equally sInl in the Government
nct only capa punishmen,s, but punishments of
kind resort 10 coercire measures OF any desep
ton Hence the duty Of every Christian only abstain
entirely from the Of force against human beings bso
lutte non-resstance but Of refusing allegiance any human
Government, nasmuch as, being constituted enforce its
commands i, is founded il sin.
I'VE do how any adopting the premises laid
down BY the American Peace Socety-yz: that oil is
contrary the spirit Of the Gospelcan arrive any other
results than those maintained BY the New England Nom
Resistance Society. We have faul, TO find, them with
the logic of the Nou- Resistance Society"
have occupied so much space already, that
nv remarks on the annual meeting of the Nom
Resistance Society must be brief When | en-
tered the hall on Tuesday, found about one hun
dred persons present, and vigorous discussion
going on upon the sub ject of Capital punishment.
Among those present, l noticed Adm Ballou, Of
the Hopedale Community, n. P. Rogers, of New
Hampshire, w. L. Garrison, A B.Mott, &c. sc.
An assembly more strikingly marked by all the
outward manifestations of benevolence and moral
worth have never seen. The speeches on the
subject of Capital Punishment were excellent,
and would have been responded to by all the enc
mics Of the gallows, however widely dissenting
from the ultra views of the meeting on other
points. Measures, am happy to learn, are about
to be adopted for bringing this important subject
before the next Legislature. Petitions are to be
circulated, which, l am confident will be returned
with a large number of signatures, embracing the
names of many of our most distinguished men.
The next subject which came before the So
ciety, and which occupied its attention yesterday
until the final adjournment, was the immortality
of Voting. The ground taken was that laid
down in the Society's declaration, viz that gov
ernmerts being founded on violence, it was q sin
for Christians to hold, or elect others to- Office
der them. Admitting the premise to be sound,
the conclusion would follow Of course. The
speeches of Garrison and Ballou in defence of the
doctrine were certainly marked by great ability,
and spirit Of philanthropy which must ever COM
mand the respect of all candid minds. AS to the
soundness or unsoundness of their arguments, [
shall express no opinion; my object being SIM
| ply to give your readers information respecting
what is generally deemed one of the most singular
movements of this singular age. Said politi-
clan to me- after hearing Garrison's speech last
night, 9" If | pretended to be christian, should
be Nor. Resistant; do not see how could be
any thing else. The teachings of Christ are GER
tainly very clear on the point, and how they can
be reconcled with violence, in any form, is to me
incomprehensiblc. L. O.