Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1845-06-26

natl the 18th. and was organized by the sppoint-
nent Of JANIS @. BIRsTr, President. The Cin-
einnst Gazette says the Convention was large
Among the proceedings We find the speech Of
JupcE STEvsss, OF IsDiAsA. He represents the
Liberty party as "a separate, moral, and political
organization, and says il will remain until oil other
parties fall before il. That they know but two
classes Of men in Church and State: the friends OF
Slavery and It's enemies-thst they must reach the
abolition Of Slavery over the dead bodies Of both
the political parties Of the present day and through
the doors Of the 2o, 900 churches 10 our county
10 relation 10 the division Of the church and Union,
and the repeal the Black Laws in the Free States
he puts forth the following langusgs:-
But we are told that our pla6 is sedi.
tious and factious--that we are agitators
yes, AGIrAToRs. Well, Chris. was an
agitator. What makes agitation wrong
is that il is error and not truth which sgi.
tates. The only question whether our
agitation, like that of Christ and his apes.
ties, is jusii6sble and necessary, is wheth.
er what we teach is the truth: and it is
the iruth-God knows!
"But we shall divide the Church."
Sir, division implies separation, and
wha, shall we separated Why the sin Of
sl,vehoiding from Christianity. God
send how soon that division may come.
We are told, too, that we shall divide
the Union--that we are disunionists.
Now, sir, am for the Union--but |
say il the only Union we can have with
the South, in Church and State, is to be
and must be cemented by the blood OF
three millions Of my brethren, / say in
Gods name let il 60 down. am for no
union the bond Of which is open crime
No Church can or will be recognized for
Christ in the great day, which is cement
ed together by blood. The doom of So
dom and Gomorrah will be more tolera.
BILE in that day than theirs.
But we are told 10 remedy all our evils
at home before touching slavery. Doc.
tor, cure yourself.
Sir, if we must wait till no injustice ex-
lists among men before we touch slavery,
we shall never touch it. Is that what
they wan,l
But our black laws IN the free States
which ,hey ask US 10 repeal before touch.
ing slavery, are = mere sequent-a tail
"a following thing to slavery ITSELF
When slavery is destoyed, these law,
which are mere consequence OF slavery
will fall with it. Destroy tho tree and
you kill the branches"
| The above extract from the speech Of this "learn
ed TAeban"-this righteous Judge whose oath o
Office requires him to support the Constitution o
the United States, shows to what degree of folly
and prostitution Of every thing sacred the mind
Of men can be lead when under the baneful inhu
ence Of fanaticism. This fanatic indeed liken
himsefto Christ, and blasphemes his sacred nam,
and character by belliug his mission to the "chil
dren Of men," How often have these men beef
warned from the South upon this subject, but the,
seem to be deaf and wilfully blind to the history
the past and persist in their interference and agita
ton with a full knowledge that their past effort
have only served to tighten the chains of the Slave
and to render their privileges more circumscribed
They have failed in their efforts to bully the Soutl
into their measures, and now they are seeking I,
accomplish ,aer ends through the go 900 Church
es of our country" But we venture to predic
their efforts will prove as unavailing with tn,
churches. as they have with Congress and tn,
State Legislatures. The blasphemous doctrines
of Stevens. and the Disunion sentiments of Birney
and his Convention find as little favor with tn,
patriots of the North as they will with the South
The Circleville Herald, an ably conducted Journal
though opposed to Slavery. denounces the speech
OF Judge Stevens. as wanting in Christan-lke spir
it, and declares that Heaven will not smile o,
such proceedings" The Herald handles the Pres
ident of the Conventon-"the wretch who sold hi
birth-right in the late Presidential contest for
mess of Pottase"-very severely. We rejoice tina
such Conventions are being held in the North
they will do more to expose the designs of the lea
dcrs, than all the denunciat:on and opposition
which the South could array against them. We
confidently believe Benedict Arnold, were be
alive, would command as much of the confidence
DlEnev.-
These men have now shown their hapds-their
designs are opened to the view of the country
they are Disuaionists of the most obnoxious char
acter, and are calling down upon themselves the
contempt Of the whole country. 1t is indeed
aushabe enough to near them talk about call
other parties falling before Them" "How we ap-
pies swim" If they wish Slavery abolished, let
them stop theii agitation, and leave the matter to
the control of,he Slave States, where the Cons,i-
tuition Of the United States has left it. We hone
the proceedings of this Convention may be pub.
shed in full throughout the Northern States, and
that JAMES G. BIRSEY, and his friend, JupGE
STEVENS, may be dealt with as their past conduct
so richly deserves. We cannot see one redeem.
ing quality in such man as James G. Brney-
and cannot even give him credit for deed, which
the mantle Of misguided fanaticism would excuse
So utterly inconsistent are his actions with his
professions. He is an asitator and trai,or-he
sold his cause. and he would sell his country to
the bghes, bidder had he an opportunity to do Sc
but we scarcely think he will have this oppor-
tunity either "over the dead bodies of both the
political parties OF the present day, or through the
doors Of the 90 600 churches OF our land"
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FINE CROPS.
A baltimorean, travelling through the Valley of