The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1851-06-04

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Al dc lase Asnisrnssy Msssing of the N. yerk
Isionizaiisn sosirsy.
In rising. SAID he. ! an Ted 10 ask. Mi.
PrfsiIrni. Why an herel For others
bath herr and rl<euherr. with m.2e or
irss inirEigfner. viii make The sane Ia
q.iries. Whatever changes my mind
may have undergone in fifteen or sixiern
years, there are men so near To Omnisri-
rnce and In6niiy ;hai il will take il.an-
sand years 10 osenurn them. am here
al lhe urgent request nf an officer Of ihis
sociely. /, el If ! had yielded 10 an earlirr
request | should have gone TO Washing /.
ton year agn. hold. sir. that . public !
man interested in national. secular. philan- |
ihrapir and religious matters. cannot war
ranIsbly take an independent stand or
make Declaration of Independence.
without =. decent rrsperi To the opinions
Of mankind requiring him 10 stale the
causes which have impelIed him there.
nnio. The subject of slavery is immensely
gfsve. complicated and important. We
cannai be asceiics; we cannot. like 81. |
Anthony. retreat 10 distance. nor ran we
get rid of The subject any way. The pro-
blem is. what is wisdom ~ what is best
10 be donsl Theories apart, there SEEM
Two great sides. two grand Standing points
upon This question. One of ihem 10 az
ilalion-aggressise. ansinsiIonaI, inter-
lninable. iniolerable agitation.
Those men who never change, osshsto
beginby Learning. whatI never knew, that
the aphorism eame from below and not
above; thai The wrath Of man workeih the
righteousness of God. These agitation
men seem 10 feel a. Elijah once dreamed
that she Spirit sof thc Lord 10 In the
whirlwind. The sloSm and The FIRE, and
they make 30 much noise. ihatsthe still
small voice is overlooked. | am IN
formed thai | have lately been accused.
Now | suppose thousands ofs.ories have
been told Of me. hundreds Of whish Inever
would notice at all, /" Tor you can neither
take nor kiIl-.nor are they WORT, The
eame.-lsul know they have gose
4 forth, being man Of sort oi universal
knowiedge-(I (I.aughle,). ! canj prove
that--so | suppose il is an axiom.-
I (Lapglner).
have been accused, sir. of being on al
sides OF the Slavery question: cannol
speak of motives, bul considered this re.
mark great compliment, yet | was too
. modest 10 take il all To be what il seemed
ITO be. | wish could return The coinplI'
men'. bur doubt whe.llei my accuser has
been ON all the sides of any subject in his
life. and | dnnbt whether he ever really
understood one side oil this Slavery ques-
ton. We read Of an immense ocIagnnal
obelisk. each side oil which was Of DIFF
frreni culnr. Some WIN saw j, claimed
that il was rcd. 9th rs blue. green, yellow
&c.; they quarreled over il ill AT length
they found that all were right and dall were
wrong. There are more sides 10 Slavery y
than onc-liiougliled gentlemen dream Of.
What danger to the philanIhropisl in look
ing at the many Southern as well as. The
many Northern sides, since il is North
and South which make The Union. There
\ are three things in which ] have not chang
4 ed, | say i. solemnly. lf ! know myself.
except as Christians change from strength
TO strength and from glory 10 glory.
4 LIST. have mot changed Except by
angInen,alion) in love fofmy country. my
/ whole country, one aud indivIsible. now
and nll tie resurrection trump.
I I'd. have not changed in my love TO
black men. as brothers of the human
spec es, and my desire 10 do them kind.
ness.
81. have mol changed in thinking thai
am An accountable being, responsible 10
God; and while regard The opinions Of
my fellow. men, | am above being merely
Influenced by them. Some one asked
me in outrageous. irreeoncilable, or to say
least, un. Observation-Disclosures, whatI sup
| posed posleriiy would think OF me.
poslerily! What care ] for applause If
am sure can please my Lord Jesus
Christ, lha, is enough; while life is too
short no, TO lei il be known il gel some
new ideas in sixteen years.
Bur lei me 60 back lolhe love OF coun.
try. Americans do mol love their country
enough-lhe feeling is not deep enough
iii is mol general enough. There is
George Thompson preaching against i,
George Thompson, NJ. p. ! wish. il
was NJ. 4. and that The country was emp
" of him. Ii you wish 10 know hoic
to love yoH country, read my honored
brother SINNERS sermon on the subject.
There are my sentiments. do you ask
the reasons ,ohy you should love ,onr
country! Without any order Of i,npor-
tanee answer, first, because il has the
cnwn ol all other donatives, religious lib-
erly.
have no desire as Presbyterian or a
Protestant 10 extend my religion by dog
matte power. ] would not have the
freedom uf religion infringed upon.s lean-
/ ,noi myself ioa highly prize the cnan,ry
af my auceslors foI. eight generations.
I'hcspiri, Of agilaiIonis an an,i-Ameri-
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