Washington telegraph., 1851-06-18

legitimate jurisdiction ana sphere OF ac'
,ion. We learn also from the Rev. w.
w. c. Kelly. who has just returned from
the General Assembly Of the Cumberland
Presbyterian Church, recently held at
Pittsburgh, that an attempt was there
made to abolitionize this Church, which
failed. This is the only safe view OF The
subject, and the Presbyte,ians deserve
praise for their course in resisting its in
PRODUCTION into their Assembly. A good
and true Christian necessarily loves his
country and irs Constitution, and glories
in the. observance Of its laws. 1t is only
the -hypocrite whose religious feelings
become so excessive as to endanger laws,
Constitution, and everything which So
cietv holds valuable-who is so wholly
absorbed in the love of Deity, that lie has
no eye to the dangers which threaten
our political system; and no heart to desire
the improvement and well-being of his
fellow creatures.
Ii all The Churches would follow the
example of the Presbyterians. on the
subject of slavery. our confidence in them
would certainly not be lessened. This
"higher-law' doctrine which would sacri
fee everything worth living for, to its
| fne-spun and fanciful notions of fpurity and
| perfection, is unworthy of patriotic
Christian and disgraceful to intellectual
humanity.
CoNsIsTENcY.--It is rather singular and
irreconcilable to witness the different
views entertained by different portions Of
the Democratic party in the South, on
the Compromise question. Some de-
nouEce it as Wing measure, and base
surrender of Southern rights, aud others
vehemently declare that it infringes in no
particular, any part of the Constitution;
among the latter, are the Hon. Howell
Cobb of Georgia, and Gen. Foote of
Miss. The open disunionists of South
Carolina, Mississippi and Alabama have
denounced it, and Mr.. Rhett declared in
the Senate Of the United States, that the
Democrats who had voted for it had gone
over 20 Mr.. Clay and the Wings. r.
W. Johnson also opposed and denounced
it, while the "Washington Union" the
leading journal of the Democracy, claims
it as u Democratic measure, and in the
following paragraph cautions the Democ-
racy against suffering it to be taken from
them. The Union says. 'let not the
compromise. which is your measure as
means of disarmiasg the abolitiouists, and
restoring to the Government and to the
whole Federal System the constitutional,
safe and healing energies of Democratic
policy be taken from you" &C., &c.
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The METHODIST CHURCH CAsE.-This
great case between the Churches North
and South is now in progress. in the city
of New York. When the Church split,
on the slavery question, the funds,
amounting, it is said. 20 severa. hundred
thousand dollars, were retained by the
Northern portion, and this suit is brought
by the Church South, TO recover its pro-
portional part of them. Mr. Choate is
employed by the Church North. and Mr.
Webster by the Church South. The
contes: will be strenuous one. and it is
uncertain how it will be decided, although
it looks but right that the Southern
Church should have its due share of the
funds contributed by ali.
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| HE NATIONAL ExECUTIvE.-As the
large and enthusiastic meeting held at
Spring Garden, in Philadelphia. series
of resolutions were adopted, among which
was the following:
| sResoIved, That the administration of
our patriotic National Executive, Millard
Fillmore, meets our hearty approval and
fully endorses the good judgment of the
| Wing National Convention which select
ed him, as worthy Of association with
the lamented Taylor. Surrounded by cir
cumstances of the most trying and en-
barrassng character since his induction
into Office, he has succeeded in SO ad-
ministering the Government as to extort
even from political opponents an adniis-
sion of unsurpassed ability. Of exemplary
purity of purpose, while ne has won the
confidence of his countrymen in every
section Of the Union"
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| Jenny Lind is still giving concerts in
New York. Houses as crowded as ever.
It seems that the notes of the Swedish