Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1845-12-31
na1soE1LANnous SELECTIONS.

na1soELLANnous SELECTIONS.
From the True American.
Appeal to all the Followers Of Christ in the
American Union.
To all the adhercnts of the Christian religion, Catho
lie and Protestant, the American Union the writer of
this article would represent that he is but single ind
vduaI of humble pretensons struggling with honest
re al for the country rights
of all mankind. He claims to piety purity
Of life but whilst he is himself subject to all the inrma-
ties of nature, he believes in omn potent
and benevolent God ruling the universe by fixed
eternal laws He believes that mans greatest hap
wise indie rstanding and strict obser
vance of all the laws of his being, moral mental, and
physical which best forth the Christian code Of
ethics. He believes that the Christian religion is the
basis of justice, truth and happiness known
among As politician especially does he regard
Christian morality the sole basis of national and con-
stutional liberty He believes that the liberty of
scie the antecedent of civil liberty, and that
Christianity did our fathers the emigration from the
Old World and our national independence in the New
He believes that there in the affairs of
nation which calls for the united efforts of all good
from dishonor and ruin.
Slavery great national and must be destroy
ed or lost. From a small cloud larger than
mans hand it has overspread the whole Heavens. Three
millions of fellowmen, all f religion be not
fabe) children of the Father, held in absolute
servItude and the most unqualified despotism. BY a
strange oversight sef-avenging crimnaty of ia
TIERS anti republican, unequal sham representation
has given the .Iaveocracy concentrated power, which
subjects the additional fifteen millions of whites of this
nation to the caprice and rule of hre hundred and
fnu thousand Shareholders They monopoze the princ
pal Offices of honor and profit control foreign rea-
tons and Internal policy of economical progress. They
have forced us into unjust wars--nationai bad fath-and
large and unnecessary expenditures of money. They
have violated time after time the national and State Con-
stutions. They have tramped under foot all of the
cardinal principles of inherited bertyfreedom of
the press-libery OF speechtral by lury-the habeas
corpus and that clause of the Constitution which
the citizens of the several States the rights and prvi
leges of citizens of each State They have murdered
citzens-mprisoncd our seamen-apd denied all
dress Of national Judcaure, by forcblv and
illegally eNPelling our failing IN the
comfy observed sacred by all nations. civilized, and
ag. till now! All this have borne in magnanmous
tame subserviency, till remonstrance
regarded criminal, and it has become the law
of the land all the Slave States, to murder cold blood
and in a calm and 'Nignhed manner, any American
freeman who has the spirit to exercise the constitutional
and natural, and naenabie rights of free ught and
manly utterance.
Now the of that religion which teaches
love neighbor ourself--to do unto others
would have others should break yoke
and let the oppressed go freewe pray follower
of Christ bear testimony against this crime against
and God. which fills orr souIs with cruelty and crime
stains hands with bloodand overthrows every prn-
cpe of national and constitutional liberty for which the
good and patriots of all ages laid down their
lives and for which fathers suffered, BLEED and died
We pray set faces against all those profess
sed followers of Christ who betray him the house of
their fsie nds, and make God out the founder of nsu-
on winch causes me most renheo' neo an, re
spectacle men, in the State of Kentucky, where Slavery
exists in the most modified and lenient supremacy, to
raise the black and bloody flag of death to liberty of
Speech and the Press.
We pray YOU II the name of liberty---our country
our common humanity the God of all. who is no
respector of persons--to come to our help!
We know that lat the prayers of the Church went
the closet the altar, and the field of battle
to the Great Arbter of the desnies of believe
that time of equal danger and awful responsibility
hand; and ask that the the universal
Church be altered in the of Liberty
And believe that II Is not only duty to pray
but act respec fully submit for :our
sideraton the following suggestions:
ls That all ministers of religion, all over the Union
either their in their prayers every
Sabbath soemnly warn their hearers against the special
/ of SGrerg
ID That all religious journals column be devoted
to Slavery-its economical satistics-and moral
monstrance
Sd. That in all addresses of religious bodies. oral
written, when moral conduct is touched upon that SOL
emn and special Remuneration of Slavery be made
4 In the exercise of the elective franchise that each
Christian will honestly endeavor that great and
responsible privilege by all honorable and eonsti
futi0nat means, 10 destroy Slavery in this nation.
We suggest with dffidence for the consideration
of Christians Board Of Home Missions founded fol-
lows:-A common treasury-susained by all of
Christians, be located in the city of Newly From
this shall be sustained, fair wages many missona
the States, the funds of the Society,
the interests thereof when invested in stocks will
tain !. Let equal number of each sect represented
be elected . Let the ministers living in Slave States
be preferred if they be procured g. Let them be
instructed speak Slavery the presence of
Blacks slaves T. Let them for the be confined
to the States of Maryland. Virginia and Kentucky Let
them be instructed preach in the counties where there
are the fewes slaves. Let them be Of ability and,
though not fanatca selfsacrcing and Well yersed in
the political and economical bearings of slavery well
IN its moral iniue noes, that they may be able
show the nonsave holder how slavery mpovershes his
famly-excludes them from schools churches the
We believe that scheme If thi. kind would DO nfn-