The Madisonian. (Canton, Miss.) 1850-1855, 1850-07-18

the veil OF cnaTlty over tne past LnaI
when the storm recedes, the glorious
sun Of fellowship and mutual forbear-
ance, may shine forth over the union
iu more fraternaI splendor aud dura-
tion, than 1t has ever done since the
revolution.
To those northern abolitIonist gen
orally, | beg to be- permitted on this
occasion and place 10 say thai The Biss
F1ie Il The best book in the world togaye
ssp Ii; but the most dangerous book In
the world for q community of people
10 liUG Ouer and beyond it.-True
religion will always stop at the
right mark, but the moment it goes.be-
yond that, it begins to fall into thatold
ancient fatal error of bigOtry and SUI
peFsition with an innate and sleepless
propensity and disease Of the mind, to
dictate-dlsturb and interfere with
other men and communities and States,
with blind passion to force their creed
Of religious doctrine. on slavery, against
the will and constitutional rights Of the
South; upon the same identical princi-
pie on which MAHOMET with the AL.
koran in one hand and sword in the
other compelled the people Of the east
and the Ancient world, to submit to
his tents and creed Of religious doctrine
flows.
am obliged to touch this string, be-
CBuse it Is the main cord on which that
national evil abolition hangs. i
When the scales fall from their nor.
thern eyes, like the scales which fell
from the eyes of St. Paul, when on his
way from jerusalem to Damascus, To
persecutc and destroy the Savior Of
the world and his Apostles under the
blinded Influence Of over religious
bigotry and superstition, then they will
finally withdraw their mistaken a5oli-
ltI0n doctrine from the halls of congress
and the whole country will esteem and
them like unto SO manySt. Pauls re-
lured like the lost sheep into the fold Of
the constitutional advice Of the great
and good Washington. and the gener-
'laistfanqnifty and mutual happiness of
the then renewed United States. | have
known the people If the New England
States for upwards Of SO years from a
boy of good memory at 12 and a years
they are my original countrymen, and
If it would do any good, | could weep
over their great error Of abolition re-
hgion, and 25 years crusade against the
South like a Jonah over the city Of
Nineveh' They are the most tenac>
ious people in the world about their
religion ever since the landing of the
Puritans, Originally, self assumed
title of egotism) at Plymouth rock; and
the days Of the persecution, some un-
to death of the innocent aud harmless
people of Massachusetts, aud other
colonies in that quarter for imaginary
!. witchcraft, and the kind and benevolent
!. Quakers for their peaceable and relig.
ious opinions and mode Of worshippine
! the God that made them.
! 1t ills becomes the legislature Of
! Massachusetts and other Northern
States to denounce the people Of the
} South, without provocatlon, as sinners
: in the sight ofGod, which would JUS
tify the South in raking up all theil
! northern colonial history on that mat
+ tel, in order to admonish lheno great
{ necessity of adhering more strictly IN
J future to the divine command Of doing
{ untn others as they would be done BY
under similar circumstances. If those
abolitienists could only be made to see
8 their great error of slave doctrine, creed
{ and conduct towards the south, they
} such feeling Of pride about their re,
fIligion that, | am fully confident theI
] would become self distressed an ! NOR
n tilted, to find themselves in SO great az
/ error on the subiecto of Southern slave
] ry. or any other subject connected will
\ their religion. Take that false ide'
' out.of their heads, and they are other
4 wise, as fine class Of intelligent peo
d pie and royalcitizens, as any ccuutr!
|, can boast Of Slavery in the way !
d was planted and has grown up 10 tn
v southern States, cannot Justly o.
3 called sin as it now stands, becaus'
al IL cannot now be helped, and thin
). which cannot be remedied for the bet
j ter, cannot justly be called sin In tn
y Isight Of God.
That parl Of Italy and Egypt j
y which our Savior peregIlnated am
+. preached 10 the people during his 80
L iourn on this planet, was literally GOV GOV
"a cred with sslavery-eve1 eunncls q
st condemned itnot as sin u bus s,gn'
IL but said to the people, masters 6e KID
a to your servants. and servants be oDe
" dienL to your masters; for ! come 2 ~ "
i. to do away with the laws, but to iuin
oe the laws. This being the tact 2, -
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