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horror of slavery, which, for the purpose Of
this argument, we must remember to forget.
Now, forgetting this fact, | say, the delin-
quency of Mexico may be made to appear
absolutely villanous and unaccouniable, and
when contrssted with the mcekness and pur-
ring occurrences with which, for the
purpose Of cur game, we approach her, it is
a most excellent cause Of WaT-always If
course forgetting reputation and French in
demnily, which on the same grounds would
be good cause for civil wars.
After this highly ingenious outset, the
original message proceeds in a learned, states
man-like and perfectly Talleyrandic manner
through page after page of-gammon, work.
ing up the debts Of Mexico, and the wrongs
Of Mexico TO our suffering countrymen, to
such a pitch as TO be quite Inconsistent with
the beautiful picture Of national happiness
which he drew in his opening paragraph, and
enough TO raise a military spirit even under a
drab coat.
let Santa Anna pass the squadron because
1t could not be helped, and because | thought
he might be easier TO make peace with than
Paroles.
Buncombe will be pleased to learn that the
expenses OF the war, so unprovoked on our part,
up TO the LIST of July. had been very light,
&c" W ehO bliio having Nblibt lus lSldll lIt'u
a loan of from nineteen TO twenty-throe null
lions of dollars to pay up to next July, when
| hope to bring the Mexicans to terms. OF
course the works Of peace must be suspend
ed, tea and coffee taxed, and the lands sold
of for what they will fetch to help out.
| have not waged the war with a view to
conquest, but have established territorial 90
vernments, temporarily in the conquered
country, and shall doubtless 1.-THE close make
Mexico pay all her old debts and the war
loans besides. Our treasury will be flush in
cash about those days, the result Of the melt
ing down of church plate, &c.
Whether ! shall hold on to the conquered
country, will depend altogether on whether
We have any more "amt ndmCnts" of the
kind which defeated my 1.-Two Million Bill"
If the Ohio Locos should pcrsevete in their
insane madness at my giving up Oregon, aE
ter ii was Of no farther use to slavery to keep
1t, and should embarrass my administration
with resolutions to keep slavery out of the
conquered territory, you will see that | shall
drop that terriloty as quick as a pig would a
hot potatoe, and shall leave the North to set
tie the expenses of the war as it can.
You will see that the recommendations of
my Secretaries are all good. And you will
please pass the Loan Bill in season, as it is
not the quickest or easiest thing, always, 10
borrow the money.
The Post Office department is doing very
well under Mr.. Cost Johnson, and has only
fallen short of its expenses half a million, as
usual, on account of slavery. Ii ought to
pay its expenses, for | need all the money |
can get for the war.
JEMES KNOCKS POKE.
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RELIGIONS DemagNgnniSm.

Amos Gilbert in his reply to cur former ar
ticle on this subject, remarks, ''that a dispute
regarding a question of fact in a stage coach,
is not strictly a public discussion" We did
not speak of it in that light, but referred to it
as proof of what the professions were at that
time, Of him, who now o~ficiates as Priest in
the End Baptist Church, and upon whom, as
we suppose rests the largest share of the
guilt of fellowshipping those pro-slavery
churches.
Friend Gilbert further says, "The some-
what more than insinuated charge of hypoc-
ricy and intrigue made on the end Baptist
church, is too Wholesale" We admit that
this is a point about which there is room for
a difference of opinion; because many per-
sons think that a church membership gives
them immunities which others do not pos
sess. That a church member should pass
unrebuked, for committing the same act for
which one who is not a member is highly
censurable. But were we to speak of the
acts of the Episcopal Methodist of Column
blana, IN obtaining money from Lot Holmes,
and other abolitionists, to build a meeting
house, under the p~retence of its being free
for them to hold anti-slavery meetings in,
but whJ, after they had succeeded by such
means, in building their house, denied the
abolitionists the privileges promised them
or the Protestant Methodists of Mt. Pleasant
and OF New Brighton, who, we are Informed,
Induced the abClitionlsts in the same way to
aid in building meeting houses, and then de-
MED them the promised privileges, we saw,
were we to speak of these acts in obtaining
money under false pretenses, in the same
manner as we would be justified in speaking
OF similar acts, committed by those who are
not church members, there would be found
among the friends Of those concerned in these
fraudulent Transactions, persons who would
say the charge is too wholesale.
We believe that it is equally as Just and
right to guard the public against the swim
ding operations Of church bodies, as it i. to
guard 1t against the imposilions of others.
But why should those ''some who felt lit
tie interest in the cause" secede from the
old church on antl-slayery grounds, and then
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Again, there are those who would be will
ling to sacrifice somewhat of reputation, of
popularity, if an advocacy of the slaves cause
would not iniuriously effect their means of
acquiring property. Gold being their God,
upon its altar, by them, the interests of hui
mainly are sacrificed.
These Idolaters worship a Trinity, their
confession of faith, as spoken aloud by their
practice is, as described by Theodore Parker,
as follows: 81 believe in the golden eagle;
| believe in the silver dollar; | believe in
the copper cent"
The merchant perchance, would lose his
custom, but rather than lose customers, and
iorego the acquisition Of golden eagles, of
silver dollars, OF copper cents, he sacrifices
the interests of humanity, the welfare of mil
lions, upon the altar of the God of his Idola-
try.
The Doctor perhaps, would lose his prac-
tice; the Teacher his school; the LAWYER
his fees, and being possessed of little cour-
age, this sacrifice is too great for them to sub
ject themselves to, and fainting upon the
way, they turn back and let humanity groan
u nder its burdens, without helping to remove
them.
Others there are, who in addition to the
sacrifice Of reputation required, would part
with some of their wealth, or forego its ac-
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contemplate remarks. Why you should en-
deavor to cast odium upon this Address. we
know not, for certain it is that your remarks
are unwarranted 8nd exhibits a recklesspcss
that a conductor of a public journal should
not be guilty Of, ora base attempt to forestall
public opinion. In referring to that part Of
the Message which speaks of the prosperity
of our State, you say =
:" In the message the unexampled prosper-
iY of the State is attributed to an Over
ruling Providence; while Mr.. Bebb seems
inclined to the belief that it is owing to Gen.
Wayno's victory over the Indians, half a
century ago, on the Maumee, and to the ordi-
nance OF 1851"
The remarks Of Bebb, upon which the
above cant is based, are as follows:
"The cause of this unexampled prosperity
is as much without a parallel case in history
as its effect. 1t will be found in the natural
resources Of the State, in The security to titles
to land, in the early protection and liberal
policy of the general government. 1t will be
found in the character Of her population, who,
instead Of emerging through long ages from
barbarism to civilization, brought with them
freedom. law, christianity and the arts of civ
ilized life. 1t will be found in her free con-
s%titution, conlerriug upon her Executive nei-
Their patronage nor the reiO power; and in her
legislation, which, in the main, has been
liberal and wise. 1t will he found in the Or
diuance of 1857. That great charter of North
Western liberty was here before our fathers.
1t had guaranteed to every emigrant liberty of
ppuerIpurp-flp rIuft of trial hE ir~y--thp
right of equal repr,sentatiOn-aud the invio-
liability of private property. 1t had declared
that no law impairing the validity Of con-
tracts, previously made without fraud, should
ever have any binding authority within the
territory" And 1t had proclaimed that
- schools and the means of education, should
forever be encouraged for the plain reason
that religion, morality, and knowledge, are
necessary to good government, and the hap
plness of mankind"
But Of all the provisions of that ordinance,
the most important to the cause Of humanity,
and the most beneiiccnt in its operation upon
the morals, the rights, the happiness, and the
prosperity Of the millions, who in all time to
come will inhabit these States, is that which
makes the soil northwest of the river Ohio,
forever incapable of sustaining a slave"
A candid and rejecting community will be
unable, we Judge, to find in Mr.. Bebb's re-
marks any ground for this editorial. The
Inaugural does honor to the head and hear.
whence it emanates, and with all honorable
sincerely devoted friends Of liberty should
be treated with that respect which is evident
ly lis due. p.
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calls us hard names because we feel dispos-
ed to apply the remedy. Our position is
this; we see the wrongs and are willing and
anxious to remedy them, you see them, but are
not yet disposed to remedy them. Now how
vain 1t is to descant upon wrongs without
finding an antidote. But, say you, the anti
dote is worse than the evil. But an anti
dote cannot be an antidote when it is worse
than the evil, antidotes are many times, how
ever, very serious, when evils have been Of
long standing.
We are referred to those bloody scenes
that have been transacted in France and other
countries in olden time, to arouse our stupid
minds and make us desist from our work.
1t is those damnable scenes that were once
transacted in France, which are now reacted
in our own country, that we are at war with.
Was France the theatre of universal cruelty
and bloodshed under the reign of Infdelity ?
Then is the United States under the reign of
the church with her religion equally cruel, if
not more so. Bat crimes were committed
by those protesting infdelily, it is said.-
We'll, cruelty practiced by protested infidels
is more excusable than that practiced by pro-
fessed christians. The c%ruelties of the pro-
fessed christian churches have degraded
them more than ten degrees below infdelity.
Truly this is AN age of Ignorance. The
church processes to stand on elevated ground.
and our characters rise or fall with her. But
the man who now undertakes to expose her
views, needs a coat of mail. Cruelty and
injustice never lose their nature by being
done in or by the church her many good
deeds never will make amends for her bad
ones. He who said blessed are the merci-
full" said also that the merciful should OBJ
tain mercy, and none others. We believe
with the Alcoran, that one hour of Justice is
worth seventy days of prayer; and as for
crime, we don't believe prayer can s%anctiry
it. And now dear brethren, are we not all
Of us satisfied that crime and cruelty are in
eXistence-and if in existence, there is a
cause for fought we not to enquire and
search out lis lurking place! If the church
is in any way guilty can she he justified =
If the government, ought we not as honest,
as upright, as good men, to enter our protest
against it, on this very principle, knowing
that iniquity cannot ProsPerl And now my
brethren we ask your cooperation in this
great, this benevolent, this holy enterprise
Notwithstanding a great many things have
been said, which were Improbable. Let us
now open our months for the dumb, and
plead their cause, and become fellow-labor-
ers together, that the cause of humanity,
which is the cause of God, may notlanguish
in our hands. NJ. f.
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Communication.

Hate us for what! Just because we are
friends to humanity-just because we bear
testimony against the deeds Of the oppressor
just because we are doing what the church
long ago ought to have done. We are sorry
to have to do this work, but our love for tor
tured humanity impels US forward. God
grant the church may cease her hatred to us.
Oh, that the church might arise and shine,
the Glory of God being in the midst of hel /!
The church is, or ought to be, the receptacle
Of all that is good and benevolent, and it is
the church which ought to be foremost in
correcting It's W abuses as well as the d.
buses OF government; and we are doing no.
thing more, than making our appeals to the
church and government to correct those a.
buses which exist in each of them. But the
church looks upon US with a Jealous eve,
and that jealousy engenders cruelty. Oh
that the church might understand our true
position. We are not the enemies of the
church, nay, but her friends; but we can
make no compromise with her in this iniqui-
ty. Now should the church envy us be-
cause we cannot! God forbid, Humanity
forbid, and a holy religion also. Wherefore
we pray you to consider our position, can
didly, and see if there be any evil way in us,
for it is no object for us to contend for false
hood, and fall under those serious consequent
ces by contending for it. 1t is the truth we
are seeking for, and truth is no better for us
than it is for you. Come my brethren, let
us now sit down and reason a little on this
subject. You will admit, won't you, that
slavery is wrongl Methinks | hear you say
yes. Well if slavery is wrong, is it moi
right to put it away! and if right, can we be
too quick in doing right, when we are con.
WINGED we have done wrong? Procrastina.
lion may rob us ofthat opportunity if we de.
lay. God says now is the time, tomorrow
may be too late for US to give our testimony
against this wrong. Dear brethren, be no
angry with us for urging our suit, we feel a:
though we could not be denied-time flies
swillly-anOther generation may have to dc
what it was our duty and privilege to have
done, and we may have to regret.
We have said, that it was the truth We
were seeking, and the truth was as good fol
you, as it was for US. But the truth is an
unwelcome messenger, many times. Wher
an individual who has a character loses it,
and still contends that his character is good,
that individual who tells the truth, and ey.
poses the b]aseness of that character, is often
considered an enemy, and is hated because
he exposes it. Now, that bad character has
been, many times, made to pass for good,
won't be denied, as well as good for bad,
both in ancient and modern time. We are
represented as having a bad character, for
telling how and when certain wrongs began.
and still exist, and how to remedy those
wrongs, and what those wrongs are. Our
brother in the Christian Advocate admits
there are wrongs in the church and in the
government, but does not tell US what these
wrongs are, nor how to remedy them, but
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that were in existance But Sir In your great
Travail you have brought forth one more and
named and added it to the list. But Sir as
sure you | think it a very small one indeed for
its very soul and Body is confined to the mar
row contracted Geographical limits Of your
" crarum Again Sir. You profess to be
opposed to slavery. Netyou require Of me to
find the place and the house to hold the de-
bate in. Gou give the Challenge and then
make a slave Of me. then bid me to 20 and
get a house TO hold the debate in, and that
must be gotten in your own town wherein
you reside. Sir when ever | challenge YOU
will provide the place for the business A.
1t respects your promise OF 50 free discussion -
If you are the man that slandered the Metho.
dist Episcopal Church in Palmira and Sawn.
yea in the former place in n stump speech
delivered upon the sabbath by which yor
broke the first Table Of Gods command
ments in bearing false witness against you
neighbor wish to have nothing to do with
your honor until you repent. l thought once
is would be proJ er and fit to take notice Of
your petty slang, but on a second thought
came to the same conclusion that the man did
who was kicked by a jack on looking round
suddenly saw from whence it replid it makes
no difference seeing the source from whence
itcame and Sir, | think you beneath the notice
and place in the Church Of Jesus Christ.
Yours in haste
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Rev. Mr.. KELLER, Randolph.
RANDoLPn, December 4th, IS

RANDOLPH, December 4th, 1916.
Mn. DICKINSON Sir =
Yours of the Attn inst, came safe to hand,
Which purports 10 be a solicition upon your
part and that of Truman Case, To have a
"free discussion" on certain underlined and
undsfnabe Topiehs. The Letter sir, bears
evident strong, and p%alpable marks, or indi-
cations of the Writers or Writer'S mental de-
rangement. And as an evidence Of this un-
deniabie fact; | will here insert the first
question. ais it morally right to supor
the constitution of the United States -
which question T. Case will negative. -
What do you mean! !! Truman Case neg
alive what Answer, The "supror" Of
the constitution of the United States. Unjust
frankly confess that | cannot for my life see
wherein there is any more moral obliquity in
giving a "supper" to the constitution &c,
than in giving it either a Breakfast or Din
ner; Sir, Can You! But Sir By what au-
thority did you sign Mr.. Cases name to this
nonsensical Question, or By what authority
could | hold Mr.. Case to a discussion Of it
Seeing that You and not Mr.. Case placed his
signature to it. But You Sir, may demur as
not being the author Of so much nonsense.
But Sir, Is it not your doctrine that the re-
ceiver Of stolen Goods, is as bad as the thief.
If so this Question passing through your
fingers, as it did and as it is makes It yours
with all its undefnables !! But Sir the Sc
cond question you father wholly. Is the
Methodist Episcopal Church NoRTu &c.
Now sir must confess to you again sir
that the same mental arrangement or [Igno-
ransel peaks ont its head here as before, |
Ihought / new al the methodist Churches
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COMMUNICATIONS.
For the @nfi-Slarery BRg1e.

For the ~.2nfl-S!arey EHgb.
EDIToRs:
The following letter, (Which is as near the
original as my memory will serve me, after
the lapse Of ten days,) you will please to
give place, together with the original answer
to the same, in your columns. And by so
doing you will serve the cause of truth, and
perhaps save the public from some further
impos itions.
RANDOLPH, December 4th, 1916.
DEAR Sir Being informed that YOU are
DESTROYS or willing to discuss certain ques-
tions that now are agitating this community,
l now take this opportunity to solicit from
you a free discussion on the following ques-
tons, to wit:
Is it morally right to support the Constitu-
ton of the United States!
Which question Truman Case will negative.
Is the "Methodist Episcopal Church
North an Anti-Slavery Church!
Which question | will negative.
The time and place which you shall men,
tion in this town we will most respectfully
meet you to discuss.
Respectfully yours, &C.,
II. r. DICKINSON
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mental arrangement or Ignorance" could COM
nit such Islander. ] here take this opportu-
nifty to inform Mr.. Keller that all that | said
in "Paimira" about any person or set Of
persons, that | design it for AHAB KELLER.
And here challenge him now to prove mel
"sLANnERER," a "BREAKER or Cons CoM-
MANDMENTs,' a "FALsE WITNESS AGAINST NY
NEIGHBOUR" lin manner and form as he has
alleged and charged) publicly in this town,
and give me an opportunity to speak in my
w self-defense-or be branded by your
act to be an everlasting disgrace 10 (not
the meek and lowly Jesus) the trinity Of
which you, DR.. C. II. and II. and myself
ought 10 be respectable members. To a
generous public | appeal, do | shear ecideni,
strong and palpaJle MARKS, or indications Of
mental deraagement? 2" And does not Mr..
Keller "Jear eridenl strong and palpaJhe
marks, or indications IF mental" hnareyy OF
most consummate folly Judge ye, let jus.
tice prevail, and no person or persons will be
injured.
Y. r. DICKINSON.
Randolph, Dec IS, 1916.
p. S. Since writing the above, it has oc.
Cured to my mind that Mr.. Keller might al
some time when he was " doing up business
with a big anger" 60 use Mr.. Keller's own
expression and getting alargo amount of his
religion (animal EXCITEMENT near to his hear
o- ,L,t bo yrorIJ ,cc,so ,,a Of r,Ll;.l;z-,
letter of different character than the one that
| wrote to him. Now to avoid any decep.
ton, if | have here published a letter Of diff
ferent character in any degree from the one |
wrote to him, ! demand of him to either give
it (the original one) TO the editors of this pa
per or to me, that it may be published. And
furthermore, l do now charge upon Mr.. Kel-
Ter that he is a pro-slavery man; and to use
his own expression when he brags of his an
ti-slavery character " like a jug handle all on
one side against slavery" all on the other
side in favor of slavery. And at any time
during this winter, between the hours of one
and nine o'clock, p. NJ. on any day, after
tw%enty-four hours public notice can be given.
(when his God has not other appointments
for him) at the Disciples Church (f the
Methodist Meeting House cannot be had) in
this place, that the Rev. Ahab Keller will
meet me publicly, face to face, so that he has
an opportunity to defend himself, l will
prove my assertion to be true, and if fail to
do so | admit that | " bear coident strong and
paPaJle marhs, or indications Of mental de-
rangement or Ignorance" or a wilful and ma
licious liar. That there may be no mistake
in the person in this place, / sign my name,
II. II. DICKINSON,
Attorney at Law, and the only one in
Randolph, Portage County, Ohio.
Dec, 18th, 1916.
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y 0FPersons having business connected
with the paper, will please call on James
Barnaby, corner of Main and Chestnut SITS.
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In haste,-Faithfully Yours,
MILO TOWNSEND.
New Brighton, Pa. Dec. 81, 1916.
BUGLE.
SALEM, JANUARY /, Is47.

81 love agitation when there is cause for 1t
the alarm bell which ~startles the inhabi-
tant2 of a city, saves them from being burn
ID in their s."-Edmuad burke.