The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1850-12-30
I 0S- We call attention, tor the following
letter Of on New York c6SEspondeht.--

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'.poa ~ III r.;elgm,s neI, @ 10 siana Nv he Con,
Sl,tlti,m and lhe. country. His text was
ram ile, ,hrchaN Of Numbers 81 which tits
telatelrbe nfthe fpbellion Of Koresh and
III ssnrs ocaJp Il Mn deli annon his. face,
49, In iii u ~ the sand which n nartyE
;~iibl noxth" S,ossshdIvs re;ioinue M on and
prSn nrsa bs & ~ fhe tiosnl ssiiarl atakeii1
'Ios;nsf the Constitufion afit ihea laws ofl
IoenJ ~ nr;na s55id Ne felt like falling up-
IN ne earI,l as Moses had done afii r. Sfl15
He beSan his discoliIrussee with q comnleita-
10 on the orisin Of religious and civil, gov
: rn n,ent and he held I6at no. matter What
WAS the reianing mower, SO long as it was
moi NOT manifesIly aesinst tie will sefL God, we
yere,to',s,bmit we 70 IT, Cesar.yas ain usurper,
yet Jesus Christ deferred to his authority
a1d taught others todo SO. aaThe disciples |
obeyedf he laws that pe ersecuted them and
even appealed 10 them, with success, at
times, as Paul did. He showed how sub
versive Of all laws was the equalization Of
any one law, and how men endangered laws
that they thought Indispensable when they
declared resistance toa law that did not
happen 10 meet their approval, y. ~, h.. MI
! Dr. Spring adverted TO the framing Of our.
Constitution, the. mutual, coace ssion then
4 made blythe wise. and patriotic, farthers of
our Liberties. and the genersl prosperity
which adresuAed from this sacred q COM.
pact tbetween the Statesssisq on a4sqs Wv ~
L OF the Fugitive Slave Law, he said, slhe.
men who formeddhat law have done the
best they could for the masterand the slave,
andfor ihe,Word as our fathers did before
them. Far different views from these are
entertained, know, on this subject. Some
of the public newspapers and pamphlets
inform us that this law is to bs resisted .uiet
a,u.is, and what is orse thisis preached BY
some ministers of the gospelspy Here the
aged ora Tor spoke withtieep eling and pa
i6os, vet with energy and eloquence.
j+From not a iew pulpits in the Aend Gle
1 continued) and id This city, we are told that
A the executors Of the ia,Y are TO be treated
as assasins, and that if the fugitive commits
A murder in resisting IL, he woula did d mar
,1 tyr ii consigned to the galows. we can
Y scarcely believe our 'eSesl or our ecls
'1when we see,and hearthese things exist
u In what land do we live 2. By What sort
Of me n are we surrounded ?ioWhat spiritis
| Ilit that offers these bloody counsels2 There
Is no mistaking lis meauiug-it is resistance
Ito Tie laws OF the land. even 10 blood, Is
ItbisJ Jthe religion Of The Bible-the teachings
of the ApostIes-the example Of the Son O
: God--the christianity OF the North? \ i
We trust in The patriotism and piety OF otI
'i peopIe I'd disa vow these things. We have
al 10 ALTERNATIVE but 10 abide bS the Constitn
lion or sscede from the Union. II isnot 70;
the So,dL 10 secede they abide blythe Con
g. stitutiun. Is the North prepared 10 secede'
o No, mol is exclaimed by million of voices
" saiN ~ Il nave ITO HESITATION III SdVlnu,
: that tbe sudden dissolution Of lhe systen1, Q
+ slavery would make the slaves wandering
: ysgsbonds on the lace OF the. earth, apt
,f could lloerate an the slaves by a. prayer