The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1850-11-19

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Gresham street, and In Liverpool No. Columbia Buildings
This connected in this with the well known
Of Adams Co.. and is entitled TO the conn
dsnee Of our friends abroad sfss
strike, but hear uss
Congress will reassemble in two weeks. The strug-
gle will recommence unless the North comes to the
rescue We shall suffer number Of paper 80
forth. without attempting to Impress upon brethren Of
the North the Importance Of the crisis to which have
arrived We seek open their eyes the danger which
threatens the Union. II.
Abolition, Conscience, and the Law Of God
. lao ~ ,A9. sa. sdss eso'1;, MAS .sysr 70
og1 . lRomans, chap. IA. pus
Tnere considerable body Of religious zeaois the
North who profess to have very tender conscences
the subject Of slavery They are confined church
sect, but consist Of the fanatic and overrghteous
among them all OF whatever church persuasion they
happen to be. they all possess in great fea
ture OF resemblanceihey hate Shareholders Nth sort Of
holy horror and demand the instant abolition Of slavery
throughout the country regardless Of the right. power.
expectancy of doing it, and Of the consequences to
ensue To all these they alike blind and reckless;
and il the Indebtedness and utter ruin Of the slaves them
selves be inevitable we'll the slaughter and dcsruc-
ton Of the iches, they not They fancy they hear
the voice OF God commanding them to strike and they
dsdain TO heed the welfare and the expostuaiions OF
man. These simple naonomdniaes, who might be
commiserated or confined in mad.house, according TO
the violence OF their paroxysms, If they assaing
institutions established in the place where they live; but
raving against those of neghboring States, not imme
diaely in their reach. the community lets them rd
like dogs that buy the Hitherto their numbers
have been small and the field Of their operations restrict
ed TO some bomes in negro churches, or abolition lee
lures The highest boast Of their busy teachers has been
to misquoe and misapply passages Of Scripture. and
thereby 10 "lead captive silly women" or to excite the
stupid wonder of few ignorant negroes and whites
who attended the droppngs Of their sanciuares But
recently the infection 10 be spreading Men OF
higher claim notice enlsng in this crusade against
slavery churches, and conventions, and general assem-
blies have dgnifed the creed OF abolition by introducing
and discussing il with gravity and earnesness; dema-
gogues have mounted the same hobby; and the whole
North is made to resound with the clanors Of outraged
conscience and denunciations Of the wicked dsobe.
dience 10 the higher law Of God committed BY Congress
in the enactment OF the late fugitive slave law Thsfuror
Of fanatcisin has now assumed and most danger
Gus form Il procaims dissolution to those who disre
gard their duty as citizens and calls all good believers
to the constitution and trample the laws passed
to Il into effect Wecannot overlook to the
public welfare which such spirit Of insubordnaion por
tends Il saps the very foundation Of the public peace ADD
individual safety by assuming TO set al Raught the obga
tons Of the citizens to respect the constitution or to obey
the laws Social duty and solemn oahs are alike una
yang when placed in direct hostility 10 the pretended
law OF our Creator We cannot better illustrate the
length TO which this fanatic madness may carry persons
Of intelligence and rational views on other subjects
than BY extracting few passages from article Just
written for an abolition journal by the Rev Mr. Beeche,
OF Brooklyn, New York This gentleman is preacher
of the Presby church. and writes with much
dogmatc arrogance il he commissioned from on
high, and as much coarse violence il he had been
educated at Bingsgaie and the shsmbles Of Adgate
But lei him speak for HIMSELF
| "TnK Law or cosscrkscx.-Therc are thousands who
breath braveiy and generously declare that neverthees
should distressed fugitive ask succor shelter and guild
breathing The law. To keep this law you shelter
slave mother fleeing her Tree husband in the North,
saer the knvI OF virtue you give d.
recon fugitive, though his head be white. and b. old
6a, for the love Of God do moi bsay me- the law snjn'
you with the officer, he summon you, and help In
his The minister Of the gospel the humane ph,lan
hrops, pescs nly waking % The Sabbath sounding bell
down his slave the marshal command him, or break the
law $3.50 sh Is 4fsfeafe y. sh,s ssg a scssi.r IL.
|" IL Is not in century that law appears which
obxes citizen snother conviction Of truth, that
he may rob fellow being Of every right and thus make
him uansgressor against his conscience IL he obey the
law and against the law " he heed bis trans
gressor in his eyes whichever course he take I!
But Is sol Is the citizen bound 10 obey law
No. There another truth that deep and
public virtue and permanent public thrill that which
we may have laid open Every citizen msst obey law
which iaics na upon his person. estate and civil PRIV
ege uat legally redressed but citizen Is bound TO
obey which nnds tefcf injury upon
other. We must swdwrs but commit wrong We
be patient when snned against but sin against
others The law may heap injustice npon but no law
the law commanded Daniel not pray he disobeysd II
when commanded HIM 10 be cast into the lions dsn he
submitted. Il HtsaH
law which enioins upon citizen the commission of
crime-and @ more, Of open, dsgraceful, and fla
gitous crimehas volate ted the confidence the citizen,
and 10 dissolved In the courts oil God the moment Il 10 en-
acted
This is no new doctrine Il underiss history of
associated with the Non coniormis and
tho Puritan been made lustfious by expatria
ton fathers and their pilgrimage hher II the
glory Of the pulpit then 70 teach the supremacy Of con-
sacred rights OF dsobedience law which violates the
the parent Of our OWL and religious liberty
Shall call mother harlo1 But for this right
the very who now denouncs IL would have been
peasants coicrs. They crying for the eeks and
onions Of Ept They ought never % have been brough,
The right Of every man. black or white, TO civil and
religious liberyi the fight to teach mem (which slavery
makes felony !; the right Of free discusonhese
opened questons All the exploded casuisiss Of tyranny
are reconed and put again into circulation The pulpit
and ell papers are Pat % shame for asserting me