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


bloody moastsss Henry VIII. Laud. Bonner. and
Jefiiss, and the Duke Of Guise. Charles Of Franc,
Calvin. and all the bgots OF every denomination Who n
those days OF darkness. aud crime. and psrsscadou
brought patriots TO the block lied martyrs TO the stak,
and drenched the fields Of Europe with the anoe.at
blood OF women and chidreni Such were the lyan,.
and such the laws Of yants against which good mea re-
belled and who nobly justified that rebellion BY an appeal
God Base and degenerate must be the wretch who dos
not honor their memories, and who would not il need
be. initiate their examples But who the tyranh %
be denounced and resisted heres They the frunsu
Of the federal constitution with that arch ynnt Wash
ingon at their head It is against these patriots and
their immortal work that such appeals are made. Il.
their wisdom that is foolishness in the sight Of Nh
Beecher and his fellow II 10 their guarantees
liberty 70 their descendants that conounded with Tia
DEGREES to burn and murder the martyrs truth and free
dom in early times But we shall be told that the wrons,
be avenged those OF the fugitive slaves not Of II.
whites and that revolutionary fathers had no rgh,
provide that they should be detained in bondage IN,
answer to all this is that whatever each person NAV
think the subject Of slavery, and however he may d.
sire to il abolished. State has right to Dr.
scribe its Of conduct in this respect for others and
that. having abolished slavery for ITSELF its power oy,
the subject Is exhausted. and, to say the least,
grossly impertinent to intemeddIe further This i Ii,
law Of nations; il il the law Of God repeatedly uuiya
sally proclaimed in both the Old and New Tes,ameos
and il is expressly recognised and established by our fed
eral constitution sis#
II it be wrong. unjust. and wicked to hold Africans in
slavery. on their heads be the responsibility who offend
God will, in his full time, enforce that respcu.
sibty, whatever il may be, or "sst the bond free |"
Should il suit the counsels OF His wisdom 10 abol.
ish tiff the whites and the negroes themselves NAV
be mutually benefited HE will put an end to Il in
those States where it exists, He has done ia thoss
where it has been abolished. But. until that time q.
rives. all the mistaken appeals to conscience. all To.
fraud and violence Of those who would abolish il. will
be fruitless and Intellectual They will but rivct MOI,
firmly the bonds by which the slaves are now restrained
In the hands Of Him who rueth the nations is the sub
ject Of slavery, and there let US leave it. II those "a.
natcs would learn this great TRUTH they would ssy,
themselves much trouble the country deep and angry All
taon, and the welfare Of The slaves would be nfni,sy
better cared for and promoted BY Him who is mighty
to save" They seem to think, however, that the Al
mighty needs their councils and their aid and they us
resolved to volunteer both, in despite OF the folly and
madness of such course. and at the risk Of violating
nearly every prohibition contained il the Dccalogus
We admit the futility Of entering into an argumsu,
with them the absurdity Of their conduct; but when
they seek to array their fanaicsm in practical opposition
to the law, and menace "vevoiution,e as The rev.
erend gentleman does in the foregoing article we feel
be duty to expostulate with them. and il we cannot
CONTROL at least to strive 10 enghten them. They ss
running Of folly which is rapidly veging on
crime and they will find when it is too late that th.
empty defamation is argument, and that the doctrines
they have inherited from the Puritans" are no proe
ton against the judgment Of the law. They win find.
likewise. that the tyrants and the tyranny that were ne.
sisted and defed two centuries ago have long since De.
parted from the earth, and that the tyrants agans whom
they Illuminating their curses are the American
people, and that the law which they would trsmple on
with such and indignation is the CONSTITUTION,
reveed and loved andsupported by every honest and
true patriot in the country He whose conscience Is.
sumes to be pisv than the law should take heed lest
he fall" This new-found path Of "highsr-aw morality
is slippery and insecure and we tell those who are
bilious scale the heavens by this aerial gateway in al
kindness. 10 beware Of the end
| "On the bucklsr Of public opinion you've rushed,
! Ard either that public yos must be crushed"
These misguided abotonists have sought to nudity th'
obligations Of the federal constitution they have aroused
spir, Of contention which is shaking the Union to III
centre they have aienaied the brethren OF the northern
and southern sections Of the country towards each oha
they have poisoned the springs OF fratemal feeling
their source and they laborng night and day 10 sm
ulae the ignorant and vulgar hordes Of negroes and thai
associates commit treason by forcble resistance to The
law. Among these mschievous agents Of strife md
crminaiiy, the Rev. Mr. Beecher Is playing conspes
Gus part We call upon every patriot. every good man
every true Christian at the North. TO stand forth in h
hour Of peril the side Of his country. and fown upo'
these dangerous agaons and these deluded dshons
confederaies participating in them in The manner ID
which we have referred This is time for equivocs
ton All who not for their country are against
and the worst Of is enemies are those
"who the livery Of Heaven servo the devil in"
the Southern Platform.
The "Ancent City,. Of st. Augustine. (Florda.) states
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