The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1850-10-23
Beware.

respondent of the last " Greensboro
Patrol" cautions the Public to have lheI
eyes oDen TO the mo, emen,s &c two men. pro
Tossing to be Wesleyan Methodist ministers
who have been outinging the public security
Of late, by preaching the most incendiars ant
sedt'inus sentiments, at sundfy places in Gull
ioid county. Their names are Crooks anc
Mcilride and we would re iera,e The warn
log IN the Patriot that our people be pre-
pared Tor The coming OF these foolhardy and
misguided zealols. Our State and our com.
muniies mus, be purged Of such characters
aud IT becomes our Judges and Magistrates
TO exercise their vigilance and authofily.-
/ 10 the language Of the Pa,ro:'s" correspon.
dent, " these men are dong t.l, and only evil
and II they can feel, should be made to feel,
that although they are 10 free country, Of
which they boast, that they are not at liberty
TO ramplc upon the rights uf freemcn, and
endlnger the property and safety Of our cit.
izeus."
The correspondent, who is himsel' evident.
y a CiereymIn, remarks in speaking Of n
discourse delivered by Mcbride, 10 the
Fdcods Meeting House, at jamestown. =
Rot Register.
He commenced the service hv reading
The frs, eight or ten verses Of the 55,h chap
ter Of the Prophecies of Isaiah, together wllh
hc 23d aud 2llh Psalms Ahe, his hymn
was sung--aud then followed Iong prayer
lin which wicked, slnful and Oppressive
Shareholders were largely remembered, and
such petitions as the following made -" I.ufd
have mercy upon such as are depressing their
fellow. men, such as are separating mao aad
wife, pareu, and ch,d, brother aud sister
such as ,eanrg children from their mothers
breasts, and holding them IN iron bondage,
aud depriyIng them of thet! Liberties" &c.
&. The speaker lhen took his lex 10 ahn's
Gospel, l3lh chap. and l7ih verse-"T ys
kaop these things, hoppy are ye if you do
thtm." From these words the speaker at.
tempted To shew the difference between true
and false feiigioa, spurious and false conrer
sion. ln true religion-l, there mus, be
knowledge-l. Knowledge Of God-2. or
Chrlst-3. 0f the Scfiptures-4. or our.
selves. ,. In ruo reugioa there mus, be
obedience. On this paint the speaker came
out fully on the doctrines Of Abolition He
was strong and incendiary in his denuucia,ions
of owners of servants as Giddngs, Smith,
Thompson, or the far famed Douglass. He
said there were many men, and among them
men of learning, Doctors of Divinity, who
professed to preach the gospel, and free sal
va,on, who were all hypocrllcal, lnsincere,
aud wicked holding men and women 10 bon.
dage, contrary TO the gospel which they hypo.
cuucally preached, and their hands were full
Of blood, whose end was eternal DEATH il they
fepenled mol OF their cruel deeds Of oppression,
and disobcdlence 10 the gospel which they
knowingly perverted. He then wen, on to
shew the injustice Of Withholding the scrip
turcs from servants, and refusing to teach
them TO read the barbarry Of the laws of
tho State of North Carolina 90 this subject.
And then again In one sentence sen, the whole
Southern Church to hell-dcclaring IT impos.
sbIe for them To be saved. Tho above, and
such like dcnunciallons, he said he fell II his
bounden duty 10 make, regardless of men, or
of human laws and institutions to the contrary
and that he vas not afraid to declare The
truth which he was commissioned c declare.
| do not profess TO give the precise language
IN which the sentiments were uttered, but the
substance. The reader may IN some instances,
say, in that the representation is surely too
strong. do not thnk il as strong as the
reality, with The circumstances of the case
for there we're some twenty or thirty dark.
les. whether bond or free | know not, as |
was a stranger 10 tho place-siting before
the speaker 10 hear the whole. This circum.
stance heightened greatly the criminaliy Of
his DISCOURSE"