The North-Carolina standard., 1845-05-28
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We have lad bsfose our resdsrslhes yupst i'm.
poFtapt proceedings pf these two conventions
the Baptist church at Augusta, and of Meth
odist Episeopal char6h al LouisrAies Both are
meaSureg pfs seiEdefsnce both have. been; forced
FuPen the southern chnEehts hg the fanaticism Of
their bfeEhre6 of 1.-The NeFths Cut eff from
feqdal, privileges zin theiE respective churches
--doomeds asSShey, Iaere, to an igHomiHioas vas
s'lagey add as IL has been. teenf tfa virtual odk
awry" on aecount; Of their pesuIiar Institutions,
what were the Soufhron& % r Weren't Meth
Eodists:to be, ,ioh, !" You shall Haye 30 bfsAoprifS
our Thurch, 5esause'he may own, ,siayes2nt Were
oar Bsptsts 70 be informed, g Net d man of YOU,
thewevef pure and tifttaous he may be-. shall be
e1hptoYea as a sisnary; who has slaves and
insists on fetalnlns Them as his WopertyPn This
his d speciesS of texcommun icatioa of the vheie
Seuth ID CONSEQUENCE Of her peculiar Institutions
which presents painful alterpative toevery man
who yalaess both, his ehiaEch5and his country,
Submit, and becomes degraded ia. hisoss6n ewes
as Southfen and freeman. Resist this Iicfato:
fial and exclusive Spirit, and he runs lhe hazard
ttof separating himself from the ehurshes. 81 the
NORTH But whenever >ignominious. yassahge
and an honorable separation are presented 10 an
Findepehdent man, he cannot hesitate long. ><The
Presbyterians we're the 6fst TO be dfiTer into the
necessity Of separation <TheR 3aptisls and the
Methodists Of the Sdnth are .aow following frihe
same track :but Syhate+ef consequences may re-
tsuHte the chlrch- o. to the state Let the tespohs
Fbihty fail upon those whe brsf strike the blow
In this State OF the case we might Suppose a con
ference of the two sections the country and bhe
South might thus address the NoRfH <; ;:
F. I" Why force our churches to this painful sepa-
ration3 You ,cannot suppose that they would re-
main unAed to you.1pon unequal and-degradihg
condtions2 Our country Hself. consists of con
tedefary of States. They nre equal partners iri
one federal government which unites them All;
equal partners they are in all The great rights of,
sovereignty ty-and equal parties to the SAME af0ri-
GUS eempaetcc Our bstiliea connecctioH Is fouited
upon this great prnciPle: The constitution itself
was afoWedly, las ms Pfesident Geo4ge Wash.
ingoii, deelared( tthe result Of a spitit Of aasity
and ..of .1Adt:: mutual 1etereaSe ead concession
rendered HdispebSa 6le. Your faihers were aware
Of our peculiar institutions. They saW 1hat. we
had slaves among Us: They attefn 10 restrict
as On that account, and to deny us 1he privileges
which. we claimed Their wisdom, however. Il.
hrily yleht tde. in the. spirit Of coInpromise Al.
that time of course they were wfiiagto enter In
10 political pdfttIership with u.s. notwithstanding
our tnlhets were possessed of Slaves They were
too wiSeand ibeFalto deny as fair participation
in all the Offices of the republic on that account
"A SeuthFep maybe the~chlef magistrate Of the
United States, OF a vice p7e;Sideht, or cabinet
secretary, or foreign minister 'fhe crnine Of
the j6dge--the generals sssord-all the insignia.
of every department of the government, have
Fgraced thecitizen Of the South as well as of The
North. The author Of the declarations your IN
dependence was a. Shareholder. zFTf1s first Pfesi
dent Of Congress was a stakeholder Fhe first
man of ahe nation and of the age-he-.who lea
your armies 70 sgtofy5 and your coan4fH to fnde.
Pendence, the itlastEio6s~ ston-2was trust.
ed by you, although hesWas sfaveholdcr :$Y our
frst third; fourth, dfh seventh, and nfnth Pfesi-
dents, were. att the owners of slaves; and vel
whose hafaessstana mere prominently fofavafdsto
grace your annals than Washington Jefferson.
Madison, Monroe and -Jae1Ssonq who. ha7 7eaon-
tfibuted more tos raise our national fa}ne abroad
or to cast more fustre upon htifnan h1ture iseiE
than these men; ahd men tiEethen ~ =. >
, ts We ask yeu, thefefpres why should you In
dfoducesdfffrrent rules IN our religious eornmuni-
ties ttonr wha1:eur fathers have So wisely pro-
svIded in eur. political confederacf2f { We are
equal fartners m thesState Why should ~e not
be equm in the eye Ofthe Charch2 = sYod. waive
thequestlon Of slavery in political officers. Why
shoufd you raise the distinction in our religious
asseciutIons2 If we wefete submit. to the=iile- J
quality which you would iin pose apoiI che Church
FhoW long would it be before you would place. US
under the ban of p6Iitical ostracisnl2 How long
before you7wilf say TO Hs 7 Oh are cut off from
the ePlscoPate and from n1issionsH--we Wi44ext
pfnscFibe every ciizeH Of the Soulh who possess
ees slaves, from the presidency, and ffom- the the
bepcif2 Let as sdbuit 20 the 9ae, and II may
not be long before ffatc isf shall frther sci her
mark upon us, and cut us OFF from an. equai-Iar-
ticipaiioH ,eE the Offices ofthe repubhceF i
~ You o6ght- 10 love. the Uaion as Feit as 4se
do. = You have as muc h4reasen to rejoice Ia the
gtories Of our common forefaAtfg< The name Of
America oa CHI 70 sound as proudly in your ears
as In ours. You hatesis much Interest In the
union Of the States as ourselves Have vou@noli
the same interests as we have in preserving II 81
Whg then, force ussko separate our SchuFehes2
Why loose. the sacred ties which bind our COM
mon altars tUgether2> You do not actually dis (
sever, it isTue5 che cord which unites ouh STATES
together -bu yourtut one of the strands which en-
Ter into its composition. = Odr Union ought 10 be
eveFF cause which forms the e~ele-
neu Of social orgaflizatioh Ttis an affair efseri,
timent~ as we'll as ofinteTest and notwithstanding
here are other hes which bring susfogether, and
we still fervently hope will tie Us. together, vet
'hete is;not link too napyiu The. chain which
lnites U.S. We ought not TO strike one off, lest
we .weakenthe combination iBat.there>waI you
stop = Whytdo not your fanatics fnrtherSsays:,
We will have no cemmercGd connection with
you2t We will n6t- deal with you-2'..W We tiif fsuf
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