The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1850-12-13

care and trsn.cripts made Of them But suppo,sth
in process Of time Of the people In Of the
swiss cantons or in the Ger man States should find
fault with some things In England and say. We want
those people. We don't much like these things ysu
speak or ourselves; but viii not permit you to
tify them They are our affairs, not your: They
to the djnsrsnoel why It would say to these aboi.
tionists You have right to go into another ooun-
try, with your to interfere with its Ia
stitutious The protocol only relates to mutual de-
fence against the encroscnments Of the Czarn Nov,
admit that Union OF States IL more intimate than
suoh oonfs Iteration would be. yet the constitution
contains right or authority for one State to inter-
with the internal laws Of another. would also
state that the law of contracts Is made by
high neral principles Of ethics. While a contract
lasts there Is alternative but to adhere to it, Be-
fore any Of the parties 70 can De freed from ITS
wish to be personal but IL Is notorious that mem
beers Of Congress swear ct Washington to keep the
contract OF the constitution thus adding the sanction
Of oath TO the dictates Of justice and perng their
sous II they fail to keep It. Even the ancient pagans
regarded the breaking of contracts as one Of the
phrase, Non stare pacnot to stand by his contract
The 60 OF the Christian never could be- accused Of
pacf,s for he IL described In his word
q covenant. keeping God; and those wis profess TO
believe in him ought to keep their contracts 1t is
from Gods keeping of has ptghtsd word, that the
poor and the humble have in his promises
regret to see this principle violated in so fragrant
manner by juries who call themselves Christian.
Juryman renders verdict OF not guilty, in n
where the evidence Is most decisive OF guilt sim ply
because he Ia opposed to capital punshment This is
perjury and Is by the false pretence that
It Is done from Conscience. 1t must be a strange
stretch Of conscience by which man deliberately
commit perjury, after swesring to return a true
verdict according to the testimony II we're chosen
to Congress, would not take an oath to keep
the constitution, or 1 would keep It; aud II 1
was bound TO obey the higher law" and would
obey 1t; but would not take the oath aud break
Of n 1e who ss
vows; while the censures cast en- the patriots
who have tried to Reconcile difficulties without
promising the constitution Itself, merit the severest
rebukss Of the pulpit While hold these sentiments,
DO not the less sympathise with the colored popu.
latioD believe in the identity of the human RAGS,
and that black and white have one comm. IN origin
Our duty Christaps is pray for the freedom OF
the slave but not to force that freedom against prn
cpes Of justice. and in the face OF the fearful
Consequences and IL should be borne In mind
that he Christian code Of morals classes the busy
body In other meme matters" In the condemned
tesory Of the thief and the murderer. I in the
South last summer. and saw great deal of con-
cuies under which the slavehol isrs isbsrsd. They
have TO deal with brutided barbarous that has
been accustomed to murder and every crime for hun
dreds OF their native Africa and IL IN not
der u that the white and cvlissd should be afraid
to give political power TO thess Slaves
brought from Africa under the sanction OF the psrlis
msnt of while protested sgsnst
IT, and many Of them liberated their slaves before the
sme Of wiiberfofce was ever heard In Enslani The
t.pdency OF our Institutions II to gradually de away
With slavery Before the peace Of 1888. slavery was
fused everywhere Nov. the free States are the ma
when they into the Union. will have slavery.
The public sentiment Is In this direction in thu main
IL the colored is to DO freed t must oe by their
own masters and ask Is 1t wise TO irrtate aud de-
nounce them, and take isolated cases and make them
examples for the whole South, DR. Cox then related
instances OF Southern hitting their
slaves and OF them Offering him Ito Of them II he
would undertake TO protect them lie then went on
to say that slavery the incubus of the nation;
that he had seen the late President in May lat and
he believed that this question bro Ike down his health
more than all the battle fields he had ever fought
and nit In ia Aaafh NJ sRfh tan
told him that the country in fearful condition
and that lac glad he not elected to the chair.
The conduct OF the men who were sgtating the ooun
try was most abomiusble and the lights of history all
showed that has been produced as much by human
rssn Il so S % or conquest !. nSs . steam team
was real danger Of civil war when he heard such
then adverted 10 the yariou, schemes for manumit-
ting the saves and said he approved OF the plan of
purchasing their freedom and for his part. hs was
ready TO submit 20 heavy tax for such object.
He believed the whole country would be ultimately
benefited by the expenditure He next ADVERT
ed TO the resistance OF the cslored popuistisn
to the Fugitive Slave law aud denounced those who
encouraged them to resist, as wicked aud unchristsn
and declared that the result such folly would
be that their blood would flow In tho CUTTERS lie adj
vised them TO submit TO the Law and this IL what he
would do himself II he were placed In the same crcum
stances In the first age Of Christianity a kind Of
slavery far than exists In the South prevailed
Yet the Apo,tles, and particularly Paul oxhorted
the powers that he The Bible did not encourage
slavery but u tolerated It, just polygamy should be
tolerated under certain circumstance III Christantty
came TO a country whore IL lawful for 20
have two wives, and children were brought up from
10th IL would not become the minister OF the gospel
to decide which should be put away After some tor
thor observations, DR. Gov quoted St Pauls Epistle
to Timothy, CHI vi. yer is -
Let rs many servants fsaves ~ under the yoke
count their masters worthy Of all honor that the
name OF o cd and his doctrine b. not blasphemed.
"Ans they that have believing masters let them not
despise them bscsuse they brethren; but rather
DO them service, because they fslthful and be-
loved, partaker Of the benefit. These things teach
and sxhort.
at any man teach otherpise, and copsentino TO
wbolesome words. even the words of Lord Jesus
Chrst. and to the doctrine which is according to
godneS;
lie 10 proud, knowing nothing but dotipg about
questions and sriies Of words whereof cometh envy
strife, ratings, evil surmitings
Psrverse disputipgs Of men Of corrupt minds and
destitute Of the truth supposing that gain IL godl
ncss from such withdraw tbyselfn
After sdverting to those wac made abotiontsm
sine non 81 savaton, he prayed that tho Dagnin-
cent arch Of the nstorsl unity might he perpstua-
sfo perpsiua- under the protection OF Almighty God