Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1850-12-14

1t is gratifying to observe that the outrageous
conduct of the Rev. THEODORE PARKER, and some
other Clergymen of the East, in preaching from the
pulpit treason and rebellion against the Constitu-
ton and the Laws, finds few advocates, and has
made no proselytes. Other eminent Clergymen,
friends to the Union and to the Constitution, have
come to the rescue OF both from the onslaught made
upon them by these reckless revoudonists. The
most respectable public journals devoted 10 the
support of religion are also lending an assistance
to the laws which is no less patriotic than disin-
terested.
The number of the New York Observer"
which came to hand yesterday contains powerful
article demonstrating rreutably the position which
il had in preceding number advanced, that the
provision of the Constitution concerning fugitives
from service, which the late act Of Congress is in
tended more effectually to execute, is not an i'm
morality" To give our readers some idea of the
force and point of this article, we quote brief
passage:
But do you not pity the poor fugitives who ask
4 for freedom and protection from the North Ger
tainly we pity them. But we pity still more the
miserable sufferers that would groan and bleed, J
lasc is to be defhroned, and con,pacfs are TO be
repudiated, and the fundamental laacs Of the
country are to be try9ed with and Knocked at
and denounced IN the name Of God''
There is a longer passage, towards the close Of
the same article, which we cannot refuse ourselves
the qualification of also bringing to the notice of oul
readers
"We hear much of progress the North in the love fol
freedom and in deestaon Of the evils Of slavery So far as
this progress is real and Cisan-kke would do all in
our power TO promote it, But there another progress
this subject, which to not happy, and not t
augur well for the soundness Of mind of heart Of those who
seek to promote it.
g In the year $780, man, who shall be naeles attract
ed public attention by loud and bitter denuncations agans
slavery and American Christians Of shallow understand
ing with unmeasured mpudence and almost unmeasuret
mastery the vocabulary of abuse and denunciaon he lee
the land with strange mixture of truth and alsehood
was difficult decide which he hated worst SLAvEHoLpIse
or CHRr sTIANIrY the planters at the South or the clergy
the h0ra. His agents went and fro, denouncng botf
with equal Bitterness and seeming to care little as to which
suffered The most from their attacks. Many men of pure
minds ard more honest intentions devoted themselves to hi
cause Of asavey, still loving the church, and endeavore
to save the Scriptures the Clergy, and the Church, Will
they destroyed slavery But too many of them shared large
ly in his false ethics and his bitter spirit ofreproach
"And now, in 1850, what does this apostle of bitterness
and disorder behold How it must rejoice his heart to SCI
not few of the clergy adopting the theory of natura
rights which he planted his foot jusyng resistance
ac he had done, and teaching the right of the slave
assassnate his master. .S @.. 81. L. 81.
progress this direction do not hail good sigl
Of the times. Attacks upon slavery and the Fugitive Sav
Bill, unsouad principles, only do mischief Th
justification Of wicked acts Of civil disorder, by
Christian ethics, is mpotent against slavery but is not i'm
potent in misleading the multudes who ask for guidance
question Of such vital consequence that of obedience
law These false ethics not mpotent to degrade Chris
tianty, and 10 bring its doctrines and its ministry init
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